Investing Profile

Elad Gil(1)

AngelInvestor

Co-founder at Color

eladgil.comSan Francisco, California

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Networks Elad is a member of

NewCo Network

1610 CONNECTIONS

Google Network

1059 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1039 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Mckinsey & Company Network

769 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Think Colorado

Investment Range

$10K - $500K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

218

Elad Gil's Investments On Record (162)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Odyssey	Series BJun 2026$310M SeedJul 2024$9M	$410M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Anne Lee Skates (Andreessen Horowitz), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Kyle Vogt (Unknown Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Sharif Sakr (Breyer Capital), Balder Bomans (Maven 11 Capital), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Katelyn Donnelly (Avalanche VC), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Charlie Pinto (Fundamental Ventures), John Danner (Dunce Capital), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Trent McConaghy
Cognition	Series DMay 2026$1B Series CSep 2025$400M Series BMar 2025$300M Series AMar 2024$21M	$3.9B
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Keith Bender (Bessemer Venture Partners), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Omri Casspi (Shevat Ventures), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Tony Xu (DoorDash), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), bill weathersby (Circon Energy), John Collison, Karim Atiyeh
NavigateAI	SeedMay 2026$25M	$25M
Co-investors: Gautam Gupta (Alex Angels (Alexandria Angel Network)), Tony Xu (DoorDash), Gary Beasley (Geolo Capital), Stanley Tang (DoorDash)
Socket	Series CMay 2026$60M Series BOct 2024$40M Series AAug 2023$20M SeedMay 2022$5M	$140M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Christina Cacioppo (Union Square Ventures), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Miles Grimshaw (Benchmark), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Jed McCaleb (Pantera Capital), John Lilly (Greylock), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Charlie Cheever (Export Development Canada \| Exportation et développement Canada), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), John Vrionis (Unusual Ventures), JD Ross (Risk Management Platform), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Andrew Peterson (Aviso Ventures), Daniel Gross (Various), Tobias Lutke, Aaron Levie, Frederic Kerrest, Jawed Karim, John Collison
Frame Security	Series UnknownMay 2026$50M	$50M
Co-investors: Shardul Shah (Index Ventures), Assaf Rappaport (Mensch Capital Partners)
Petual	SeedApr 2026$20M	$20M
BuildForever	SeedApr 2026$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Ben Silbermann (Pinterest), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Fidji Simo, Shishir Mehrotra
Applied Compute	Series UnknownApr 2026$80M Series UnknownOct 2025$80M	$160M
Co-investors: Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins), Omri Casspi (Shevat Ventures)

Elad Gil's Experience

Co-founder Color2013 - Present

Startup Helper Gil Capital / Gil & Co2008 - Present

Startup Helper WallStripPresent

Startup Helper Stealth Company (John Davis)Present

Startup Helper Nexus NotesPresent

Vice President XPresent

Startup Helper Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Consultant Mckinsey & CompanyPresent

Startup Helper Batalion CapitalPresent

Startup Helper BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Startup Helper Calling BrandsPresent

Startup Helper variousPresent

Startup Helper Xtripe AngelsPresent

Startup Helper University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Startup Helper Asset Management GroupPresent

Startup Helper The Grameen Creative LabPresent

Startup Helper Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

CEO and Co-Founder Hercules ChessPresent

Startup Helper Molecular RealityPresent

Startup Helper NewCoPresent

Startup Helper Top-PatentsPresent

Startup Helper Gil CapitalPresent

Startup Helper VariousPresent

Co-founder Color GenomicsPresent

Vice President Twitter2009 - 2012

CEO and Co-Founder Mixer Labs2007 - 2009

Product Management Google2004 - 2007

Consultant McKinsey & Company2003 - 2004

Elad Gil's Education

University of California San Diego BA, BS Mathematics, Molecular Biology

University of California San Diego BA BS, Mathematics, Molecular Biology

University of California, San Diego BA, BS Mathematics, Molecular Biology

UC San Diego BA BS, Mathematics, Molecular Biology

UC San Diego BA, BS Mathematics, Molecular Biology

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