Andy Appelbaum

Managing Partner

2014 - Current

RiverPark Ventures is an active early stage venture capital fund, founded by entrepreneurs to invest in entrepreneurs. We invest in great teams with disruptive business models, across industries. As operators, we understand the challenges of building a business and only participate when we can add value. This includes insight from two decades of first-hand execution and investment experience along with a deep and wide network of relationships. RiverPark Ventures is part of the RiverPark family of funds, a multi-strategy portfolio management firm.

Co-Founder

2011

Home to domino magazine and domino.com, the first-of-its-kind multi-platform brand in the home design space, domino provides inspirational content through world-class editorial and effortless e-commerce. The newly re-imagined domino, launched in 2013 in partnership with Conde' Nast, defines the online convergence between content, community and commerce. Prior to 2013, Company was named Project Décor.

Co-Founder - Managing Partner

2007 - 2012

Seed stage investment platform. Made active angel investments in early stage companies.

Co-Founder and Principal

2001 - 2007

Intermediate marketplace for electricity procurement services. Company created specialized products, including proprietary reverse on line auction, to lock in electricity costs for large commercial and industrial property owners with exposure in multiple utility footprints. Company sold to Enernoc (Nasdaq – ENOC) in October of 2007.

Co-Founder

2000 - 2006

Seamless (formerly Seamless Web) is a leading online and mobile food-ordering service that shows diners local restaurants available for delivery or pick up. The company's online and mobile ordering platforms allow diners to order directly from approximately 28,800 takeout restaurants in more than 600 U.S. cities and London, and every order is supported by the company's 24/7 customer service. The Company merged with Grub Hub in 2013 and Seamless/GrubHub went public in April of 2014 (NYSE – GRUB).

Co-Founder - Managing Partner

2003 - 2006

Real Estate development company formed to assemble three connecting buildings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Partnered with Metropolitan Housing Group to to demo site and build an 85,000 square foot, 21 story residential condominium on West 78th Street.

Founder and Managing Principal

1992 - 2001

Network of home delivery dry cleaning routes utilizing 3rd party operators. Company leveraged excess third party production capacity with minimal overhead or execution complexity. Served over 400 communities and 50,000 customers. Company sold to Zoots in 1999.

Associate

1991 - 1992