Janis Krums

Managing Partner

2023 - Current

The next generation of budget hotels. Created for the modern traveler, we’re elevating budget stays into fresh and original experiences.

Founder

2014

Investments include - Plangrid, SingleStore, FiscalNote, Aerones, MeUndies, Flexport, Verano

Investor

2022

Early funding for CEE startups, led by founders & operators. Among members/investors - founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Bolt ($1.3B funding), Vimeo ($450M), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M funding), Pipedrive ($90M), Apollo.io ($151M funding), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M).

Venture Partner

2019

Angel Investor

2011

Investor in the seed round at MemSQL. MemSQL is a next generation database that removes the most common bottleneck most applications hit today: disk. By offering a familiar relational interface to an in-memory data tier, MemSQL empowers developers with the technology web-scale companies use to cope with massive traffic and growth. MemSQL offers orders of magnitude improvements in write and read performance and greatly simplifies application development and maintenance.

Investor

2014

FiscalNote has built a platform for real-time open data analysis that aggregates, analyzes, and forecasts government action. Our vision is to create a legal and political system that is transparent and predictable using artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat injustice and uncertainty. Our first product, FiscalNote Prophecy, allows for easy searching, tracking, and forecasting of legislation from all 50 states and Congress, all in real-time. We're taking a technological approach to provide users with immediate notification and analysis of any legislative action in the country. In addition, Prophecy forecasts the likelihood of any bill passing. As a result, organizations: * Reduce political risk * Decrease costs of regulatory compliance * Make real-time decisions in response to government action

Angel Investor

2018

Aerones builds heavy-lift (max 440lbs payload) tethered drones for wind turbine cleaning, de-icing and applying hydrophobic coatings. Electricity and water is provided with a cable from the ground so the drone can fly for as long as needed. With AI would be used to automate cleaning process.

Angel Investor

2015

The World's Most Comfortable Underwear

Angel Investor

2022

Floor is on a mission to make NFTs understandable and accessible. 📱 Token-gated portfolio app to understand your NFTs 🌎 Built in public w/ 3,500 NFT holders 🎁 Exclusive access to top NFT projects 🥰 Positive vibes only

Investor

2020

A hydroponic, indoor city farm that grows leafy greens year-round in technology based, climate controlled environments.