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Chris Fralic

San Francisco California - New York City (NY) - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

VC with First Round, former del.icio.us and Half.com/eBay BD guy, 25 yrs in Tech. Also @chrisfralic http://frc.vc/chris

Mark Suster

Los Angeles California - Santa Monica (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Distributed workforce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps

Description

General partner, @upfront-ventures & 2x entrepreneur. Sold Koral to @salesforce

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2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). Turned VC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs.

Kevin Colleran

Boston Massachusetts - San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Kevin Colleran is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Slow Ventures. Slow manages nearly $250 million in capital financed by a group of 100+ tech industry founders, CEO's, executives as well as a select group of notable venture capital firms and endowments. At Slow, Colleran focuses on working consumer and enterprise seed stage startups and has a vast portfolio of more than 250 companies including Pinterest, Barkbox, Postmates, Nextdoor, Casper, Pillpack, Classpass, Breather, Slack, Allbirds, Robinhood, Blue Bottle Coffee, Plated, Breather, Hipcamp, Gusto, Zeel, Wag, Brandless, Everlane, Wealthfront and many more. Kevin was also previously a Venture Partner and Advisor at General Catalyst Partners and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal (online & print) as part of their "Accelerators" section. Previously Kevin was one of the first 10 employees at Facebook Inc. having joined in early 2005 as their first advertising sales executives. He stayed at Facebook for nearly 7 years, leaving in 2012 after having become the longest tenured employee at the company other than Mark Zuckerberg. Kevin received a BA in Business Management and Marketing from Babson College.

Rob Hayes

New York City (NY) - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps

Description

Venture Investor

Josh Felser

Mill Valley California - San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Josh Felser is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Freestyle Capital. He also serves as Advisor at Catalyst Investors. Previously he Co-Founded and was CEO of Crackle, formerly known as Grouper Networks, a company that uses P2P technology to allow users to share their personal media within private groups. He previously served as Vice President of America Online and as General Manager of AOL's music brands Spinner, Winamp and Shoutcast. Felser was the co-founder of Spinner.com, a leading Internet music destination and served as President until its May 1999 purchase by America Online. In July 1996 he founded Internet music startup, RadioCo (a division of Organic Online), which ultimately merged with DJ.com (renamed Spinner.com). Previously, Felser was a Director of Business and Product Development in the Multimedia Group of U.S. West; an executive with News Corp. and a Manager, Business Development for News Corp.'s Fox Inc. in Los Angeles. Felser received his BA in Political Science from Duke University and his MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke. He is also the Co-Founder of FYI Living and serves as Chairman of the company.

Urs Cete

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • AR/VR

Description

Head of @bdmi, New Yorker, media guy, nerd, frequent traveler, tweeting @ucete

Brian Hirsch

New York City (NY) - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising

Description

Most Interested In

We are primarily a NY focused firm with over 90% of capital deployed locally.

Brian Hirsch is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Tribeca Venture Partners. He is a Board Member at Thinkful. He is also a Board Member at Lendio. Prior to starting Tribeca Venture Partners, Brian was a founder and Managing Director of GSA Venture Partners, formerly the venture arm of Greenhill & Co (NYSE: GHL). Prior to GSAVP, Brian was a Principal at Sterling Venture Partners and a Vice President at ABN AMRO Private Equity. Brian has invested across a broad number of sectors during his career including fintech, edtech, mobile, healthcare, online marketing and media/publishing. Brian has a BA in economics and American studies from Brandeis University. "When I was ten years old while most kids were reading comic books I was reading all of my father's business magazines. I mostly enjoyed reading the long profile stories of entrepreneurs that were building great companies against all odds. It was the 1980's and entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Scott McNealy and Scott Cook were changing the world through technology. What fascinated me was the process of taking an idea and transforming it into a reality.

