Fundraising Fox
Joe Lallouz
InvestorPartner at Ambush Capital
New York City
Writes $25K – $250K checks · typically $100K
Find your path to Joe
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Joe
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to Joe. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
About
Joe Lallouz is a multiple-time startup founder and angel investor based in New York City. He co-founded and exited two startups: Grand St., acquired by Etsy in 2014, and Bison Trails, acquired by Coinbase in 2021 — after which he moved into product leadership at Coinbase. He is now a partner at Ambush Capital, where he angel and seed invests in early-stage founders alongside longtime partners Aaron Henshaw and Carly Strife. His interests span economics, crypto, game theory, sociology, and psychology.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Bison Trails, which was acquired by Coinbase in 2021. Co-founded Grand St., which was acquired by Etsy in 2014.
- Hobbies
- Plays a lot of sports and video games in his free time. Builds motorcycles.
- More
- Has a knack for languages and is interested in economics, crypto, game theory, sociology, investing, and psychology.
From Joe's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Investor
3BoxAtomic LoansCredibly NeutralPolymerLabsPracticePrivySolayerSovereign LabsXMTP
Per curated public sources.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Joe LallouzThe AWS Of Crypto | Joe Lallouz
Empire
Ethereum 2.0: Fireside chat with Joe Lallouz, CEO of Bison Trails and Ryan Selkis
Messari
Pomp Podcast #343: Joe Lallouz On Building Blockchain Infrastructure
Anthony Pompliano
Colleagues at Ambush Capital
Network2
Investors connected to Joe in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joe Lallouz?
- Joe Lallouz is a multiple-time startup founder and angel investor based in New York City. He co-founded and exited two startups: Grand St., acquired by Etsy in 2014, and Bison Trails, acquired by Coinbase in 2021 — after which he moved into product leadership at Coinbase. He is now a partner at Ambush Capital, where he angel and seed invests in early-stage founders alongside longtime partners Aaron Henshaw and Carly Strife. His interests span economics, crypto, game theory, sociology, and psychology.
- Where does Joe Lallouz work?
- Joe Lallouz is Partner at Ambush Capital.
- What check size does Joe Lallouz write?
- Joe Lallouz typically writes checks of $25K – $250K.
- What companies has Joe Lallouz invested in?
- Investments tracked here include 3Box, Atomic Loans, Credibly Neutral, PolymerLabs, Practice, Privy, Solayer, Sovereign Labs, XMTP.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Joe Lallouz?
- Tracked appearances include "The AWS Of Crypto | Joe Lallouz", "Ethereum 2.0: Fireside chat with Joe Lallouz, CEO of Bison Trails and Ryan Selkis", "Pomp Podcast #343: Joe Lallouz On Building Blockchain Infrastructure".
About this profile. Compiled from public sources — Ambush Capital's own website, press coverage and public professional profiles — and summarised by Fundraising Fox; every fact is kept with where it came from. Spotted an error, or would rather not be listed? Email privacy@fundraisingfox.com · How we build profiles · Your rights