Ash Fontana

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Seed,Venture

Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundraising strategy. He invests anything from $20K to $20MM in a company.
He also currently acts as a Special Advisor to Zetta Venture Partners, where he was a Managing Director from 2015 to 2021. Before Zetta, Ash launched AngelList’s fundraising platform that now manages over $7B. Prior to AngelList, he co-founded Topguest (acquired), a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients. He started his career in growth investing at Macquarie Capital in New York after studying law at the University of Sydney. Penguin Random House has published his book, “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence”.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Ash Fontana has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 19, 2013, when Canva raised $6.60M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Mar 19, 2013 Canva Seed $6.60M Graphic Design Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
4
Ash Fontana has 4 current jobs including Advisor at Numerai , Business partner and investor at Clearbit and Advisor at Canva .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Numerai Advisor Mar 1, 2016 Detail
Clearbit Business partner and investor Feb 1, 2015 Detail
Canva Advisor Jan 1, 2012 Detail
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Associate Detail