Annie Luchsinger
Annie Luchsinger is a Founding Partner and General Partner at Breakers.
T-Mobile Settles FCC Cybersecurity Breaches for $31.5M; Amazon and TerraPower Highlighted in GeekWire's Top Stories for Week of Sept. 29, 2024
The week of September 29, 2024, on GeekWire highlighted major tech news including T-Mobile's $31.5 million FCC settlement over cybersecurity breaches, Amazon's safe recovery of a toddler from a package locker, TerraPower's isotope production for cancer drugs, and leadership changes at Amazon and AWS.
Annie Luchsinger Launches Seattle-Based Breakers Fund to Invest $250K in Early-Stage Startups
Annie Luchsinger, former Anthos Capital investor and co-founder of an end-of-life startup, has launched Breakers, a Seattle-based early-stage venture fund targeting pre-seed and seed-stage tech startups with $250,000 average investments. Breakers, part of the Melinda Gates-backed Recast Accelerate program, aims to support diverse founders across the U.S. and Canada, focusing on underrepresented markets beyond major hubs.
Recast Capital Announces 36-Fund Inaugural Recast Accelerate Cohort to Support Women and Nonbinary-Led US Venture Funds
Recast Capital announced its inaugural Recast Accelerate cohort of 36 women and nonbinary-led early-stage US venture funds, selected to support underrepresented managers facing a difficult fundraising environment.
Yummy Raises $47 Million Led by Anthos Capital to Expand Superapp Across Latin America; Barney Harford Joins Board
Yummy, a superapp operating in Venezuela and Bolivia (and expanding into Peru and Panama), raised $47 million led by Anthos Capital to expand its product, increase density, and broaden coverage amid rapid user and order growth. The company has 2.5 million registered users, processes 800,000 monthly transactions, is growing orders ~40% quarter‑over‑quarter, and appointed former Uber COO Barney Harford to its board.
Filo raises $23 million led by Anthos Capital to scale instant live tutoring and onboard 200,000 tutors
Filo, an instant live tutoring startup, raised $23 million in a funding round led by Anthos Capital with participation from Better Capital, GSV, Sapling Capital and several angel investors. The company will use the capital to build product, grow its team, expand categories, scale its tutor base toward onboarding 200,000 tutors and support a target of 2 million daily live classes.
Filo raises $23M Series A led by Anthos Capital to scale AI-driven instant live tutoring
Filo raised $23 million in a Series A led by Anthos Capital to scale its instant live tutoring product, expand its team and tutor base, and deepen AI-driven pedagogy; the startup reports 1.5M+ downloads, 350K+ monthly users, and 40,000+ tutors across 15+ countries.
Organizations
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Breakers Founding Partner 2023–present · current
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Anthos Capital Investor 2018–2023 · past
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The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Techstars Accelerator Program 2016 · past
Education
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Retailing, Entrepreneurship
