Investing Profile

Esther Dyson(999)

AngelInvestorStrategy Operator
Founder at Wellville
wellville.netNew York, New York
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55 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 52 other investors on Signal.

Networks Esther is a member of
Harvard University Network
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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$10K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
134

Esther Dyson is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Esther Dyson's Investments On Record (103)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
NextSense
Series ANov 2025$16M
$16M
Co-investors: Amy Kruse (Satori Capital), John Kuelper (Ascension Ventures), Bradley Horowitz
The Beans
SeedOct 2025$5M
$7.8M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Payam Zamani (One Planet Group), Ruud Dekker (Kickstart Fund), Jessica Mah (XFactor Ventures)
Openwater
Series UnknownAug 2024$54M
Series ADec 2018$22M
$99M
Co-investors: Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures), Brook Byers (Kleiner Perkins), Deborah Buresh Jackson (Plum Alley Investments), Gary Lauder
Ezra AI
Series BFeb 2024$21M
Series ADec 2019$18M
SeedNov 2018$4M
$43M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Ryan Moore (Accomplice VC), Fred Destin (Stride VC), Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Andrei Dunca, Ben Barokas, Anne Wojcicki
Way
UndisclosedMay 2023
$13M
Co-investors: Dan McCormick (Antler), Manik Gupta, Gokul Rajaram, Miki Kuusi
Boxhub
SeedApr 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: David Helgason (foobar.vc), Charlie Songhurst
Humanity
SeedAug 2021$3M
SeedAug 2020$3M
$6M
Co-investors: Andrew J Scott (7percent Ventures), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Serge Chiaramonte, Alexander Ljung
NeuroGeneces
Pre SeedJun 2021$220K
$220K

most interested in

health, especially apps that use coaches/Meetups for engagement clever business models space travel clever logistics education useful applications of AI emerging markets

not interested in

cosmetics/fashion/luxury social networks

Esther Dyson's Experience

director LuxoftPresent
trustee Personal Genome ProjectPresent
director BoxbePresent
Director XCOR AerospacePresent
director ExpandED SchoolsPresent
director Sunlight FoundationPresent
patron Commercial Spaceflight FederationPresent
director WPPPresent
angel New York AngelsPresent
director MeetupPresent
director Eventful.comPresent
director YandexPresent
chairman/trustee Electronic Frontier FoundationPresent
founding chairman ICANNPresent
WIBTA judge InfosysPresent
executive founder Wellville2013 - Present
executive founder Way to Wellville2013 - Present
director 23andMe2007 - Present
chairman EDventure1983 - Present
director Meetup, Inc.2017

Esther Dyson's Education

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center certificate of completion
Harvard University BA
Princeton High School