Number of Portfolio Companies 26
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Author - Amazon Publishing
  • Primary Organization 
    Amazon
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Timothy Ferriss is a start-up angel investor Twitter, Posterous, RescueTime and others, blogger and entrepreneur.

Tim's best-known written work is The 4-Hour Workweek, which had been sold into 35 languages and reached #1 on The New York Times, BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. On May 3, 2009, it celebrated its 2nd

straight year on The New York Times business bestseller list since its publication on April 27, 2007.

Tim is a Guest Lecturer in High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Electrical Engineering at Princeton University since 2003.

Other education-related interests includes social media-based fundraising experiments, such as LitLiberation, which outraised television host Stephen Colbert 3-to-1 with no fixed costs. Most recently, Tim used Twitter as a distributed tool for gathering data on post-campaign donations (see Tweet to Beat).

Tim is on the advisory board of DonorsChoose.org, Evernote, StumbleUpon, Trippy, about.me, TaskRabbit and Uber.

Tim has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most innovative organizations, including Google, MIT, Harvard Business School, Nike, PayPal, Facebook, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Microsoft, Ask.com, Nielsen, Princeton University, the Wharton School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Tim has also been invited to speak and keynote at world-renowned technology summits including EG, FOO Camp, E-Tech, Supernova, LeWeb, and the Web 2.0 Exposition, where he shared the stage with figures like Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Google, and Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.

Tim received his B.A. degree from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments.

Number of Investments 29
Timothy Ferriss has made 29 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Shift on Feb 28, 2018, when Shift raised
$4M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 28, 2018
Shift
—
Seed Round - Shift
$4M
Mar 13, 2017
The Hustle
No
Seed Round - The Hustle
$1M
Aug 30, 2016
Cozy
—
Series B - Cozy
$8.5M
Apr 29, 2015
MD Insider
—
Series A - MD Insider
$9.5M
Nov 5, 2014
MD Insider
Yes
Seed Round - MD Insider
$1.5M
Oct 30, 2014
Soma
—
Series A - Soma
$2.2M
Sep 23, 2014
Exo
Yes
Seed Round - Exo
$1.2M
Jul 28, 2014
SkyKick
—
Venture Round - SkyKick
$3M
May 29, 2014
Grove
—
Seed Round - Grove
$2M
Apr 2, 2014
Wealthfront
No
Series C - Wealthfront
$35M
Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jul 23, 2012
Taskrabbit
500 Global
No
Series C - Taskrabbit
$13M
May 4, 2011
Taskrabbit
500 Global
—
Series A - Taskrabbit
$5M
Jan 25, 2011
Graphicly
500 Global
—
Series A - Graphicly
$3.8M
Number of Exits 
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Timothy Ferriss has exits. Their most notable exits are X (formerly Twitter)Unsubscribe.com, and The Hustle.
  • X (formerly Twitter) X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
  • Unsubscribe.com Unsubscribe is an online service that helps individuals get rid of unwanted mailing lists and newsletters in their email accounts.
  • The Hustle The Hustle is helping young professionals make better decisions throughout their day starting with business news.
  • Soma Soma is a premium water filter service that includes a beautiful glass carafe and the world's most innovative water filters.
  • SimpleGeo SimpleGeo offers an API that allows developers to build location-aware applications for mobile devices.
  • Sano Sano is building a small, wearable sensor that can capture and transmit blood chemistry data continuously to virtually any device.
  • Posterous Posterous is an innovative company focused on making blogging simple as simple as sending an email.
  • Milk Milk is a mobile development lab that builds innovative mobile apps.
  • MD Insider Machine Learning Enabled Physician Performance Transparency
  • Foodzie Foodzie is an online marketplace that allows individuals to discover and buy food directly from artisan producers.
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 1
Timothy Ferriss has 2 current jobs as Author - Amazon Publishing at Amazon and Guest Lecturer - High-Tech Entrepreneurship & Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Additionally, Timothy Ferriss has had 1 past job as the Account Manager at TrueSAN Networks.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
TrueSAN Networks
Account ManagerJan 2000Jan 2001
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 11
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 6
Timothy Ferriss holds 11 board and advisor roles including Member of the Advisory Board at PinkyProductions, Member of the Advisory Board at spherre, and Member of the Advisory Board at Graphicly.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
DailyBurn
Member of the Advisory Board——
StumbleUpon
Member of the Advisory Board——
Shopify
Member of the Advisory Board——
Posterous
Member of the Advisory Board——
Taskrabbit
Member of the Advisory Board——
Uber
Advisor——
Timothy Ferriss studied at Princeton University.
Number of Events 2
Timothy Ferriss has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, SXSW 2017 on Mar 10, 2017.
Number of News Articles 176
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