Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - South Korea
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Online Social • Woman Focused
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.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Brazil
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Productivity
Managing Partner, Global Operator
New York, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Robotics • LegalTech
Happiness and Health
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer
Founder & Managing Partner at White Star Capital
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Neil Tolaney serves as a Principal & Head of Consumer Internet Investing at Francisco Partners. Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2016, Neil was Managing Director of PersonalizationMall.com, an e-commerce category leader of personalized gifts. Neil was previously Vice President at Technology Crossover Ventures ("TCV"), where he helped lead investments in Facebook, AppNexus and Minted. Prior to TCV, Neil was Director of Strategic Development at LegalZoom.com, where he led initiatives across business development, corporate development and financial planning and analysis. Neil began his career as an Associate at Polaris Venture Partners and an investment banking Analyst at Banc of America Securities.
Miami Beach Florida, U.S.A. - Canada - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Founder and CEO
Jason Goldberg serves as Board Member at Crew. He serves as Chief Executive Officer at OST. Goldberg Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Pepo. He previously founded consumer Internet companies Hem.com, Fab.com, Social Median, and Jobster and led strategy and product teams for T-Mobile and AOL. Before his career in business, his first startup was Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the U.S.A. in 1992, which carried Jason to a six-year stint in the White House. He currently splits his time between Berlin, Germany
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Mobility
Most Interested In
Transportation, automotive, logistics, marketplaces, travel, SAAS, B2C, branded commerce, e-commerce. Strong teams with some traction, ideally evidence of early product-market fit.
Not Interested In
Semiconductors, biotech
Milan, Italy - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Investor in more than 60 startups in US and EU
Enrico Pandian is the Founder of Supermercato24. He is a Co-Founder and Chairman of FrescoFrigo, where he serves as President. Previously, he was an Owner of David Brown Italy. He is a Co-Founder and Board Member of CheckOut Technologies, where he serves as President.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Payments • Woman Focused
VC focused on companies that are doing well by doing good
Milan, Italy
Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Micro-influencers taking more and more space and gaining in credibility with social media. With a focus on specific interests and true followers the digital advertising industry is being revolutionized. ... there is more to come in this space. We only invest in the preseed stage.
Not Interested In
Anything that is beyond preseed does not interest us. We are specialized in the pre-seed arena and have specific expertise which helps us to transform our know-how into de-risk capability. Making it possible for us to make very high risk ventures manageable and to increase their chances of success.
London, U.K.
Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
Containerised environments & tooling, IT automation
Not Interested In
Biotech, cleantech
San Francisco Bay Area - Austin - Portland - Seattle - Washington, U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
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Amsterdam, Netherlands - Spain - U.K.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ThePower MBA / Entrepreneur / Investor / Advisor
Hugo Arevalo is a Co-Founder of The Power MBA.
Seattle - Washington, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Product strategist, writer & community builder with 15+ years of cross-functional experience in the sharing economy, real estate, & travel industries
Most Interested In
Community-focused missions (co-living, cobuying, resident experience, homesharing, etc). Affordable housing, personal finance, the democratization of real estate investing.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Local commerce • Online Social
Mr. Alan Braverman is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Textline. He Founded Sobo. He is also a Co-Founder and he serves as a Partner at The Giant Pixel Corporation. He also serves on the boards of Geni, Nightingale Security and Eventbrite. Prior to that, he was the CTO and Co-Founder for a number of firms like Geni.com, Xoom, and Mollyguard. He earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an entrepreneur and computer programmer currently serving as CEO and co-founder of Textline, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) text messaging platform specializing in customer service. Prior to Textline, Mr. Braverman was a co-founder of several internet software companies, including genealogy social network Geni (acquired by MyHeritage) and its spin-off enterprise social network, Yammer (acquired by Microsoft). Earlier, he co-founded Mollyguard Corporation, a payment-themed software studio that spun-off both Xoom (NASDAQ IPO 2013, acquired by PayPal in 2015) and Eventbrite (NYSE IPO 2018). Earlier in his career, Mr. Braverman programmed web software at Silicon Graphics, eGroups, and Yahoo!.
New York (NY) - Portland - Washington - Stone Ridge - Walnut - Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Mr. Alan Chung is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Perka. He serves as an Advisor at Sorcero. He serves as a Venture Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. He served as Advisor at Mastermind. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Zenbe, an email suite that reinvented web-based email. Zenbe Mail was acquired by Facebook in 2010. Zenbe also produced a successful task list app, Zenbe Lists, which was one of the first 50 apps in the App Store, and remains one of the most popular productivity apps for iOS. Prior to Zenbe, Alan founded and led iAmaze to develop cutting edge AJAX web applications, before the term "AJAX" even existed. iAmaze was acquired by AOL in 2000. Before that, Alan co-founded Lighthouse Design, and spent seven years leading that company's engineering development of innovative personal productivity application software. In 1996, Lighthouse was acquired by Sun Microsystems, where he spent the next three years on senior staff as a lead engineer in the Java Software division. Alan has dual degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Most Interested In
Convergence of consumer and healthcare as well as personalization in consumer goods
Not Interested In
Bitcoin
Stanford - California, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Limited Partner at Animal Capital
Mr. Ajay Mishra serves as Investor at Sand Hill Angels. Ajay Mishra Co-Founded and served as Chief Customer Officer at MobileIron. He also serves as an Investor at Sand Hill Angels. Before MobileIron, Mr. Mishra co-founded enterprise wireless pioneer, Airespace, now part of Cisco. He also chaired the WLAN-Mobile Convergence (WMC) task force within the WiFi Alliance and launched two new WMC certifications. Before Airespace, he ran product management for the Cisco Mobile Office Network (MNET). He integrated the acquisitions of JetCell and Exio, built the products team and successfully launched the Cisco MNET solution at GSM World Congress in 2001. He started his career as an engineer at Motorola, where he was part of the team that designed the world's first commercial GSM handset in 1990. He was also instrumental in developing Motorola's first CDMA handset in 1993. He has an MS in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Napa, U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • Advertising • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Lisa Gansky is the Founder & serves as Chief Instigator of MeshLabs Software. Gansky serves as Advisor at Physic Ventures. She serves a Board Member at Solar Mosaic and 11:FS. She is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and author. As co-founding CEO of Ofoto, She drew on her entrepreneurial spirit and experience developing global web services. Gansky & the team worked to develop Ofoto into a world-class consumer services sold to Kodak Gallery in 2001. She served as the CEO at Kodak Imaging Network.Prior to Ofoto she was a Co-founder and CEO of GNN, the first commercial website, acquired by AOL in 1995. She has been an investor and board member of more than twenty internet and mobile services companies. Currently, Gansky serves as an advisor and investor in New Resource Bank, Me Please, Taskrabbit, Vayable, Loosecubes, RelayRides, TasteBook, Squidoo, Greenbiz, Makani Power, Pixelpipe and Mingoville.
, U.S.A. - Mexico
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founding Partner at First Check Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • Mobility
Most Interested In
Future of Work: - Where we work: new models of workspace discovery and provisioning, distributed co-working - Asynch/Synch communication - Rapidly evolving roles and functions and their new, acute needs - Technological distribution of opportunity - Platforms and tools for super low headcount, super high productivity businesses (e.g. creators, influencers, freelancers) - Anything for remote teams that reduces perceived remoteness - Products/tools/technologies that supercharge what we can build