Joel Espelien is an angel investor based in Seattle, Washington, United States with 8 known investments: Ratio, BizeeBee, DivX, Balance Financial, IQ Engines, Kitt.ai, Rogue Rovers and Snaptracs, Inc.
Is Joel Espelien a fit for your startup?
Paste your website. AI checks the fit and scores every other investor too.
Investment focus
- Sector
- AIHardwareHealthcareSaaS
- Focus
- Consumer WearablesEnterprise SaaSIoT
Contacts
Joel Espelien portfolio companies (8)
- Ratio
- BizeeBee
- DivX
- Balance Financial
- IQ Engines
- Kitt.ai
- Rogue Rovers
- Snaptracs, Inc.
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Consumer Wearables, Enterprise SaaS and IoT. Startups operating in these areas may find Joel Espelien relevant.
Stage-wise, the known deals cluster around Seed and Series A rounds.
Reviewing the investment history helps decide whether there is a realistic fit before reaching out.
Similar investors
Showing 20 of 100
Joel Abraham
angel investor and operator angel
Milwaukee, United States
Israel Y. Ganot
angel investor and operator angel
Israel
Wong
angel investor
Palo Alto, United States
Eric Simone
operator angel
Jeff Schox
General Partner
San Francisco, United States
Stephen Beck
angel investor
Solana Beach, United States
Geoff Entress
Manager
Seattle, United States
Aaron Epstein
angel investor and operator angel
San Francisco, United States
Jesse Leimgruber
angel investor and operator angel
San Francisco, United States
Alister Esam
angel investor
Newbury, United Kingdom
Jeff Richards
angel investor and operator angel
Brooklyn, United States
Eric Helbig
angel investor
Redmond, United States
Alan Ezeir
angel investor and operator angel
San Diego, United States
Ben Slivka
angel investor and operator angel
Seattle, United States
Jeff Clavier
Founding Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Oliver Nicholas
Pledger
San Francisco, United States
Joel Peterson
Chairman & Founder
Salt Lake City, United States
Nabeel Hyatt
General Partner
San Francisco, United States
Jeff Eichel
angel investor and operator angel
Miami, United States
Tony Espinoza
angel investor
Los Gatos, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Joel Espelien?
Joel Espelien is an angel investor based in Seattle, Washington, United States with 8 known investments on file, among them Ratio, BizeeBee and DivX. The sections above list the sectors and stages attached to that record.
What does Joel Espelien invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include Consumer Wearables, Enterprise SaaS and IoT. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Joel Espelien invest at?
The known deals of Joel Espelien include Seed and Series A rounds. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
How do I contact Joel Espelien?
A phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Joel Espelien. They are readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address for this profile.
Skip the browsing. Let AI find your ideal investors in one minute.
Paste your startup website and AI picks your best-fit investors out of 135,000+ profiles.
Data: RaiseHunt investor dataset · Snapshot 6 September 2026 · How this data is built · Report a correction or request removal