Our team is dedicated to scouting
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.
New York - Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Woman Focused
Partner at Notation
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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 Bay Area - Truckee, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Productivity
Founder & Executive Chairman @ Abl
Mr. Adam Pisoni is the Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at Always Be Learning. He formerly Co-Founded and served as CTO of the enterprise messaging company Yammer. He was a Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. He oversees engineering and the development of all software at Yammer. Before Yammer, he served as Software Architect at Geni - the company in which Yammer was originally created. Prior to Geni, He was Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, playing a pivotal role in systems architecture and product development. He also co-founded and served as CTO of Cnation, a web development consultancy with clients including CBS MarketWatch, BizRate.com, Fox Interactive, Nissan of Japan, and Honda. Cnation's work for Honda earned them the 1997 Clio award for interactive design.
Brooklyn - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Mobility
Founder and General Partner at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
- Austin Texas - Brooklyn New York - New York New York - New York - U.S.A., Brazil
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Founder at Artist Marketplace | StartupRunner | Sertaneja Cerveja
Founder of
StartupRunner Capital
Cologne, U.S.A. - Germany - Russia - Brazil - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Consumer
Co-founder and Managing Director at fulfillmenttools
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Nobutake Suzuki serves as Partner in charge of KDDI open innovation fund at Global Brain. Nobutake is in charge of investments outside of Japan. Prior to joining GB, he was a technology analyst at Sanwa Bank in Japan and in the US.
Austin Texas - - Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Virgo Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in profitable and growing technology-enabled services companies, targeting functional outsourced services and financial technology companies. Virgo Capital seeks established companies with revenue of $10 and 30 million, strong customer relationships, and domain expertise, and actively adds value by leveraging the team's experience in areas such as the strategic use of technology, outsourcing, and mergers and acquisitions. Virgo Capital, with offices in Austin and Oklahoma City, manages Virgo Capital Fund I, L.P. and Virgo Capital Fund II, L.P. which together have total capital commitments of nearly $80 million. Virgo Capital typically invests in companies with enterprise values of $10 to 25 million.
Singapore - Tokyo Japan, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Investor & Board Observer at Black Fish Technologies
Saemin Ahn serves as Managing Partner & Executive Officer at Rakuten Capital. He is an Angel Investor. He is also an Advisor and a Board Member at Run Dexter, AdsNative and ViSenze. Saemin invests in diverse verticals such as advertising technology, artificial intelligence and on-demand business around the world. Some of his investments include Carousell, Pocketmath and Algorithmia.
Brooklyn New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Ridgemont Equity Partners is a Charlotte-based private equity firm that provides buyout and growth capital to closely-held private companies and new business platforms. Over the last 20 years, the Ridgemont investment team has successfully invested in 110 companies in a variety of industries. The firm focuses on investments of $25 million to $75 million, in industries in which it has deep expertise, including basic industries and services, energy, healthcare, and telecommunications/ media/ technology. The firm's investment team has worked together for nearly two decades as part of Bank of America and its predecessors. Typical EBITDA of target companies ranges from $5-25 million.
Tokyo, U.S.A. - Japan
PropTech • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Human Resources • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
Honma Masahiko is the Co-Founder and serves as General Partner, Investments at Incubate Fund. He also serves as Partner at KK Fund. After graduating from Keio University, in the overseas investment arm of JAFCO, to carry out investments in Internet companies in Israel and Silicon Valley, JV establishment, the Japanese market business. From 2001, he worked in venture capital and corporate development department of Accenture. Works in the capital of Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary, to experience an IPO from venture capital MonotaRO, of Benchari public than in 2003. funds in 2007, specializing in seed stage investment of the net business, core People Partners establishment. He was appointed representative partner. is performed establishment phase of Pokerabo and gumi, the development of business investment in the establishment phase, significantly grow. 2010, incubate bait Fund No. 1 Limited Partnership establishment. Representative appointed partner.
Mauritius - - India - Bengaluru Karnataka India - NorthBrook Illinois - U.S.A.,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Rajul Garg is the Founder of Leo Capital Holdings. Garg also serves as Board Member and Advisor at Edureka. He is an Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, who has founded companies like Pine Labs and GlobalLogic. He serves as Board Member at Sunstone Eduversity. Rajul is a graduate of IIT Delhi and lives in Delhi.
Japan; Tokyo Japan; Gurgaon India; Gurugram Haryana India; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Vikram Upadhyaya is the Founder and serves as Accelerator Evangelist at GHV Accelerator. Vikram serves as Board Member at AM Edumedia. He is an Angel Investor. A technocrat and serial entrepreneur, Vikram holds 14 years of Indo-Japan Market Experience and has been instrumental for some of the Fortune 500 Japanese companies' India market entry.
Chicago Illinois - San Francisco Quintana Roo Mexico - Illinois - ; San Francisco Quintana Roo Mexico; Bangkok Thailand; New York New York ; San Franc, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • Mobile • Online Social
Investor/advisor in @ubeam, Shots, AngelHack, @rebelmouse, and @lufthansa); Author of Captivology; Former Editor of Mashable. Forbes 30 Under 30.
Japan - China - Shanghai China - Tokyo Japan - Singapore - Hong Kong - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data)
Rick Myers is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Operating Officer at DFR Asia. Prior to DFR, Rick had a long career in technology in Asia, including serving as General Manager of Asia for InfoGear Technology Corporation (acquired by Cisco in 2000), managing the System Software and Developer Relations groups for Apple Computer Asia, and as one of the first employees of the localization company Pacifitech Corporation in Japan. Rick graduated from UCLA with honors, having also attended Nagoya University in Japan and Yonsei University in Korea.
London - Hamburg Germany - Stockholm Sweden - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - Copenhagen Denmark - Hoboken New Jersey - Montpelier Vermont - Wales United Kingdom - - Germany - Japan - Hoboken New, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Local commerce • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
Early Yelp ex-IAC/Yahoo/Apple. Advisor, builder, believer in new ideas. Limits like fears are often just an illusion *Exploring new opps @ well-funded startups*
Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Productivity
Allen Miner is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at SunBridge Partners. He is also the founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at SunBridge Corporation. He is a Board Member at CalmSea. Allen has significant experience in internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies. He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan to a successful IPO on the Japan stock market. Allen returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle's Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source. Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies and as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002. He served as an advisor at the Geneva Venture Group and Diggle.