Number of Portfolio Companies 37
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled the

engineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003.

Number of Investments 39
Michael Stoppelman has made 39 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Morty on Oct 13, 2023, when Morty raised
$2.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 13, 2023
Morty
Seed Round - Morty
$2.2M
Sep 1, 2023
ParadeDB
Seed Round - ParadeDB
Jan 13, 2023
T2
Seed Round - T2
$1.1M
Nov 30, 2022
Tldraw
Seed Round - Tldraw
$2.7M
Sep 27, 2022
Kumo.AI
Series B - Kumo.AI
$18M
Aug 18, 2022
dWallet Labs
Pre Seed Round - dWallet Labs
$5M
Jul 21, 2022
Better Stack
Series A - Better Stack
$18.6M
Mar 22, 2022
BeyondRisk
Pre Seed Round - BeyondRisk
Jan 20, 2022
Saas Labs
Series B - Saas Labs
$42M
Jan 14, 2022
Skippet
Seed Round - Skippet
$2.4M
Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Apr 7, 2020
Whist
Multiple Angels
No
Pre Seed Round - Whist
$770K
Number of Exits 
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Michael Stoppelman has exits. Their most notable exits are WishOkera, and nura.
  • Wish Wish is an e-commerce shopping app, putting a digital shopping mall of affordable goods directly in the pockets of consumers worldwide.
  • Okera Okera is a data authorization company.
  • nura nura, powered and operated by Nuraloop, is a manufacturing company that delivers perfect sound to every individual.
  • Charma Charma is a platform that helps improve team communication and accountability.
  • Brainbase Brainbase is brand licensing management software.
Number of Past Jobs 5
Michael Stoppelman has had 5 past jobs including VP of Engineering at Yelp.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Yelp
VP of Engineering20112015
Yelp
Director of Engineering20092011
Google
Senior Software Engineer20032007
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Intern20022003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InternMay 2002Aug 2002
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Michael Stoppelman is the Advisor and angel investor at Avochato.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Yelp
Advisor20172017
Number of News Articles 16
Funding RoundOct 13, 2023
Morty raised $2,200,000 / Seed from ANIMO Ventures and 9 other investors
Funding RoundSep 1, 2023
ParadeDB raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from David J. Phillips and 12 other investors
Funding RoundJan 13, 2023
T2 raised $1,100,000 / Seed from Bradley Horowitz and 17 other investors
Funding RoundNov 30, 2022
Tldraw raised $2,700,000 / Seed from Adam Wiggins and 17 other investors
Funding RoundSep 27, 2022
Kumo.AI raised $18,000,000 / Series B from A.Capital Ventures and 8 other investors
Funding RoundAug 18, 2022
dWallet Labs raised $5,000,000 / Pre Seed from Amplify Partners and 21 other investors
Funding RoundJul 21, 2022
Better Stack raised $18,600,000 / Series A from Creandum and 14 other investors
Funding RoundMar 22, 2022
BeyondRisk raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from Hoxton Ventures and 2 other investors
Funding RoundJan 20, 2022
Saas Labs raised $42,000,000 / Series B from Allison Pickens and 6 other investors
Funding RoundJan 14, 2022
Skippet raised $2,430,000 / Seed from Adam Caplan and 7 other investors