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Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Managing Director at Redpoint
Tomasz Tunguz serves as Partner at Redpoint Ventures. He focuses on consumer Internet, online marketing, digital media and software investments. He is a Board Member of Chorus. Prior to joining Redpoint, he was the Product Manager for Google's Social Media monetization team, including the Google-MySpace partnership. In addition, he managed the launches of AdSense into six new markets in Europe and Asia. Before Google, he developed systems for the Department of Homeland Security at Appian Corporation, a provider of Business Process Management solutions. He also co-founded Perquimans Systems, a provider of bilingual, tri-currency automated time billing and document management systems for top-tier law firms in Chile. He holds a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering, a B.E. in Machine Learning and Master's degree in Engineering Management from Dartmouth College where he was a George Revitz Fellow. He is also a Board Member at Electric Imp, Expensify, StackRox, Quantifind and Customer.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Consumer
Most Interested In
API E-Commerce Education Enterprise Fintech Food and Beverage Future of Work Gaming Government Technology Hardware Health and Wellness Healthcare/Medtech Industrial Internet and Mobile IoT Life Sciences Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics SaaS Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality
Palo Alto - Tel Aviv - California, U.S.A. - Israel
BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Dror Berman is a Co-Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a Board Member of Vicarious Surgical. He is also a Board Member of Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products with Yahoo, spearheaded an R&D team at NICE Systems, and led business development for an Israeli CE retailer. Berman has an MBA from Stanford, and graduated cum laude in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Most Interested In
Consumer applications, future of media, online video, developer platforms
Ethan Kurzweil serves as Partner, Investments at Bessemer Venture Partners. He was a Board Member at Stratim. He as eleven when he started his first business - The Cat Corporation. In charge of family cat care, he "awarded" all labor-intensive jobs to his sister (Cat Feeder, Cat Brusher) and claimed all management jobs for himself (CEO, VP of Cat Welfare, Executive Director of Grooming). He would now discourage founders from letting sibling rivalry influence their org charts. As a Stanford undergrad, Ethan eventually was a co-founder of a real company: SSB-Bart Group, which helps make the Web accessible to users with disabilities. Before joining Bessemer in 2008, he worked for Dow Jones & Co., managing the turnaround of The Wall Street Journal's international editions, and Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life. At BVP, Ethan focuses on investments in consumer technologies and developer platfor He is particularly excited about consumer video start-ups and companies "developerizing the enterprise," his phrase for companies that provide non-technical business users with powerful tools and potential impact without requiring them to code. Ethan's investments include consumer companies Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Periscope (acquired by Twitter), Dropcam (acquired by Google), Playdom (acquired by Disney), Zirx, Life360 and Piazza; developer platforms Intercom, Twilio, PagerDuty, npm, and Sendgrid; and SaaS companies Hightower and Simply Measured. He was also involved in the firm's investments in adap.tv (acquired by AOL) and Skybox Imaging (acquired by Google). Ethan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He serves on the Bay Area advisory board for New Leaders. Raised in Boston, he remains a Red Sox fan for life. He also serves as a Board Member at Periscope Data.
New York - Tel Aviv - London - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Israel - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Consumer
Global Early Stage Investor
Most Interested In
Tekton is an global seed fund that makes early stage investments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world. What excites me is founders looking to build truly global venture scale businesses from scratch!
Not Interested In
Biotech, Energy.
Founder, Managing Partner, @tekton-ventures (seed fund). Former entrepreneur, sold last co. to @formspring. Public servant to company builders.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer
student @UofPenn, intern @foursquare, Philly and NYC by way of Portland
Detroit, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Jonathon Triest is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ludlow Ventures. In 2011, he was awarded the Crain's Detroit Business award for 20 in their 20's. That same year, he co-founded Funded by Night, a vehicle to help internet startups launch and get discovered. Previously, he served as creative director for New York's Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched the Atlanta-based Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. In addition to his role at Ludlow, he is a mentor at The Brandery and a board member of The Trico Foundation, and Venture for America. previously creative director for New Yorks Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. He sits on the Board of the Trico Foundation and the Board of Investors for Venture for America.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Online Social • Woman Focused
Managing Partner and Co-Founder at 645 Ventures. Focused on investing in exceptional early-stage software companies.
