General Info
Roy Hessel is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Clearly Group, the world’s largest online eyewear seller. He founded EyeBuyDirect in Shanghai in 2005 and later sold it to the Essilor Group in 2012. Roy has experience in the medical and technology fields, having worked at Novartis Institutes Plc. and Physiome Sciences Inc. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has studied at Rutgers Business School, Tel Aviv University, and The George Washington University. Roy’s previous investments include EyeBuyDirect, Lensway, and the Essilor Group. Unfortunately, specific information about his investment thesis, stage of investment, geograhical preference, track record, professional career, and investment check size could not be found.
Location: Austin, TX
Country: Israel
Industries: Not available
Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
angel-individual
EU, NA
Want to start building warm intros with this investor?
🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: not-found
AI Reasoning: Searches across profiles (Crunchbase, LinkedIn, news articles, VentureBANC, MarketScreener) show Roy Hessel as CEO/founder of EyeBuyDirect/Clearly and prior investments in EyeBuyDirect, Lensway, and sale to Essilor Group, but there is no publicly available record of any investment activity within the past several years (no dated investments in 2024 or 2025). The most recent identifiable company associated with him is EyeBuyDirect/EyeBuyDirect sale (historical). The absence of any verifiable recent investment dates prevents classifying activity recency, so default to not-found.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
Investor Contact
Team Members
Name
Role
Email
LinkedIn
…
…
…
…
…
Investment Regions Map
loading map…
Similar Investors
Other similar investors:
Latest on X (Twitter)
Access all contact details of Roy Hessel
Gain instant access to partner names, verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, and more—all in one place. Dive into their portfolio founders and their LinkedIn information, so you can quickly start your outreach and look for warm intros.
Add custom tags to your investor cards. Label them by investment stage, industry focus, interest level, or any other criteria you want to stay organized.
Trusted by Founders like You
Find your matching investors using AI