Mo Koyfman is the Founder and General Partner of Shine Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Mo Koyfman is the Founder and General Partner of Shine Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm he launched in 2020 after serving as a General Partner at Spark Capital for over seven years and working at IAC for five years. His investment thesis targets early-stage ventures from inception through Series A, focusing on sectors including AI/ML applications, crypto/blockchain infrastructure, fintech, vertical SaaS, consumer technology, and operational technology like robotics. Shine Capital typically leads rounds and has deployed $575 million across three early-stage funds and one opportunities fund, with Fund III in active deployment as of January 2026. Notable portfolio companies include Notion, Plaid, Warby Parker, and Hivemapper, with Koyfman personally investing in Coinbase and Harry’s during his angel phase prior to founding Shine. He has publicly argued that small funds outperform large funds in venture, emphasizing the advantage of focused capital in winning deals. Koyfman also serves on the Board of Directors at Vimeo, a company connected to his earlier work at IAC overseeing Connected Ventures.
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