Alireza Masrour

San Francisco California - Valley California - Sunnyvale (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps

Description

Alireza Masrour serves as Managing Partner at Plug and Play Ventures. He is an Advisor at Shrimpy. He is a Strategic Advisor at Thryve. He is in charge of Investment and due diligence for Plug and Play's venture arm where he is responsible for supporting the firm's investment and venture capital partners. Alireza also serves as Advisor at PasswordBox and Rentalutions. lireza is in charge of Investment and due diligence for Plug and Play's Venture Group where he is responsible for supporting the firm's investment and venture capital partners. Some of investments led by him are Kamcord, FiscalNote, Aarki, CreditSesame, HealthPocket which acquired by Health Insurance Innovations, Matcha which acquired by Apple, PasswordBox which acquired by McAfee/Intel, TrustGo which acquired by Baidu, GNS3 which was acquired by Solarwind, Flyr, Shippo, Virool, Skytree, eyeIO and BookingPal to name a few. Prior to Plug and Play, he was Founder and CEO at NekaTel, one of the large Internet Airtime Distribution Networks, with over 800 retailers and millions of subscribers. Alireza grew NekaTel's revenue from $0 to over $45M in less than 2 years. He was also Founder of VidaTel, offering mobile airtime distribution technology and sold the technology in 2007. He has prior Chemical Engineering and Management background/ MBA certificate from Tehran University and Sharif/Royal Roads. Alireza published "Crossing the Digital Divide: What's Next" in Information Technologies and International Development Journal published by Harvard Business School for UN's World Summit on the Information Society.

Wesley Chan

Menlo Park California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Wesley Chan serves as a Managing Director at Felicis Ventures. He was a General Partner at Google Ventures. He is a fun-loving entrepreneur and joined the Google Ventures team in 2009. As an early employee at Google, Chan helped to start, launch, and grow Google Analytics and Google Voice, products which millions of users depend on worldwide. He is a recipient of Google's founder award, the company's most prestigious recognition, for leading the development of Google Toolbar and building out Google's early client efforts. Chan also holds nine US Patents from his work on starting the business for targeted display advertising at Google. Additionally, he has held positions as a research lead at HP Labs, a program manager at Microsoft, and holds both master's and bachelor's degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from MIT where he did his graduate research at the Media Laboratory. He was selected as a "Top 35 Under 35" innovator by Technology Review magazine in 2010. Given his diverse background, Chan's investments at Google Ventures include companies that address markets in software and web services, mobile, biotech and cleantech. He has also held board or observer seats in Angelist, Crittericism, iPerian (exited to Bristol Myers-Squibb), Cool Planet Energy Systems, and Switch Communications. Wesley also led investments in Optimizely, Vungle, DataPad (exited to Cloudera), Freshplum (exited to TellApart), Namo Media (exited to Twitter), and Parse (exited to Facebook). He also served as Advisor at DoubleRock.

Paul Martino

Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Bullpen Capital is an early-stage fund to make follow-on investments for companies who have recently raised seed

Chris Moore

Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Mobile Apps

Description

Partner at Redpoint Ventures



Helping to build successful Internet businesses Specialties: marketplaces, monetization, software as a service, digital media

Parul Singh

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Analytics • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Consumer

Description

Most Interested In

We like ambitious, metrics-driven founders who are tackling compelling use cases with technology.

Not Interested In

We are not a thesis driven firm. Show us why what you're building is a compelling opportunity for us and let's talk.

