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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.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Most Interested In
Consumer applications, future of media, online video, developer platforms
Ethan Kurzweil serves as Partner, Investments at Bessemer Venture Partners. He was a Board Member at Stratim. He as eleven when he started his first business - The Cat Corporation. In charge of family cat care, he "awarded" all labor-intensive jobs to his sister (Cat Feeder, Cat Brusher) and claimed all management jobs for himself (CEO, VP of Cat Welfare, Executive Director of Grooming). He would now discourage founders from letting sibling rivalry influence their org charts. As a Stanford undergrad, Ethan eventually was a co-founder of a real company: SSB-Bart Group, which helps make the Web accessible to users with disabilities. Before joining Bessemer in 2008, he worked for Dow Jones & Co., managing the turnaround of The Wall Street Journal's international editions, and Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life. At BVP, Ethan focuses on investments in consumer technologies and developer platfor He is particularly excited about consumer video start-ups and companies "developerizing the enterprise," his phrase for companies that provide non-technical business users with powerful tools and potential impact without requiring them to code. Ethan's investments include consumer companies Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Periscope (acquired by Twitter), Dropcam (acquired by Google), Playdom (acquired by Disney), Zirx, Life360 and Piazza; developer platforms Intercom, Twilio, PagerDuty, npm, and Sendgrid; and SaaS companies Hightower and Simply Measured. He was also involved in the firm's investments in adap.tv (acquired by AOL) and Skybox Imaging (acquired by Google). Ethan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He serves on the Bay Area advisory board for New Leaders. Raised in Boston, he remains a Red Sox fan for life. He also serves as a Board Member at Periscope Data.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)
Founding Partner Episode 1 Ventures
Santa Monica - California, U.S.A.
Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Online Social
Co-Founder/Partner at @science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups - @photobucket, @billshrink Always the first on the dance floor.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Woman Focused
Managing Director | Transcend Fund
Most Interested In
Games, esports, and digital media
Business & Corporate Development • Founder @qbiquity • Exec roles at @playfish, @gree
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Australia - U.K. - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mal
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Co-Founder / Partner / CTO at InReach Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Payments • Mobile Apps • Consumer • Woman Focused
VP of Messenger, Facebook Inc.
Co-Founder at NFX
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Head of BD at Restream | Early Stage Investor / Advisor
Founder and Partner at Mana Ventures
San Mateo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social
Most Interested In
Fintech, enterprise, blockchain; technology solutions in Jurassic industries.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Local commerce • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer
General Partner at Gradient Ventures
Darian Shirazi is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member and Chief Executive Officer at Radius. He began his career in Silicon Valley at the age of 15 while working during the summers as a code tester for eBay. He then joined Facebook as one of its first fifteen employees, serves as an front-end software developer. He co-founded the mobile photo sharing site, Fotodunk. He also serves as an Advisor at 8VC.
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, commerce brands, cloud, ML/AI enabled Enterprise SaaS, Blockchain
Not Interested In
Ad Tech
Investing in breakaway growth companies in technology. Angel investor. Founder of @alpha-2 (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobility • Woman Focused
Sam Altman serves as Partner & President at Y Combinator. He is a Board Member at Boom. He was co-founder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab.
Phoenix - Denver - Miami - Boston - Chicago - Austin - Seattle - Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, SMB SaaS, fintech, consumer health, web3 (mostly defi), creator economy and gaming.
Not Interested In
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San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Robotics • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Looking for passionate founders that are solving problems that they have experienced. Interested in all areas of IT, from pure consumer apps to next generation enterprise infrastructure and everything in between. And normally invest when there is at least a prototype of the product or service built.
Warsaw, Poland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Gaming, esports, b2b saas, serial entrepreneurs with history in the industry, transparency and global mindset.
Not Interested In
Non-software startups, startups from outside of EU (we can help you set up in Poland and build a team here though), idea stage unless you're a serial founder.
