Neal Taparia, Angel Investor

Neal Taparia is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He co-founded and scaled two multimillion-dollar businesses, without investment. The first, Imagine Easy Solutions, was an EdTech software business that he sold to Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) in 2016. He successfully further scaled it as an executive playing a key role in Chegg’s growth from $500M in market cap to $5B in three years. His latest venture, Unwind Media, is a gaming company that takes a new twist to classic games and now gets over 2 billion games played yearly. He is also an angel investor who invests in and advises startups through SOTA Partners, with a focus on consumer internet businesses. Some of his investments are in Tutored by Teachers, an education firm that matches students with certified teachers to deliver online education.