Manny Fernandez
About Manny Fernandez
Manny Fernandez is a San Francisco based angel investor and serial entrepreneur. His Crunchbase bio describes him as a 2x exited founder, and Crunchbase counts 4 companies founded. He has been featured as an investor on CNBC's Make Me a Millionaire Inventor, the Oprah Winfrey Network and Squawk Box. In 2016, Inc. Magazine named him one of its Top 33 Entrepreneurs to Watch.
Kapor Center's profile says he bought his first investment property at 20 and later sold 34 single-family homes in Sacramento before moving into tech investing. He founded SF Angels Group in 2013 and co-founded DreamFunded, a FINRA-approved equity crowdfunding funding portal in San Francisco, where he was CEO. His LinkedIn lists Stanford University under education.
He is now Co-Founder and CEO of ImpacterAI. Crunchbase describes it as a company building AI agents that turn cold leads into booked meetings through conversations over text, email and voice. His X bio also mentions Liberty AI Foundry, which it describes as helping nontechnical founders build AI startups.
Fernandez has been a TiE Angels investor since 2012 and founded SF Angels Group in 2013. Crunchbase describes SF Angels Group as a group of 30+ accredited investors, and press has put its size at 32. He was named SF Angel Investor of the Year in 2014. He received the Equity Crowdfunding Leadership Award, and Menlo College honored him as Silicon Valley's Equity Crowdfunding Pioneer. In 2017 the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gave him its Hispanic Shark of the Year award.
Crunchbase shows 2 investments, 0 lead investments and 1 exit. PitchBook lists 6 investments. NFX Signal lists Invesdor (angel, November 2015) and Revel Systems (January 2015) on record, and Kapor Center lists 30+ investments.
No specific AI portfolio company has been publicly confirmed for him. NFX Signal and Evalyze list AI among his seed-stage focus areas. His main public AI work is as an operator, running ImpacterAI.
Third-party profiles describe seed-stage investing in real estate and proptech, social networks, fintech and AI. Kapor Center says he has a particular interest in tech platforms and marketplaces in real estate that can reach massive scale. It also lists marketplaces, enterprise software and blockchain as sectors.
He is based in San Francisco and is listed as a Bay Area angel. NFX Signal and Evalyze list a $25K to $250K range. NFX Signal puts his sweet spot at $50K. Kapor Center's older profile says $25K to $50K per deal. These figures come from third-party profiles, not from statements by Fernandez, so confirm them with him directly.
- Revel Systems: iPad point-of-sale software company, listed on NFX Signal with an investment dated January 2015.
- Invesdor: equity crowdfunding platform, listed on NFX Signal as an angel investment in November 2015.
- LiquidSpace: workspace marketplace, listed by Kapor Center as a select portfolio company.
- TaskRabbit: services marketplace, listed by Kapor Center as a select portfolio company.
- Tycoon (Real Estate): seed round in March 2014, per PitchBook.
- Twindom: seed round in October 2013, per PitchBook.
- crunchbase.com/person/manny-fernandez
- crunchbase.com/organization/impacterai
- crunchbase.com/organization/sf-angels-group
- signal.nfx.com/investors/manny-fernandez
- kaporcenter.org/5-angel-investors-of-color-you-dont-know-but-should
- evalyze.ai/investors/manny-fernandez
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/107682-85
- linkedin.com/in/mannyfernandezinvestor
Investing activity
Manny Fernandez has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has seen 1 exit and founded 4 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Manny Fernandez
Who is Manny Fernandez?
Manny Fernandez is a San Francisco angel investor and serial entrepreneur. He founded SF Angels Group, co-founded DreamFunded, and is Co-Founder and CEO of ImpacterAI.
What check size does Manny Fernandez write?
He has not stated a check size in anything we found. NFX Signal and Evalyze list $25K to $250K, and Kapor Center's older profile lists $25K to $50K.
What stage and sectors does Manny Fernandez invest in?
Third-party profiles list seed-stage deals in real estate and proptech, social networks, fintech and AI. Kapor Center also lists marketplaces, enterprise software and blockchain.
Does Manny Fernandez lead rounds?
Crunchbase shows 0 lead investments out of 2 recorded investments. Treat him as a participating angel unless he says otherwise.
What is ImpacterAI?
ImpacterAI is the AI company where Fernandez is Co-Founder and CEO. Crunchbase says it builds AI agents that convert cold leads into meetings through text, email and voice.
How can founders contact Manny Fernandez?
He is active on X as @mannyfernandez and on LinkedIn. His SF Angels Group is based in San Francisco, and his personal site is mannyfernandez.us.
Is Manny Fernandez an angel investor?
Yes. Manny Fernandez invests personally as an angel and is CEO at ImpacterAI. Crunchbase counts 2 investments and 1 exit.
Where is Manny Fernandez based?
Manny Fernandez is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How can founders reach Manny Fernandez?
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