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VC and angel investor. Part-time Professor at HBS (the VC & PE class). Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ.

Category: Family Angel Program

Angel Investment: Finmark

November 1, 2020 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Finmark. It is our 18th investment so far (portfolio here). Co-Founders Rami Essaid and Greg Lissy are experienced and very thoughtful. I met Greg through the The Reflective Leader

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Angel Investment: WayScript

August 11, 2020November 1, 2020 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in WayScript. It is our 17th investment so far (portfolio here). During the pandemic, we’ve made three new investments. The other two are still in stealth mode, and so, I’ve

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Angel Investment: Datanomix

October 31, 2019 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Datanomix. It is our 15th investment so far (portfolio here). Co-Founder Greg McHale and I have crossed paths a few times in the digital world. He reached out as

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Our Family Angel Program: Update

October 10, 2019October 9, 2019 Jo Tango

We are expanding our “leverage capitalism for altruism” family angel program. I feel a variety of emotions as I write that: gratitude, disbelief, and joy. As I told Mrs. T: “This doesn’t feel real!” I fortunately co-led Carbon Black’s first VC round, back when it was called Bit9 (more here and here). When the company went

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Angel Investment: Cobu

September 20, 2019July 2, 2020 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Cobu. It is our 14th investment so far (portfolio here). We were introduced to Founder Ben Pleat by Bob Preble, who was the first VP Engineering at Bit9 (now

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Angel Investment: Nurse 1-1

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 70+ entrepreneurs and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Nurse 1-1. It is our 13th investment so far (portfolio here). I’ve known for many years founder Michael Sheeley. He co-founded RunKeeper (sold to ASICS) and knows B2C business models extremely well.

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