Gil Elbaz is a partner at TenOneTen Ventures and a co-founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by Google. He also founded Factual Inc. and the Common Crawl Foundation.

What Gil can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%At first check
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TenOneTen Ventures writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Applied Semantics (ASI) · co-founder
  2. Google · Director of Engineering
    2003
  3. Factual Inc. · founder
  4. Common Crawl Foundation · founder
  5. Applied Semantics
  6. Factual Inc.
  7. Common Crawl Foundation
  8. TenOneTen Ventures · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Applied Semantics (ASI)Factual Inc.Common Crawl FoundationApplied Semantics

Focus

fintechdata analyticsadtechclimatetech

Education

Caltech, BS

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Who is Gil Elbaz?

Gil Elbaz is a partner at TenOneTen Ventures and a co-founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by Google. He also founded Factual Inc. and the Common Crawl Foundation.

How much does Gil Elbaz invest?

Gil Elbaz invests through TenOneTen Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Gil Elbaz?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Gil in the subject. A warm intro from a founder TenOneTen Ventures backed works better.

What did Gil Elbaz do before TenOneTen Ventures?

co-founder at Applied Semantics (ASI); Director of Engineering at Google; founder at Factual Inc.; founder at Common Crawl Foundation; Applied Semantics; Factual Inc.; Common Crawl Foundation.

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