San Francisco Bay Area - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Payments • Online Social
Investor at Expa
Shervin Pishevar serves as Chairman at Bolt Mobility. He Co-Founded Silicon Foundry. He was a Board Member at Cue Health. He was a Board Member of Getaround and comScore. He is also a Co-Founder of Virgin Hyperloop where he and served as Executive Chairman and Board Member. Pishevar also Founded Halo Computing. He Co-Founded and served as a Managing Director at Sherpa Venturs. He served as Managing Director at Menlo ventures. He sits on the board of Machine Zone, Fab, Warby Parker, Shaker and has led Menlo's investment in Tumblr. He focuses on the consumer internet, social web, mobile and the emerging Collaborative Consumption space. At Menlo, He works closely with the teams at Poshmark, Cinemagram, Machine Zone, Uber, Fab, Warby Parker, Shaker, Number and led Menlo's investment in Tumblr. He helped launch the Menlo Talent Fund, Menlo's $20M seed fund, in September 2011. Before joining Menlo, He was Chief Application Officer and GM at Mozilla Corporation after spending most of his career as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Companies he founded have reached an aggregate of 100 million users across companies like Webs.com (sold to Vistaprint for $117.5m), Social Gaming Network (SGN, merged with Mindjolt), and Hyperoffice, raising over $50m for those companies. He angel invested in over 40 companies including Taskrabbit, Cherry, Postmates, Klout, Voxer, Aardvark (sold to Google), Blackjet, Dollar Shave Club, Cherry, Branchout (advisor), Talent House, Gowalla (sold to Facebook), Milo.com (sold to eBay), Milk (sold to Google), Rapportive (sold to Linkedin), Likealittle (LAL), Qwiki, Votizen, Yobongo (sold to Mixbook), SpruceMedia, Medialets and SolveMedia. Hewas chosen by the US Government as an Outstanding American by Choice - one of only 100 naturalized Americans to be chosen since the beginning of the award. He serves on the advisory board of Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), is one of 10 members of the UN Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, and serves as an Entrepreneurial Ambassador on several State Department delegations to the Middle East and Russia and a key note speaker at the President Obama's Summit on Entrepreneurship in Algeria. He is also an advisor at fbFund REV. He is also an Angel Investor. He was a Board Member of Cinemagram.
Raleigh North Carolina, U.S.A. - Taiwan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social
Founder and CEO
Bob Young is the founder and CEO of Lulu.com, a premiere international marketplace for new digital content on the Internet, with more than 300,000 recently published titles and more than 15,000 new creators from 80 different countries joining each week.
Lulu.com, founded in 2002, is Young's most recent endeavour. The success of this company has earned Young notable recognition; he was named one of the "Top 50 Agenda-Setters in the Technology Industry in 2006" and was ranked as the fourth "Top Entrepreneur for 2006," both by Silicon.com.
In 1993, Young co-founded Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the open-source software company that gives hardware and software vendors a standard platform on which to certify their technology. Red Hat is a Fortune 500 company and chief rival to Microsoft. His success at Red Hat won him industry accolades, including nomination as one of Business Week's "Top Entrepreneurs" in 1999.
Before founding Red Hat, Young spent 20 years at the helm of two computer-leasing companies that he founded. His experiences as a high tech entrepreneur combined with his innate marketing savvy led to Red Hat's success. His book, "Under the Radar", chronicles how Red Hat's open source strategy successfully won wide industry acceptance in a market previously dominated by proprietary binary-only systems. Young has also imparted the lessons learned from his entrepreneurial experiences through his contributions to the books to "You've GOT to Read This Book!" and "Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul."
In 2000, Young co-founded the Center for Public Domain, a non-profit foundation created to bolster healthy conversation of intellectual property, patent and copyright law, and the management of the public domain for the common good. Grant recipients included the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Creative Commons, the Free Software Foundation, and the Future of Music Coalition.
Young graduated from the University of Toronto in 1976 prior to beginning his career in the computer finance arena.
In 2003, Young purchased the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and currently serves as the league's vice chairman.
In addition to enjoying fly fishing, Young collects calculators and antique typewriters, a nod to his beginnings as a typewriter salesman and can usually be found sporting a pair of red socks. However, instead of red on his head, Young now tips his orange hat.