Where does Erik Moore work?

Erik Moore is Managing Director at Base Venture Management, Inc. and Board director at Pigeonly.

What check size does Erik Moore write?

Erik Moore typically writes checks of $100K – $700K.

Where did Erik Moore go to school?

Erik Moore studied at Dartmouth College (ab (latin for ba), french major/history minor); University of Pennsylvania (ma, international relations/business - french); The Wharton School (mba, finance).

Erik Moore

Investor

Managing Director at Base Venture Management, Inc. · Board director at Pigeonly

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $100K – $700K checks · typically $250K

About

Erik Moore, a former Merrill Lynch trader who turned investor after a ~50x early Zappos angel return, backs mission-driven, diverse-community startups with a disciplined, anti-hype seed approach founders value.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

e•••@basevc.comreveal

Invests in

ConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareMobility & Transportation

Board director at Pigeonly YC W15

Intro paths

Erik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Erik can intro founders to Pigeonly's investors below.

Pigeonly's investors · 7

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015 American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactMadison Base Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checks Bronze InvestmentsEast Palo Alto Gratitude RailroadPark City Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks · since 2015 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Pigeonly

Frederick HutsonFounder/CEO

Alfonzo BrooksCo-Founder/Head of Finance

Clifford KeeneyFounder

Experience

Base VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Surf AirBoard Observercurrent2016 — present
Surf Air AirlineMember Board of Directorscurrent2013 — presentSanta Monica, CA
Pigeon.lyMember Board of Directorscurrent2014 — presentDowntown Las Vegas, Nevada
Wildfang.comMember Board of Directors2013 — 2016Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
louis VIKing1999 — 2012
Merrill LynchDirector1996 — 2011san francisco
Gen ReVP1989 — 1994

Skills & more

Fixed Income17Start-ups77Capital Markets19Venture Capital90Alternative Investments20Hedge Funds8Private Equity55Financial Modeling29Investment Banking49Mergers3Investments87Due Diligence15

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ValuationCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsEmerging MarketsAngel InvestingEquitiesSecuritiesFinancial StructuringStrategic PlanningStrategyAsset ManagmentCorporate Finance

Languages French

From Erik's professional profile.

Colleagues at Base Venture Management, Inc.

Kirby Harris

Founder and Managing Partner at Base Venture Management, Inc.

Ryan Diew

Principal, EIR at Base Venture Management, Inc.

Network9

Bonin BoughScout

Co-Founder and Advisor at Lockstep Ventures

Brendan WallaceScout

CEO and CIO at Fifth Wall

David J. BlumbergScout

Founder and Managing Partner of Blumberg Capital

Lu ZhangScout

Founder and Managing Partner at Fusion

Raj DateScout

Managing Partner at Fenway Summer Ventures

Alireza Masrour

General Partner at Plug and Play Ventures

Benjamin Jealous

Partner at Kapor Capital

Homan Yuen

Venture Partner at Fusion

Mitchell Kapor

Partner at Kapor Capital

Investors connected to Erik in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Erik Moore?: Erik Moore, a former Merrill Lynch trader who turned investor after a ~50x early Zappos angel return, backs mission-driven, diverse-community startups with a disciplined, anti-hype seed approach founders value.
Where does Erik Moore work?: Erik Moore is Managing Director at Base Venture Management, Inc. and Board director at Pigeonly.
What does Erik Moore invest in?: Erik Moore invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Mobility & Transportation.
What check size does Erik Moore write?: Erik Moore typically writes checks of $100K – $700K.
Where did Erik Moore go to school?: Erik Moore studied at Dartmouth College (ab (latin for ba), french major/history minor); University of Pennsylvania (ma, international relations/business - french); The Wharton School (mba, finance).

Same school

Also attended Dartmouth College524

Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures Scott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA James DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis Ventures Ben RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners

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Also attended University of Pennsylvania1,074

Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychology Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis Ventures Leah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures Eghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC Partners

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Also attended The Wharton School2,000

Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round Capital Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Jack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Base Ventures7

Kirby HarrisFounder and Managing Partner at Base Venture Management, Inc.Shaheer SandhuInvestor at Susa Ventures Ashtan JordanPrincipal at Precursor Ventures Milan KochGeneral Partner at Mantis Capital JeanClaude DorsainvilInvestor at XYZ Venture Capital Ryan DiewPrincipal, EIR at Base Venture Management, Inc.

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