I'm Youcef, a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, & board director based in San Francisco

Youcef Es-skouri

About me

Investor in 30+ startups (Seed & Series A). I help founders with product and growth. Member of First Round Angel Track.

Co-founder and Board Member of Welovebuzz, a digital media and social publisher for the new generation with 13.6M followers and 3B video views in 2025. We create original content for companies such as Meta, Spotify, Microsoft, Uber, P&G, Unilever, and Coca-Cola.

Also on the board of Eat App, a reservation, table management, and CRM platform used by 5K+ restaurants across 90 countries, which has seated 100M+ guests to date.

Currently Director of Product at Dropbox within the Office of the CEO, where I lead an internal studio/incubator building new AI products.

I invested in

    • Cycle (Acquired by Atlassian)
    • Capture product feedback and share customer insights – without the busywork.
  • seed
    • Riot
    • Employee security posture management platform. (YC W20)
  • seed
    • Lazy
    • One shortcut to capture & chat with your notes, everywhere.
  • pre-seed
    • Tomorro
    • AI-powered contract management.
  • seed
    • Djamo
    • Financial super app for consumers in Francophone Africa. (YC W21)
  • seed
    • Folk
    • CRM for building real relationships and winning deals.
  • seed
    • Kick
    • Accounting software, that does the work for you.
  • pre-seed
    • Crew
    • ATS for recruiting agencies. (YC S21)
  • seed
    • Treinta
    • Financial super app for small businesses in LATAM. (YC W21)
  • series a
    • Prepared (Acquired by Axon)
    • AI-powered solutions for emergency response.
  • seed
    • YO
    • Yield engine for the crypto economy.
  • seed
    • CredPal
    • One app for all financial needs in Africa. (YC W19)
  • seed
    • Zenlist (Acquired by Realtor)
    • Collaborative search that makes buying real estate easier for agents and their clients.
  • seed
    • Journify
    • Capture, unify, and activate customer data in minutes.
  • pre-seed
    • SwingVision
    • AI video analysis, highlights & officiating, using just your phone.
  • series a
    • ScorePlay
    • Media asset management for sports.
  • seed
    • Tana
    • Knowledge management platform that integrates AI into everyday work.
  • series a
    • Lakera (Acquired by Check Point)
    • Security platform for generative AI applications.
  • series a
    • Default
    • All-in-one inbound lead qualification, scheduling, & routing platform.
  • series a
    • Span
    • AI-native developer intelligence platform.
  • series a

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