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Brian Acton

Angel Investor · Palo Alto

About Brian Acton

Angel investor (Founder & Executive Chairman) based in Palo Alto, California. Focus areas include Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, Messaging. Invests at seed stage. Past investments include Signal Technology Foundation, Yahoo! Inc., Track N Tell.

Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Sectors
TelecommunicationsCybersecurityMessagingDeepTechCommunity DevelopmentDomainsTechnologySoftware DevelopmentSoftwareOpen SourceSearch EngineConsumer InternetConsumer SoftwareB2CSocial MediaDeveloper ToolsInformation Technology

Portfolio

No portfolio companies recorded yet; Brian Acton reports 5 investments overall.

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