Jana Messerschmidt is an angel investor and operator who co-founded #ANGELS, an investment collective focused on backing early-stage startups. Jana Messerschmidt's Twitter Score is 71 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #13,464 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Jana Messerschmidt co-founded #ANGELS alongside five other co-founders, serving as a Founding Partner of the collective. The group has backed a range of companies including crypto-native firms Anchorage and Coinbase, among others. Before focusing on investing full time, Jana Messerschmidt previously worked at Twitter as Vice President of Global Business Development and Platform, and at Netflix as Director of Business Development, giving her a grounding in both platform growth and media.
Jana Messerschmidt also previously worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners as a Partner, joining its consumer investment team before departing to concentrate on building #ANGELS. Earlier in her career, she held a senior global accounts role at DivX and was formerly an advisor to Accompany. Jana Messerschmidt has 29,236 followers as of July 2026 and has published 10,681 posts, and has been mentioned by 98 accounts a total of 309 times.
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