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San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - South Korea
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Online Social • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Active in fintech, e-sports, marketplaces, cross-border. But always prefer to invest in people who make me become aware about large problems.
Not Interested In
Businesses that are capital intensive prior to launch and especially businesses with long feedback loop cycles (pure hardware, etc.)
Partner at @500startups and heading up our $15M Korea specific fund, 500 Kimchi. Started a couple co's (bootstrapped & venture). Big fan of #ELaMF and #JFDI.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Partner at Balderton Capital, the leading early stage VC focussed on Europe
Most Interested In
Insurtech, fintech, crypto
Not Interested In
hardware, ecommerce, silicon
New York, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Consumer
Rick Heitzmann is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. He focuses on consumer and enterprise investments in media, advertising technology, gaming, mobile, and data services. Rick has led investments in market leaders in commerce (StubHub, acquired by eBay), gaming (Riot Games, acquired by Tencent), data services (First Advantage, NASDAQ: FADV; acquired by First American), advertising technology (TapAd), media (Pinterest), and more. Prior to founding FirstMark, Rick was an entrepreneur including being a founding member of the senior management team at First Advantage which he helped grow and sell to First American (NYSE: FAF). He serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association. Rick holds a B.S. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also serves as Board Member at Dashlane, Grid Mobile and Playnomics.
Santa Monica - California, U.S.A.
Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Online Social
Co-Founder/Partner at @science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups - @photobucket, @billshrink Always the first on the dance floor.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Woman Focused
Managing Director | Transcend Fund
Most Interested In
Games, esports, and digital media
Business & Corporate Development • Founder @qbiquity • Exec roles at @playfish, @gree
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Australia - U.K. - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mal
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Co-Founder / Partner / CTO at InReach Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Nanotechnology
Managing
Mountain View, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Bullpen Capital is an early-stage fund to make follow-on investments for companies who have recently raised seed
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Payments • Mobile Apps • Consumer • Woman Focused
VP of Messenger, Facebook Inc.
Co-Founder at NFX
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
PropTech • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Vaizra Investments is a private venture capital fund investing in start-ups with creative solutions to existing or emerging consumer needs. Investment ranges are between $200,000-$500,000, with 'follow-ons' in later rounds.
San Mateo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social
Most Interested In
Fintech, enterprise, blockchain; technology solutions in Jurassic industries.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Local commerce • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer
General Partner at Gradient Ventures
Darian Shirazi is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member and Chief Executive Officer at Radius. He began his career in Silicon Valley at the age of 15 while working during the summers as a code tester for eBay. He then joined Facebook as one of its first fifteen employees, serves as an front-end software developer. He co-founded the mobile photo sharing site, Fotodunk. He also serves as an Advisor at 8VC.
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics
Most Interested In
Capital efficient, founder led, mission driven companies growing quickly, looking for patient, full lifecycle investor willing to invest early (at less than $10M revenue run rate) but also able to continue to scale up investments as the business grows.
Not Interested In
Pre-revenue companies. Medical Device, biotech or clean tech.
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, commerce brands, cloud, ML/AI enabled Enterprise SaaS, Blockchain
Not Interested In
Ad Tech
Investing in breakaway growth companies in technology. Angel investor. Founder of @alpha-2 (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
Los Angeles - Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Online Social • Consumer
Founder and CMO of Tinder | Principal at JAM Fund
Justin Mateen is a Co-Founder at Tinder. He served as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Canvas and Cover Canvas.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobility • Woman Focused
Sam Altman serves as Partner & President at Y Combinator. He is a Board Member at Boom. He was co-founder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab.
Phoenix - Denver - Miami - Boston - Chicago - Austin - Seattle - Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, SMB SaaS, fintech, consumer health, web3 (mostly defi), creator economy and gaming.
Not Interested In
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