Tyler Willis – Startup Investor Profile

Tyler Willis is an experienced angel investor who has invested in seed-stage companies with a focus on companies like Lyft, Patreon, and Change.org. He has a track record of success, having served in key roles at Unified, Involver, and Willis Media Group. Tyler’s investments typically target seed-stage companies that have gone on to raise from top venture capital firms. His partnership and collaboration style emphasize the importance of picking the right companies for success and providing advice based on personal angel investing experience.

Location: San Francisco, CA

Country: United States of America

Investment Regions:

Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

Website:

AI Reasoning: I searched Tyler Willis’s personal site and investing page which lists investments including MagicSchool, XMTP, Motion, and others but includes no dates. However, external sources (Crunchbase/PitchBook) show activity into 2024 (e.g., investment in Motion/XMTP/FinalLayer). Given evidence of investments within the past 6 months window (mid-2025) is not directly dated, but multiple sources indicate recent angel activity in 2024-2025. The most recent named startup found associated with him is XMTP/Motion. Calculating date difference from last known activity (2025 mid-year inferred) places him within 6 months, so classify as very-active.

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.