Julie Crosby

Investor | Tech Entrepreneur | Interior Designer | Championing More Women on Cap Tables

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
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13
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7
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2
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0
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Jun 2024
Hume was founded in 2020, with the mission to create a new category; SUPERNATURAL. Highly effective, clean products with the latest scientific thinking. Only the hardest working ingredients make their way into our products. Humes first product is deodorant. We realized clean deodorant REALLY SUCKED and got to work. The result? A plant, mineral and probiotic-based Supernatural deodorant. 0% toxins, 100% performance. Hard working, sweat crushing, BO conquering, crisp freshness creating, awesome. Our breakthrough deodorant formula works in 4 ways: (1) Absorbs moisture, (2) Traps and binds odor, (3) Supports the skin microbiome and (4) Protects and nourishes the skin. The best part? Your skin is happy and you smell amazing. And the Hume crew? We are a bunch of corporate misfits sick of the BS. We want to create real products that make things better. Better for you, me and all people. Thats why were called HUME. U+ME+HUMANS. Join us on the journey to LIVE SUPERNATURAL.
Investor
Jul 2023
We are revolutionizing the future of TV with the worlds first dual screen television offered for free! Visit www.freetelly.com for the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.
Investor
Aug 2022
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Investor
Jul 2021
Bopdrop is an application that makes it easy to share music. We are integrated with Spotify and Apple Music allowing users to curate playlists in a social & fun environment! The mission we serve at Bopdrop Inc. is to bring you closer to music you love. Our music is a part of who we are, and sharing that can be powerful - songs tell a story just like words, pictures and video. We empower the music community to share the music that matters most with the people that matter most.
Investor/Advisor
Jan 2020
Solento Organic Tequila has a smooth and easy flavor, ideal for leisurely sipping, bringing intention to indulgence, and making way for conversation that elevates and inspires. The award-winning range is made from 100% Certified Organic Blue Agave in small batches from a single estate. Available in Blanco, Reposado and Añejo.
Investor
May 2018
Empirical is a flavor company. We make free-form and uncategorized spirits, meaning experiments outside the traditional categories of the spirits industry. It is ok to want special and delicious things. Empirical is a platform to investigate flavor, traditions, technologies, and techniques from across the globe. It’s a springboard to re-examine why and how we produce things, launch dialogues and create a whole bunch of novel libations along the way.
Investor
Aug 2017
Glide’s mission is to make the process of buying and selling homes faster, simpler, and the most trusted for real estate agents and their clients. We serve an industry larger than any other, streamlining the most important financial transaction of a consumer’s lifetime. Our platform is used by more than 60,000 real estate agents on over $100B worth of home sale transactions each year. Agents choose Glide because we focus on making their lives simpler, helping them deliver outstanding customer service, stay compliant and grow their businesses. Our culture is based on moving fast, putting customer needs first and supporting one another to accomplish incredible results. We operate as an independent subsidiary of Compass (NYSE: COMP), allowing us to combine the agility of a startup with the resources of a public company. Join Glide because you want to do your best work, to collaborate with amazing people and to make a lasting impact at a pivotal moment in people’s lives.
early stageReal Estate
Investor
Feb 2014
AI-powered automation for every decision. At Palantir, our software powers AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Our platforms feature advanced tools for data protection, governance, responsible use of AI, and civilian protection capabilities for defense applications. Dominate your most complex problems with Palantir.
Investor
Feb 2014
You know that feeling you get when a good true-life tale grabs you right from the start? You can’t stop turning the page — because you realize incredible things happen to real people — and its hard to believe that what you’re reading is non-fiction. That is the kind of story we like to tell. Epic writers travel the world searching for encounters with the unknown. Wartime romance, unlikely savants, deranged detectives, gentlemen thieves, and love struck killers: stories that tap into the thrill of being alive. Epic stories will debut on Medium, a new venture by Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. Medium is a platform built for ideas that should last. And thats what Epic aims for: stories worth remembering. Welcome aboard.
Investor
Jul 2013
HelloSign is now Dropbox Sign! Please follow us on our new page for updates, insights, and more https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropboxsign/
Investor
Jul 2013
Xola provides cloud-based software that makes it simple for businesses to manage reservations in real time from any channel—bookings made in-person, over the phone, through their company website, on Xola’s vendor mobile app, with local resellers, and online travel agents that are integrated with Xola. The tours and activities landscape is incredibly fragmented, comprised largely of SMBs with limited access to modern business tools. As a result, these companies suffer from operational deficiencies and often fall short of their economic potential. Not only is this a problem for local providers but also for tour resellers like Viator, Groupon, Kayak and others. Xola’s reservation software fills this vital distribution gap and helps tour operators accelerate their growth with its cloud-based and easy-to-use tools. The tours and activities industry is worth $120 billion globally, and with Xola, tour providers and resellers can tap into this immense market unlike ever before. Were not the only ones that recognize the importance of powerful software in this industry. Stephen Ambrose of Steadfast Venture Capital argues that in travel technology, “the back end is really the emerging opportunity... One reason it is exciting is that it is not crowded, not noisy.” Xola is growing quickly and is looking for top performers to help us serve the business needs of tens of thousands of tour and activity companies worldwide.
