Investing Profile

Auren Hoffman(3)

AngelFounderVCCEO
CEO and Chief Historian at SafeGraph
flexcapital.comVirginia
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Auren Hoffman's investing connections

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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures).

Networks Auren is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
SafeGraph
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
134

Auren Hoffman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Auren Hoffman's Investments On Record (117)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Protege
Series AJan 2026$30M
Series AAug 2025$25M
SeedSep 2024$10M
$65M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV)
Heron Data
Series AJul 2025$17M
Pre SeedAug 2020$1M
$18M
Turnstile
Series AJun 2025$23M
$23M
Toma
Series AJun 2025$17M
SeedMay 2024$380K
$17M
Co-investors: Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com)
Mercury
Series CMar 2025$300M
$440M
Co-investors: Alex Rampell (Andreessen Horowitz), Saar Gur (CRV), Keith Grose (Andreessen Horowitz), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Terrence Rohan (Robinhood), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Akshay Bhardwaj (Gias), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Scott Belsky (A24), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Chris Moreno (Xeal), Cesare Pesci (YOBE Ventures), Yotis Tonnelier (YOBE Ventures), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Joshua Webster, Joshua Reeves
Perplexity
Series DDec 2024$500M
$1.3B
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini
Hello Patient
SeedOct 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Russell Fradin
Outerport
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$500K

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Auren Hoffman's Experience

Board Member Datavant2019 - Present
CEO and Chief Historian SafeGraph2016 - Present
Chairman DialogPresent
cofounder and first customer TitleDockPresent
Host World of DaaSPresent
Chairperson SafeGraphPresent
Chairman Top-PatentsPresent
CEO Top-PatentsPresent
VP Engineering Top-PatentsPresent
CTO and co-founder Top-PatentsPresent
CEO NQB8Present
CEO SafeGraphPresent
CEO and cofounder LiveRamp, An Acxiom CompanyPresent
Co-Founder EliotNestPresent
Member World of DaaSPresent
Member 6713 ClubPresent
Chairman NewCoPresent
CEO NewCoPresent
VP Engineering NewCoPresent
CTO and co-founder NewCoPresent
General Partner Flex CapitalPresent
non-employee GridStrongPresent
Chairman Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
CEO Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
VP Engineering Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
CTO and co-founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Chairman Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
VP Engineering Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
CTO and co-founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Chairman COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
CEO COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
VP Engineering COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
CTO and co-founder COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
CEO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Chairman University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
VP Engineering University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
CTO and co-founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
CEO and cofounder LiveRamp2006 - 2015
Board Member BrightRoll2013 - 2014
Chairman Stonebrick Group2003 - 2006
CEO BridgePath1998 - 2002
VP Engineering Human Ingenuity1997 - 1998
CTO and co-founder Kyber Systems1995 - 1997

Auren Hoffman's Education

University of California, Berkeley BSE Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Mamaroneck High School