Elizabeth Yin
Hustle Fund
Check size: $5K – $250K
Elizabeth Yin has invested in 17 startups on The Pitch, deploying $1.7M across categories including Social, Subscription, Badass Female Founders, Marketplace, CPG, Fashion. Typical check size ranges from $5K to $250K.
Investment Thesis
What Elizabeth Looks For
“I actually think the idea matters more than the founder.”
— S14
“I really like hustle. To me hustle is speed of execution — and what's baked into that is tenacity and resourcefulness.”
— S14
“When I invest, I don't care about the revenue. I want my founders to have a very clear understanding of who they're serving.”
— S14 · Ep 6
“There are real gems in these areas where people categorically pass.”
— S10 · Ep 3
About Elizabeth Yin
Elizabeth Yin is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software startups. Before founding Hustle Fund, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups, where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. She’s also an entrepreneur who co-founded the ad-tech company LaunchBit, which was acquired in 2014. Her book is called Democratizing Knowledge: How to Build a Startup, Raise Money, Run a VC Firm, and Everything in Between.
Portfolio
Investments on The Pitch17 investments
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Elizabeth has invested $1.7M across 17 companies on The Pitch since Season 6.
Episodes
Top episodes featuring Elizabeth53 episodes
S9Get Lost in the AWSM Sauce
S10FundedHandle: The Uncut Pitch
S13CurieDx: AI Pocket Doctor
S15Climatta: Planet Vs. Money
S13Barberino’s: Italian Luxury Takes on the American Dream
S14Investrio: QuickBooks for the People
S7The Napkin Pitch
S12immersionED
S7How Startups Can Succeed in a Pandemic
S13FundedSundae: LTK for Groceries
S13FundedJungle: Your AI Study Coach
S8Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
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