When was TiE Angels founded?

TiE Angels was founded in 2010.

Where is TiE Angels' headquarters located?

TiE Angels' headquarters is located in Santa Clara (United States).

How many companies has TiE Angels invested in?

TiE Angels has invested in 18 companies, including PubNub & Cheerio AI.

Which companies has TiE Angels invested in lately?

Cheerio AI & Clean Fanatics are the latest investments by TiE Angels.

What sectors does TiE Angels focus on for investments?

Top sectors in TiE Angels' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (12 investments) and High Tech (4 investments).

How many exits has TiE Angels been involved in?

TiE Angels' portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions.

TiE Angels - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

TiE Angels, established in 2010, is an angel investment group based in Santa Clara, United States. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in United States. Its portfolio includes 18 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, High Tech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like PubNub, Cheerio AI and HEN. As of Jul 2026, TiE Angels has witnessed 3 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a $1M Seed round in Cheerio AI on Dec 03, 2025, which also saw participation from Artha Venture Fund and Hyderabad Angels.

To date, 95 investors have co-invested in TiE Angels's portfolio companies, including prominent names like LVX.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2010

Location

Santa Clara, United States

Portfolio Companies

PubNub, Cheerio AI & 16 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 12 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 1 more

Locations of Investment

United States, India & 1 more

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TiE Angels has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in BookingJini and CloudEngage.Their portfolio spans across United States, India and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by TiE Angels:

1. PubNub

Provider of infrastructure and APIs for real-time interactive application development. The platform offers tools for building, managing, and optimizing applications. Core services include real-time communication, global network infrastructure, and decision intelligence. It supports use cases like chat, live audience engagement, multi-user collaboration, and IoT device control. The platform provides features such as edge messaging, event-driven architecture, and gamification.

Key facts about PubNub

Founded Year: 2010
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series E
Total Funding till date: $135M
Employee Count: 120 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Cisco Investments and 14 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series E, Nov 04, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Cheerio AI

Provider of AI-powered automation platform for enterprise revenue and growth. The platform orchestrates customer engagement across multiple channels using AI models and integrations. It offers workflows that adapt to business operations without requiring internal IT bandwidth. The platform integrates with platforms, including CRMs, support systems, data warehouses, and communication tools. It provides tools for managing customer interactions and automating responses.

Key facts about Cheerio AI

Founded Year: 2021
Location: Bengaluru (India)
Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $1.3M
Employee Count: 37 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: LVX, Artha Venture Fund and 74 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 03, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. HEN

Manufacturer of firefighting nozzles, shutoff valves, and related fire suppression equipment. The company provides products for structural, wildland, foam, and hydraulic ventilation applications. Products include combination smoothbore nozzles, full-ball shutoff valves, and hoseline back pressure increasers. The company also offers master stream systems and real-time GPM measurement tools.

Key facts about HEN

Founded Year: 2020
Location: Hayward (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $28.5M
Employee Count: 89 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: SVB, NSFO and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 17, 2025, $*****

4. Poached Jobs

Poachedjobs is an online job board to connect job seekers to jobs available in restaurants and bars. Developed a proprietary BackOffice tools that are designed around industry hiring practices. As of May 2016, operating in Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston, New York, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Denver, San Francisco, L.A., Portland, and Seattle. For members, it costs $28 to post a job and $35 for others.

Key facts about Poached Jobs

Founded Year: 2011
Location: Portland (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $3.05M
Employee Count: 30 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Oregon Venture Fund, Rezon8 Capital and 5 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 08, 2016, $*****

5. Glassbeam

AI and cloud-based medical equipment’s machine data management tool for providers. Product Analytics Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution providing manufacturers of storage, server, switch, medical equipment, and other devices with analytics approach on product operational data such as log ﬁles. The solution is sold on an annual subscription-based pricing structure through a SaaS model providing actionable intelligence around the Internet of Things.

Key facts about Glassbeam

Founded Year: 2004
Location: Sunnyvale (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $17.6M
Employee Count: 43 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: SRI Capital, Tech Coast Angels and 5 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 14, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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TiE Angels has invested in 18 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in Cheerio AI and most recent follow-on round was in Oration.

Here are TiE Angels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	3	0	3
2024	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2022	0	0	0
2021	3	0	3

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TiE Angels has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.69M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.66M and 2 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $1.1M.

Here are TiE Angels' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	11
Series A	4
Angel	2

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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TiE Angels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, High Tech, HealthTech and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 14 Software companies, 14 Tech companies and at least 10 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are TiE Angels' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	12
Vertical SaaS	6
High Tech	4
HealthTech	3
Consumer	2
Others	13

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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TiE Angels has made most investments in United States (12), followed by India where it has made 4 investments.

Here are TiE Angels' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	12
India	4
United Kingdom	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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TiE Angels has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by TiE Angels:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Dec 03, 2025	Cheerio AI	India	Seed	5717	Artha Venture Fund [+30]
Jul 10, 2025	Clean Fanatics	India	Seed	5131	Inflection Point Ventures [+3]
Mar 12, 2025	Surgicure Technologies	United States	Seed	4940	Launchpad Venture Group [+8]
Oct 17, 2024	HEN	United States	Seed	4227	Cthulhu Ventures [+4]
Apr 14, 2023	Deep Cognition	United States	Seed	8280	Mark Cuban [+1]

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3 companies from TiE Angels' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Openbucks in Jul 2020 by Paysafe for $*****.

Here are TiE Angels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Openbucks	Jul 27, 2020	Jun 04, 2012	Series A	2713
Oration	Jun 13, 2017	Jun 16, 2014	Angel	3636
CloudVolumes	Aug 20, 2014	Nov 07, 2012	Seed	7467

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TiE Angels has a team of 1 member located in United States. TiE Angels' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

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Over the past 15 years, 238 investors have co-invested in TiE Angels's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before TiE Angels: Hyderabad Angels, Akanksha Upadhyay and 84 others have invested in rounds before TiE Angels. There is 1 company where Hyderabad Angels has invested before TiE Angels and 1 company where Akanksha Upadhyay has invested before TiE Angels.
Top Co-investors of TiE Angels: 95 investors entered a company along with TiE Angels. These include investors like LVX (2 companies).
Invested after TiE Angels: A total of 57 investors have invested in TiE Angels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Scale Venture Partners (1 company) and Sapphire Ventures (1 company).