About
Andrey Shirben is a serial entrepreneur and investor, originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, now based in Sydney, Australia. He is a founding partner of Follow[the]Seed, a global VC fund, and the founder of SYD Ventures, a venture company that invests in early-stage startups. He has established a dozen of his own companies and invested in over 70 early-stage startups across Israel, Asia, the US, and Australia. Shirben is known for his algorithmic investment approach and co-developed RavingFans™, a data-driven decision support model to identify "habit forming" products and companies. His notable investments include Storwize (acquired by IBM for $140 million) and Face.com (acquired by Facebook for a rumored $100 million). He was also the first investor in Kenshoo Ltd, an Israeli predictive marketing SaaS company.
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Q&A
- What is Andrey Shirben's primary investment focus by sector?
- Andrey Shirben has invested in Business Software and Health Tech & Life Sciences, with one investment in each sector.
- What stages of funding has Andrey Shirben participated in?
- Andrey Shirben has participated in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds, with one investment in each stage.
- Can you name some of Andrey Shirben's portfolio companies?
- Andrey Shirben's portfolio includes MultiDine, a customer service solution for restaurants, and SunZee, a sun protection company.
- When did Andrey Shirben make his most recent investments?
- Andrey Shirben made an investment in August 2015 and another in February 2013.
- What is Andrey Shirben's investment activity regarding follow-on rounds?
- Andrey Shirben's investment follow-on ratio is not available.
- What is Andrey Shirben's lead investor share?
- Andrey Shirben has a lead investor share of 0%.