Ariel Poler

Human Augmentation Entrepreneur & Investor

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 16 investments📅 30 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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16
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Board Member
Dec 2019
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early stageBiotechnology
Board Member
Oct 2018
Health Hub SF LLC, doing business as UCSF Health Hub and Digital Health Hub Foundation, is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Our goal is to help the next best digital health companies develop ideas, validate, and scale by matching them to advisors, investors, clinicians, and their next customers. Our 30,000 member and subscriber community consists of thousands of select, early-to-late-stage healthcare companies and highly qualified healthcare industry experts, mentors, investors, clinicians, researchers, and buyers who subscribe to our newsletters and educational services, attend our events, and participate in the annual Digital Health Awards.
Board Member
Oct 2018
UCSF Health Hub is a non-profit Growth Studio supported by our donors. We connect ideas and companies with the people, expertise, and capital needed to grow and scale breakthrough healthcare solutions.
Board Member
May 2017
Neosensory, Inc. brings sensory augmentation to the masses via wearables. Expand your perception. Rewrite your human experience.
Board Member
Jun 2015
Returnly is the leading provider of digital return experiences for direct-to-consumer brands. Returnly is the only return solution that lets customers get the right item before returning the wrong one. The result is a world-class shopping experience with an average consumer satisfaction score (CSAT) of 91%. Returnly has also developed a turn-key solution around its financial technology that includes returns management tools as well as hosted and fully brandable end-customer touchpoints like package tracking, online returns and exchanges and Green Returns.
Board member
Feb 2010
Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. And with billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and audacious vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.
Board Member
May 2008
6waves is a leading publisher of independent games on social networks and mobile platforms, partnering with developers all over the world to bring the best games to the millions of users in its gaming network. From its original roots on Facebook, the company has now expanded into iOS and Android. Headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco, the team has a uniquely international perspective and has forged successful partnerships with developers from across the globe. 6waves’ investors include Insight Venture Partners and Nexon Co. Ltd. Our Culture: We have all of the flair you would expect to find at one of today’s hottest start-ups: big monitors, foosball, ping pong, swanky digs, free drinks and snacks! Beyond that, we also all really like working together and are at a point in our company’s history where everyone here plays an important role in Sharing Fun Moments​ with everyone in the world.
Board Member
Aug 2007
SpeedDate™ (www.speeddate.com) is a revolutionary online dating service designed to make it as easy and quick as possible for you to connect with local singles. SpeedDate allow singles to go on unlimited 5-minute online dates from the comfort of home using instant messaging, webcam video chat, and live audio. Unlike other dating services, it takes only a minute to sign up for SpeedDate. After you sign up, you can instantly begin chatting with singles - helping you find the right one faster. With over 13 million registered users and thousands more joining daily, SpeedDate is the world’s largest online speed dating site. Also find SpeedDate on: http://www.facebook.com/speeddate http://twitter.com/speeddate http://blog.speeddate.com/
Board Member
Nov 2003
Achieve is the leader in digital personal finance, built to help everyday people thrive. Achieve offers innovative digital financial solutions including home equity loans, personal loans and debt resolution, as well as financial education. From the single parent trying to catch up on bills to the entrepreneur trying to make their dreams a reality, we provide innovative, personalized financial solutions to move them towards a better financial future. By focusing on each individual to understand what’s working for them and what’s not, we tailor an approach to meet their specific needs and goals. Then we add in our data and intelligence, innovative technology, unique solutions, and an empathetic human touch to help our members move their finances forward. We put our members first and treat them like humans, not account numbers. Our people make the biggest difference. With more than 2,500 teammates across the country with hubs in California, Arizona, and Texas, everyone collaborates to make an impact on our mission; to empower everyday people to move forward on the path to a better financial future. Since our founding in 2002, we’ve been committed to fostering an environment where everyone can belong while giving their true authentic selves a place to shine. Whether you’re in sales, member support, engineering, product design, IT, or any of our other exciting roles, you’ll join a team passionate about serving our members and embracing our core values every day: Care (For Everyone) Get Better (Every Day) Act With Integrity (Every Time) Collaborate (With Everybody) Achieve is a family of companies, including including Bills.com, LLC d/b/a Achieve.com (NMLS ID #138464); Freedom Financial Asset Management, LLC (NMLS ID #227977); Freedom Resolution (NMLS ID 1248929); and Achieve Loans (NMLS ID #1810501).
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2020
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Jan 2020
Reveri is on a mission to democratize improved healthcare across the globe through the transformative power of hypnosis. Founded on neuroscience and clinical research, our guided hypnotherapy sessions provide immediate relief - without side-effects. Hypnosis is an all-natural process that has been clinically proven to help people improve sleep, enhance focus, stress less, manage pain and much more. Co-founded by hypnosis expert, and Stanford professor and psychiatrist, Dr David Spiegel, Reveri enhances the mind-body connection and control through self-hypnosis to provide users with immediate, impactful relief for various conditions. Watch Andrew Huberman try hypnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTzVB6TGT0
Reveri Health
Co-founder
Jan 2020
2019
Board Member
Dec 2019
To join us on our journey, subscribe to get first updates at wwww.thinkhumm.com/subscribe. Follow us on any social media @thinkhumm, and feel free to reach out at thinkbetter@thinkhumm.com. Cheers!
early stageBiotechnology
2018
Board Member
Oct 2018
Health Hub SF LLC, doing business as UCSF Health Hub and Digital Health Hub Foundation, is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Our goal is to help the next best digital health companies develop ideas, validate, and scale by matching them to advisors, investors, clinicians, and their next customers. Our 30,000 member and subscriber community consists of thousands of select, early-to-late-stage healthcare companies and highly qualified healthcare industry experts, mentors, investors, clinicians, researchers, and buyers who subscribe to our newsletters and educational services, attend our events, and participate in the annual Digital Health Awards.
Board Member
Oct 2018
UCSF Health Hub is a non-profit Growth Studio supported by our donors. We connect ideas and companies with the people, expertise, and capital needed to grow and scale breakthrough healthcare solutions.
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