Number of Portfolio Companies 9
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Managing Director
  • Primary Organization 
    Gaingels
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
  • Number of Exits 

Lorenzo Thione is the co-founder of Powerset, Inc., an innovative search startup founded in 2005, with the vision of bringing to consumers a more natural and effective type of Internet search than conventional keyword search. Funded by notable Silicon Valley VCs and angel investors, Powerset was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2008 to complement and

innovate on its own search technology and offering. Currently, he is a Principal Program Manager in charge of the Powerset division of Bing, Microsoft's innovative "Decision Engine".

Lorenzo is an active angel investor, board member and advisor in several startup, including Dolores Labs, an exciting and energetic San Francisco startup building a scalable platform for human-based computing and crowdsourcing, Crowdflower, and several others at various stages, in the US and abroad, like Kidlandia, Etacts, 8Coupons, and iBrii.

In addition to his Internet-tech endeavors, Lorenzo is a theater producer currently busy in bringing several new works to the Broadway stage, including the recently emerging Green Day musical, American Idiot of which he's Associate Producer. His current and most ambitious project is a brand new musical bound for the Broadway stage. Jay Kuo's original musical Allegiance, starring George Takei and Lea Salonga, follows the story of a Japanese American family during the years of the WWII Japanese American internment, and is currently aiming for a 2012 Broadway debut.

Lorenzo is a founding board member of StartOut (www.startout.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering and developing entrepreneurship within the LGBT community, and during his service on the board of StartOut, the non-profit, founded in 2009, has grown to a membership of over 1000 individuals nationwide and three active chapters in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with plans for faster growth. He serves on the board of trustees of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and Reason To Party, a SF-based non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of underserved Bay Area residents by raising money for charity groups through events held in collaboration with local businesses.

A native of Milan, Italy, Lorenzo moved to Austin, Texas at age 21, to complete his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering, and has co-authored several publications in Software Engineering and Computational Linguistics. He is a named inventor on 10 issued and over 20 pending patents in the US and world-wide.

Number of Investments 10
Lorenzo Thione has made 10 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Zamp on May 10, 2023, when Zamp raised
$4M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 10, 2023
Zamp
Seed Round - Zamp
$4M
Mar 1, 2023
Chai
Seed Round - Chai
May 30, 2022
Ordinary Seafood
Pre Seed Round - Ordinary Seafood
Oct 12, 2021
Suma Wealth
Pre Seed Round - Suma Wealth
$2M
May 4, 2015
misterb&b
Seed Round - misterb&b
$2M
Apr 20, 2015
SELECT
Convertible Note - SELECT
$120K
Dec 31, 2011
Amaze Software
No
Seed Round - Amaze Software
$1.1M
May 11, 2011
Gobble
No
Seed Round - Gobble
$1.2M
Jan 20, 2010
Figure Eight
Series A - Figure Eight
$5M
Mar 1, 2009
Figure Eight
No
Seed Round - Figure Eight
$1.2M
Number of Partner Investments 28
Number of Exits 
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Lorenzo Thione has exits. Their most notable exits are Gobble and Figure Eight.
  • Gobble Gobble is a weekly dinner kit delivery service that helps busy people cook dinner in just 15 minutes thanks to already prepped ingredients.
  • Figure Eight Figure Eight is a Human-in-the-Loop machine learning platform to create customized large scale high-quality training data.
Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 1
Lorenzo Thione has 3 current jobs including Managing Director at Gaingels, Founder & CEO at The Social Edge, and Founder / Product Architect at Powerset. Additionally, Lorenzo Thione has had 1 past job as the Founder, President & Chairman at Artify It.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Artify It
Founder, President & ChairmanFeb 15, 20122015
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 8
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Lorenzo Thione holds 8 board and advisor roles including Advisor at Hyperverse International, Advisor at Doochoo, and Board of Directors at Ibrii.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Searcheeze
Board member2011
Number of News Articles 13
Funding RoundMay 10, 2023
Zamp raised $4,000,000 / Seed from Alexandra Cowie and 36 other investors
Funding RoundMar 1, 2023
Chai raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from Alexander Will and 4 other investors
Funding RoundMay 30, 2022
Ordinary Seafood raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from Alisha Fredriksson and 10 other investors
Funding RoundOct 12, 2021
Suma Wealth raised $2,000,000 / Pre Seed from Anna Barber and 7 other investors
NewsJun 29, 2020
Funding RoundMay 4, 2015
misterb&b raised $2,000,000 / Seed from 500 Global and 10 other investors