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About Investor

Aaron Samuels is the Founder and Managing Partner at Collide Capital, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies from pre-seed to Series A. Collide Capital focuses on sectors such as enterprise SaaS, supply chain infrastructure, and consumer technology, with a strong emphasis on supporting diverse and underrepresented founders. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $2.5 million, with a target investment of $1.5 million. Samuels' background includes co-founding Blavity, a media company for Black millennials, and serving as its COO. He has also worked as a product manager at TeleSign and as a senior associate consultant at Bain & Company. He holds a BSBA in Economics & Strategy from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. His recent investments include SMB.co, which secured $1 million in pre-seed funding in October 2024.