Managing Partner and Co-Founder at 645 Ventures. Focused on investing in exceptional early-stage software companies.
Most Interested In
Our firm focuses on three core investment themes: 1) Software for the second wave, which represents vertical SaaS markets where software is transforming and improving key business operations; 2) Citizen professionals, which represents software platforms that are enabling workers to become experts without requiring advanced skills; and 3) personalized consumer products and services, where advanced data is transforming the consumer experience.
Not Interested In
We only invest in software and software-enabled companies.
Nnamdi Okike is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at 645 Ventures. Nnamdi is an experienced venture capital investor. He spent 8 years at Insight Venture Partners where he sourced and invested in several successful companies, which included Folhamatic (acquired for $300 million), Astaro (acquired by Sophos), and Hitwise (acquired for $240 million). He served on the boards of Kabum, CSSN and Folhamatic. Nnamdi currently works closely with 645 Ventures' portfolio companies Keaton Row, Trendalytics, Hire an Esquire and Poshly. He also serves on the boards of AbbeyPost, Astia and Rifiniti.
New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - Portland - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Productivity
Most Interested In
We focus on companies with strong long-term competitive advantages (network effects, proprietary data, economies of scale, etc). Mostly b2b.
Not Interested In
We're open to any company with good moat potential. We do a lot of b2b investing. On the b2c side, we typically look for companies that monetize users directly rather than through ads.
Leo Polovets is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Susa Ventures. In 2003, Leo was the 2nd non-founding engineer at LinkedIn, where he helped build many core features like LinkedIn Jobs and LinkedIn Groups. After LinkedIn, he developed payment fraud detection systems at Google, then spent four years building much of the core data processing infrastructure at Factual. Leo left Factual in late 2012 to join Susa Ventures and focus on venture capital. He's also an angel investor in companies including DataFox, Lumoid, and Momentum Machines. Leo holds a BS with Honors degree from Caltech, and in 2002, he was one of three members of Caltech's world finalist ACM International Programming Contest team.
San Francisco Bay Area - Half Moon Bay, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Cyan Banister is a Co-Founder of Signal Media Project. She also serves as Partner at Founders Fund. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active Angel Investor with a portfolio including Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, EShares, Postmates and Affirm. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. Cyan has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer. She co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief at Zivity. She also served as Advisor at Hinge Capital. She also serves on the Board of The AI Foundation.
Austin - Seattle - Chicago - Boston - New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social • Woman Focused
Eva Ho is a Co-Founder & serves as a General Partner at Fika Ventures. She also serves as an Angel Investor. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Prior to Google, she was the head of marketing for Applied Semantics, a company that sold to Google in 2003. She also co-founded Navigating Cancer, a health startup, in 2008 which is now based in Seattle. She is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the boards of California Community Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, First Descents, and Iridescent. She is currently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the city of Los Angeles working with Mayor Eric Garcetti and his team. She holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard.
Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Woman Focused
General Partner @ Jump Capital
Enpterprise Software Investor
VC: @jump-capital @lightbank; @lehman-brothers , @barclays-capital , Ops: @groupon ; Sweat: @benchprep ; Compilers @inria; Engineering @Cornell, MBA @booth
San Francisco Bay Area - Austin - Boulder - Boston - Los Angeles - New York - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Messaging • Payments • Woman Focused
Co-Founder - Zelkova Ventures
Co-Founder - Zelkova Ventures & Uproot Wines
Most Interested In
We invest in early stage B2B SaaS. Areas we focus on include Marketing, Communications, Security, FinTech, Customer Service.
Early stage venture investor focused on technology around SaaS, Ecommerce and Social Media.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Woman Focused
General Partner at Boldstart Ventures
General Partner at Boldstart Ventures
General Partner @boldstart-ventures
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics
Partner at Menlo Ventures -
Executive/Venture Investor @renren-com • Co-Founder @appsurdity & @lemon-1 • Worked at @chegg, @bling-nation, @etrade • Studied at @santa-clara-university
St. Louis - Missouri, U.S.A.
