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New York City - Boston Massachusetts - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Consumer
Venture Partner, BoxGroup
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.
Berlin - Istanbul Turkey - Warsaw (Poland) - Prague, U.S.A. - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Investment Management • Mobile
Most Interested In
Consumer-facing e-businesses, including marketplaces, e-tailers, SaaS and SME-focused software companies targeting local markets in CEE & Turkey. Enterprise technology innovators with roots in CEE & Turkey.
Not Interested In
Life sciences, material science, clean tech
Cem Sertoglu serves as Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital. He has several years of experience as an Investor, focusing web-enabled services and consumer internet. Previously, he was a Partner at iLab Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO at Mondus.com, Founder & CEO at SelectMinds and Vice President at Farmer & Company. Pioneering the technology investment sector in Turkey since its inception with his personal investment vehicle Young Turk Ventures, his investments include propertyfinder.ae, Wikimart.ru, Civic Solar, Gittigidiyor.com (Turkey's leading online auctions portal), Yemeksepeti.com (Turkey's leading food order platform) and Grupanya (Turkey's leading daily deal website). He holds a BA in Economics from University of Texas (Austin). He served as Board Member at Fite and Grupanya.
San Francisco Bay Area - Chicago Illinois - Valley California - Austin Texas - Toronto (Ontario) - Midwest, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile • Restaurants
Founder and Managing Partner at Motivate Venture Capital
Most Interested In
Solutions to problems that accelerating longevity will create.
Not Interested In
Adtech, med devices, pharma
David Wieland is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chairman & Investment Committee Member at IrishAngels. He is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Endowment Research Group. He is a member of the Investment Committee and is Chair of the firm's Venture Capital Investments. He is responsible for corporate strategy, capital raising, deal sourcing, and investment due diligence. He is Chairman of the Board at RIVS, a software company, and he is positioning the firm for an exit. Prior thereto, Wieland was CEO of Innflux and Powersurge Technologies, where he founded, grew, and sold both companies. He earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. He also serves as Board Member at IrishAngels Ventures.
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.
San Mateo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Life Science • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures
San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area - San Mateo California - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Investment Management • Mobile
Most Interested In
ML-powered B2B apps; high usage, product-led growth B2B apps
Not Interested In
Consumer; hardware; biotech
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
Palo Alto California - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Investment Management • Mobile
General Partner at Ribbit Capital
San Francisco California - Shanghai China - Menlo Park California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobile
Jenny M. Lee joined 5AM Ventures in December 2009 and serves as VP of Finance. She brings over 20 years of experience in financial management as well as start-up operating experience. Prior to joining 5AM she was CFO at Global Catalyst Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm, and previously served as Controller at Gabriel Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm. Ms. Lee began her career at Ernst & Young working in tax and audit and has operating experience as a controller at several emerging companies. She holds a BS in Business Administration/Accounting from California State University, East Bay, and a MS in Taxation from Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
Barcelona - San Sebastian, U.S.A. - Spain
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • DeepTech • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Oncology
Managing Partner at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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 - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Human Resources • Material Science • Investment Management • Consumer
Founder and Partner at Audacious Ventures
Most Interested In
SaaS, B2B marketplaces, professional communities/LinkedIn for vertical markets, Prosumer
Not Interested In
Hardware
Menlo Park California - 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) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Consumer
Max Gazor serves as General Partner at Charles River Ventures. He also serves as a Board Member at Respond Software. He brings deep enterprise domain experience spanning M&A, strategy and business development. Prior to CRV, he led acquisitions and investments across enterprise and emerging technologies for Cisco's Corporate Development team. Before Cisco, he was responsible for business development within Oracle's Server Technologies division. He served as a Board Observer at OneLogin. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.S. in EECS from MIT and a B.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management
Brian Singerman serves as Partner at Founders Fund. He also serves on the board at Affirm, Postmates, AltSchool, Oscar Health, Cloud9 and Emerald Therapeutics. Previously, he served on the board at Misfit Wearables. In 2004, he was recruited in Google where he spent the next four years as an engineer and executive, where (among other projects) he founded the personal web portal, iGoogle. He graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur and investor.He first gained attention for innovations in banking and startup finance. Today he is known as the mentor of the PayPal mafia of entrepreneurs, as well as for his warnings of a coming technology deficit with severe economic consequences. He works to accelerate innovation to prevent such a crisis by identifying and funding promising technology ideas and by guiding successful companies to scale and dominate their industries. In 1998,Thiel made e-commerce easier, faster, and more secure by co-founding and leading PayPal, which now has more than 128 million active financial accounts. In 2002, he sold PayPal to eBay and founded a global macro fund, Clarium.In 2004, he co-founded Palantir Technologies, which offers platforms for finance companies and intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities to integrate, visualize, and analyze the world’s information. In the same year, he made the first outside investment in Facebook, a social networking hub that now has more than a billion million active members. He serves on its board. Building on his personal success as a venture capital investor, Thiel co-founded and manages Founders Fund, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital fund that has pioneered new methods of venture financing that benefit founders. Through Founders Fund, as well as through his private investing, he has helped the next generation of tech companies, such as SpaceX, LinkedIn, Yelp, RoboteX, and Spotify. And in 2012 he co-founded Mithril Capital Management, an international technology investment fund.Thiel established and funds the Thiel Foundation, which promotes freedom in all its forms. He sponsors the Committee to Protect Journalists, The Seasteading Institute, and the Human Rights Foundation. He funds the artificial intelligence research of theMachine Intelligence Research Institute. He also aids work against violence through theOslo Freedom Forum and through the research of philosopher René Girard, which is extended and promulgated by Imitatio. He also promotes better health by funding the longevity research of Dr. Cynthia Kenyon and the SENS Research Foundation.Thiel created the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship, which nurtures the tech visionaries of tomorrow. And he formed Breakout Labs to help independent scientists, engineers, and inventors advance their most radical ideas. Thiel earned a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he occasionally teaches on globalization and technology and serves on the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution. His articles have appeared in Policy Review and the Wall Street Journal. He co-produced the film Thank You for Smoking, was rated a master by the United States Chess Federation, and received the Innovation Award from the Economist in 2010. He lives in San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park California - San Mateo - Yountville - Fairfax - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Partner DFJ Growth
Mr. Barry Schuler is a Co-Founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Medior. He serves as a Board Member at Unity. He serves as a Partner at DFJ Growth. He served as Board Member at LittleBits and Patreon. He serves as Board Member at Helix. He is credited with being one of the pioneers of the modern Internet. As an entrepreneur for several years, He propelled innovations in digital media, e-commerce, design, and video games. He was a member of the senior management team at AOL. He co-founded the DFJ Growth Fund in 2006 and is actively involved with its investments which include Twitter, Tumblr, SolarCity, SpaceX, and Tesla Motor Company. He serves on the board of directors for Foursquare, Formlabs, Good Technology, and Synthetic Genomics. He graduated with a BA from Rutgers University.
San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area - Investors who were founders, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Robotics • Mobile • Consumer
Co-founder at Underdog Labs
Most Interested In
Artificial intelligence, mission driven founders solving big meaningful problems
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.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Jared Friedman serves as a Partner at Y Combinator. He is also an Angel Investor. He was also a Co-Founder of Scribd, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2006 and grew to be one of the top 100 sites on the web. Jared previously worked at a pioneering AI company and studied computer science at Harvard.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California - Menlo Park California, United States - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Robotics • Investment Management
Partner at Shasta Ventures
Most Interested In
Emerging Platforms: VR/AR; Voice; Robotics; Connected Hardware, Space
California - San Francisco - Menlo Park, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz