Russel Simmons

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Russ co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Jeremy Stoppelman.

Prior to Yelp, Russ was one of the early employees and the lead software architect at PayPal. He led a team of top engineers on critical projects related to security, scalability, stability, and internationalization as the company scaled rapidly. Following his time at PayPal, Russ joined Max Levchin's (co-founder of PayPal) incubator, where he teamed up with Jeremy.

Russ holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
2
Russel Simmons has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 30, 2020, when Haus raised $4.50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jan 30, 2020 Haus Seed $4.50M Distillery Detail
May 1, 2011 Postmates Seed $750K Delivery Detail