Mo Koyfman

Founder and General Partner, Shine Capital
Mo Koyfman is an immigrant from Ukraine turned operator-VC who oversaw corporate development at IAC, became a General Partner, champions small concentrated funds, sits on Vimeo’s board, and founded Sefaria.
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About Mo Koyfman

Mo Koyfman brings an immigrant-to-operator-to-VC background, having immigrated from Ukraine as a child and later holding senior roles at IAC overseeing corporate development before becoming a General Partner at Spark Capital. He champions small, focused funds with concentrated conviction and serves as an independent director on Vimeo's board while also founding Sefaria, a nonprofit building a free digital library of Jewish texts.

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  • Focus on applied artificial intelligence that delivers tangible results for individuals and businesses. He predicts the most significant returns will come from consumer apps that enhance personal performance or happiness and backs enterprise solutions like Accomplish AI that solve the complexity of deploying technology in large organizations.
  • Support for ambitious hardware and deep tech innovations that address foundational societal needs. He actively promotes nuclear energy startups like Antares Nuclear to solve power constraints and applauds consumer robotics companies like 10Beauty for bringing automation into the beauty industry to save time for busy women.
  • Emphasis on moral character and emotional stamina as key indicators of startup success. He argues that having the courage of one's convictions is the defining trait necessary to build an iconic company and advises founders to focus on resilience rather than resentment when facing obstacles.
  • Valuing taste, curation, and cultural depth in consumer products. He champions platforms that reward quality and human inspiration over engagement bait, such as creative networks, and engages with culture through music and insightful takes on the restaurant industry.

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Shine Capital

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AI, Fintech, SaaS, Web3 / Crypto, Enterprise
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$1M - $10M

Shine Capital is a venture fund founded by former Spark Capital general partner Mo Koyfman, who led landmark investments in Plaid and Warby Parker, and has raised $435M across three funds since 2020 with an unusually institutional LP base including Boston Children's Hospital and public pension systems. The firm invests across an adventurous mix of AI/ML productivity, crypto infrastructure, tokenized biopharma IP, and experimental consumer models, backed by a deliberately eclectic team combining tier-1 VC, frontier crypto, crowdfunding, and investment banking experience.

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