Marvin Liao

San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Food & Beverage

Description

An Investor, executive coach and formal advisor to several Family Offices. Marvin was formerly a Partner at Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program as well as investing in Seed stage start ups. He Invests in Digital Media, Enterprise SAAS, Marketplace, Mobile, AdTech/MarketingTech, Digital Health, Internet of Things & Fintech startups. He invested in & worked with over 414 Pre-seed & Seed stage startups such as Embroker, Eaze, Aircall, Manychat, Shippo, RapidAPI, Worthix, Indio, Pipefy, Innovacer, Vela, Apostrophe, AgFunder, Printify, Whereto, Qualio, PlateIQ, Avanoo, Zentist, Stackshare, Shortpoint, MonkeyLearn & Cube.js (aka Statsbot) among many others during his tenure there.Previously an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, having managed large multifunctional teams across multiple countries. He has P&L management experience and most recently responsible for 100% YoY revenue growth while running a business unit and building new sales channels in EMEA & the Emerging Markets regions for the last ~4 years at Yahoo!. A 10.5 year veteran of Yahoo! Inc., Marvin has held executive roles in the various departments of Sales, Business Development, Ad Operations and Marketing. Most of his roles were regional or global management roles giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States in his career at the company.Marvin presently serves on the boards/advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. Marvin is a frequent speaker at many Digital Marketing & Tech Startup Conferences. A longtime fan, participant, and an observer of the digital revolution occurring across the world, he is interested in opportunities with top growth companies large and small with a focus on driving monetization and expanding into new international markets.

Albert Wenger

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Joe Medved

Newton Massachusetts - Massachusetts - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

Joe Medved serves as Partner, SoftBank Capital at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. He served as Partner at SoftBank Capital. Joe joined SoftBank Capital in 2005 and has been investing in digital media companies for over nine years, from seed through growth stage. He focuses on supporting primarily Seed and Series A stage companies with special interests including consumer and enterprise mobile, gaming, and social marketing. Prior to joining SoftBank Capital, Joe was an Associate with Constellation Ventures, a media and communications venture capital fund under Bear Stearns Asset Management. Prior to Constellation Ventures, he was an Associate and Analyst for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group with JPMorgan Investment Banking. In 2011, Joe was selected by the Boston Business Journal for its 40 Under 40 class. He is Co-Founder of the Digital Media VC/Corp Dev Connection, a group that brings together active investors and corporate development professionals from large corporations focused on digital media. Joe is also Chairman Emeritus of the New England Venture Network (NEVN), one of the largest venture capital organizations on the East Coast. Joe received a Bachelor of Science, with honors, from Boston College's Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, and completed The General Course at the London School of Economics.

Arjun Sethi

Menlo Park California - - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Seattle (WA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile Apps

Description

Most Interested In

Agnostic. Always open to new ideas.

Not Interested In

N/A

Arjun Sethi is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Tribe Capital. He is a Board Member at SFOX. He is a Co-Founder of JamLegend. He is a Board Member at Kissmetrics and Chairman at Primer. He served as Partner at Social Capital. He also served as Senior Director of Product Management at Yahoo. Prior to Yahoo, he Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at MessageMe. Sethi received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maryland.

Jeff Jordan

San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Local commerce

Description

GP at a16z

Linked In Description:

Jeff Jordan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining a16z, Jeff was president and CEO of OpenTable, which he took public in 2009. Before OpenTable, he was president of PayPal and the SVP and GM of eBay North America. Follow him on his blog (http://jeff.a16z.com/) and on Twitter @jeff_jordan.

David Beisel

Massachusetts - Boston (MA) - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

Most Interested In

NextView Ventures is focused on entrepreneurs redesigning the Everyday Economy. We're interested in technology-enabled services which have the potential to be either ubiquitous or habitual for end-users. We primarily invest in both consumer and b2b services which fall into the largest markets of consumer spending: food, home, apparel, transportation, entertainment, health, and work & money. See http://nextviewventures.com/approach/

Not Interested In

Deep infrastructure technologies, bio/pharma, cleantech

David Beisel is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at NextView Ventures. He also served as Principal at Masthead Venture Partners. He also serves as Board Member at New England Venture Capital Association. He was a VP at Venrock in Cambridge, Mass and previously a principal at Masthead Venture Partners. David served on the boards of portfolio companies Second Rotation and BlogHer and was actively involved with Appnexus. While at Masthead, he co-led an investment in Expo TV and was investment team member for Tremor Media, Intercasting and NewsGator. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, David co-founded Sombasa Media, an e-mail marketing company. Sombasa was acquired by About, which was soon after acquired by Primedia (NYSE: PRM), where David served as VP of Marketing. He also founded and leads the Web Innovators Group, an organization which holds quarterly entrepreneur events drawing 1000 attendees. David's educational background includes an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB in Economics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University.

