Will Samuels

Early Stage Investor | NYU Stern MBA

๐Ÿ“ United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 4 investments๐Ÿ“… 4 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested May 2025
VC๐ŸŒ United States
4
Total investments
3
Early stage
0
Mid stage
0
Late stage
4y
Years active

Portfolio

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Early Stage Investor
May 2025
We are an industry agnostic, pre-seed & seed investment partnership focused on backing A+ teams to help them scale their businesses. Our check sizes are flexible and we maintain reserves for follow on opportunities.
Angel Investor
May 2023
Helaina is a biotech company pushing the boundaries of what food can do for health.
Angel Investor
Mar 2022
The Hands In mission is simple: to eliminate payment hurdles like ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, drive ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ for our business partners, and create smoother transactions that improve customer satisfaction. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Travel transactions declining due to insufficient funds make up to on average 5% of all failing payments, contributing to millions lost in revenue at the checkout every month. Additionally, 59% of travelers travel together in groups every year but cannot split the payment. And thats exactly what Hands In wants to solve... Weโ€™ve designed three groundbreaking features to tackle these issues head-on: โ€ข ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ-๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Customers can easily split costs across multiple cards, allocating amounts and authorizing each payment in seconds. โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Whether itโ€™s friends booking a trip or colleagues organizing an event, peers can join the same transaction and pay their shareโ€”no more chasing people down for reimbursement. โ€ข ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Customers can split payments across multiple cards if their original payment method is declined due to insufficient funds, allowing two card transaction retries, versus just one. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: Generating over $30M in incremental sales for clients in 2025. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ โ€ข Air Europa โ€ข AsiaPay โ€ข Budgy Smuggler โ€ข Arab Financial Services โ€ข Sports Events 365 โ€ข Repayd โ€ข Cell Point Digital โ€ข BR-DGE โ€ข YUNO โ€ข DEUNA โ€ข BridgerPay Our API connects to up to ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐˜€, including major names like ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป, and ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€: https://www.handsin.com/about-us Join the payment revolution with Hands In, and letโ€™s shape the future of payments together!
Angel Investor
Jan 2022
Tie de-anonymizes & enriches 4x+ more web site visitors than any other tool, helping hundreds of companies like Caraway, Cozy Earth, Macyโ€™s, and Crunch Fitness significantly grow their email lists, re-engage more subscribers and ultimately acquire more customers.
Experience ยท 5 entries
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Investments (4)
2025
Early Stage Investor
May 2025
We are an industry agnostic, pre-seed & seed investment partnership focused on backing A+ teams to help them scale their businesses. Our check sizes are flexible and we maintain reserves for follow on opportunities.
2023
Associate, Equity Swap Sales
Jul 2023
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With a 90-year history, Morgan Stanley today operates in 42 countries serving corporations, governments, institutions, families and individuals. Morgan Stanley is a talent business that demands ongoing investment in our people. Key drivers of our success have been the breadth and tenure of our talent, as well as a unique culture and a set of values that guide our employees. We view Morgan Stanleyโ€™s talent and culture as a key competitive advantage enabling the Firm to achieve its potential and drive future success. As an integrated firm with scaled capabilities, we partner with clients at every stage of their financial journey. Our ability to do so is grounded in four pillars that define Morgan Stanley: a clear and consistent strategy to help clients raise, manage and allocate capital; a culture grounded in rigor, humility and partnership; financial strength through capital, earnings power and durability; and growth driven by smart, strategic investment globally. These pillars enable Morgan Stanley to provide trusted advice, operate with resilience across market cycles and deliver long-term value to our clients and shareholders. Social Media Disclosures: mgstn.ly/SocialDisclosure
Angel Investor
May 2023
Helaina is a biotech company pushing the boundaries of what food can do for health.
2022
Angel Investor
Mar 2022
The Hands In mission is simple: to eliminate payment hurdles like ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, drive ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ for our business partners, and create smoother transactions that improve customer satisfaction. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Travel transactions declining due to insufficient funds make up to on average 5% of all failing payments, contributing to millions lost in revenue at the checkout every month. Additionally, 59% of travelers travel together in groups every year but cannot split the payment. And thats exactly what Hands In wants to solve... Weโ€™ve designed three groundbreaking features to tackle these issues head-on: โ€ข ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ-๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Customers can easily split costs across multiple cards, allocating amounts and authorizing each payment in seconds. โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: Whether itโ€™s friends booking a trip or colleagues organizing an event, peers can join the same transaction and pay their shareโ€”no more chasing people down for reimbursement. โ€ข ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Customers can split payments across multiple cards if their original payment method is declined due to insufficient funds, allowing two card transaction retries, versus just one. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: Generating over $30M in incremental sales for clients in 2025. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ โ€ข Air Europa โ€ข AsiaPay โ€ข Budgy Smuggler โ€ข Arab Financial Services โ€ข Sports Events 365 โ€ข Repayd โ€ข Cell Point Digital โ€ข BR-DGE โ€ข YUNO โ€ข DEUNA โ€ข BridgerPay Our API connects to up to ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐˜€, including major names like ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป, and ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€: https://www.handsin.com/about-us Join the payment revolution with Hands In, and letโ€™s shape the future of payments together!
Angel Investor
Jan 2022
Tie de-anonymizes & enriches 4x+ more web site visitors than any other tool, helping hundreds of companies like Caraway, Cozy Earth, Macyโ€™s, and Crunch Fitness significantly grow their email lists, re-engage more subscribers and ultimately acquire more customers.
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2022โ€“2025 ยท 4 investments
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