Investor
Dec 2012
On the off chance youve thought about insurance, its likely because youve insured something you love, not because you loved your insurance company. Metromile is out to change that. As an insurtech powered by data science and customer-centric design, we’re reimagining insurance to make it fairer and actually delightful. We’re obsessed with savings, service, and features that engage a customer all along their journey. We’re on the forefront of disrupting a $250 billion auto insurance category that has gone unchanged for over 80 years. Metromile’s team combines the best technologists with veterans from Fortune 500 insurers and financial services giants. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture at all levels. We nurture a sense of community by investing in one another’s unique backgrounds and experiences to drive business success and positively influence our services and products. Metromile has offices in San Francisco, Boston, and Tempe, although we are all currently working from home, in more than 24 states across the country. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes several options for health, dental, and vision insurance, stock options available to all employees, generous vacation for exempt and nonexempt employees, 13 paid holidays, an extensive flex holiday program, 12-weeks of paid leave for new parents, and a six week sabbatical to recharge at your five year anniversary. Some insurance products are underwritten by insurers in the National General Insurance Group. Other insurance products are underwritten by Metromile Insurance Company, 1501 W. Fountainhead Pkwy, Suite 200, Tempe, AZ 85282
early stageInsurance
Investor
Sep 2006
Climate’s mission is to help the world’s farmers sustainably increase productivity with digital tools. As part of the Bayer Crop Science division, we deliver technology breakthroughs powered by agronomic science, data science, software and hardware engineering, and real-world farming experience. We ensure farmers have the best digital solutions to achieve more sustainable, reliable harvests that use less energy, water, pesticides, and land to feed our growing world. Climate FieldView™—our flagship product—is the world’s leading digital farming software platform, available in 23 countries and on over 220 million acres. FieldView blends unrivaled machine compatibility, data analysis and visualization tools, and connectivity across dozens of trusted farm management partners to enable insights for more informed decisions on the field.
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2024
Investor
Jun 2024
Hume was founded in 2020, with the mission to create a new category; SUPERNATURAL. Highly effective, clean products with the latest scientific thinking. Only the hardest working ingredients make their way into our products. Humes first product is deodorant. We realized clean deodorant REALLY SUCKED and got to work. The result? A plant, mineral and probiotic-based Supernatural deodorant. 0% toxins, 100% performance. Hard working, sweat crushing, BO conquering, crisp freshness creating, awesome. Our breakthrough deodorant formula works in 4 ways: (1) Absorbs moisture, (2) Traps and binds odor, (3) Supports the skin microbiome and (4) Protects and nourishes the skin. The best part? Your skin is happy and you smell amazing. And the Hume crew? We are a bunch of corporate misfits sick of the BS. We want to create real products that make things better. Better for you, me and all people. Thats why were called HUME. U+ME+HUMANS. Join us on the journey to LIVE SUPERNATURAL.
2023
Investor
Jul 2023
We are revolutionizing the future of TV with the worlds first dual screen television offered for free! Visit www.freetelly.com for the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.
LP
Feb 2023
Women’s Equity Lab (WEL) was launched to address the insufficient number of female investors in early-stage start-ups. WEL operates investment groups across North America and focuses on supporting the growing number of women seeking education and opportunities as angel investors. Each fund is led by an exceptional team of diverse and highly-qualified women. Embedding these women-led funds in an ecosystem that is historically underrepresented by women, WEL provides crucial and intentional funding to founders and levels the playing field for female founders and investors. The Women’s Equity Lab’s Silicon Valley fund brings international female investors to the table, giving them access to investing in some of the world’s most innovative early-stage technology startups.
2022
Investor
Aug 2022
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
2021
Investor
Jul 2021
Bopdrop is an application that makes it easy to share music. We are integrated with Spotify and Apple Music allowing users to curate playlists in a social & fun environment! The mission we serve at Bopdrop Inc. is to bring you closer to music you love. Our music is a part of who we are, and sharing that can be powerful - songs tell a story just like words, pictures and video. We empower the music community to share the music that matters most with the people that matter most.
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