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Abraham Elias

AI angel investor · Redwood City, California, United States
Abraham Elias is a Redwood City-based founder and executive, formerly founding CEO and CTO of Sencha and Chief Innovation Officer at C3, who now co-founds a stealth startup and has one listed angel investment.
Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper ToolsMobile
Focus: Angel · Developer tools · Enterprise software

About Abraham Elias

Background

Abraham Elias is based in Redwood City, California. Crunchbase describes him as a co-founder of a stealth mode startup. It also lists him as a former founder and CTO at Sencha and a former Chief Innovation Officer at C3 AI. Crunchbase says he attended Florida State University.

He founded Sencha, a provider of HTML5 and JavaScript application frameworks. Sencha's own press releases call him its founding CEO and later its CTO. They say he bootstrapped the company until it raised $15 million from Sequoia Capital. They also say he acquired and integrated six open source JavaScript projects into Sencha Labs. Crunchbase dates his Sencha role from March 2008 to November 2014.

In December 2014 Business Wire reported that he joined C3 Energy, now C3 AI, as Chief Innovation Officer. The release said he would work on product development, democratizing machine learning and mobile analytics. Crunchbase lists that role as running from November 2014 to January 2016.

Angel investing track record

Crunchbase shows one investment, one portfolio company and no lead investments. It also lists one exit, not through an IPO, which it names as Appurify. Appurify is a mobile test automation company. Crunchbase gives no investment date, round, check size or role for it. No public interviews or posts describing his angel activity turned up.

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Investing activity

Abraham Elias has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has seen 1 exit and founded 1 company.

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Frequently asked questions about Abraham Elias

Who is Abraham Elias?

Abraham Elias is a Redwood City, California technology executive and angel investor. He was founding CEO and CTO of Sencha and Chief Innovation Officer at C3 AI. Crunchbase lists him as co-founder of a stealth mode startup.

How many investments has Abraham Elias made?

Crunchbase lists one investment and one portfolio company, with no lead investments. It also lists one exit, not through an IPO, which it names as Appurify.

What is Abraham Elias's check size?

No check size is public. Neither Crunchbase nor the other sources we found state one.

What stage and sectors does Abraham Elias invest in?

He has not published a stated thesis. His operating background is in developer tools and enterprise software, at Sencha and C3 AI. His one listed exit, Appurify, makes mobile testing tools.

What companies has Abraham Elias founded or run?

He founded Sencha and served as its CEO and CTO. He later served as Chief Innovation Officer at C3 AI. He is now a co-founder of a stealth startup.

Is Abraham Elias an angel investor?

Yes. Abraham Elias invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 1 investment and 1 exit.

Where is Abraham Elias based?

Abraham Elias is based in Redwood City, California, United States.

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