Number of Portfolio Companies 45
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Expo
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Charlie Cheever is the Co-Founder of Expo. He was also a Co-Founder of Quora, formerly Alma Networks. Before founding Quora Charlie worked as an engineer and manager at Facebook, where he oversaw the creation of Facebook Connect and the Facebook Platform.

Prior to joining Facebook, Charlie served as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon.

Charlie graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Computer Science.

Number of Investments 47
Charlie Cheever has made 47 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - ShareWell on Feb 16, 2023, when ShareWell raised
$1.3M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 16, 2023
ShareWell
No
Pre Seed Round - ShareWell
$1.3M
Jul 29, 2022
Studio
Seed Round - Studio
$3.3M
May 11, 2022
Socket
Seed Round - Socket
$4.6M
May 5, 2022
Logseq
Seed Round - Logseq
$4.1M
Nov 17, 2021
Mem Protocol
Pre Seed Round - Mem Protocol
$3.1M
Jun 22, 2021
Destiny (D/XYZ)
Seed Round - Destiny (D/XYZ)
$5M
May 25, 2021
Plato
Seed Round - Plato
$2.1M
Feb 8, 2021
Goody
Seed Round - Goody
$4M
Oct 29, 2020
Raycast
Seed Round - Raycast
$2.7M
Mar 25, 2020
Helm.ai
Seed Round - Helm.ai
$13M
Number of Exits 
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Charlie Cheever has exits. Their most notable exits are ZenefitsURX, and Spin.
  • Zenefits Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
  • URX URX drives mobile commerce through relevant product ads.
  • Spin Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
  • Sparks Sparks develops a platform that enables users to create memes on mobile.
  • RedCap RedCap is a platform that operates as a membership-based, premium driver-on-demand service.
  • Opendoor Opendoor is a real estate technology company that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes.
  • Kite Kite augments coding environment with the use of internet’s programming knowledge and machine learning.
  • Forge Forge is a global private securities marketplace creating an accessible, liquid, and transparent private market.
  • Evertoon Evertoon makes it easy to tell your story.
  • Cover Lockscreen Cover is an Android lockscreen that makes it faster to get to the right apps at the right time
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Charlie Cheever is the Co-Founder at Expo. Additionally, Charlie Cheever has had 3 past jobs including Founder at Quora.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Quora
FounderMar 2009Sep 2012
Meta
Software Engineering Manager20062009
Amazon Web Services
Software Development Engineer
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Charlie Cheever is the Board Advisor at SigFig.
Charlie Cheever studied at Harvard University.
Number of Events 2
Charlie Cheever has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, AirConf 2014 on Aug 4, 2014.
Number of News Articles 163
Funding RoundFeb 16, 2023
ShareWell raised $1,300,000 / Pre Seed from Adrian Aoun and 6 other investors
Funding RoundJul 29, 2022
Studio raised $3,300,000 / Seed from Brian Pokorny and 9 other investors
Funding RoundMay 11, 2022
Socket raised $4,600,000 / Seed from Andrew Peterson and 22 other investors
Funding RoundMay 5, 2022
Logseq raised $4,100,000 / Seed from Andreessen Horowitz and 11 other investors
NewsDec 21, 2021
Funding RoundNov 17, 2021
Mem Protocol raised $3,100,000 / Pre Seed from Andreessen Horowitz and 7 other investors
Funding RoundJun 22, 2021
Destiny (D/XYZ) raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Charlie Cheever and 3 other investors
Funding RoundMay 25, 2021
Plato raised $2,100,000 / Seed from A.Capital Ventures and 5 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 8, 2021
Goody raised $4,000,000 / Seed from Charlie Cheever and 7 other investors
Funding RoundOct 29, 2020
Raycast raised $2,700,000 / Seed from Accel and 6 other investors