Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Sam Blackman is CEO and co-founder of Elemental Technologies, Inc., a Portland-based startup company.

Blackman brings extensive management experience and video processing expertise to the Elemental. As leader of Elemental, he has grown Elemental into the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, building innovative

products used by leading video content providers.

Prior to co-founding Elemental in 2006, Sam specified and architected next-generation products as an IC design manager for Pixelworks. Prior to joining Pixelworks in 2000, Sam held engineering positions at Silicon Graphics and Intel Corporation. Due to a growing reputation for deep industry knowledge, Sam has been tapped for presentations and contributions to leading trade and news organizations.

Number of Investments 1
Sam Blackman invested in eVisit on Dec 24, 2019. This investment - Seed Round - eVisit - was valued at
$9.7M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 24, 2019
eVisit
No
Seed Round - eVisit
$9.7M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Sam Blackman is the CEO at AWS Elemental. Additionally, Sam Blackman has had 1 past job as the IC Design Manager at Pixelworks.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Pixelworks
IC Design Manager2000Aug 1, 2006
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Sam Blackman holds 2 board and advisor roles as Circle Member & advisor at Founders Circle Capital and Director at AWS Elemental.
Sam Blackman studied at University of California BerkeleyUniversity of Oregon, and Brown University.
Number of News Articles 53
Funding RoundDec 24, 2019
eVisit raised $9,708,376 / Seed from Alan Ram and 5 other investors
NewsMar 11, 2019
NewsMay 8, 2018
NewsAug 28, 2017
NewsOct 4, 2016
NewsJun 20, 2016