Charles Hudson

Mountain View California - Page California - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles / Southern California - Atlanta (GA) - Baltimore (MD) - Boston / New England - Toronto (Ontario), U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Managing Partner and Founder, Precursor Ventures

Most Interested In

Consumer subscription businesses, consumer-focused digital health, clean consumer products that sell directly to the consumer, applied computer vision.

Not Interested In

Advertising technology (adtech), marketing technology (martech), and sales enablement technology. We have good coverage in all those areas already.

Charles Hudson is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures. He also serves as a Board Member & Advisor at Tulip Retail. He also serves as Venture Partner at Uncork Capital. He serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Kahuna. He also serves as Venture Advisor at 500 startups. He was the co-founder and CEO of Bionic Panda Games, a mobile games startup based in San Francisco, CA. Prior to joining SoftTech VC and co-founding Bionic Panda Games, he was the vice president of business development for Serious Business until the company was acquired by Zynga in February 2010. Prior to Serious Business, he was the senior director for business development at Gaia Interactive, an online hangout and virtual world for teens. Prior to Gaia, he worked in New Business Development at Google and focused on new partnership opportunities for early-stage products in the advertising, mobile and e-commerce markets. He also serves as a board member at Lightside Games and Special Guest App. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Stanford University. He Founded and served as Managing Partner at 3rd Power. He also served as Consultant at WebMediaBrands.

Semil Shah

San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Semil Shah serves as a Venture Partner at GGV Capital. He also serves as an Investor of BirdEye. He is the Founder and serves as a General Partner of Haystack, which invested in more than 70 companies, including Instacart, Hired, and DoorDash. He serves as the Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves on the advisory boards of The Alpha Network and StrictlyVC. He is also a former consultant for several venture capital firms, including General Catalyst, Trinity Ventures, and GGV Capital, among others. His notable AI investments include AirMap, an airspace services provider that focuses on providing accurate airspace information for building unmanned aircraft, drones, and applications; Iris Automation, which helps industrial drones avoid collision; and SkySafe, which provides drone defense and airspace control solutions. Semil holds a bachelor's degree from University of Michigan and a Master's degree from Harvard University.

Andres Barreto

San Francisco California - Mexico - Colombia - Chile - Argentina - Costa Rica - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

Managing Director at Techstars Boulder Accelerator

Dave Eisenberg

New York City (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Founding Partner at Zigg Capital

Alex Rampell

Menlo Park California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

Investor in @hunch, @lefora, @bloomreach, @datalot, @world-golf-tour, @restaurant-com, @billshrink, @backstage-technologies.

Kevin Weatherman

Mountain View California - New York City (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools • Mobile Apps

Description

Cofounder and Active Angel

Most Interested In

I Invest with entrepreneurs that I get excited to work with. Love building scale into early stage teams. Working on a new idea...

Not Interested In

Non technical founders, with more than 5 team members at a pre $ valuation over 8M outside of SF, NYC, LA.

Kevin Weatherman serves as the Vice President, Business Development at One Signal. He serves as Principal at KW Angel Fund. He currently also serves as a VP Business Development at MoLabs. He has a BS in Legal Studies from University of California, Berkeley.

Aaron Batalion

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

Cofounder/1st CTO, @livingsocial. Investor: @lendinghome, @shyp, @altschool, more. Board: @thinairlabs Advisor: many others...

Eva Ho

Los Angeles, California - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Chicago (IL) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Mobile Apps

Description

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.

Rob Ness

Valley California - Washington D.C - Mountain View, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

General Partner, Asymmetry Ventures

Most Interested In

I'm a VC & angel investor with 120+ deals done. My fund, Asymmetry Ventures, focuses on seed-stage deals. I also founded and currently manage an AngelList syndicate of 1600 accredited investors. Our syndicate deploys checks of $100K - $300K into exceptional early-stage ventures. I love deep tech (e.g. life sci/biotech; med devices & healthcare; AI; hardware & IoT). And in general, I love startups with strong early traction (ideally revenues - but user and usage traction are great too).

