Youcef Es-skouri
About Youcef Es-skouri
Youcef Es-skouri is Director of Product in the Office of the CEO at Dropbox in San Francisco. His LinkedIn profile describes him as a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and board director who is now building new AI products at Dropbox. Startup Intros says he leads an internal incubator with a 20-person team building AI products.
Earlier he was Head of Product at Dropbox Capture. He was also Head of Product at SpotAngels and at Shopkick. He co-founded the media company Welovebuzz in the MENA region, and Crunchbase lists him as a co-founder and board member there. Crunchbase also lists him as a board member at Eat App, a restaurant reservation platform.
Public profiles give different counts. Hackernoon and Startup Intros say he has backed more than 30 startups. PitchBook lists 19 investments and 7 exits. Crunchbase lists 22 portfolio companies. Startup Intros says he is a member of the First Round Angel Track.
Crunchbase lists exits at Zenlist, Prepared, Lakera and Cycle. PitchBook dates his earlier investments from 2021 to 2023. They include Prepared (December 2021), Treinta (April 2022), CredPal (June 2022), SpotAngels (July 2022), Djamo (August 2022) and Cycle (February 2023).
On the Lounge deals desk, he appears in two recent AI rounds. One is the $5.3M Hypercubic seed from August 2026. Hypercubic's announcement names him among its backers and describes the company as building mainframe modernization. The other is the $4.5M Nango seed from March 2026. Crustdata reports that Gradient led it and that he took part.
Crunchbase lists two other AI companies in his portfolio. Prepared makes an AI platform for emergency response. Lakera makes a GenAI security product for enterprises. Both are listed as exits.
PitchBook says he invests in early-stage startups and helps founders with product and distribution. It lists Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across AI/ML, B2B and enterprise SaaS, commerce, creator economy, emerging markets, marketing tech, consumer, fintech, future of work and proptech. It gives the geographies as the USA, Europe and Africa.
NFX Signal lists his investment range as $5K to $50K, with a sweet spot of $25K. This comes from a third-party profile, not a statement on his own site. We found no public statement from him about what he looks for in a pitch.
- Hypercubic: mainframe modernization, seed round of $5.3M, August 2026
- Nango: seed round of $4.5M led by Gradient, March 2026
- Prepared: AI platform for emergency response operations, seed round, December 2021 (listed as an exit on Crunchbase)
- Lakera: GenAI security for enterprises, listed as an exit on Crunchbase
- Cycle: tool for product teams, invested February 2023 (listed as an exit on Crunchbase)
- SpotAngels: parking app he previously worked at as Head of Product, invested July 2022
- Djamo: fintech company, invested August 2022
- linkedin.com/in/youcefhq
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/463907-71
- crunchbase.com/person/youcef-es-skouri
- signal.nfx.com/investors/youcef-es-skouri
- startupintros.com/people/youcef-es-skouri
- theorg.com/org/welovebuzz/org-chart/youcef-es-skouri
- hypercubic.ai/insights/hypercubic-raises-usd5-3m-to-build-the-future-o
- profiles.crustdata.com/company/nango-yc-w23
Investing activity
Youcef Es-skouri appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent are Hypercubic (Seed, $5.3M, Aug 2026) and Nango (Seed, $4.5M, Mar 2026).
Youcef Es-skouri most often invests alongside Y Combinator, CIV, Multimodal Ventures and Tony D., and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Youcef Es-skouri
Who is Youcef Es-skouri?
He is a San Francisco angel investor and Director of Product in the Office of the CEO at Dropbox. He co-founded the media company Welovebuzz.
What check size does Youcef Es-skouri write?
NFX Signal lists a $5K to $50K range with a $25K sweet spot. He has not published this himself that we could find.
What stage does Youcef Es-skouri invest in?
PitchBook lists Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A. His recent AI deals on Lounge, Hypercubic and Nango, are both seed rounds.
Which AI startups has Youcef Es-skouri backed?
Recent AI deals are the Hypercubic seed ($5.3M, August 2026) and the Nango seed ($4.5M, March 2026). Crunchbase also lists Prepared and Lakera in his portfolio.
What sectors does Youcef Es-skouri back?
PitchBook lists AI/ML, B2B and enterprise SaaS, commerce, creator economy, fintech, marketing tech, proptech and emerging markets. It gives the geographies as the USA, Europe and Africa.
How can founders contact Youcef Es-skouri?
He has a public LinkedIn profile and a personal site at cef.im. NFX Signal also lists warm introductions.
Is Youcef Es-skouri an angel investor?
Yes. Youcef Es-skouri invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Youcef Es-skouri invested in?
Youcef Es-skouri's AI investments include Hypercubic and Nango. The 2 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Youcef Es-skouri invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Youcef Es-skouri has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Youcef Es-skouri co-invest with?
Youcef Es-skouri's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Y Combinator (2 deals), CIV (1 deal), Multimodal Ventures (1 deal), Tony D. (1 deal) and Gokul Rajaram (1 deal).