15 E-Commerce Investors Based in Palo Alto

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 Palo Alto-based founders connect with e-commerce-based investors that write checks into E-Commerce companies. Here are 15 investors that match that criteria.

1) Ajay Ramachandran

Fund: Happiness Ventures
Title: Founding Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

2) Anusha Sriram

Fund: SAIGroup
Title: Senior Investment Analyst
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Fintech, Government Tech, Insurtech, Enterprise, Other Tech

3) Arif Damji

Fund: Conductive Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Logistics, Manufacturing, Enterprise, Proptech, Robotics, Sales Tech, Travel

4) Ary Vaidya

Fund: Palm Drive Capital
Title: Investment Analyst
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Cloud, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Marketplaces, Enterprise

5) Ashley Paston

Fund: Meritech Capital
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Proptech

6) Elaine Dai

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Consumer, Enterprise

7) Grace Geng

Fund: DST Investment Management
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Marketplaces

8) Jane Lee

Fund: RPS Ventures
Title: Senior Investment Associate
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Cloud, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Logistics, Consumer, Enterprise, Proptech

9) Maria Salamanca

Fund: Ulu Ventures
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Enterprise, Space

10) Matthew Divack

Fund: Moment Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Robotics, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

11) Michael D’Arrigo

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Growth Equity Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Logistics, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Sales Tech

12) Michelle Nie

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Venture Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, eSports, Marketplaces, Consumer, Proptech

13) Otilia Barbuta

Fund: HP
Title: Senior Associate / HP Tech Ventures
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

14) Patrick Ward

Fund: Western Technology Investment
Title: Senior Associate
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, eSports, Fintech, Proptech, Logistics, EdTech, E-Commerce, Digital Health and Wellness, Web3, Fashion, Cosmetics, Travel, Other Tech, Marketplaces

15) Stella Zhang

Fund: Conductive Ventures
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
Sectors: AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Recruiting, Internet of Things, Insurtech, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Robotics, Sales Tech, Transportation

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