# Joi Ito: angel investments and portfolio

> Joi Ito is an angel based in United States. 22 investments on record, latest Oct 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/joi-ito (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Joi Ito

Last cheque observed Oct 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Angel

Seed Series A

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 22 on record

Since the last cheque **2924** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.2M** Rounds led **0 of 22** Exits **7 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 82%**

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## Joi Ito highlights

- 01 22 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds
- 03 7 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **22 appearances**

- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Spatial](https://millionrounds.com/company/spatial)** US · VentureBeat **$8.0M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[WaitWhat](https://millionrounds.com/company/waitwhat)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$4.3M** With 11 others
- **2015** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Thington](https://millionrounds.com/company/thington)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 7 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Jun** **[BrightSky Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightsky-labs)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 21 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **May** **[Diffbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/diffbot)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 8 others
- **2011** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Formlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/formlabs)** Seed · US · masshightech.com **$500K** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Lanyrd](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanyrd)** Seed · GB · techcrunch.com **$1.4M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[littleBits Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/littlebits-electronics)** Seed · US · blog.makezine.com **$850K** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Game Closure](https://millionrounds.com/company/game-closure)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[Kickstarter](https://millionrounds.com/company/kickstarter)** Venture · US · mediamemo.allthingsd.com **$10M** With 18 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Path](https://millionrounds.com/company/path)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$2.5M** With 27 others
- **2009** 1 round
- **Dec** **[fotopedia](https://millionrounds.com/company/fotopedia)** Series A · FR · techcrunch.com **$1.1M** With 6 others
- **2008** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Elias Borges Urzeda](https://millionrounds.com/company/elias-borges-urzeda)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Fon](https://millionrounds.com/company/fon)** Series C · ES **$9.5M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Flowgram](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowgram)** Seed · US · silicontap.com **$1.3M** With 7 others
- **2007** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[GameLayers](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamelayers)** Seed · US · thealarmclock.com **$500K** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Dopplr](https://millionrounds.com/company/dopplr)** Seed · GB · blog.dopplr.com **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Rupture](https://millionrounds.com/company/rupture)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$3.0M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Aviary](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviary)** Venture · US **$4.0M** With 5 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Wikia](https://millionrounds.com/company/wikia)** Series A · US · wikia.com **$4.0M** With 10 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **May** **[Tiny Pictures](https://millionrounds.com/company/tiny-pictures)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2004** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Wikia](https://millionrounds.com/company/wikia)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 6 we have independently watched raise

Creative Commons License Doi ORCiD jibot.md/learnings/architecture original post in Japanese x402

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **7 in all**

**[Path](https://millionrounds.com/company/path)** Bought by [Daum Kakao](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daum-kakao) **Undisclosed** May 2015

**[Aviary](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviary)** Bought by [Adobe Systems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adobe-systems) **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**[Lanyrd](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanyrd)** Bought by [Eventbrite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eventbrite) **Undisclosed** Sept 2013

**[Elias Borges Urzeda](https://millionrounds.com/company/elias-borges-urzeda)** Bought by Seesmic **Undisclosed** Jan 2010

**[Dopplr](https://millionrounds.com/company/dopplr)** Bought by [Nokia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nokia) **Undisclosed** Sept 2009

**[Tiny Pictures](https://millionrounds.com/company/tiny-pictures)** Bought by Shutterfly **$2.6M** Sept 2009

**[Rupture](https://millionrounds.com/company/rupture)** Bought by [Electronic Arts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/electronic-arts-ea) **$15M** May 2008

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$6.2M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 22 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2018
- **Exits:** 7 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *15*
- Series A said *3*
- Venture *2*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2004 2018

Often in the room with

- [Reid Hoffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reid-hoffman) 8
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 4
- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 3
- [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) 2
- [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks) 2
- [Caterina Fake](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caterina-fake) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Joi Ito. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Reid Hoffman** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reid-hoffman)[**SV Angel** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Benchmark** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)[**Betaworks** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[**Caterina Fake** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caterina-fake)[**Fadi Ghandour** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fadi-ghandour)[**Greylock** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**Josh Spear** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/josh-spear)[**Joshua Schachter** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter)[**Martin Varsavsky** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/martin-varsavsky)[**Matt Haughey** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-haughey)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Joi Ito put money into.

[**Spatial** $8.0M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/spatial)[**WaitWhat** $4.3M · Feb 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/waitwhat)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Joi Ito in the title.

- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 30 Apr 2019 · 35 min Open or closed? The answer is both, w/Joi Ito Mentions [Joi Ito](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joi-ito) Apple Podcasts

## Quick answers about Joi Ito

### What does Joi Ito invest in?

Joi Ito invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Joi Ito?

22 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2018.

### What has Joi Ito invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Spatial (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018) and WaitWhat (Series A, Feb 2018).

### How big are Joi Ito's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.2M.

### Does Joi Ito lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 22 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Joi Ito invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (82%) and the United Kingdom (9%).

### Is Joi Ito investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2018.

### Who does Joi Ito invest alongside?

Most often Reid Hoffman (8 rounds together), SV Angel (4 rounds together) and First Round Capital (3 rounds together).

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