BH

Brian Horner

President - Tech Coast Angels

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
VC🌍 United States
7
Total investments
2
Early stage
3
Mid stage
2
Late stage
10y
Years active

Portfolio

7 investments · sorted by recency
All investments
Early stage
Mid stage
Late stage
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Saasuma is a cloud-based search tool and directory, allowing employees to search across their vast digital environment from one location--simply by syncing their software and devices, then using our secure cloud search engine and dashboard. In other words, Saasuma is your dynamic cloud workspace, saving you the hassle of hunting for documents and logging into several accounts every day. Core platform features include a centralized search page, cloud directory, data-driven suggestions for reducing software spend, OCR and facial recognition, and integrations with popular tools for an optimized workflow. Thousands of companies around the world use Saasuma to liberate their teams from unnecessary hunting for important files within their own digital workspaces.
Investor / Advisor
Apr 2020
Fitplan: The #1 Personal Training App. Start For Free. Elite personal training for a fraction of the price. Work out one-on-one with over 40 trainers and 100 fitness programs for every level and goal. Lose weight, build muscle, tone and sculpt, HIIT, STRONG by Zumba®, and more.
Investor
Mar 2019
Meet GoSite. The all-in-one digital platform that's helping small businesses grow. We make it easy for small businesses to move from offline to online, and begin collaborating with their customers digitally. Together, we’re on a mission to level the playing field for local, community-centric businesses everywhere. Because when they succeed, we all do. Join us.
Investor
May 2017
ComFreight is the first company focused on democratizing finance and technology for one of the most critical essential industries: transportation and logistics. We’re automating credit and payments to level the playing field for the 90% of freight and logistics companies that are small businesses. Helping them to grow and thrive. Our software and API support complex payment scenarios and factoring for a massive and growing market. We’re driven by a passion for making the complex elegant and easy. We’re backed by the same investors as Coinbase, Instacart and Udemy. Our software enables freight and logistics companies to offer and receive faster payments, finance their growth with the best terms, eliminate credit risk and automate manual processes easily and safely.
Investor
Oct 2016
Codelucida, Inc. develops cutting-edge error-correction technology for next-generation applications in non-volatile memories as well as optical, satellite, and wireless communication systems.
Investor
Sep 2016
Kangarootime has built the leading all-in-one management platform for childcare. It brings automation to childcare and provides childcare professionals with the tools to scale their classrooms, digitize their businesses and seamlessly communicate with their families and employees. The company’s cloud-based mobile application takes professional caregivers out of the revenue cycle, freeing up time for what really matters—the children.
Investor / Advisor
Jul 2016
Intuition is an AI-driven employee engagement and insights platform. Give forward-thinking managers the resources they need to understand their teams. Intuition enables managers to build deeper relationships that drive connections, performance and employee satisfaction.
Experience · 9 entries
All (9)
Investments (7)
Founder (1)
Board (1)
2021
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Saasuma is a cloud-based search tool and directory, allowing employees to search across their vast digital environment from one location--simply by syncing their software and devices, then using our secure cloud search engine and dashboard. In other words, Saasuma is your dynamic cloud workspace, saving you the hassle of hunting for documents and logging into several accounts every day. Core platform features include a centralized search page, cloud directory, data-driven suggestions for reducing software spend, OCR and facial recognition, and integrations with popular tools for an optimized workflow. Thousands of companies around the world use Saasuma to liberate their teams from unnecessary hunting for important files within their own digital workspaces.
2020
Founder and Managing Partner
May 2020
Ladder Ventures is an LA based venture capital group that invests in early stage companies with the expectation and flexibility to provide capital in all subsequent funding rounds through exit.
Investor / Advisor
Apr 2020
Fitplan: The #1 Personal Training App. Start For Free. Elite personal training for a fraction of the price. Work out one-on-one with over 40 trainers and 100 fitness programs for every level and goal. Lose weight, build muscle, tone and sculpt, HIIT, STRONG by Zumba®, and more.
2019
Investor
Mar 2019
Meet GoSite. The all-in-one digital platform that's helping small businesses grow. We make it easy for small businesses to move from offline to online, and begin collaborating with their customers digitally. Together, we’re on a mission to level the playing field for local, community-centric businesses everywhere. Because when they succeed, we all do. Join us.
2017
Investor
May 2017
ComFreight is the first company focused on democratizing finance and technology for one of the most critical essential industries: transportation and logistics. We’re automating credit and payments to level the playing field for the 90% of freight and logistics companies that are small businesses. Helping them to grow and thrive. Our software and API support complex payment scenarios and factoring for a massive and growing market. We’re driven by a passion for making the complex elegant and easy. We’re backed by the same investors as Coinbase, Instacart and Udemy. Our software enables freight and logistics companies to offer and receive faster payments, finance their growth with the best terms, eliminate credit risk and automate manual processes easily and safely.
Show all 9 entries ↓
Investment activity
2016–2021 · 7 investments
2016320171201912020120211
Recent (last 2 years)Earlier