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Oakland - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Woman Focused • Productivity
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.
Tel Aviv, Israel - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Online Social
Most Interested In
I invest in Israeli and Israeli related startups across all stages and domains.
Not Interested In
Hardware, pharma / biotech, gaming, adtech
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - South Korea - U.K. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer
Executive Coach
Boston - San Gabriel - California, U.S.A. - China
Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Most Interested In
I tend to stay focused on software-enabled startups, typically web or mobile.
David Chang serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. He also serves as Executive Chair and Head of Corporate Development at Feelter, is a Co-founder of PersonalVC, and serves as the Director of the Summer Venture Program at Babson College. Additionally, he is on the board at MITX, an advisor at Harvard Ventures, Nanigans, Co Everywhere, Sharalike, Campseekers, and Linkwell Health. Previously he served as the Chief Operating Officer at PayPal Media Network and Co-founded the Start Tank innovation space and the Where Angel Fund. Prior to that, he served as Director of New Products at TripAdvisor, VP of Marketing and Co-founder of SnapMyLife, and Director of Product Marketing at m-Qube. David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as Advisor at Good Growth Capital.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Education • Online Social • Woman Focused
Established in 1995, Valor Equity Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm. Valor invests in companies that have sustainable revenues derived from a strategic or niche market position, but present complex, difficult due diligence issues and face constraints to revenue growth, profitability improvements, and enhanced returns on capital that limit the development into larger market growth companies. Such constraints typically involve inadequate strategic planning, expansion capital, marketing infrastructure, process improvement techniques, information systems and/or human resource infrastructure. Valor seeks control investments in businesses with an EBITDA of $5-$15 million. The firm has no minimum size for Add-on investments. Typical equity investments range from $10-$30 million per transaction. Valor's industry preferences include: Industrial Products & Manufacturing, Infrastructure & Industrial Maintenance, Value-added Distribution, Energy Services, Healthcare, Business Services, and Consumer.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - China
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Dr. David Chen serves as Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. David focuses primarily on investments in the mobile, Internet, and software sectors. Before joining Lightspeed, David was a product manager on the Facebook growth team. Previously, he was co-founder and VP Product of Triangulate, a venture-backed startup using social media behaviors to drive algorithmic matching. Prior to Triangulate, David served in product management and engineering roles for Admob and Digital Chocolate. In addition, he worked at McKinsey on strategic engagements with technology companies. David received his Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Management from Harvard Business School and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and his M.S. and B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Human Resources • Impact • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
-Health - how can we improve outcomes in the healthcare? Examples include digital health, tech-enabled health services or health IT. -Economic Opportunity - how can individuals or household improve their economic situation? Examples include fintech, future of work, housing and job on-ramps. -Public Sphere - how can we improve governance in society? Examples include civictech, and govtech.
Not Interested In
Generally we do not invest in companies focused on hardware, consumer packaged goods, wellness or environmental issues. No FDA risk, please. Focus is on US as first market.
Mountain View, U.S.A. - India
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Consumer • Productivity
Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital
Pranav Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital. Pai serves as General Partner at Elevate Innovation Partners. Pranav Pai serves as an Advisory Board Member at Licious. He is an Investor at Saha Capital. Pranav is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem in India and leads early-stage venture capital investments at 3one4 Capital. He has made over 70+ seed and venture capital investments across several investment categories in India and the US. Pranav serves on the boards of and as an advisor to several of the companies in the portfolio. As part of an LP team, Pranav also engages with an extensive funding ecosystem of over 30 different investment vehicles across different asset classes such as early and growth stage venture capital, public markets, real estate project financing, and venture debt in India and the US. Before 3one4, Pranav was an early employee at EdCast, an education technology startup in the San Francisco Bay Area. At EdCast, he helped launch the company's operations and served as the founding Senior Product Manager. It is now a multi-million dollar revenue business with enterprise clients such as Salesforce, GE, HP, Accenture, Walmart, the WEF, and NASSCOM, and top-tier investors such as SoftBank, GE Capital, and Menlo Ventures. Pranav graduated with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and with a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communications Engineering from RV College, Bangalore.
London, U.K. - Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Consumer
Venture Partner at BGV (BioGeneration Ventures)
Irvine California - Newport Beach California - Geneva Switzerland - London - New York City (NY) - Valley California - Western Europe - - Tehran Iran - Southern California California - Paris (France), U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Sales (& Marketing) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Messaging • Payments
Dr. Amir Banifatemi serves as Managing Director at K5 Ventures. Dr. Banifatemi serves as an Advisor at Compass and serves as Board Member at Aura Labs. He also serves as Board Member and Advisor at Fusion Brakes. He is a successful entrepreneur whose work experience includes more than 14 years of advising startups. His focus has always been identifying and developing future and emerging technologies that can impact society with special emphasis on predictive business intelligence, knowledge sharing & education, and real-time technologies. Amir likes to work with startups on their product strategy, pricing, business model, go-to-market, and fund raising. Amir is currently a member and President of the Tech Coast Angels Orange County and actively involved with venture funds and angel investors to help continuous and sustained funding of startups. He is also an Angel Investor.
Louisville/Jefferson County - Kentucky, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Startups and co-investors in Kentucky and the surrounding Ohio River Valley region.
Not Interested In
Companies who are ignoring the industries in their own networks.
Helsinki, Finland - Luxembourg
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Analytics • Consumer
Co Founder, Partner at Trind Ventures
Taavi Lepmets is the Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Trind Venture. Lepmets serves as Angel Investor at Taavi Lepmets. He also serves as an Advisor of Weekdone. Taavi is based in Munich, but often meets companies in Central and Eastern Europe. He attends many industry events.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Advisor/Investor
Co-founder of Dashbot.io, Actionably, Bureau of Trade, Floor64 & Techdirt. Also employee #9 at both Infochimps & mySimon. Studied engineering at Cornell.