Edward Lando
Founder of Palazzo
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2020 - Current
First investor in great entrepreneurs around the world.
Angel Investor
2014
Early investor in 20+ unicorns including Ramp, Mercury, Current, Spendesk, Side, Misfits Market, Truebill, Modern Treasury, Extra, Gauntlet and others.
Founding Investor & Board Member
2018
On a mission to bring healthy, affordable produce to all Americans & help reduce food waste along the way. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/misfits-market-online-groceries-valued-at-2-billion-on-softbank-investment
Misfits Market provides a subscription box service for organically sourced produce.
Raised $526,500,000.00 from ASVC, Covalent Ventures, SaxeCap, Collide Capital, Sprint Vc and 10X Capital.
Co-Founder
2023
Reinventing interior design. https://www.fastcompany.com/91040882/venus-williams-launches-an-ai-interior-design-platform-called-palazzo https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/venus-williams-launches-palazzo-ai-powered-interior-design-platform/
Palazzo provides interior designs and communicating them is effortlessly using artificial intelligence.
Co-Founder
2022
Freedom from sales tax. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/zamp-fintech-e-commerce-sales-tax/
Zamp is a sales tax solution that combines technology, automation, and human experience to totally remove sales tax off your plate.
Raised $4,000,000.00 from Anoop Shah, Alli Folk, Lorenzo Thione, Alexandra Cowie, Trupti Natu, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Matt Mickiewicz, John Fogelsong, Yahya Mokhtarzada and Pedram Navid.
Co-Founder
2021
Pay By Bank in the US. https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/19/link-raises-30m-to-help-merchants-accept-direct-bank-payments/
Co-Founder
2021
Redefining the surrogacy experience. https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2022/09/21/nodal-launches-tech-surrogacy-5-million-seed
Nodal is a digital health startup that provides a surrogacy matching platform for couples and individuals.
Raised $8,700,000.00 from Amplo, Myelin VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, Chelsea M.R. Hirschhorn, Katherine Ryder, Amplo, Scott Belsky, Interplay and Great Oaks Venture Capital.
Co-Founder
2020
The easiest way to send gifts to the people you care about. https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/16/gift-giving-mobile-app-goody-holidays/
Goody makes sending gifts as easy as sending a text.
Raised $32,100,000.00 from SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures, Karim Atiyeh, Global Founders Capital, Josh Constine, Scott Belsky, Eric Glyman, Amber Atherton and New Enterprise Associates.
Founding Investor & Board Member
2020
Use your spreadsheet skills to build custom applications powered by your data. www.lido.app
Lido is a platform that creates custom dashboards and internal apps.
Co-Founder
2018
The modern financial research platform. https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-latin-america-fund-leads-28-million-atom-finance-funding-round-11624447801
Atom’s app and enterprise software solutions provide access to high-quality investment intelligence, helping investors make smart decisions.
Raised $46,500,000.00 from Base Partners, General Catalyst and SoftBank.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
2010 - 2014