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FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance of finding the right partner.
New York City (NY) - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Future Of Work • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Co-Founder @zynga • Angel Investor @sprig, @yourmechanic, @gigster-1 ++ • Advisor @kik-interactive
Tokyo - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Shifting interest to Seed and Late stage investments.
Not Interested In
Not interested in gaming or dating - we can't make investments in those categories.
San Francisco (CA) - Japan - Valley California - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • AR/VR • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • DeepTech
Private equity investor. Angel in 50+ startups. Previous CEO @greenlots @walz-group (acquired by LenderLive) @colony Capital Japan.
Palo Alto (CA) - Japan - Tokyo Japan - Palo Alto California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Masai Ishikawa serves as Assistant Manager of Global Business Development at NTT DoCoMo.
Tokyo, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Investment Management • Mobile
Founded in 1996, DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications and infrastructure, software, and service sectors.
Tokyo Japan - - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Austin (TX) - Palo Alto (CA) - Boston (MA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Investing in AR/VR/Computer Vision @ Presence Capital
Most Interested In
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Computer Vision
Not Interested In
AdTech, Pure gaming plays, Mobile Gaming
Amitt Mahajan is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer at Rare Bits. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Presence Capital. He is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Rare Bits. He serves as an Advisor at SignalFire. He is the Founder and C.E.O of Toro. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Engineering for Zynga. Amitt was also the Co-Founder and C.T.O of MyMiniLife, Inc which was later acquired by Zynga. Mahajan is also the Co-Founder of Red Hot Labs and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he was an Engineer in Zynga who helped in creating FarmVille. He briefly served as a Programmer for Epic Games. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of Illinois.
Brooklyn New York - - San Francisco (CA) - Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • DeepTech • Investment Management • Consumer
Alexis Ohanian is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Initialized Capital. He is a Board Member at AdQuick. He is an expert at product, marketing, community and a prolific early stage investor. He was partner and Ambassador-to-the East for Y Combinator. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at Reddit, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 acquired by Conde Nast in 2006 and he's now on the Board of Directors. He helped launch hipmunk (YC 2010) and ran marketing + PR until leaving to fight SOPA & PIPA. He has a BA in History and BS in Commerce from University of Virginia. He also served as a Partner at Y Combinator.
Hong Kong - Tokyo Japan - Valley California - Palo Alto, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
AI enabled services, e-Sports, Infrastructure as a Service, B2B SaaS, Industrial Robotics, Cloud Security, India
Not Interested In
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Menlo Park California - New York City (NY) - Seoul South Korea - Tokyo Japan - Beijing China - Shanghai China - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Consumer
Most Interested In
Vertical SaaS Transactional Consumer Real Estate Tech Fin Tech Check out more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylelui/
Kyle Lui serves as Principal at DCM Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. Prior to DCM Ventures, Kyle was the co-founder and CEO of ChoicePass, where he led product management, user acquisition, partnerships, sales and operations. ChoicePass was an enterprise perks and rewards SaaS company backed by prominent angel investors, and acquired by Salesforce.com and Rypple. At Salesforce, Kyle served as Director of Product Management on the founding product team for Work.com, growing the business to over 1,000 enterprise customers. Kyle is a frequent speaker at Salesforce's customer conferences and holds a patent on innovative systems and methods for delivering rewards in an on-demand SaaS environment.
New York (NY) - Brooklyn, New York - Notation Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York, New York,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Investment Management
Partner at Notation
Most Interested In
We invest in pre product-market fit and tech heavy companies based in NYC. We like to lead the first round of financing, typically pre-seed or seed.
Nicholas Chirls is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Notation Capital. Previously, he also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Alphaworks. He served as a Head of Investments at betaworks. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Investments at Betaworks.
San Francisco California - London - New York City (NY) - Seoul South Korea - Tokyo Japan - Valley California - Boston Massachusetts - Palo Alto California - Seattle Washington - Los Angeles California - Mountain View California,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Founding Partner at @500startups . Previously @google & @youtube . Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
Lewes Delaware - Saudi Arabia - London - Hong Kong - Singapore - Dubai United Arab Emirates - Sydney Australia - Malaysia - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - India - Canada - China - South Africa - Asia - Uruguay - - Argentina, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social
Brett Mason is the Co-Founder, Board Member and Vice President at BitCoin India.
