Investor profile
Lane Bess
Angel, Operator angel & Member Board Of Trustees at Carnegie Mellon University
Lane Bess is an angel investor and operator angel based in Miami Beach, Florida, United States with 10 known investments: Veza, Evident, Panorays, Lumu, Confluera, Skycure, Venari Security, ParkMyCloud, PernixData and Pick a Pier.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Seed
Contacts
Lane Bess portfolio companies (10)
- Veza
- Evident
- Panorays
- Lumu
- Confluera
- Skycure
- Venari Security
- ParkMyCloud
- PernixData
- Pick a Pier
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Member Board Of Trustees at Carnegie Mellon University, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Skild AI
- BlastPoint
- Coheso
- NovoLINC
- ViralMoment
- Arieca
- Trainwell
- CapSen Robotics
- RoboForce
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Enterprise SaaS. Startups operating in these areas may find Lane Bess relevant.
Lane Bess appears in Seed rounds across the known deals.
The portfolio and focus above give founders context on whether Lane Bess matches their raise.
Colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University
Dave Mawhinney
Founding Executive Director
Pittsburgh, United States
Ray Lane
Board Trustee
San Francisco, United States
Brendan Synnott
Guest Lecturer
Boulder, United States
Scott Allen Graham
Advisor
San Francisco, United States
Keith Boesky
Adjunct Professor
Los Angeles, United States
Aaron Tainter
Lecturer
Pittsburgh, United States
Maher Hakim
Distinguished Career Professor
United States
Scott Russell
Founder and Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Chenxi Wang
Board of Advisors
San Francisco, United States
Bob Moczydlowsky
Instructor
Los Angeles, United States
Lake Dai
Adjunct Professor, Applied AI & AI Governance
San Francisco, United States
Andrew Rabin
Entrepreneur In Residence
Pittsburgh, United States
Anand Rao
Venture Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
Stephan Mueller
Managing Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
Jeffrey Brashear
Investor
Miami Beach, United States
J. Zachary Ciccone
Managing Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Lane Bess?
Lane Bess is an angel investor and operator angel based in Miami Beach, Florida, United States with 10 known investments on file, among them Veza, Evident and Panorays. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Lane Bess invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Enterprise SaaS. 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 Lane Bess invest at?
The known deals of Lane Bess include Seed 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.
Which firm is Lane Bess listed at?
Lane Bess is listed as Member Board Of Trustees at Carnegie Mellon University. 16 other people in the database share a firm with Lane Bess.
How do I contact Lane Bess?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Lane Bess. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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