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- 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
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce)
Previously, Batara Eto co-founded Mixi and brought the company public in Japan. He was responsible for creating Mixi in December 2003, and he served as Chief Technology Officer of Mixi until 2008. He started his investment career by co-founding East Ventures and made their first investment in 2010. Batara holds bachelor degree in Computer Science from Takushoku University Japan.
Skokie Illinois - Boston Massachusetts - Portland Oregon - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Logistics (& Distribution)
Medical degree. Current Department Director. Interested in unique ideas.
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.
Brooklyn New York - New York City (NY) - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Investment Management • Mobile
Owen is currently Managing Director of NYC Seed, a seed stage venture capital fund in New York City. Owen has worked in all aspects of the online world, including work with early versions of AOL and MSN. He created one of the first 200 web sites on-line and founded Thinking Media, an online marketing firm which pioneered online tracking of pages and advertisements. He co-founded Sonata in 1999, a wireless company that provided location-based services and marketing to cell phones. Owen also co-founded, Petal Computing, a firm that developed software which allowed large numbers of commodity PCs to act like a single unit and was a precursor to cloud computing. Owen is the author of various patents in Internet methods and technologies. He is also the author of the book Instant Java Applets, available from Ziff-Davis Press. He is an original member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and served on that group's original board. He was also an original member of the Board setting online advertising and media specifications and has served as Managing Director of the Wireless Advertising Association. Owen was named various times as one of the 100 Top Internet Executives in New York by The Silicon Alley Reporter and has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Alley by Business Insider. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has taught seminars at New York University in New York City and Abu Dhabi.
Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C - Illinois, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
New York City (NY) - Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
Fremont California - San Francisco California - Woodside California - Tokyo, Japan,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Mobile
Julien Nguyen is the Founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at E-Motions. He served as Board Member at SBA Materials. Julien Nguyen is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing General Partner at Alta Berkeley. He is also a Co-Founder of ezlogin.com. He also served as Venture Partner at NanoDimension. Prior to NanoDimension, Julien was a Managing Director at Applied Materials Ventures and Concept Ventures. Julien led investments in companies such as Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), M-Stream (acq'd by Broadcom), Devicescape, Grandis (acq'd by Samsung), Takumi (acq'd by Sagantec), Envis (acq'd by Magma), with co-investors including August Capital, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix Partners, Sevin Rosen, Sigma Partners. Prior to his venture capital activities, Julien founded or was part of the founding team for four startups: Ezlogin (acquired by 724 Solutions), Novita Communications (acquired by Planetweb), Radius (IPO). He holds 21 patents issued in the US. Julien received his postgraduate degree from Telecom Paris (France) and his Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He co-founded Faircare and served as its Chairman.
New York City (NY) - Europe - Brooklyn, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Mobile • Industrials
Mr. Andrew Heyer is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner and Managing Director at Mistral Equity Partners. He served as a Board member at Worldwise. He serves as Board Member at Sleepyhead. He serves as a Director at Jamba Juice. He was appointed as Jamba Juice's Lead Director in March 2015, a position he held until January 2016. Prior to founding Mistral, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. Before Argosy, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. Mr. Heyer currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jamba, XpresSpa, Vino Volo, Country Pure and LoveSac. Mr. Heyer received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Heyer currently serves as a Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He previously served as a Board Member at The Hain Celestial Group and Apploi.
San Francisco California - New York City (NY) - Waterloo - Brooklyn - CA, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Mr. Adam Ludwin is a Co-Founder of Context (Financial Software). He is an Angel Investor. He Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Pogo Financial. He is a Co-Founder of Chain & served as its Chief Executive Officer. He is a Co-Founder of Interstellar. He served as Board Member at Kik Interactive. Mr. Adam Ludwin is a Co-Founder of Koa.la. He served as a Venture Partner at RRE Ventures. Adam focuses on early- and expansion-stage investments across RRE's multiple technology verticals, with a focus on consumer and digital media, financial technology, and mobile opportunities. Prior to joining RRE, Adam worked at the design and innovation firm IDEO as a member of the business design team. At IDEO, he led a team of engineers as an entrepreneur-in-residence to incubate a collaboration software start-up. Adam began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he served clients in the technology, consumer, and financial services industries, and worked closely with the firm's Strategy Institute. In addition, Adam is a two-time entrepreneur, having built and sold a social shopping platform and later a discussion system for securities trading desks. Adam holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar, and a BS from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with Highest Honors.
Tokyo, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
VC and Entrepreneurship enthusiast especially in areas of Industrial-IoT. 5 years experience in buy-side M&A especially in public utility arena at Mitsubishi Corporation. 2 years of experience in a management role in a water operations company focusing on strategic pivoting and personnel management. US-born, fully bilingual in English and Japanese.
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Productivity
Taizo Son is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Mistletoe. He also serves as Investment Committee Member and Senior Advisor at Abies Ventures. He is the Founder at Gastrotope. He is also the Founder at Movida Japan. He also serves as Chairman at Visionnaire Ventures. Taizo is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in investing and incubating IT-related venture companies in Asia. He founded Gungho Online which is one of the most successful online gaming companies in Japan in 2002, which had its IPO in 2005.
Chicago Illinois - Northbrook Illinois - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Cannabis • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management
Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels