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Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area - Los Altos California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Online Social
Mike Dauber serves as a General Partner at Amplify Partners. He served as Principal at Battery Ventures. He has been involved with Continuuity, a stealth big data startup born out of Battery's Entrepreneur in Residence program, since the company's inception and is also engaged with Calxeda, Nutanix and RelateIQ. He is also on the teams that invested in Delphix and Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK). A hardware engineer at Velio Communications early in his career, Mike went on to hold Sales, Business Development and Marketing roles at Altera and Xilinx prior to joining Battery. During this time, Mike was responsible for developing product vision, defining launch strategies and managing business development programs at major communications OEWhile in Sales, Mike served as the account manager for Cisco. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Mike contributes to Battery's infrastructure blog and also speaks frequently at industry conferences.
New York City (NY) - Washington D.C - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Messaging • Investment Management • Mobility
Founder & Managing Partner, @Signatures Capital; @Dropbox, @uber, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more. Founded @saba; worked at @oracle-corporation.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - Oakland California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Online Social
General Partner at @matrix-partners; Founder & Director at @betfair.com; Entrepreneur and Investor. Gambler, guy who knows how to do a lot of things.
Austin Texas - San Francisco Bay Area - Cape Town South Africa - Menlo Park California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics
Vinny Lingham is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Office at Civic. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a General Partner at Newtown Partners. He serves as an Advisor at Blockchain Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded the digital gift card platform, Gyft, which was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2014. After over a decade of experience in e-commerce, he realized that no-one had a universal solution to tackle identity fraud for consumers. He also serves as General Partner in crypto-token fund Multicoin Capital.
Distributed workforce - Human capital - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
General Partner at Spark Capital
Dallas Texas - Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Boston, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction)
SunTx Capital Partners makes private equity investments in middle market companies focused in the Sunbelt region including: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The firm will also selectively consider opportunities outside this region. Since the firm's inception in 2001, SunTx has invested over $600 million. The partners do not invest in start up or early stage companies and target companies with enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $150 million. However, companies of smaller size may be considered for platform add-on acquisitions. The industry focus for SunTx is manufacturing, distribution and services, with participation in the following transactions: consolidation opportunities, management buyouts, growth equity, generational transitions, acquisitions or recapitalizations.
Seattle Washington - Washington D.C - Seattle / Portland, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Core Technologies, Artificial Intelegence, Big Data. Edge Computing, Data Driven Applications
Not Interested In
Healkth Care Tech, VR, BioTEch
Kevin Ober serves as Managing Director at Divergent Ventures. Prior to Divergent, he spent 7 years with Vulcan Ventures, a national venture capital firm owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. While with Vulcan, he led investments in Internet Infrastructure companies Internap Network Services Corporation, Nexabit Networks, Wavtrace and Net Perceptions. Other investments included Command Audio, Capstone Turbine, Colorado Micro Displays, ShareWave, Terastor and Netschools. Prior to working at Vulcan Ventures, Ober served in various positions at Conner Peripherals, Inc., a computer hard disk drive manufacturer in San Jose California. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from St. John's University and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University. He is a director of Internap Network Services Corporation and SpaceCurve and a board observer with Flashsoft and Piston.
Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Material Science • Payments • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Online Social
Arif Janmohamed serves as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at TripActions. He also serves as Charter Member at C100 Association. He is a Board Member at OverOps. He joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focuses primarily on investments in the areas of cloud and datacenter technologies, as well as enterprise mobile and SaaS solutions. He also serves as Board Member at Mist Syste He is currently working closely with the teams at Avi Networks, Highfive, Netskope, Nutanix, Pertino Networks, ThoughtSpot, Qubole, and Virtual Instruments. He was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Edgespring (acquired by Salesforce.com), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io), Memoir Systems (acquired by Cisco), RAPsphere (acquired by AppSense) and StreamOnce (acquired by Jive Software). Prior to joining Lightspeed, he worked in the Corporate Business Development group at Cisco Systems where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and investments in the Unified Communications, Enterprise Collaboration, Mobile, and SaaS market segments. Before joining Cisco Systems, he was with Novitas Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Earlier in his career, he worked in technical development and product management roles at WebTV (acquired by MSFT), Andes Networks (acquired by SUNW), and Sun Microsyste He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
San Francisco Bay Area - Los Altos California - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Human Resources • Material Science • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobility
Most Interested In
Early-stage technology startups with proven product traction and scientific invention as key competitive advantage (revenue is good to have but not a requirement) Examples: Artificial intelligence / neural networks Autonomous vehicles / self-driving cars Deep tech Cannabis (hemp) Silicon / new chips / edge computing Video processing on the edge Innovation for oil and gas / metallurgy / coal and other "old" industries Consumer financial services (scoring, credit, factoring, freelancer financing)
Not Interested In
Not interested in technologies that (1) hard to scale (2) require a lot of capital to win (3) I don't understand (4) evil Examples include: - Vertical marketplaces (too expensive to scale, CAC>LTV) - Tobacco/vaping (evil) - Blockchain for X (too early) - ICOs
GP at Vestor.In Partners. Former Adobe and Microsoft exec, founded Actis (sold to Wunderman), AdWatch (sold to AEGIS/Isobar), Sputnik Labs (sold to Technoserv)
Valley California - Palo Alto California - Los Angeles California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Analytics • Payments • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Daniel Darling is the Founder and serves as a Managing Director at Darling Ventures. He serves as a board member at AppVision and Human. He has more than 7 years of background in product and market strategy for mobile and adtech companies in the US, Australia and Japan. Daniel started his career in digital advertising and moved progressively into mobile product development before launching Darling Ventures in 2013. He has founded companies, grown startups to acquisition and led product innovation at public technology corporations. He is a specialist in business strategy and bringing products to market for mobile technology companies. Daniel has a degree in Economics and Social Sciences form The University of Sydney as well as executive education from both Berkeley HAAS and Stanford GSB.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile
Managing Director, founder of Heavybit
Tom Drummond serves as Managing Director at Heavybit. He is an Angel Investor. He also serves as an Advisor at Reed Elsevier Ventures. Previously he served as a Principal at Reed Elsevier Ventures. He manages Heavybit's investor and member relations and helps developer companies with go-to-market strategy, fundraising and operations.
Munich - Saint Gallen, Germany - Switzerland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Investment Management • Nanotechnology
Partner at btov Partners
San Francisco Palo Alto California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
General Partner at Cervin Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park California - Palo Alto California - Redwood City California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Online Social
Managing Partner at WestWave Capital and General Partner at Foundation Capital
San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Mehdi Maghsoodnia is a Co-Founder of Vitagene and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He also serves as Board Memeber at SpineZone. He also serves as General Partner at Combustion Ventures. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Vitagene. He served as the Chief Executive Office & Board Member at Rafter. He previously served as an executive in residence at Trinity Ventures. Prior to joining Trinity, Mehdi worked as VP of online operations at CafePress where he was responsible for all aspect of the online business including SEO, products and site operations. Mehdi was an EIR at Mohr Davidow Ventures and COO at FaceTime Communication and SVP of products at Intellisync (PumaTech) which was purchased by Nokia in 2003 for $450M. Mehdi held a number of executive positions at other Valley companies and currently sits on the board of FaceTime, Pbworks and Fotomoto. He did his undergraduate studies at Berkeley and his graduate studies in computer science at Stanford. He is Investor, Board Member at RxMatch. He also co-founded Actiance and served as its Board Member.
San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce
Seed investor. Managing Partner at @summit-partners for 25+ years. Invest in sectors spanning consumer and enterprise wherever data is disrupting an old market.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park California - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics
Most Interested In
Capital efficient, founder led, mission driven companies growing quickly, looking for patient, full lifecycle investor willing to invest early (at less than $10M revenue run rate) but also able to continue to scale up investments as the business grows.
Not Interested In
Pre-revenue companies. Medical Device, biotech or clean tech.
New York City - Vancouver Washington - Providence Rhode Island - Boston Massachusetts - Palo Alto California - Montreal Qc - Toronto On - Scottsdale Arizona, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Aerospace (& Defense)
David Paul serves as a Partner at Canal Partners. Prior to joining Canal Partners, he served as director of DWP Investments, and as an investor in residence at Tallwave Capital. In this role, Paul will lead the charge on deal sourcing, executing due diligence on potential investment opportunities, participate on the board of directors of certain portfolio companies, and provide portfolio support and governance. Paul was also the founder and CEO of South Florida Home Care, a boutique home care and geriatric care management agency. He sold the company in 2016 to a national strategic buyer- Home Care Associates. Paul holds an MBA from Northeastern University, with a specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation, and a bachelor of science in Human Services from Springfield College. He is also the founder of Sunsets and Seagrapes, an annual fundraiser for the New Day Adult Care Center in South Florida.
New York City - Palo Alto (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - Tel Aviv, Israel Berlin, Germany, Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • LegalTech • Mobile • Mobility
Partner at Target Global
VP @goldman-sachs
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Analytics • Consumer
David Spector is a Co-Founder and serves as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at ThirdLove. He is an active angel investor in the Bay Area. He serves as an advisor, board member and investor to numerous companies. He was formerly a Partner at Sequoia Capital. He holds a MBA from MIT (Sloan) and a BA in Development Economics from Tulane University.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Investment Management
Sapphire Ventures