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Josh Kopelman

New York City (NY) - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - San Francisco (CA) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Mobile Apps • Consumer

Description

Partner, First Round Capital

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Josh is a founding Partner at First Round Capital, a seed-stage technology venture fund. Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization. In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation – and took it public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1996. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 -- and Josh remained with eBay for three years, running the Half.com business unit and growing eBay’s Media marketplace to almost half a billion dollars in annual gross merchandise sales. In late 2003 Josh helped to found TurnTide, an anti-spam company that created the world's first anti-spam router. TurnTide was acquired by Symantec just six months later. Josh founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. And since that time the firm has invested in over 350 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh was ranked 3rd on the 2018 New York Times list of Top Venture Capitalists and consistently ranks in the top 20 of the Forbes Midas List of the top 100 tech investors. Josh has been named as one of the top ten ‘angel investors’ in the United States by Newsweek magazine, one of "Tech's New Kingmakers" by Business 2.0 magazine and a "Rising VC Star" by Fortune magazine. Josh also is the proud winner of a second place ribbon in the 2011 Nantucket Watermelon Eating competition. Josh is an inventor on sixteen U.S. Patents for his work in Internet technology. In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young’s prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Greater Philadelphia region. Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Brian Dixon

New Haven Connecticut - Boston Massachusetts - San Jose California - San Francisco (CA) - Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Investment Management • Life Science

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Dr. Brian Dixon serves as Venture Partner at Elm Street Ventures. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of BioRelix, Inc. Prior to joining BioRelix in October 2007, Dr. Dixon served as Vice President with Bayer HealthCare in West Haven Connecticut. In that position, he led a multi-disciplinary organization of up to 130 employees that delivered state-of-the-art expertise in oncology biomarker discovery, new lead discovery, research drug formulation, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism to Bayer's global R&D business. In addition, he held leadership roles in R&D licensing initiatives, strategic alliances and cross divisional collaborations in translational medicine. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Dixon directed Bayer drug discovery efforts in both the Osteoporosis and Oncology therapeutic areas. He serves as a Director of BioRelix, Inc. Dr. Dixon was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed post-doctoral training at Harvard University.

Dayna Grayson

New York City (NY) - San Francisco California - Cambridge Massachusetts - Boston Massachusetts - Annapolis Maryland - Chevy Chase Maryland - Washington (DC) - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social

Description

Partner at NEA. Previously investor at North Bridge Venture Partners, Product Designer by background.

Paul Bragiel

Singapore - Nairobi Kenya - San Francisco (CA), Singapore

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Online Social

Description

Founding Partner at @io, @golden-gate-ventures, @savannah-fund, & @presence Capital.  Previously CEO of @lefora, @meetro & paragon5

Saul Klein

London - Cape Town South Africa - Valley California - San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Tel Aviv (Israel), U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Messaging

Description

Husband. Dad. Co-Founder @localglobevc @latitudevc @phxcrt @weareplatoon @zincvc @teamkano @seedcamp @lovefilm

Talia Goldberg

Israel - Coral Gables Florida - Miami Florida - Canada - San Francisco, California - Redwood City, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • Material Science • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer

Description

student @UofPenn, intern @foursquare, Philly and NYC by way of Portland

Dave Munichiello

Mountain View California - San Francisco, California - AI - Cryptocurrency - IoT - Network infrastructure - Robotics - Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness)

Description

Dave Munichiello serves as General Partner at GV. His background is in building and leading fast-growing, highly technical organizations under pressure in ambiguous environments. Dave joins Google Ventures from the executive leadership team of Kiva Systems where he helped grow the eCommerce-enabling robotics company to ultimately sell to Amazon for $775 million. Dave's four years at Kiva were spent launching, leading, and growing several client-facing organizations. He established a reputation for consistently recruiting top talent and both building and leading high-performing tea Dave played a key role at Kiva through its first year of integration with Amazon as the two companies partnered to maximize Kiva's impact and shape Amazon's perspective on industrial automation. Dave's career prior to Kiva included management consulting for The Boston Consulting Group and leading teams as a Captain in the U.S. military's most elite units. His military leadership roles ranged from running a high-tech organization in Europe; to serving as an Aide de Camp to the Four Star General responsible for U.S. forces in Europe, Africa, and Afghanistan; to deploying with elite special operations teams worldwide, ensuring they were enabled by the world's most advanced technologies. Dave holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Emory University in math and computer science.

Kent Bennett

Menlo Park California - Boston (MA) - Redwood City, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Material Science • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer

Description

VP at @bessemer-venture-partners focused on seed and early/growth stage investments in "big data"/analytics/data & cloud infrastructure.

Bryan Schreier

San Francisco California - Valley California - Menlo Park, California - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer • Oncology

Description

@sequoia-capital, @google, morgan stanley, princeton

Paul Levine

San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California - Chicago (IL) - Boston / New England - Austin (TX) - Los Angeles / Southern California - Denver (CO) - Seattle / Portland - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Local commerce • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management

Description

Most Interested In

Looking for innovative B2B and consumer companies that have achieved product-market fit, are at $5m+ revenue run-rate, and are looking for capital and support to scale. Typically will lead a Series B or Series C round. Interested in fintech, real estate/proptech, marketplaces, and SMB/vertical SaaS.

Not Interested In

Less likely to invest in companies with less than $5m revenue run-rate, or before Series B.

Paul Levine serves as Partner at Sapphire Ventures. He also serves as Entrepreneur In Residence at Accel. He also served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Greylock Partners. Paul served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Trulia. He is the leading executive at Trulia, one of the portfolio of brands at Zillow Group. Paul joined Trulia in 2011 as the company's COO, and helped lead the company through its 10x growth, successful IPO, and eventual merger with Zillow in 2015. Paul is now responsible for the Trulia brand, product offering, and audience growth, leading a team of more than 200 people. Paul has held various management positions at companies across the tech sector, such as Yahoo!, E*TRADE, and Current TV, with experience in product management, marketing, business development, and overall P&L management. Paul has specific experience and interest in consumer internet services, local marketplaces, online advertising, search, and leadership. Paul earned a BA in Political Science from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Brendan Wales

San Francisco (CA) - Atlanta (GA) - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Developer tools • Mobile • Online Social

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Most Interested In

Point of inflection investor in consumer internet and enterprise software. Heavy focus in online marketplaces, fintech, and developer tools.

Not Interested In

Clean Tech. Healthcare.

Brendan Wales serves as Partner at e.ventures. Brendan joined e.ventures in March of 2012 and specializes in investing in online marketplaces, fin-tech, developer tools and open source software. He has worked on e.ventures' investments in Shipt (Acquired by Target), CodeFights, Test.AI, StackShare.io, Segment, App Annie, Acorns, When I Work, Shutl (Acquired by ebay), Everything But The House, Spothero, Nativo and HireAthena and is also actively involved with existing investments NGINX, Upsight, and Housecall. As a part of the e.ventures' team that leverages big data for deal origination, Brendan has been closely involved in the firm's development and utilization of in-house technology built to discover growing internet enabled companies. Prior to joining e.ventures, Brendan was an early employee at 500 Startups backed ZOZI, a leading SAAS booking platform for Tour and Activity Providers. He started his career at Sun Life Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company, and has also started two consumer internet startups. Brendan earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.

Craig Sherman

San Francisco California - Seattle Washington - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer

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Craig Sherman serves as Managing Director at Meritech Capital Partners. He focuses primarily on digital media and consumer services. Craig has led the firm's investments in Evernote, Zulily, Lynda.com and Ariosa Diagnostics. Prior to Meritech, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Gaia Interactive, which he grew from a 1/2 million to over a 20 million monthly visitor pioneer in social games and online communities. Prior to joining Gaia, Craig served as an EIR at Benchmark Capital. Previously, Craig was Chief Operating Officer of Ancestry.com (ACOM), where he helped lead the company's pivot from a free family social network to a family history subscription service and grew the company from under $10 million to $150 million in sales and from tens of millions in losses to tens of millions in profits. Before Ancestry.com, Craig held senior positions at AIG: he was head of marketing and internet for all of AIG's Japanese and Korean divisions totaling over $5 billion in sales; and the general manager of AIG's property management software subsidiary, a $90 million sales company whose growth rate quadrupled during Craig's tenure. Previous to AIG, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Japan, a joint venture startup he founded with Cendant and Mitsubishi Corporation that he helped grow from inception to over $20 million in sales and profitability. Before that, he worked in product, marketing, finance and operations roles at Cendant during its growth from less than a $1 billion to over a $40 billion public company. Craig has personally invested in over a dozen startups including Ancestry, SurveyMonkey, Zillow and Zipcar. In addition, Craig has held independent board and advisory roles with Homestead (prior to its sale to Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Logoworks (Hewlett Packard), Netquote (BankRate), and Photobucket (Fox). He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. He also serves as Board Member at Rev. He serves as Board Member at Roblox.

Hrach Simonian

San Francisco, California - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Payments • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Consumer

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General Partner at Canaan Partners

Amit Kumar

Newport California - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer

Description

CEO at Dragonfruit AI – Enterprise Video AI

Tim Chae

Seoul South Korea - Valley California - Mountain View California - Asia - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - 500 Startups is an accelerator,

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Online Social • Restaurants

Description

Most Interested In

Active in fintech, e-sports, marketplaces, cross-border. But always prefer to invest in people who make me become aware about large problems.

Not Interested In

Businesses that are capital intensive prior to launch and especially businesses with long feedback loop cycles (pure hardware, etc.)

Partner at @500startups and heading up our $15M Korea specific fund, 500 Kimchi. Started a couple co's (bootstrapped & venture). Big fan of #ELaMF and #JFDI.

Ben Smith

Sydney New South Wales Australia - London - San Francisco California - Valley California - Alabama City Alabama - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - InReach Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in early - stage European software start - u, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Mobile • Online Social

Description

Investor, Advisor to and Founder of Technology Businesses

Andrea Zurek

San Francisco California - Valley California - Mountain View California - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Payments • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Online Social

Description

Most Interested In

XG Ventures® is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.

Not Interested In

healthcare

Founding Partner, XG Ventures

Amy Errett

San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Investment Management • Consumer

Description

Venture Partner @maveron • Investor in @saymedia, @altius-education, @threadsy, @mozes, @livemocha, @latimer-education.

Mitch Kitamura

Tokyo Japan - San Mateo California - Valley California - San Mateo, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility

Description

DNX Ventures

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Mitch has been in the venture capital industry for over 20 years and has backed over 40 startup companies including Swell (Acquired by Apple),W.I.S Technologies (Acquired by Micronas), LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP), and Fortinet(NASDAQ: FTNT). Mitch has worked for years networking to promote business expansion between Asia and the US. With his comprehensive background, he leverages his experience of collaborating with numerous entrepreneurs to help portfolio companies grow. Among the many fields DNX invests in, he has a special passion for Enterprise Services and Fintech. At DNX, He has led investments in PayJoy and SafeGraph, and serves on the boards of Banzai, Creadits, Paystand and Peatix. Mitch is also an entrepreneur. Prior to building DNX, he started a US investment operation for a Japanese venture capital firm from the ground up. Mitch holds a BC, International Business from Curtin University in Australia and an MA, Economics from Boston University

Seth Berman

Los Angeles California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social

Description

Seth Berman is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Susa Ventures. Prior to Susa, Seth worked at The Richemont Group, doing strategic marketing across their brand portfolio for nine years. Richemont is a publicly traded company on the Swiss stock exchange (CFR:VX) which owns luxury brands that include Cartier, Mont Blanc, and Chloe. Seth used non-traditional marketing tactics to grow brands by creating cultural awareness and purpose behind Richemont products. He has worked with Richemont's investments doing idea exchange and re-focusing management with strategic planning. His previous experience includes launching Formula 1 Racing in the United States. Seth graduated from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business in 2000.

Mark Pearson

London - Los Altos California - San Jose, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer

Description

Founded Markco Media recently acquired by Monitise plc for £55m, also an investor and founder of several other start ups all viewable at www.fuel.ventures

Edward Yip

New York City (NY) - San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Consumer

Description

consumer Internet investments @ @norwest-venture-partners previously co-founded Spree Network & SocialMD; M&A banker at @evercore Partners

Keith Rabois

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Online Social

Description

Most Interested In

Financial Services, Health care technology innovation, life extension, concepts, consumer applications.

Not Interested In

No ad optimization’s.

Mr. Keith Rabois is a Co-Founder & serves as Executive Chairman at Opendoor. He is a Board Member of Affirm and Alliance of American Football. He is a Co-Founder at Y Ventures. Mr. Rabois serves as Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures. He also serves as an Advisor at Resolute Ventures. His focus at the firm includes consumer Internet, education, enterprise, financial services and digital health. Since joining KV, he's led investments in Stripe, Thoughtspot, HealthTap and Teespring among many others. He started the real estate startup OpenDoor, which aims to transform the process of selling a home through technology. He has a unique and unparalleled track record as an entrepreneur, executive and investor. Over the last decade, he has forged several of the most important new social and commerce platforms. He began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal [NASDAQ: PYPL, later acquired by EBAY] and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn [NYSE: LNKD] and as Chief Operating Officer of Square. As a board member, He guided Yelp [NYSE: YELP] and Xoom [NASDAQ: XOOM] from inception to successful initial public offerings. Simultaneously, he also invested in other like-minded entrepreneurs with early stakes in YouTube [acquired by GOOG], Yammer [acquired by MSFT], Palantir, Lyft, AirBnB, Eventbrite and Quora. Earlier in his career, He was a litigator at the preeminent Wall Street law firm Sullivan and Cromwell, after clerking for the United States Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University and a juris doctor degree with honors from Harvard University. He is also an angel investor.

Ali Rowghani

San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • GovTech • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

Description

Ali Rowghani serves as Partner at Y Combinator. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Twitter, Inc. from 2012 to 2014 and as Twitter's Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to 2012. For the 8 years prior to his time at Twitter, Ali served in several roles at Pixar Animation Studios, Inc., including as Chief Financial Officer and as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning. Ali holds a BA and MBA, both from Stanford University.

Robin Li

New York (NY) - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer

Description

Principal at GGV Capital

Most Interested In

Consumer internet, ecommerce, social, travel