Not Interested In

As a rule, I don't invest in pre-seed companies. But I'd be thrilled to meet talented founders at the pre-seed stage, and get to know them as they take early steps in building their ventures!

Obsessively hunting down, and investing in, the world's fastest-growing startups. Moonlighting as strategist @capgemini. Served time @harvard-4, @berkeley.

Phin Barnes

New York City (NY) - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Sneakerhead. VC.

First Round Capital is a venture capital firm willing to invest in pre-revenue companies, often providing a company's first outside capital. The partners look to take an active role in most of the companies they invest in. First Round Capital invests nationally and has additional offices in San Francisco and New York. The firm's typical initial investment is around $500,000. First Round Capital has coordinated the first ever VC-sponsored Exchange Fund. This fund allows qualified First Round Capital entrepreneurs to contribute a small piece of the stock they own in their company and share in the performance of all the other companies in the fund. Members of the First Round Capital Community have raised over $2.5 billion in follow-on capital to date. First Rounds's $20 million in total initial investments (in those companies that have been in the portfolio for over a year) have been followed by $850 million in financing from later-stage venture firms - a roughly 36-1 ratio.

Eric Hippeau

Westport Connecticut - Newton Massachusetts - Massachusetts - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Mobile Apps

Description

Eric Hippeau serves as Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. He serves as Special Partner at SoftBank Capital. He serves as a Board Member of BuzzFeed. He serves as Managing Director & Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. He is the chairman of RebelMouse and co-founder of NowThis Media. Previously, Eric was the Chief Executive Officer of The Huffington Post and a Special Partner at Softbank Capital, where he served as Managing Partner. Prior to Softbank Capital, Eric was Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, which was the largest media company serving the technology sector. He serves on the Board of various private and public companies, including Starwood Hotels and Resorts. He served as a Board Member at PureVideo Networks, Media Startup X and Rivet Games.

Matt Ocko

San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics

Description

Investor for 20 years in teams (@zynga, XenSource/CTRX @facebook, Datamirror/IBM, Fortinet/FTNT, Tango, @metaweb, D-Wave) solving hard problems for large markets.

Dan Rosen

Menlo Park California - Seattle Washington - Oakland California - Berkeley California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Security • Advertising • Insurance • Local commerce

Description

Most Interested In

Interested in technology-based, digital innovations that will help shape the future of Retail and Financial Services.

Founding GP at @commerce-ventures. Formerly at Highland Capital. Focus on Mobile, Commerce, Payments, Retail.

Sarah Tavel

San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Toronto (Ontario) - Vancouver (WA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA), U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • Advertising • Developer tools • Mobile Apps

Description

Most Interested In

I focus on consumer marketplaces and transactional businesses, particularly those that provide a 10x experience to consumers and save them money.

Not Interested In

Businesses that would basically be the same w/o software.

Sarah Tavel serves as General Partner at Benchmark Capital. She serves as a Board Member at Chainalysis. Tavel also served as Investment Partner at Greylock Partners prior to Benchmark Capital. She also served as an Advisor at SignalFire. Previously, she served as a Manager, Products at Pinterest. Prior to Pinterest, she was Vice President of Bessemer Venture Partners. Sarah Tavel, a senior associate in the Menlo Park office, joined Bessemer in 2006. Working with Jeremy Levine, she focused on the software and Internet sectors and has been closely involved in investments with consumer internet company Pinterest; Microsoft SharePoint migration solutions provider Metalogix; leads-generator Yodle; learning-and-talent-management company Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO); e-commerce site Onestop; energy-management company CPower (acquired by Constellation Energy); SaaS online-marketing company Convertro; business-software company MindBody Solutions; and leading Russian e-commerce company KupiVIP. She also works with Bessemer company eEye Digital Security and worked with Quidsi (operator of Diapers.com and Soap.com), acquired by Amazon.com, and classifieds-provider OLX, acquired by Naspers.