Investing Profile

Ed Roman(975)

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Managing Partner at Hack VC

hack.vcSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Hack VC Managing Partner

Investment Range

$5.0M - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$7.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$350M

Ed Roman's Investments On Record (51)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
TAC	SeedJun 2025$5M	$12M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon)
1Money Network Technologies	SeedJan 2025$20M	$20M
Exabits AI	SeedDec 2024$15M	$15M
0G	SeedNov 2024$40M Pre SeedMar 2024$35M	$75M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Ray Wu (Alumni Ventures ), Yat Siu (Animoca Brands)
Gelato	Series AOct 2024$11M	$280M
Co-investors: Adam Berger (Insight Partners), Norman Fiore (Dawn Capital), Tellef Thorleifsson, Stani Kulechov
io.net	Series AMar 2024$30M	$30M
Co-investors: Yat Siu (Animoca Brands), Sebastien Borget
Elixir	Series AOct 2023$8M	$8M
Demox Labs	Pre SeedJun 2023$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Santiago Roel Santos (ParaFi Capital)

Ed Roman's Media (2)

Hack VC Raises $150 Million for Bets on Battered Crypto Industry

www.bloomberg.com

Hack VC raises $200M fund to back early-stage crypto startups – TechCrunch

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most interested in

When we invest, we can help startups to hire engineers. We can do this because we run the world's largest programmer conference with a community of 125,000+.

not interested in

We typically co-invest alongside other larger seed fund and VCs since our check doesn't provide enough runway on its own. The best types of startups for us to meet come from referrals from other investors who need quality co-investors in their rounds, or from startups who have a round that needs additional participants to complement their lead investor..

Ed Roman's Experience

Managing Director Hack VCPresent

Founder hack.summit()Present

Startup Investor and Syndicate Lead AngelListPresent

Board Observer PluralsightPresent

CEO HackHandsPresent

CEO Ghostfire GamesPresent

Mentor Capital FactoryPresent

Austin Studio Director Zeitgeist GamesPresent

Producer and Game Developer InfospacePresent

CEO The Middleware CompanyPresent

Software Engineer TrilogyPresent