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Jonathan Ehrlich

Founding Partner at Roar Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

Jonathan Ehrlich is the Founding Partner at Roar Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in investing in startups at the seed and Series A stages across various sectors. With a background as the 1st Facebook marketing lead and being a 4-time founder, he brings a wealth of experience to his role, having invested in companies like Agora Brands, Properly, and Luxury Presence. Ehrlich's career highlights include founding Roar Ventures and being involved in the growth of successful startups like Bulletin and Agora Brands, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Work Experience 

RV

Roar Ventures

  • Founding Partner

    2023 - Current

FC

Foundation Capital

  • Venture Partner

    2023

  • Partner

    2013 - 2023

    Investing in early stage companies. Other investments include Apply Board, Flexport, Front, EquipmentShare, and TrueBill.

  • Entrepreneur-in-Residence

    2013 - 2013

    http://www.foundationcapital.com/people/entrepreneurs-residence.php

Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.

foundationcapital.com
S

Sidebar

  • Board Member

    2022

Sidebar is a place that professionals gather in small groups to brainstorm, coach, and advise one another.

teamsidebar.com
A

Agora

  • Board Member

    2021

Agora Brands is a ecommerce aggregator specializing in the Shopify ecosystem.

Raised $83,500,000.00 from Foundation Capital, Victory Park Capital and Maverix Private Equity.

heyagora.com
C

Clubhouse

  • Investor

    2020

    First institutional investor. Co-led seed.

Clubhouse is an internet company.

clubhouse.com
CC

Chord Commerce

  • Board Member

    2020

Chord offers a commerce-as-a-service software that provides businesses with technology and products to access meaningful data.

Raised $40,000,000.00 from Spencer Slaine, Foundation Capital, White Star Capital, Anti Fund, GC1 Ventures, Rose Street Capital, Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM), Imaginary Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative and Eclipse Ventures.

chord.co
SE

Shelf Engine

  • Investor

    2018

Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that predicts the perfect amount of perishable goods to order.

Raised $58,220,000.00 from Founders' Co-op, Soma Capital, Correlation Ventures, Foundation Capital, Notable Capital, 1984 Ventures, General Catalyst, Firebolt Ventures and Initialized Capital.

shelfengine.com
E

Easol

  • Investor

    2018

B

Bulletin

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2022

    Acquired by Emerald Technologies

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Utah Street Labs

  • Co-founder

    2011 - 2013

    • Envisioned, created and led the creation of Copious, a social marketplace. • Led fundraising activity raising $7.5m from Foundation Capital, Relay Ventures, Google Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures and many high profile ex-Facebook and other angel investors • Lead Marketing, BD, HR, finance, and operations day to day

Education 

Investments 

Agora Brands

Private Equity

Total funding: $84M

Properly

Series B

Total funding: $83M

seer

Seed

Total funding: $2M

Main Street

Pre Seed

Total funding amount not yet available

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