Hong Kong - Tokyo Japan - Valley California - Palo Alto, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Builder · Investor · Managing Partner at Locus Ventures
Most Interested In
AI enabled services, e-Sports, Infrastructure as a Service, B2B SaaS, Industrial Robotics, Cloud Security, India
Not Interested In
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Founding engineer at Operator.com • Ex-Facebook, Yahoo • Studied at Stanford, CMU • Specialized in User Acquisition, Internationalization & Growth • Angel
Arizona ; Japan; Tokyo Japan; New York New York ; Paris France; Scottsdale Arizona ; France; New York ; California Un, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social
Philippe Guelton serves as Chief Executive Officer at BabyHold.com. He also is an Angel Investor. Philippe Guelton serves as Chief Executive Officer at SheKnows Media. He is also a Board Member at BT Software and Research. Before joining SheKnows, Philippe Guelton served as President of Thrillist Media Group, a leading men's lifestyle publication, and operator of Jackthreads.com, a members-only shopping club. Previously, Philippe served in several senior roles at Hachette (Lagardere Media), including Chief Executive Officer for Northern Asia, where he led the acquisition and integration of Japanese media company Fujingaho, and more recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of HFMUS, where he oversaw the company's media properties, including Elle, Elle Decor and Woman's Day, among others. During his time at HFMUS, Philippe led the acquisition of digital ad network Jumpstart Automotive Group and the launch of Glo.com, a premier online fashion and beauty property, in partnership with MSN and Whalerock Industries. He was also instrumental in the sale of HFMUS to Hearst Corporation in June 2011.
Brooklyn - Games - Retail - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Material Science
Ronald Conway is the Founder and serves as a Co-Managing Partner at SV Angel. He also serves as Advisor & Investor at ElationHealth. He was a Co-Founder and served as an Investor at Start Fund. Ron has been an active angel investor since the mid 90's. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005). He was included in 2010's Vanity Fair 100 most influential people in the Information Age. He was awarded Best Angel at The 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards. He was named #13 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top "deal-makers" in 2011. Ron was with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions (1973-1979), Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO (1979-1990) and took Altos public on Nasdaq in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) (1991-1995). PTS was acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft (Nasdaq SKIL). Philanthropically, Ron is a Board Member of the Salesforce.com Foundation, a member of the UCSF Medical Center Chancellor's Advisory Board in SF, and is active in fundraising for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, College Track, Sandy Hook Promise-Newtown CT, Americans for Responsible Solutions-Gabby Giffords, Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, and the THORN Foundation. Ron is an advocate for technology companies and civic engagement in San Francisco and founder of sf.citi (San Francisco's tech-backed civic organization). Ron is also an advocate for immigration reform and a co-founder of FWD.US. He also serves as Advisor at A.Capital Ventures.
Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand - Bangkok Thailand,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
MOST interested in cloud based software, food & beverage e-commerce, and distressed real estate.
New York (NY) - Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
VC + Mentor + Student. Now @rre. Previously @LererVentures. Always learning, playing and helping. Thankful.
London - New York City (NY) - Sydney Australia - Tokyo Japan - Vancouver Washington - Waterloo Canada - Quebec Canada - Montreal Qc Canada - Toronto On Canada - Canada, Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Human Resources
Co-Founder & Partner at Real Ventures
Hong Kong - New York City (NY) - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco, California - Earth Texas ; ; Asia; Japan;, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Allison Baum is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Fresco Capital. She is involved in all aspects of investment and operations with a specific focus on the education sector. Previously, as Regional Director of Asia at General Assembly, she established and grew the company's first education programs for technology, business and design in Hong Kong. She originally joined the company during its early stages in New York where she developed and scaled their first long-form part-time and immersive courses. Throughout this process, Allison has worked with startups of all sizes across the San Francisco, New York, and Hong Kong communities. After earning a B.A. in Economics and a Secondary Degree in Film Studies from Harvard University, Allison worked in Equity Derivatives Sales & Trading at Goldman Sachs in New York and as an Associate Producer for the Microlending Film Project, a documentary about micro finance for women around the world. She continues to contribute to the cause for female empowerment through an education initiative called Arts and Enterprise for Women, which teaches business skills to refugee and asylum seekers in Hong Kong. She is also an active member of the Hong Kong Global Shapers Community, a social impact initiative of the World Economic Forum. She serves as a Board Member at Ardusat. She also serves as an Advisor at BridgeU.
