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

Youcef Es-skouri

About me

Investor in 35+ 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 ~17M followers and 5B video views every year. 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
    • Tomorro
    • AI-powered contract management software.
  • seed
    • Djamo
    • Financial super app for consumers in Francophone Africa. (YC W21)
  • seed
    • Folk
    • The CRM that works for your team.
  • seed
    • Kick
    • Accounting software, that does the work for you.
  • pre-seed
    • Treinta
    • Software and AI tools for SMBs in the US and Latin America. (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
    • Ad signal infrastructure for brands that run on performance.
  • pre-seed
    • SwingVision
    • AI video analysis, highlights & officiating for tennis and pickleball.
  • series a
    • ScorePlay
    • I-powered, open, end-to-end platform built to power sports content.
  • seed
    • Tana
    • Agentic meeting platform.
  • series a
    • Lakera (Acquired by Check Point)
    • Security platform for generative AI applications.
  • series a
    • Default
    • One platform to manage workflows, enrich records, route leads, and schedule meetings.
  • series a
    • Span
    • Engineering intelligence for turning effort and tokens into better software outcomes.
  • series a
    • Nango
    • Connect your product & agents to 1,000+ APIs, on infrastructure built for scale.
  • seed
    • Graylark
    • AI-powered location intelligence for government and law enforcement.
  • seed
    • Hypercubic
    • Agentic AI for mainframe and COBOL operations and modernization. (YC F25)
  • seed
    • Orgo
    • Instant cloud computers your AI agents can see, control, and operate. (YC F26)
  • seed

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