Ariel Poler
Entrepreneur, mentor and investor. Founder of IPRO, Topica & TextMarks. Director of Freedom Financial, Strava, StumbleUpon, LinkExchange & Odeo. Investor in AdMob, SlideShare, Optimizely, Thumbtack, Flixster, BrightRoll... Into Human Augmentatiion.
Website: amileatatime.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielpoler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariel
San Francisco, California, United States
Accredited investor
Member since May 10, 2011
Looking for technologies that make us superhuman!
- About
Investor interests
| Type of investor | Angel |
| Typical investment size | $25,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100k |
| Typical investments in a year | 4 |
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| Locations of interest | |
| Credentials | Accredited Investor, Qualified Purchaser |
Activity
| Investments made | Thumbtack.com, StumbleUpon, Xobni Corporation, Flixster.com, Odeo, RockYou!, BrightRoll, Inc. |
Exits
M&A
Seesmic,
Undisclosed,
Source: http://vator.tv/news/2012-09-06-hootsuite-snaps-up-sf-based-competitor-seesmic
Admob, $300M to $1B, Source: http://vator.tv/news/2009-11-09-google-buys-admob-for-750m Stumbleupon, $50M to $300M, Source: http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/30/ebay-acquires-stumbleupon-for-75m/ SlideShare, $50M to $300M, Source: http://vator.tv/news/2012-07-02-mergers-and-acquisitions-trending-up-ipos-down Flixster, $50M to $300M, Source: http://vator.tv/news/2011-05-04-flixster-gets-snapped-up-by-warner-bros Friend.ly, Undisclosed, Source: http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/10/facebook-acquires-friendly/ Odeo, Undisclosed, Source: http://mashable.com/2006/10/25/odeo-gets-acquired-by-obvious-corp/ |
IPO
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Education
| 1998 MIT , BS , Math & CS |
| Stanford Business School , MBA |
I am a(n):
Investor
Full bio
Ariel is an Internet entrepreneur, mentor and investor. He was the founder of IPRO, the first web analytics company, and of Topica, one of the first email communities. Ariel was board member of Kana Software, LinkExchange, Scan, Odeo and StumbleUpon. He currently serves on the boards of Freedom Financial, Returnly & Strava. Ariel’s angel investments include AdMob, Flixster, Slideshare, Thumbtack, Optimizely, BrightRoll, Instructables, LendingHome, Kongregate and NexTag. Ariel holds a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University. He is originally from Venezuela and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children. Ariel is addicted to kitesurfing.
