# Travis Kalanick: angel investments and portfolio > Travis Kalanick is an angel based in United States. 15 investments on record, latest Mar 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Travis Kalanick Last cheque observed Mar 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Angel Seed Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 15 on record Since the last cheque **3142** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$150M** Rounds led **0 of 15** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Travis Kalanick ## Travis Kalanick highlights - 01 15 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 71% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $150M - 04 3 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **15 appearances** - **2018** 1 round - **Mar** **[City Storage Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/city-storage-systems)** US · Recode **$150M** Sole investor - **2015** 1 round - **Jul** **[Kareo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kareo)** Series G · US **$55M** With 7 others - **2011** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[Livefyre](https://millionrounds.com/company/livefyre)** Series B · US · gigaom.com **$4.5M** With 8 others - **Oct** **[Kareo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kareo)** Series D · US · fis.dowjones.com **$10M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[StyleSeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/styleseat)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$700K** With 9 others - **2010** 7 rounds - **Oct** **[Honestly.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/honestly-com)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 5 others - **Sept** **[Expensify](https://millionrounds.com/company/expensify)** Series A · US · dailyfinance.com **$5.7M** With 3 others - **Aug** **[Flowtown](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowtown)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$750K** With 8 others - **Jul** **[Livefyre](https://millionrounds.com/company/livefyre)** Series A · US · social.venturebeat.com **$800K** With 7 others - **Mar** **[Formspring](https://millionrounds.com/company/formspring)** Series A · US · bits.blogs.nytimes.com **$2.5M** With 10 others - **Jan** **[CrowdFlower](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdflower)** Series A · US · crowdflower.com **$5.0M** With 9 others - **Jan** **[Blippy Social Commerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/blippy-social-commerce)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.7M** With 9 others - **2009** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[Uber](https://millionrounds.com/company/uber)** Seed · US **$200K** With 1 other - **May** **[Expensify](https://millionrounds.com/company/expensify)** Seed · US · venturebeat.com **$1.0M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[CrowdFlower](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdflower)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 11 others 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. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all** **[Livefyre](https://millionrounds.com/company/livefyre)** Bought by [Adobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adobe) **Undisclosed** May 2016 **[Formspring](https://millionrounds.com/company/formspring)** Bought by Spring.me **Undisclosed** Jan 2013 **[Flowtown](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowtown)** Bought by Demandforce **Undisclosed** Oct 2011 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Median round joined **$150M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$150M** Led 0 of 15 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Mar 2018 - **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *6* - Series A *4* - Series D *1* - Series G *1* - Venture *1* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2009 2018 Often in the room with - [Hillsven](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hillsven) 4 - [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 4 - [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 3 - [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 3 - [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 2 - [Auren Hoffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auren-hoffman) 2 **Pitching Travis Kalanick?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Travis Kalanick. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Hillsven** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hillsven)[**SV Angel** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**500 Global** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Auren Hoffman** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auren-hoffman)[**CRV** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv)[**Cue Ball** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cue-ball-capital)[**Dave Morin** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dave-morin)[**Felicis** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Freestyle Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle)[**Garrett Camp** Venture studio **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garrett-camp) ## Recently backed The latest companies Travis Kalanick put money into. [**City Storage Systems** $150M · Mar 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/city-storage-systems) ## On podcasts 6 episodes naming Travis Kalanick in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 14 Aug 2026 · 34 min Ben Horowitz and Travis Kalanick on Building Again Mentions [Ben Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-horowitz)[Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick)[Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 30 Jul 2026 · 1h 18m 20VC: Jensen's Open-Weights Letter | Travis Kalanick Raises $1.7B for Atoms | Google Cloud Grows 82% But The Market Tanks | Francisco Partners Raises $21BN | Etched Raises $300M to Take on Nvidia Mentions [Francisco Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/francisco-partners)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 23 Jul 2026 · 45 min Building the Physical AI Stack | Travis Kalanick on TBPN Mentions [Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 22 Jul 2026 · 1h 32m Travis Kalanick Is Back | Building the Future of Industrial AI Mentions [Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick)[Ben Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-horowitz)[Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg) Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 22 Jul 2026 · 46 min Inside Travis Kalanick’s Wild New AI Company Mentions [Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick) Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 22 Jul 2026 · 2h 34m HackingFace, White House $5B AI Science Bet, Travis Kalanick Joins | Veeral Patel, Lin Qiao, Jason Fried, Travis Kalanick, Max Hodak With [Jason Fried](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-fried) Mentions [Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 10 Sept 2026 · 1h 18m 20VC: Jensen Huang Declares AGI Has Arrived | GPT Astra and Fable 5.1 Accelerate the Model Race | Tesla Launches Cybercabs | Index Pulls Out of Town & Anthropic Pulls From Descartes Acquisition Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 17 Aug 2026 · 1h 7m 20VC: Uber President on The Untold Uber Stories: Travis, China and Self-Driving | Why Autonomy Is Existential | How to Beat DoorDash to #1 in Food with Andrew MacDonald Apple PodcastsShow page - [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 24 Jul 2026 · 39 min ‘AI communism’, rogue models, and the why Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street Apple Podcasts - [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 1 Jul 2026 · 29 min Humble Robotics’ CEO says the tech finally caught up to the vision for autonomous vehicles Apple Podcasts ## Quick answers about Travis Kalanick ### What does Travis Kalanick invest in? Travis Kalanick invests most often at Seed and Series A (71% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Travis Kalanick? 15 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2018. ### What has Travis Kalanick invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: City Storage Systems (Undisclosed round, Mar 2018). ### How big are Travis Kalanick's cheques? The median round it joins is $150M. ### Does Travis Kalanick lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 15 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Travis Kalanick invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Travis Kalanick investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2018. ### Who does Travis Kalanick invest alongside? Most often Hillsven (4 rounds together), SV Angel (4 rounds together) and Baseline Ventures (3 rounds together). ## Raising now? 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