BOBBY LO

ABOUT | LINKEDIN

Startup operator to investor / advisor

Hello! I'm Bobby Lo. I was the founder of Vurb, the TechCrunch Disrupt-winning, consumer search and messaging app that became the largest acquisition by Snapchat at the time.

I also co-founded two other startups and made use of my three MIT degrees while working as a management consultant at BCG

Currently I actively angel invest (40+ companies) and advise startup founders on building great product experiences.

Full Bio

Working with me

Being the first call. Startups are hard, and I’ve been a single founder from start to exit. I’m available to be that first call - whether it be helping to close that important candidate to navigating hairy situations.

I invest independently. I collaborate with top investors but invest with my own capital - no syndicates or scout funds that could put me in conflict with founders. I can spend more time with founders instead of deal hunting.

Obsess over product. I look for great teams with product vision and an unfair advantage across most industries - including consumer, enterprise, data/AI, and health (no web3).

Planning the future. Being a founder involves great sacrifice. I can strategize company fundraises, but I can also help founders think through their own financial planning. Need a vacation? As a hobby I help founders find great deals on travel (use those points and miles!) so they can recharge.

I give blunt, constructive feedback around:

Product strategy / GTM
User experience / design
Fundraising / deck
Partnership strategy
People operations
Executive coaching

Product strategy / GTM
User experience / design
Fundraising / deck
Partnership strategy
People operations
Executive coaching

Select portfolio

Sprig

Enterprise • SaaS

Continuous UX / product insights platform. Invested at pre-seed before First Round, Accel, a16z. Advised on initial product ideation, design, GTM, operations. Joined the board in 2023.

Brewbird

Consumer • Hardware

Third-wave, fresh, bean-to-cup coffee machine. Invested at pre-seed and iterated product strategy before making introductions to Sequoia, who led the seed and Maveron, who led the A.

Ostro

Enterprise • Healthcare

Personalized healthcare engagement. Joined as advisor post-seed and facilitated funding relationships with the Series A and B leads. Also provided feedback for the awesome rebrand.

Onebrief

Enterprise • Defense

Modernizing military planning. Invested at pre-seed and orchestrated funding rounds for seed and Series A.

Reveri Health

Consumer • Healthcare

Science-backed self-hypnosis, based upon research at Stanford University. Invested at pre-seed and have been actively involved in providing product design and strategy guidance.

Alcove

Real Estate

Making housing more accessible through co-living

Certify

Enterprise • Healthcare

Frictionless healthcare provider credentialing

Ditto

ENTERPRISE • SaaS

Source of truth for product copy across an organization

Equi

Consumer • Fintech

Making alternative investments more accessible

Flex

Fintech

Finance and banking infrastructure for businesses

Goodtrust

Consumer • SaaS

Estate planning, trust and will

Joy

Consumer • eCommerce

Delightful wedding and event planning

Luzern Risk

FINTECH

Modern insurance captive management

Meez

Enterprise • SaaS

Back-of-house operating system for restaurants

MobyTrade

Enterprise • SaaS

Modernizing financial workflows for international trade

Noetica

Enterprise • SaaS

AI-powered knowledge extraction for documents

Osano

Enterprise • SaaS

Privacy compliance platform

Profile

Enterprise • SaaS

AI-powered people search

Read AI

Enterprise • SaaS

Making meetings more efficient and effective with AI

Regard

Enterprise • Healthcare

AI-powered healthcare diagnoses and note-writing

Safari AI

Enterprise

AI-powered physical space analytics

Salted

Foodtech

Ghost kitchen infrastructure powering healthy restaurant brands

Sitch

Consumer

AI-powered matchmaking

Starday Foods

Foodtech

AI-powered food innovation for new CPG brands

Swiftlane

Real Estate

Modern video door intercom for building access

Thea

Consumer

AI-powered dermatology in an all-in-one app

Titus

Fintech

BNPL for real estate services

Zoza

ENTERPRISE

AI-powered automated search for sales discovery calls

8Flow

Enterprise

Support workflow automation using AI

… and many others

Contact

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BOBBY LO

ABOUT | LINKEDIN

Startup operator to investor / advisor

Hello! I'm Bobby Lo. I was the founder of Vurb, the TechCrunch Disrupt-winning, consumer search and messaging app that became the largest acquisition by Snapchat at the time.

