Fritz Lanman is an angel investor and is cofounder and Executive Chairman of both Doppler Labs and DWNLD. He founded Livestar (acquired by Pinterest) and was a seed investor in Square, Pinterest, Wish / ContextLogic, Formlabs, Paper / FiftyThree, Teespring, Getaround and several other companies.
Previously, he was Senior Director in Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions at Microsoft, where his responsibility spanned strategy development and corporate development for Microsoft Senior Leadership team, CEO and Board of Directors. He especially focused on Microsoft's emerging businesses in Search, Advertising, Mobile and Entertainment and worked on several large deals for Microsoft including the Facebook investment and Yahoo partnership.