Angelo Del Priore
About Angelo Del Priore
Angelo Del Priore is a Partner at HP Tech Ventures in San Francisco. He co-founded HP's corporate venture group and has been at HP since 2016. Before the venture team, he worked in HP's corporate strategy group on M&A and market entry strategy.
Before HP, he was Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Couchsurfing. There he helped raise $23M in venture funding from investors including Benchmark and General Catalyst, and membership grew to over 5M users. Earlier, he ran a tech-focused management consulting company for 8 years. His clients included Apple, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle.
He has taught graduate business classes at Wharton and Haas and holds degrees from Northwestern and Wharton. He sits on the selection committee for UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator and speaks and judges at industry events.
Angelo describes himself as an independent advisor, angel investor and board member for early-stage startups. Crunchbase lists 1 investment, 0 lead investments and 0 exits under his personal profile. It also lists 6 current board and advisor roles. He has not published a list of personal angel checks, so most of his public deal record is through HP Tech Ventures.
AI is one of his stated focus areas. His HP Tech Ventures bio names AI and data science and edge computing among them. He has posted publicly about wanting to meet startups working on edge, inferencing and AI infrastructure. He has also shared news about Multiverse Computing, which he calls a portfolio company, announcing a $570M Series C. He led or took part in HP deals with OmniSci (data analytics), AdHawk Microsystems and Mojo Vision. The sources do not give investment years or stages for these.
Current focus areas are augmented and virtual reality, AI and data science, edge computing, gaming and hybrid work. His work covers deal flow, due diligence and negotiation. He also looks for partnership opportunities between portfolio companies and HP. Crunchbase credits the team with 30+ partnerships that generated $400M+ in revenue for HP and its portfolio companies. In an HP interview he said his job is to meet a thousand smart founders, and that he is glad to take a ten-minute call to hear an idea. He looks for founders working on problems connected to those HP is trying to solve. No personal check size or stage preference is public.
- AdHawk Microsystems: eye-tracking technology company; a deal he led at HP Tech Ventures, and he sits on its board. Year not stated.
- Mobalytics: gaming analytics company; a deal he led at HP Tech Ventures, and he sits on its board. Year not stated.
- Mojo Vision: AR display company; a deal he led at HP Tech Ventures, and he sits on its board. Year not stated.
- OmniSci: data analytics company; listed among deals he led at HP Tech Ventures. Year not stated.
- Parsec: remote desktop and game streaming company; a deal he led at HP Tech Ventures. Year not stated.
- Owl Labs: hybrid work meeting cameras; HP Tech Ventures invested, and he commented on the deal. Year not stated.
- Multiverse Computing: AI model compression company; he calls it a portfolio company.
- crunchbase.com/person/angelo-del-priore
- hptechventures.com/team
- smau.it/speakers/angelo.del.priore
- awexr.com/usa-2020/speaker/1505-angelo-del-priore
- hpmegatrends.com/advice-from-an-hp-tech-ventures-partner-a-conversatio
- cognitivetalentsolutions.com/hp-tech-ventures-partner-angelo-del-prior
- resources.owllabs.com/blog/owl-labs-hp-tech-ventures
- linkedin.com/in/angelodelpriore
Investing activity
Angelo Del Priore has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Angelo Del Priore
Who is Angelo Del Priore?
He is a Partner at HP Tech Ventures in San Francisco and co-founded HP's corporate venture group. He previously worked in HP corporate strategy and was VP of Business Development and Strategy at Couchsurfing.
What does Angelo Del Priore invest in?
His stated focus areas are AR/VR, AI and data science, edge computing, gaming and hybrid work. He also advises early-stage startups and sits on several boards.
What is Angelo Del Priore's check size?
No personal check size is public. His profiles describe HP Tech Ventures deals, not a personal angel check range.
Does Angelo Del Priore invest in AI startups?
Yes. AI and data science is a named focus, and he has posted about meeting startups in edge, inferencing and AI infrastructure. He calls Multiverse Computing a portfolio company.
How can founders get in front of Angelo Del Priore?
He says he meets founders through events, talks and referrals from other investors, and is open to short intro calls. He also takes part in Berkeley SkyDeck selection and demo days.
Is Angelo Del Priore a lead investor?
Crunchbase shows 0 lead investments on his personal profile. His HP bios say he has led some HP Tech Ventures deals, such as AdHawk Microsystems, Mobalytics and Mojo Vision.
Is Angelo Del Priore an angel investor?
Yes. Angelo Del Priore invests personally as an angel and is Partner at HP Tech Ventures. Crunchbase counts 1 investment.
Where is Angelo Del Priore based?
Angelo Del Priore is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How can founders reach Angelo Del Priore?
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