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Valley California - Palo Alto California - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Material Science • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Partner at Lightspeed
Partner at @lightspeed-venture-partners. Investing in consumer technology startups. AB Harvard, SM MIT, MBA Harvard.
San Francisco California - Cape Town South Africa - Austin - Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), 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.
Menlo Park California - London - San Francisco California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Redwood City, California - Founded in 1984, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is a private equity firm, United States
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining)
David Cowan serves as Partner, Investments at Bessemer Venture Partners. He is a Member of board of directors at Impossible Aerospace. He is a Board Member at Iris Automation. He is a Board Member at CyberGRX and Bastille Networks. He is also a Board Member of Team8. His historical portfolio includes Ciena, Hotjobs, Blue Nile, LinkedIn, LifeLock, PSI-Net, Qualys and over a dozen other IPOs, as well as many large acquisitions such as Twitch, Postini, Cyota, Tripwire, Netli, Playdom, Dropcam and Skybox Imaging. His current portfolio - spanning startups founded in the U.S., Argentina, Singapore, Israel, New Zealand and Scotland - includes Getinsured, Smule, Twilio, Rocket Lab, iSight Partners, Spire Global, Endgame, Auth0, Zapier and Zoosk. During his tenure at BVP. He co-founded three cybersecurity companies incubated in our offices: VeriSign (IPO), where he served as initial Chairman and CFO; Good Technology (fka Visto, acquired by Blackberry) where he served as CEO, and Defense.net (acquired by F5). Forbes ranked him #6 on the Midas List and tied for 4th in the Midas List of Hall of Fame. He is a Trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. You can read his blog at WhoHasTimeForThis?, follow him on twitter (@davidcowan) or see him perform with his men's a capella singing group Voices in Harmony. He also serves as a Board Member at Claroty and an Advisor at Reef Capital Ventures. Cowan earned an A.B. in math and computer science and an MBA degree, both from Harvard University
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Maveron
Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), 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
Early Stage VC @ Audacious Ventures
Most Interested In
SaaS, B2B marketplaces, professional communities/LinkedIn for vertical markets, Prosumer
Not Interested In
Hardware
Investor at @lightspeed-venture-partners
Menlo Park California - New Delhi India - Valley California - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Online Social • Consumer
Ravi Mhatre serves as Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves as Board Member at Cloudpassage and Exabeam. Ravi is also a Co-Founder and serves as Partner and Managing Director at Lightspeed India Partners Advisors. He is also a Board Observer at Natera. His current investments include Nutanix, Appdynamics, Natera, Mulesoft, Sailpoint, Edgespring, TheFind and Kixeye. He has also served as a board member or board observer for numerous successful venture-backed companies including net.Genesis (NTGX), Verio (VRIO), Qubole, Riverbed (RVBD), Lifeminders (LFMN), Kosmix (acquired by Walmart), TutorVista (acquired by Pearson), Virsa (acquired by SAP), Waveset (acquired by Oracle), Rapsphere (acquired by Appsense), Masergy (acquired by Abry) and Webspective (acquired by Inktomi), and has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List of top venture capital investors. Ravi has also served on the Board of Directors of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs Forum) in Silicon Valley, as a VC advisory board member to DeVenCI, the Department of Defense's start-up technology acquisition forum, and as a judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Ravi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
New York City (NY) - Redwood City California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - Mountain View California - San Jose California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social • Consumer
General tech geek & growth stage venture investor @ DFJ
Chicago, Illinois - AgTech - Consumer products - Food and beverage - Saint Louis, Missouri - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Material Science • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Passionate impact investor and entrepreneur focused on building a sustainable future of food. Over 20 years of private equity experience building successful companies and teams in the food and agriculture industries.
Most Interested In
I am a food and agriculture investor that makes both private equity and angel investments in the space. We typically look at companies with at least $3 million to $4 million of revenue. I am also vegan and very interested in plant based foods. Other areas we are very interested in indoor agriculture, regenerative agriculture and organic products, composting, reducing food waste and better for you food products
Not Interested In
We cannot invest in pre-revenue companies and we avoid the front end of the food industry; restaurants, food delivery, etc.
Advantage Capital Principal, Food and Agriculture Fund We invest in growth and buyout opportunities across the food and agriculture industries.
