Ed Roman - Managing Director @ Hack VC - Crunchbase Person Profile

Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Affine	—	Pre Seed Round - Affine	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Hashnode	—	Series A - Hashnode	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Archipelo	—	Seed Round - Archipelo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lyte	—	Series B - Lyte	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Hashnode	—	Seed Round - Hashnode	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025)	—	Seed Round - Kinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025)	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	o1Labs	—	Seed Round - o1Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Peer5	No	Seed Round - Peer5	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Boon + Gable	No	Seed Round - Boon + Gable	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Holidog	Yes	Venture Round - Holidog	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	TAC	Hack VC	Yes	Seed Round - TAC	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	1Money Network Technologies	Hack VC	—	Seed Round - 1Money Network Technologies	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Exabits AI	Hack VC	Yes	Seed Round - Exabits AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	0G	Hack VC	Yes	Seed Round - 0G	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gelato	Hack VC	Yes	Series A - Gelato	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	0G	Hack VC	Yes	Pre Seed Round - 0G	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	io.net	Hack VC	Yes	Series A - io.net	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Elixir	Hack VC	Yes	Series A - Elixir	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Demox Labs	Hack VC	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Demox Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Bitwave	Hack VC	Yes	Series A - Bitwave	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

Number of Exits

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Ed Roman

has

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exit -

SimpleHoney

Ed Roman

has

obfuscation

exits. Their most notable exits are

SimpleHoney

Precog

, and

Peer5

SimpleHoney SimpleHoney offers I Want Wish Lists, a mobile app that enables users to create their wish list and receive alerts on when and where to buy.
Precog Precog is an analytics platform that helps companies store, integrate and analyze large volumes of measured data.
Peer5 Peer5 operates the world’s largest peer-to-peer (p2p) content delivery network.
Kinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025) Powering the $648b care economy.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Ed Roman

has

current jobs as

Managing Director

Hack VC

and

Startup Investor and Syndicate Lead

AngelList

. Additionally,

Ed Roman

has had

past jobs including

CEO

HackHands

Hack VC Managing DirectorJun 20, 2017
AngelList Startup Investor and Syndicate LeadJun 2010

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
HackHands	CEO	Jun 1, 2013	Jun 1, 2014
Ghostfire Games	CEO	2006	2010
TheServerSide.com	Founder and CEO	1999	2002

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Ed Roman

holds

board and advisor roles including

Advisor

Canva

Advisor

BoxC

, and

Advisor

Sauce Labs

Canva Advisor
BoxC Advisor
Sauce Labs Advisor
SlamData Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
NodeSource	Board Observer	2015	2019
Pluralsight	Board Observer	2015	2018

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