Mo Koyfman

Moshe "Mo" Koyfman is an American venture capitalist and businessman. He is the founder and a general partner of Shine Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. He previously was a general partner at Spark Capital and worked for Barry Diller at IAC.

Biography Koyfman is a native of New Jersey. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude. He holds a B.S. in economics with a concentration in finance, and a B.A. in English.

Career After graduating from college, Koyfman joined Bear Stearns as an investment banker, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and raising financing for media, technology and entertainment companies. At IAC, he helped launch a digital media business unit and led the acquisition of Connected Ventures, the parent company of Vimeo, CollegeHumor, and BustedTees. He subsequently was Chief Operating Officer of Connected Ventures and later as a board member of Vimeo, and was chair of its Compensation and Nominating Committees. He was promoted to General Partner in 2012 at age 35.

During his tenure at Spark, Koyfman led or co-led early-stage investments in companies such as Warby Parker and Plaid.

In 2012, Koyfman was named one of New York's top 100 angel investors by Business Insider.

In 2019, he founded Shine Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm of $575 million in assets.

Personal Koyfman is married to Hilary Rosenman Koyfman, a designer. They live in New York City with their two daughters.

Philanthropic activities Koyfman has been on the board of directors of ArtWorks, a non-profit that offers art therapy to hospitalized children.

Koyfman is a founding board member of Sefaria, a non-profit organization offering free access to texts, translations, and commentaries, enabling everyone to participate in the ongoing process of Jewish learning.