San Francisco, California - Consumer products - Energy tech - Hardware - Insurance - Manufacturing - Robotics, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Consumer
Partner at ACME Capital
Menlo Park California - San Francisco, California - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm hea, United States
IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Founder's Coach and Partner at Sequoia Capital
San Francisco (CA) - Seattle (WA) - New York (NY) - Palo Alto, California - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
Consumer, Social, Marketplaces, Platforms, and the like. Really, happy to learn and help with anything interesting.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - 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 - Menlo Park, California - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Oncology • Online Social
Jim Goetz is a Partner at Sequoia Capital and is inpired by founders who plan to disrupt the mobile landscape (admob, whatsapp) or disrupt the enterprise (github, panw). He was raised in the Midwest, studied computer engineering, gave up on a PhD to start his career as a rookie product manager at SynOptics (SNPX), and matured into a VP/GM before co-founding VitalSigns (ALU). Both as an entrepreneur and as an investor, Jim is most enthused when teaming with others to turn an authentic idea into a market leading technology company.Jim joined Sequoia Capital in 2004, and led or co-led Sequoia’s Investments in Admob (GOOG), Appirio (WIPRO), Barracuda Networks (CUDA), BBOP (GOOG), Carbon, Chartboost, Clari, Clearwell (SYMC), Dashlane, Drawbridge(MSFT), eMeter (SI), GitHub(MSFT), HalloApp, Hubspot (HUBS), Karma (FB), Flite(SNAP), Jasper (CSCO), Jive Software (JIVE), Metaswitch (MSFT), Neeva, Nimble Storage (NMBL), Observable, Okta (OKTA), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Peakstream (GOOG), Pocket Gems, R2C, Quantenna (QTNA), Ruckus (RKUS), Springpath (CSCO), ThousandEyes (CSCO), Versa and WhatsApp (FB). Prior to joining Sequoia, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners. Prior to VitalSigns and Synoptics, Jim held various product and marketing positions at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs, and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.Specialties: Mobile, Cloud, Networking, Storage, Open Source, Social
Menlo Park California - Valley California - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile
Samir Kaul is the Founding General Partner at Khosla Ventures. He serves as a Board Member at Vicarious Surgical. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at Calera as well as Sakti3. Previously, he was a member of Flagship Ventures, a venture capital firm, from 2002 to May 2006. Prior to Flagship, he worked at The Institute for Genomic Research. He currently serves on the board of directors of Amyris and on the boards of directors of several private companies. He focuses on sustainability investing including food and agriculture. He has been a leading investor in Hampton Creek Food, Sand Hill Foods, OSCAR Health, Soraa and View, among many others. A number of Samir's investments have achieved significant results including Ausra (acquired by AREVA) and NanoH20, acquired by LG Chem.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA) - Founded in 2000, Lux Capital Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in Meno Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
Peter is Co-Founder of Lux Capital and focuses on investments in technology and energy
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Investment Management
Barry is a Partner of Lightspeed and focuses primarily on information technology infrastructure, with a specific interest in cloud computing, big data, storage, consumerization of IT, and networking. He has 15 years of venture capital experience, 10 years of operating experience and has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top 100 investors multiple times.Barry works closely with Avi Networks, MapR Technologies, Nimble Storage, Pertino and youwho. His past investments include Pliant Technology (acquired by Sandisk), Calista Technologies (acquired by MSFT), Arbor Networks (acquired by DHR), Growth Networks (acquired by CSCO), Maker Communications (acquired post-IPO by CNXT), Metasolv Software (acquired post-IPO by ORCL), Sirocco Systems (acquired by SCMR), and Telogy Networks (acquired by TI). Prior to joining Lightspeed, Barry held executive roles in business development and general management at Cisco Systems from 1991-1997. While at Cisco, Barry established many of the company’s largest distribution channels across OEMs, Service Providers, Distributors, and VARs. He also developed Cisco’s initial M&A process and directed the first wave of acquisitions and integrations for the company.Barry holds a BA in Economics and Business from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Barry is a member of the UCLA Economics Board of Visitors.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
General Partner at Canaan Partners
San Francisco California - Valley California - Menlo Park (CA) - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology
Investor in @hubspot, @opendns, @jive-software, @service-now-com-3.
Port Angeles Washington - Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco, California - Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Menlo, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at SignalFire
Angel, Scout, and Solo - Cars / autonomous vehicles - Clean tech / environment - Energy tech, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
Operator/Entrepreneur/Advisor/Investor in high tech startups
Most Interested In
Sweet spot is working with Technical/Product founders developing products with a b2b enterprise sales motion.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California - - San Francisco (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility
General Partner at Canaan
San Francisco, California - Founded in 2000, Lux Capital Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in Meno Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
General Partner at Canaan Partners