Japan; Tokyo Japan; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Advertising • Real Estate (& Construction)
I only link with whom I ever met and/or worked. Consulting request should be sent to (my sirname)@gmail
A professional blogger/entrepreneur with programming background. As a blogger, writing Japanese tech blog for Cybozu Labs. The blog got an Alphablogger 2006 awards which is for A-list bloggers in Japan. In 2007, started an English tech blog about Japanese Web/IT news, Asiajin with Shunichi Arai. Also write columns for Japan Times, a Japanese English paper, Yahoo! Japan News, etc. [Books] - "PHP x Web Services API connections", Softbank Creative, 2006 - "Cho-kiwameru PHP", Shoeisha, 2006 - "Practical Web2.0", Impress, 2007 - "Marugoto PHP vol.2", Impress, 2007 [Media] - Yahoo! Japan Bylines - Japan Times IT Column (English) - Series column "Web Creator's tips", Japan Internet Com - Series column "Alexa experts", Markezine, Shoeisha - Series column "IT Labs in Japan", ITMedia - Series column "Mashup and API latest news", Mashupedia, Vector - and many tech/web-marketing columns on Nikkei IT Pro, Broadband Watch(Impress), PHP Pro (Asial), etc. [Contest Judge] - Yahoo! Japan's Web API mashup awards #1, contest judge - Sun Microsystems and Recruit's Mashup Awards 4, contest judge As a programmer, he is good at release management, Java/PHP+Symfony, software Internationalization. Weblog marketing and SEO in Japanese websphere. Alexa and other access traffic system consulting.
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Investor in @food52, @wee-web, @flashlight-worthy.
Brooklyn New York - Berkeley, California,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Life Science • Consumer
Cofounder, President, Managing Partner at StartUp Health
Unity Stoakes is on a life-long mission to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in the world. By combining the power of moonshot thinking, a transformer mindset, and collaborative communities, he believes anything is possible. In 2011, Unity co-founded StartUp Health to organize, support and invest in a global army of Health Transformers to embark on one extraordinary crusade -- to achieve 11 Health Moonshots, each of which can improve the lives of at least a billion people. Today, StartUp Health has the world’s largest portfolio of health innovation companies (more than 300 from 6 continents) and has assembled a worldwide network of 200,000 innovators, leaders, and investors committed to reinventing the future of health. Over the coming years, StartUp Health will invest in thousands of Health Transformers to achieve Health Moonshots. Unity has been a tech entrepreneur since the mid-nineties, previously co-founding OrganizedWisdom and helping build The Privacy Council, Middleberg Interactive, and Webstakes.com/Promotions.com, which he helped take public on NASDAQ with his business partner of 20+ years, Steven Krein. Unity has written for Forbes and TechCrumch, has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN, NPR and USA Today, and speaks around the world about the future of health. He is the publisher of StartUp Health Magazine and co-host of StartUp Health NOW, a weekly web series. A few of Unity's interests include quantified self, designing behavior change for good, traveling off the beaten path, learning about new cultures & people, great food, photography, writing, graffiti art, design, inspiring architecture, day-dreaming, backgammon, bocce ball, meditating, and walking. Most of all, I love spending time with my friends, wife Katya, and rapidly growing kiddos Oz and Coco! Unity grew up on a farm in Oxford, Iowa, went to Boston University, spent 22 years in NYC + currently lives in Berkeley CA. Learn more at www.startuphealth.com or connect @unitystoakes
Tokyo - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - South San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Most Interested In
SaaS, IoT, A.I, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Games, adtech
San Francisco (CA) - Brooklyn, New York - Tel Aviv, Israel, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobility • Consumer
Founding Partner at Hanaco Ventures
Japan; Valley California ; Tokyo Japan; San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IoT (& Wearables) • Payments • Online Social
A product guy turned into VC, Partner at WiL
Aki is a product guy turned into the venture capitalist. He is also passionate about building the new business through investments, fostering the entrepreneurs and facilitating the Design Thinking and Transformation workshop to the corporate executives. Aki is a partner with WiL, a $900M hybrid venture fund based in Palo Alto with three business missions to bridge the gap between startups and corporates: 1. Investment, 2. Incubation, 3. Empowerment. Sweet spot is in the middle stage with $5M-$20M investment. Aki's particular interest is in media, entertainment, VR/AR, Crypt/Blockchain. Prior to WiL, Aki was in charge of early stage investment for Digital Garage focused on social, advertisement and payment vertical. Aki has worked with Twitter, Path, Udemy, Intercom, etc to accelerate their Japan business backed by Digital Garage Tokyo team and led 30+ early stage investments. Aki joined Digital Garage as a product manager at Tokyo office in 2003. He led the engineering team and UX team in various projects for clients. He moved to Bay Area in 2008 to open up the first office in US to support portfolio companies. He worked at Twitter HQ in San Francisco to grow the early Twitter Japan until 2011. Prior to Digital Garage, Aki was a software programmer such as Java, Perl, Visual Basic and Cobol at AIS for 3 years. Prior to that, Aki was a construction site manager at Kumagai-Gumi, the general contractor in Japan. Specialties: VC, early stage investment, marketplace, VR/AR, mobile, smart home, IoT, connected car, wearable, advertisement, cross-border business development between US and Japan, product development, off-shore development, online marketing, buzz marketing, social media, CakePHP, iPhone App, LAMP, Japanese, English