Gordon Tucker

Founder, Operators Fund; 2X public company CEO (Consumer Internet, Software, Packaged Goods)

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2013𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
10
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4
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
19y
Years active

Portfolio

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Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Metavine delivers the world’s first zero-code digital agility platform and has successfully acquired enterprise customers in a range of industries, including Internet of Things (IoT), banking, healthcare, telematics, and sales and marketing. Metavine enables companies to gain real opportunity and value from their citizen developers while driving a collaborative partnership between Enterprise IT and citizen developers. Metavine delivers an innovative approach to the application lifecycle that enables companies to achieve cloud-first digital agility, thereby reducing time to market, optimizing utilization of resources, and rapidly innovating and delivering disruptive business solutions.
Advisor, Investor
May 2012
Deliv is crowdsourced, same day delivery, bridging the last mile gap between omni channel retailers and their customers. Simply adding this new delivery option to your existing online or in-store checkout gives your customers more — a great deal more — choice & convenience. The result: you get increased loyalty and sales, and all the benefits that flow from customer delight.
Advisor, Investor
May 2012
Campanja is bringing the power of high-frequency bidding and big data modeling to paid search, helping large online advertisers win customers and drive revenue, without overspending campaign budgets. Campanjas Advanced Bid Optimization software predicts the value of every click and bids up to 7x/hour, adapting instantly to changes in market demand to ensure marketers never overbid or underbid. Campanjas bidding software works seamlessly with existing campaign management systems, data and workflow, and drives double-digit improvements in campaign performance. Try Campanja today, and start bidding smarter, not just higher. Campanja is a [24]7 Company. Learn more at www.campanja.com.
Advisor, Investor
Apr 2012
Ark.com is a search engine for people. With Ark, you can search for new people, old classmates, new business contacts, and even your friends. With over a billion social network profiles indexed, and using a modern architecture, Ark provided the most comprehensive people search engine in the world. Prior to founding Ark, our team has experience at Google, AOL, Symantec, Lithium, Yahoo! Research and Y-Combinator.
Advisor, Investor
Apr 2012
self employed
Advisor, Investor
Oct 2011
Talkable’s marketing technology empowers e-commerce brands to acquire & retain high-value customers through referral & loyalty marketing programs. As a single-source solution for your referral marketing and loyalty marketing needs, brands are able to create seamless user experiences designed to increase brand engagement and build brand affinity. For both referral and loyalty solutions, Talkable offers comprehensive segmentation capabilities, a built-in A/B testing suite, and best-in-class fraud prevention intelligence. Talkable is more than just a technology solution, we’re also your partner. As such, every client has a dedicated team of experts who will strategize, envision, create, deploy, optimize all of your campaigns. The customer success team will act as an extension of your marketing team designing referral and loyalty programs that exceed your expectations. Talkable is best suited for brands with $4M+ in annual revenue. Our enterprise clients on average see a 52X ROI from their referral programs. Talkable’s Marketing Solutions are used to: -Identify, target, and reward your most valuable customers through in-depth data analysis. -Acquire and retain your highest-value clients at a low cost -Drive more sales and increase revenue Talkable was founded in 2009 and pioneered the ability to digitally track the virality of word-of-mouth marketing which ultimately sparked the creation of Referral Marketing. Today, Talkable develops and implements long-term growth strategies targeting new customer acquisition, increased retention, higher LTV, all at a significantly lower CPA than other marketing channels. Talkable is trusted by 250 brands such as L’Occitane, FitJoy, American Eagle, and TOMS– bringing over $576M in referral sales for its customers.
Experience · 12 entries
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Investments (10)
Founder (1)
2013
Blue Bottle Coffee (Via acquisition of Perfect Coffee)
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Metavine delivers the world’s first zero-code digital agility platform and has successfully acquired enterprise customers in a range of industries, including Internet of Things (IoT), banking, healthcare, telematics, and sales and marketing. Metavine enables companies to gain real opportunity and value from their citizen developers while driving a collaborative partnership between Enterprise IT and citizen developers. Metavine delivers an innovative approach to the application lifecycle that enables companies to achieve cloud-first digital agility, thereby reducing time to market, optimizing utilization of resources, and rapidly innovating and delivering disruptive business solutions.
Feed.fm
Advisor, Investor
Mar 2013
2012
Advisor, Investor
May 2012
Deliv is crowdsourced, same day delivery, bridging the last mile gap between omni channel retailers and their customers. Simply adding this new delivery option to your existing online or in-store checkout gives your customers more — a great deal more — choice & convenience. The result: you get increased loyalty and sales, and all the benefits that flow from customer delight.
Advisor, Investor
May 2012
Campanja is bringing the power of high-frequency bidding and big data modeling to paid search, helping large online advertisers win customers and drive revenue, without overspending campaign budgets. Campanjas Advanced Bid Optimization software predicts the value of every click and bids up to 7x/hour, adapting instantly to changes in market demand to ensure marketers never overbid or underbid. Campanjas bidding software works seamlessly with existing campaign management systems, data and workflow, and drives double-digit improvements in campaign performance. Try Campanja today, and start bidding smarter, not just higher. Campanja is a [24]7 Company. Learn more at www.campanja.com.
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