Itamar Novick

Founder

Berkeley, California, United States26 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Top 100 Global Seed Investor by Business Insider (2021-2025)
Led multiple successful IPOs and acquisitions
Expert in AI-driven startup investments

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with expertise in AI and early-stage technology investments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentCorporate StrategyFinanceProduct ManagementGrowth HackingInvestment StrategyProduct DevelopmentTechnical DevelopmentSales Management

Other Skills

AIInvestmentCorporate DevelopmentOperationsIPOGrowthDesignCustomer ServiceDue DiligenceMentoringAPI ManagementTechnical WritingDesign ManagementAngel InvestingFundraising

About

Investor in early stage technology companies at Recursive Ventures. Supporting entrepreneurs since 2010 (100+ investment). Business insider Top 100 Global seed investor in 2021-2025. Previously Entrepreneur & Startup executive at Life360 and Gigya. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Angel and seed investing, VC, Artificial intelligence (AI), Strategy, Product Management, Growth Hacking, General Management, Business Development, Corporate Strategy and M&A, Social, SaaS, Marketplaces, Online Advertising and lead gen, Consumer Web, Mobile - iOS and Android, IoT, Developers' platforms.

Experience

26 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Life360

2 roles

Chief Business Officer, Investor & Advisor

Promoted

Sep 2015 – Dec 2023 · 8 yrs 3 mos

In charge of Business Development, Corporate Development, Finance, and Operations
Led Life360's IPO as Acting CFO and General Counsel, raising over $140m. Raised >$200m from VCs, Strategic investors and Venture lenders
Led multiple strategic commercial deals in IoT, Insurance, and Mobile. Delivered >$50m of annualized revenue
Led six acquisitions and acqui-hires

Business DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentFinanceOperationsIPOCorporate Strategy

VP Product, Founding team

Jun 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos

In charge of Product, Growth, Design, and Customer Service
Helped scale Life360 to tens of millions of active monthly users
Launched company's revenue generating products and many foundational features
Part location, part communication, Life360 is the largest family network on Mobile. Life360 (Life360:ASX) was backed by DCM, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fontinalis Capital, 500 Startups, Samsung NEXT, Kapor Capital, BMW iVentures, ADT, and Seraph Group.

Product ManagementGrowthDesignCustomer ServiceGrowth Hacking

Recursive ventures

Founder & General Partner

Jul 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Founder & General Partner of Recursive Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley Seed fund backing entrepreneurs disrupting industries with AI.
Selected as top 100 global seed investor by Business Insider in 2021-2025. Some of the companies I am or have been directly involved in include:
Exits:
Life360 (IPO)
Credible (IPO, later acquired by Fox News)
MileIQ (Acquired by Microsoft)
Automatic (Acquired by SiriusXM)
Siftery (Acquired by G2 Crowd)
Birdi (Acquired by Luma)
Tile (Acquired by Life360)
Flow Security (Acquired by CrowdStrike)
Armory (Acquired by Harness)
Zendrive (Acquired by Intuit/Credit Karma)
Watchful (Acquired by Thoughtworks)
Raise.work (Acquired by JLL)
Deduce (Acquired by CHEQ)
Perceptive Panda (Acquired by Zapier)
Investments:
Deel
Placer.ai
Honeybook
May Mobility
Peerspace
Hint Health
Akash Network
Cherre
TapResearch
SafeGraph
Anjuna Security
Aura
Improvado
Honk
Wevo
My Money Karma
BrightFlow
Lendai
Estuary
Covu
Lumopath AI
Tomato AI
Storytell
Clarity AI
Aption
Perspective AI
Orita
Prosal
Q Concierge AI
Teem
Mesh Security
Buildpass
Espresso Labs
Intuigence
Afternoon
Goliath Data
Harmony AI
Nebari
Outgoing
Rivora
Unique Minds
Global Predictions
Blazel
Sellence
Terragrit
Heal AI
Atmanity
Beep
Clearspace
Orbit
...

Venture CapitalEntrepreneurshipAIBusiness DevelopmentInvestment

Upwest

Founding Venture Partner

Nov 2011 – Jun 2012 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Member of the team that helped setup UpWest Labs
Supported early investment in companies such as SentinelOne and Honeybook
Mentored dozens of early stage startups on Product, Fundraising, and Go-to-market
UpWest Labs is a Silicon Valley Start-up accelerator supporting Israel's best entrepreneurs.

Product ManagementMentoringInvestmentVenture CapitalProduct Development

Morgenthaler ventures (now canvas ventures)

Senior Associate

Apr 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Menlo Park, CA

Early stage investments (series A and B) in Mobile and Consumer Web, SaaS and FinTech startups
Sourced and/or led due-diligence in several deals, including Check, SohoOS, Fundly
Board observer at Check (Sold to Intuit for $360m) and SohoOS. Worked closely with portfolio companies and entrepreneurs
Startup Mentor at UC-Berkeley startup accelerator@Skydeck and Mozilla Web FWD accelerator

Due DiligenceInvestmentMentoringVenture CapitalInvestment Strategy

Gigya

Head of Product

Feb 2008 – Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Early employee and first Product hire. Member of company’s management team
Built Products and API that thousands of developers use
Managed the company's Product, Design, and Technical writing teams
Executed deals with media and tech customers, such as EA, Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, Yahoo and MTV
Gigya is the leading Identity and social optimization platform for online business, connecting websites to social network platforms. Gigya was backed by Benchmark, Mayfield, First Round Capital, DAG and Adobe Ventures. Gigya was acquired by SAP for $350m.

Product DevelopmentAPI ManagementTechnical WritingProduct ManagementTechnical Development

Netwise (acquired by matrix - ta:mtrx)

Product Management & Sales

Jun 2006 – Mar 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos

Built and managed Design, R&D and QA teams
Successfully led 2 sales processes, each bringing in over $500,000 in revenue
Netwise Application Ltd. (acquired by Matrix - TA:MTRX), is a world leader in eGovernment solutions and Israel's biggest Web consulting company.

Sales ManagementDesign ManagementProduct Management