12 Communications Investors Based in Santa Monica

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Santa Monica-based founders connect with communications-based investors that write checks into Communications companies. Here are 12 investors that match that criteria.

1) Brian Ames

Fund: Anthos Capital
Title: Managing Director
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Transportation

2) Greg Stofman

Fund: Struck Capital
Title: Principal
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

3) Isabelle Persson

Fund: Expert Dojo
Title: Partner & Head of Investment
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Social Impact, Transportation, Travel, Other

4) James Day

Fund: TGM
Title: Entrepreneur In Residence
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Quantum Computing, Robotics

5) Joe Tsai

Fund: Mucker Capital
Title: Seed and Series A Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: Marketing, AI, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

6) Joshua Schlisserman

Fund: Series
Title: Chief Of Staff
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

7) Kate Armstrong

Fund: Cobalt Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Food Services, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Travel

8) Lucas Pino

Fund: March Capital
Title: Venture Capital Associate
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Series B, Series A
Sectors: Marketing, AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, DEI, Internet of Things, Logistics, Legal, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Proptech, Food Services, Sales Tech, Cannabis, Entertainment, Recruiting, Government Tech

9) Madeline Walsh

Fund: Anthos Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Art, Cosmetics, Cannabis, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Internet of Things, Logistics, Marketplaces, Food Services, Sex

10) Sam Frankel

Fund: Cobalt Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, eSports, Recruiting, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Sex

11) Sam Teden

Fund: Anthos Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Media, Consumer, Enterprise

12) Zenetta Burger

Fund: Anthos Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Media, Consumer, Enterprise

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC