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Boston - Menlo Park - Tel Aviv - Cambridge - London - San Jose - San Francisco Bay Area - Dallas - Texas, U.S.A. - Israel - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Analytics • Payments
Most Interested In
Automation of everything. From building controls and energy management to industrial IoT and tools for deskless workers, SEV is exploring the application of new technology towards the disruption and automation of industry and the built environment.
Not Interested In
Battery chemistry, healthcare, science projects.
SVP @abb-technology-ventures based in @palo-alto • worked at @microsoft, @core-capital-partners • @duke-university engineering, @wharton-school
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools
Entrepreneur. Early Stage Investor.
Entrepreneur & Early Stage Investor Founder of @tapjoy Founder of @karma-1 Ads/Commerce at @facebook
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Media • BioTech • Entertainment (& Sports) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Founder & Partner, Ignite Advisors
FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER at KOHALA VENTURES
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Most Interested In
B2B SaaS, Consumer, Blockchain
Not Interested In
AdTech
Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • Advertising • Payments
Investor - Entrepreneur - Mentor
Herty Tammo is a Co-Founder and serves as Mentor and Investor at Startup Wise Guys. He also is an Angel Investor. Tammo is a Co-Founder of Ridango and also serves as its Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is serial entrepreneur and currently owns several companies. Tammo is a Chairman of Supervisory Board of United Tickets.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Online Social
Dana Settle is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Greycroft Partners. She serves as a board member at Anine Bing. Prior to Greycroft, she spent several years as a venture capitalist and advisor to startup companies in the Bay Area, including six years at Mayfield, where she focused on early stage companies in the mobile communications and consumer Internet markets. Her additional experience includes business development at Truveo (AOL), investment banking at Lehman Brothers and international business development at McCaw Cellular Communications (AT&T). She holds a BA in Finance and International Studies from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools • GovTech • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I invest in early stage software companies. Generally enterprise, but happy to look at consumer stuff. Send me a deck if you reach out z@coelius.vc
Austin - Los Angeles - New York - Calgary, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Most Interested In
Companies that solve a clear problem and understand their customers.
Not Interested In
Solutions that make a customer's life more complicated.
Menlo Park, U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Local commerce • Online Social • Consumer
General Partner at Trinity Ventures
Ajay Chopra serves as General Partner at Trinity Ventures. He was a Board Member at Stratim. Since joining Trinity Ventures in 2006, he has developed a reputation as an entrepreneur's coach. His passion is helping entrepreneurs execute their Big Idea. He has over 20 years of operating experience at the senior management and board level with start-ups, private companies and public companies. Prior to joining Trinity Ventures, Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems, a seminal media technology company that pioneered consumer generated media creation. During his tenure at Pinnacle, the company grew from start-up stage to a global $350M public company, won several Emmy awards and completed over a dozen M&A transactions before being acquired by Avid Technology. Previously, he was with Mindset Corporation, a computer graphics start-up. Before Mindset, he held various technical and management positions at Atari Corporation, a video games company, and Unisys Corporation, an IT services company. He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs, an active group providing support for entrepreneurs and is on the Board of Trustees of the Harker School in San Jose. He serves as Board Member at Green Throttle Games, CrowdFlower, White Sky, Fitstar, BirdEye and Dynamic Signal.
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Sunny Dhillon serves as Partner at Signia Venture Partners. He joined the Signia team in 2012 after launching his own location-based mobile startup named Barstool and investing in early stage technology companies for New World Ventures in LA and Chicago. He was previously an M&A analyst in technology investment banking at Rothschild in London, a business development manager at a venture backed spin-off of New Line Cinema, and a corporate strategist for Warner Bros.He is a mentor for various incubators in Silicon Valley and is on the board of Cents of Relief, a charity based in Connecticut that focuses on reducing human trafficking in Indian urban slums. He is also a board member for Next Gen Partners, the Valley's leading venture capital mentoring organization.Sunny invests across consumer and enterprise sector startups, with a particular interest in gaming, consumer, and digital health.Sunny graduated with his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Lee Hague Scholar. He has an undergraduate honors degree in Economics & Management from Oxford University and a master's in International Relations & History from the London School of Economics (LSE), where he graduated with distinction. He served as Board Observer at Artillery Games. He also serves as Board Member at Drifter Entertainment. He serves as an Advisor at TheWaveVR.