BioTech • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Managing Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners
Private Equity & Seed Investor • Director @tscp-1 • Worked @bodley-group @goldman-sachs IBD FIG • Studied @stanford @wharton-school • @fundersclub Panel
Tel Aviv - San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - Waltham - Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Online Social
General Partner at CRV
Most Interested In
AI as applied to the real-world: autonomous vehicles, cyber security, demand forecasting, etc. Also any SaaS application (B2B only) Focused on Seed and A's only
Not Interested In
Not interested in Consumer software, FinTech, HC IT, Bio. Not pursuing later stage deals
Washington - Virginia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Payments
Co-founder of @aol; now Chairman of Case Foundation and Revolution (@zipcar, @livingsocial, @exclusive-resorts, @everyday-health, @revolution-money, @miraval, etc)
San Francisco Bay Area - Calgary, U.S.A. - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Partner at Lightspeed
Most Interested In
We want to back big thinking entrepreneurs; founders with the ability to galvanize a passionate and skilled team around them; a generalist mindset that understands it takes more than good technology to build a successful business We are currently most interested in cyber security, cloud applications and infrastructure and data analytics
Not Interested In
We have limited interest in EnergyTech mainly due to economics, slow adoption and long sales cycles
New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Washington - Austin - Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Online Social • Woman Focused
VC, Entrepreneur, Military Veteran, Winner of Season 2 - The Apprentice, and father of twins!
Most Interested In
LEADERSHIP PREVAILS. Moonshots Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership. Great leaders are hard to come by. We believe the best ones are military-trained or trial-by-fire entrepreneurs who have the ability to motivate others to action, inspire trust, and plan heuristically. We invest with conviction when those attributes are present. We have collectively founded and operated 14 companies, and have personally invested in more than 120 ventures.
Not Interested In
Biomedical, Hardware, Crypto.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Most Interested In
I'm interested in founders with a truly unique insight that will transform (or create an entirely new) industry.
Prior to forming Mucker Capital, Erik was most recently at Harrison Metal Capital where he helped lead one of the most successful seed-stage venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Since 2008, Harrison Metal has invested in over 50 companies, including Aardvark (GOOG), DocVerse (GOOG), Heroku (CRM), Manymoon (CRM), MixerLab (Twitter) and ZipZapPlay (ERTS). Before Harrison Metal, Erik was most recently vice president of product management and strategy at TripAdvisor, the largest travel community site on the Web. In that role, he led product strategy and development globally for TripAdvisor sites in the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, as well distributed applications and syndicated content on partner sites like Facebook. Prior to TripAdvisor, Erik spent over four years at eBay, where he held a variety of positions, including leadership of eBay’s premium features business, which grew during his tenure from $124 million in revenue in 2002 to $410 million in 2005, significantly outpacing overall eBay revenue and listings growth. Previously, Erik held leadership roles at MVP.com, where he was the online sporting goods retailer’s first marketing employee, and at Accenture, where he advised Fortune 500 retail, communications, and consumer products clients on strategy, operations and technology engagements. He was also an early member of Accenture’s first practice group dedicated to Internet strategy and development. Erik earlier served at the Domestic Policy Council in the White House, where he worked on issues such as equal employment opportunity and Native American affairs. Erik holds a BS from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Duke University.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Woman Focused
Dave Morin is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Slow Ventures. He previously was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director at Path. Morin was a Senior Platform Manager at Facebook and a Mentor at TechStars. Morin is a visionary entrepreneur, technologist, and businessman. Previously, he held positions at Apple, including a Manager of Creation and Collaboration and a Manager of Student Marketing. Morin also founded a design focused technology and internet software company called DM Design Studios in college. He has appeared in publications such as The Economist, Wired, CNN, BusinessWeek, Money, Business 2.0, TechCrunch, CNET, Silicon Alley Insider, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, and others. Morin is a passionate and well received speaker and has delivered keynotes and participated in events worldwide such as South by Southwest, Future of Web Apps, Web 2.0 Expo, Le Web, SNAP Summit, Microsoft MIX, O'Reilly Foo Camp, Facebook f8, and the worldwide syndicate of Facebook Developer Garages. His focus on innovation, vision, and technology strategy has involved extensive interaction with the global market at large. He also serves as a Board Member at Eventbrite and Dwell Media. Morin received a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital
VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital