8 Recruiting 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 recruiting-based investors that write checks into Recruiting companies. Here are 8 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) 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

3) Brittany Walker

  • Fund: CRV
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Sales Tech, Travel

4) Jared Katzen

  • Fund: PruVen Capital
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Future of Work, Fintech, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Proptech

5) 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

6) 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

7) 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

8) Vishnavi Paruchuri

  • Fund: NTTVC
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Fintech, Legal, Recruiting, Enterprise, Professional or Technical Services

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