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Payments • Mobility • Online Social
GP at a16z
GP at a16z
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.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Payments
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.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Payments • Online Social
Most Interested In
XG Ventures® is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.
Not Interested In
healthcare
San Francisco Bay Area - Atherton, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Consumer
Founder and Managing Director of the Boost VC Accelerator
Mr. Adam Draper is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Boost VC. He serves as an Advisor at 7shifts. He serves as Advisor at Ava. He serves as Advisor at Alpha Investing. He was a Board Member of Make School. He Co-Founded and served as Director and Board Member at Ender's Fund. He is a member of the board for a number of firms including Makegameswith.us and Xpert Financial where he is also the Founder. He serves as an advisor at Coinage. In 2009, the same year that he graduated from UCLA, he founded Xpert Financial, a secondary market for private securities. After settling millions of dollars in private security transactions and becoming a registered broker-dealer, he left Xpert Financial in late 2012 and began angel investing, where he backed such startups as Coinbase, Plangrid, and Amplitude. Mr. Draper then partnered up with Brayton Williams to change the face of global startup mentorship.
Mumbai Maharashtra India - Matosinhos Portugal, India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • AR/VR
Dr. Apoorv Sharma is a Co-Founder and serves as President at Venture Catalysts. He has been instrumental in developing startup ecosystem since early 2000. He has been pioneer in establishing incubators in India. He has established over dozen incubators & accelerators, incubation funds and family office funds i.e. VentureNursery, Amity Innovation Incubator, Somaiya Incubator (RIDDLE), Mata Vaishno Devi University Incubator, Indian Angel Network Incubator. He is recipient of prestigious Best Incubator Award given by President of India, for outstanding performance of JSS Incubator. Dr. Apoorv Sharma is PhD in Incubation from Amity University, Noida and graduated in Engineering from HBTI, Kanpur and diploma in Mentor Studies of Berkley Institute of Management, University of California, USA. Dr. Apoorv Sharma is known as 'Fund Manager with Highest Returns'. He is one of the top 10 angel investors in India, rated by VCCircle 2016. Over last two decades
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
Direct to Consumer E-comm Gaming and eSports Consumer Social Sales Tools B2C Hardware
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
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.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Consumer
Investor and Advisor | DoorDash Executive and Caviar Lead
Gokul Rajaram serves as Product Engineering Head at Square. He also serves as Partner at Firebolt Ventures. He also served as Advisor at Ribbon. He is a Product Lead at Caviar. He also serves as Advisor at Compound. He also serves as entrepreneur-in-residence at Merus Capital. He served as Fund Advisor at Jungle Ventures. He also served as the Product Director of Ads for Facebook. He also served as Advisor at Orgami Logic. He was a Founder at Chai Labs. He has extensive experience across a broad range of Internet technologies, including video, contextual, search, and mobile advertising. He served as Product Management Director of Google AdSense. He led AdSense product management at Google from January 2003 to November 2007. He has extensive experience in the online advertising industry. He launched Google AdSense for Video, which provided video publishers the ability to embed contextual ads directly into their video players. He also helped drive a number of Google's acquisitions, including DoubleClick, AdScape, and dMarc. He has held diverse roles at Onetta and Sycamore Networks. He has an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management, an M.S. in Computer Science from UT Austin and a BTech in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur. He also serves as Advisor at Scout Ventures. He is also an Angel Investor.
Berlin, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Productivity
Most Interested In
Founders who are pursuing daring projects. Big vision & able to deliver on the nitty gritty parts. Currently AI/ML, big data, process innovation.
Not Interested In
(e/m) commerce companies, pure adtech plays, hardware only firms
Rouven Dresselhaus serves as Co-Founding Partner & Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. Dresselhaus serves as Managing Director at Voltage Ventures. Prior to Voltage Ventures, Rouven has invested in more than 35 companies worldwide. He is the go-to guy for our portfolio companies whenever they need strategic advice, input on their product, network and fundraising. Rouven's academic career ended when he dropped out of WHU's Ph.D. program in order to pursue his passion in Venture Capital.