Number of Portfolio Companies 12
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Kevin is the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, a community of more than 300 million who capture and share the world’s moments on the service. He is responsible for the company’s overall vision and strategy as well as day-to-day operations.

Prior to founding Instagram, Kevin was part of the startup Odeo, which later became Twitter, and spent two

years at Google working on products such as Gmail and Google Reader. He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor of science in management science and engineering.

Number of Investments 13
Kevin Systrom has made 13 investments. Their latest investment was Post-IPO Equity - Cazoo on Aug 27, 2021, when Cazoo raised
$800M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 27, 2021
Cazoo
Post-IPO Equity - Cazoo
$800M
Feb 1, 2021
Captions
Seed Round - Captions
$4M
Oct 7, 2020
mmhmm
Series A - mmhmm
$30.4M
Aug 3, 2020
Geneva
Seed Round - Geneva
$10M
Jul 7, 2020
mmhmm
Seed Round - mmhmm
$4.5M
Nov 26, 2019
Loom
No
Series B - Loom
$30M
Oct 1, 2019
Pitch
No
Venture Round - Pitch
$30M
Aug 5, 2019
Scale AI
No
Series C - Scale AI
$100M
Jun 25, 2018
Cedar
Series B - Cedar
$36M
Mar 23, 2016
Convoy
No
Series A - Convoy
$16M
Number of Exits 
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Kevin Systrom has exits. Their most notable exits are SparksLoom, and Convoy.
  • Sparks Sparks develops a platform that enables users to create memes on mobile.
  • Loom Loom is a work communication tool that enables its users to get a message across instantly shareable videos.
  • Convoy Convoy is a digital freight network that moves truckloads and design solutions that address supply chain inefficiencies.
  • Cazoo Cazoo is an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
  • Blue Bottle Coffee Blue Bottle Coffee is a coffee roaster and retailer platform that delivers coffee subscriptions to doorsteps nationwide.
Number of Past Jobs 4
Kevin Systrom has had 4 past jobs including CEO at Instagram.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Instagram
CEOJan 2010Oct 2018
Nextstop
Product Manager20092010
Google
Corporate Development AssociateJul 1, 20062009
Odeo
Intern
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Kevin Systrom holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member and Advisor at A Voice From Prison and Board of Directors at Walmart.
Kevin Systrom studied at Stanford University.
Number of News Articles 1,826
NewsMar 8, 2024
Funding RoundAug 27, 2021
Cazoo raised $800,000,000 / Post Ipo Equity from Anne Wojcicki and 13 other investors
NewsMar 19, 2021
NewsMar 3, 2021
Funding RoundFeb 1, 2021
Captions raised $4,000,000 / Seed from Antoine Martin and 8 other investors
Funding RoundOct 7, 2020
mmhmm raised $30,350,000 / Series A from Aglaé Ventures and 28 other investors
NewsOct 4, 2020
Japan Today — Instagram turns 10