Howie Diamond
Pure Ventures
Check size: $25K – $30K
Howie Diamond has invested in 3 startups on The Pitch, deploying $80K across categories including B2B SaaS, Badass Female Founders, VR/AR, Hardware, Deeptech. Typical check size ranges from $25K to $30K.
Investment Thesis
What Howie Looks For
“I started my fund because I think I can identify talent and read people really well. At the early stage, I'm mostly betting on people.”
— S1 · Ep 12
“There needs to be a moral and ethical code that's aligned.”
— S1 · Ep 1
“I have a Sunday test. All my founders that I invest in, I have to be able to hang out with them on a Sunday, otherwise I'm not going to invest.”
— S1 · Ep 12
“We don't just invest in ideas and speculation, we invest in execution.”
— S4 · Ep 6
About Howie Diamond
Howie Diamond is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pure Ventures, and early stage investment firm that also invests in the development of its founders. Also a musician, Howie founded and sold a music management/licensing company in Los Angeles called Lo-Fi Music. After that, he moved to San Francisco and began working closely with dozens of start-ups running business development for a Bay-Area tech agency called Sparkart.
Portfolio
Investments on The Pitch3 investments
Howie has invested $80K across 3 companies on The Pitch since Season 1.
Episodes
Top episodes featuring Howie23 episodes
S10Amateur Golf Society: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity
S8When Investors Take the Hot Seat
S1Guru Games
S1Tuckrbox
S10Locker: The Future of Online Shopping
S10Ride iQ: Peloton for Horses
S1FITGuard
S1Sudden Coffee
S1Skylights
S1Shimmur
S4Ticket Scalpers, Beware! Blockchain Is Coming for You.
S1FundedFightCamp (formerly Hykso)
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