I also co-founded two other startups and made use of my three MIT degrees while working as a management consultant at BCG

Currently I actively angel invest (40+ companies) and advise startup founders on building great product experiences.

Working with me

Being the first call. Startups are hard, and I’ve been a single founder from start to exit. I’m available to be that first call - whether it be helping to close that important candidate to navigating hairy situations.

Being the first call. Startups are hard, and I’ve been a single founder from start to exit. I’m available to be that first call - whether it be helping to close that important candidate to navigating hairy situations.

I invest independently. I collaborate with top investors but invest with my own capital - no syndicates or scout funds that could put me in conflict with founders. I can spend more time with founders instead of deal hunting.

I invest independently. I collaborate with top investors but invest with my own capital - no syndicates or scout funds that could put me in conflict with founders. I can spend more time with founders instead of deal hunting.

Obsess over product. I look for great teams with product vision and an unfair advantage across most industries - including consumer, enterprise, data/AI, and health (no web3).

Obsess over product. I look for great teams with product vision and an unfair advantage across most industries - including consumer, enterprise, data/AI, and health (no web3).

Planning the future. Being a founder involves great sacrifice. I can strategize company fundraises, but I can also help founders think through their own financial planning. Need a vacation? As a hobby I help founders find great deals on travel (use those points and miles!) so they can recharge.

Planning the future. Being a founder involves great sacrifice. I can strategize company fundraises, but I can also help founders think through their own financial planning. Need a vacation? As a hobby I help founders find great deals on travel (use those points and miles!) so they can recharge.

I give blunt, constructive feedback around:

I give blunt, constructive feedback around:

Product strategy / GTM

Product strategy / GTM

Select portfolio

Sprig

Sprig

Enterprise • SaaS

Continuous UX / product insights platform. Invested at pre-seed before First Round, Accel, a16z. Advised on initial product ideation, design, GTM, operations. Joined the board in 2023.

Continuous UX / product insights platform. Invested at pre-seed before First Round, Accel, a16z. Advised on initial product ideation, design, GTM, operations. Joined the board in 2023.

Brewbird

Brewbird

Consumer • Hardware

Third-wave, fresh, bean-to-cup coffee machine. Invested at pre-seed and iterated product strategy before making introductions to Sequoia, who led the seed and Maveron, who led the A.

Third-wave, fresh, bean-to-cup coffee machine. Invested at pre-seed and iterated product strategy before making introductions to Sequoia, who led the seed and Maveron, who led the A.

Ostro

Ostro

Enterprise • Healthcare

Personalized healthcare engagement. Joined as advisor post-seed and facilitated funding relationships with the Series A and B leads. Also provided feedback for the awesome rebrand.

Personalized healthcare engagement. Joined as advisor post-seed and facilitated funding relationships with the Series A and B leads. Also provided feedback for the awesome rebrand.

Onebrief

Onebrief

Enterprise • Defense

Modernizing military planning. Invested at pre-seed and orchestrated funding rounds for seed and Series A.

Modernizing military planning. Invested at pre-seed and orchestrated funding rounds for seed and Series A.

Reveri Health

Reveri Health

Consumer • Healthcare

Science-backed self-hypnosis, based upon research at Stanford University. Invested at pre-seed and have been actively involved in providing product design and strategy guidance.

Science-backed self-hypnosis, based upon research at Stanford University. Invested at pre-seed and have been actively involved in providing product design and strategy guidance.

Real Estate

Making housing more accessible through co-living

Making housing more accessible through co-living

Enterprise • Healthcare

Frictionless healthcare provider credentialing

Frictionless healthcare provider credentialing

ENTERPRISE • SaaS

Source of truth for product copy across an organization

Source of truth for product copy across an organization

Consumer • Fintech

Making alternative investments more accessible

Making alternative investments more accessible

Fintech

Finance and banking infrastructure for businesses

Finance and banking infrastructure for businesses

Consumer • SaaS

Estate planning, trust and will

Consumer • eCommerce

Delightful wedding and event planning

Delightful wedding and event planning

FINTECH

Modern insurance captive management

Enterprise • SaaS

Enterprise • SaaS

Back-of-house operating system for restaurants

Back-of-house operating system for restaurants

Enterprise • SaaS

Modernizing financial workflows for international trade

Modernizing financial workflows for international trade

Enterprise • SaaS

AI-powered knowledge extraction for documents

AI-powered knowledge extraction for documents

Enterprise • SaaS

Privacy compliance platform

Privacy compliance platform