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Boston, Massachusetts - ; Cleveland Ohio - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Advertising • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at January Ventures (Previously Jane VC)
Co-Founder and General Partner at January Ventures
San Francisco California - Mexico - Colombia - Chile - Argentina - Costa Rica - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Advertising • Mobile Apps
Managing Director at Techstars Boulder Accelerator
San Francisco (CA) - Palo Alto (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - Washington (DC) - Seattle (WA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Most Interested In
I like for teams that I can work with and help out. I like businesses where there is a thesis that broadly makes sense. Save the financial projections for Series B.
Not Interested In
Stuff that is on-trend in the investing world.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Most Interested In
B2B SaaS, Consumer, Blockchain
Not Interested In
AdTech
New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Analytics • Online Social • Consumer
Digital marketer turned first-check investor. Focused on early stage DTC, AdTech, + NextGen Commerce.
Most Interested In
Focused on: + DTC (subscription where subscription makes sense and/or fixing broken buying process) + AdTech (not tools sold to marketers / agencies but tech that is disruptive, unlocking new ad networks, and/or makes advertising 10x more effective) + NextGen Commerce (changing the way people shop online or offline; marketplaces)
Not Interested In
-HealthTech -InsureTech -PropTech Love founders outside the US but not currently set up to be able to engage with them unfortunately.
San Francisco (CA) - New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction)
Founding Partner at Zigg Capital
San Francisco California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - New York - 650 - 408 - Oakland - San Carlos - Bahamas - Half Moon Bay - Raleigh - Los Angeles - Hicksville - Olympia, 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.
Los Angeles, California - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Chicago (IL) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social
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.
New Delhi India - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social • Consumer
Nihal Mehta serves as Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures. He is also the Founding Partner at India Internet Fund. He also served as Member of Advisory Board at Blue Cloud Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Inter Mobile Ventures. Nihal has several years experience in innovating marketing technologies through founding five startups to date. Nihal is currently the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of LocalResponse, which helps marketers respond to real-time consumer intent. Prior to LocalResponse, (which pivoted from buzzd, a leading real-time city guide), Nihal founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which he sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named one of the "25 People Every New Founder Should Meet in New York Tech" and a top "25 Up-And-Coming Startup CEO in New York" in 2012 by Business Insider, a 2012 AlwaysOn "Power Player NYC," a top 10 NYC 'Game Changer' in the 2010 New York Enterprise Report, one of twenty RCR Wireless News 'Mobile Movers and Shakers' in 2008, a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's 'Top 20 Marketers in Their 20s' in 2005. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science. He is also an Angel Investor. He also serves as a Board Member at Alloy. He served as Board Member and Advisor at Lokast and as an Advisor at Findable. He is also an Angel Investor.
Menlo Park California - Seattle Washington - Oakland California - Berkeley California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Payments
Founder & General Partner at Commerce Ventures
Most Interested In
Interested in technology-based, digital innovations that will help shape the future of Retail and Financial Services.
San Francisco California - Valley California - Mountain View California - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Payments • Mobile Apps • Mobile • 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
Cupertino, California - Palo Alto California ; California - U.S.A. - 650 - 408 - New York - CA - San Mateo - Sacramento - San Bruno - Kingston - Tampa, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Payments • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social • Consumer
Early Stage Investor focusing on Pre Product Market Fit
Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is the Founder of Brighter Capital. Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is an Angel Investor. Ms. Yun-Fang Juan Co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Fundastic. Previously, she was the Chief Scientist at Soldsie, a social commerce startup that helps small business owners sell on Facebook. She worked for Facebook for five years. She started as one of the founding engineers of Facebook Ads. Prior to Facebook, she worked for Yahoo! For 6 years on search, data mining and ab testing framework. She graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a MS in operations research from UC Berkeley. She serves as Venture Partner at Leadout Capital.
San Francisco (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Toronto (Ontario) - Vancouver (WA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Online Social • Consumer
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.
New York City (NY) - HOF Capital is a technology - focused venture capital investment firm that is headquartered in New York, New York - Global, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Co-founder / Managing Partner at HOF Capital
Fady Yacoub is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at HOF Capital. He is also an Angel Investor. Together with Hisham El Haddad, Fady created a Hong Kong-based SPV to invest in the record-setting IPO of Alibaba. The SPV received a stock allocation at a discount with a 3x margin and was successfully exited with a 76% return in two months. Fady worked previously at Digital World Capital, a technology-focused hedge fund, helping the firm to expand its investment portfolio in Asia, including a sizeable investment in Baidu, the world's second largest online search engine. Along with Hisham, Fady also invented the drumm device, an IoT-enhanced wearable that allows for haptic communication, after participating successfully in Switch SuperNap's technology accelerator in Nevada. Earlier in his career, Fady held multiple positions at El Tholathia Corp Egypt (ETC). He led El-Tholathia Corp's (ETC Egypt) industrial development team in deploying a new home appliances factory in Sudan for a $8m initial cost. Through ETC's real estate development arm, he also facilitated the purchase of and subsequently led the development team for ~400,000 m2 on Egypt's North Coast, a project initially valued at ~$60m. Fady holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration & Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is also an Angel Investor.
Mountain View (CA) - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • 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
Advertising - Entertainment & sports - Media/content - Raleigh - Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Advertising • Developer tools
Venture Investor at BIP Capital
Vice President at BIP Capital
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner & Board Member at GAMEGROOVE Capital
Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - ; Austin Texas ; New York New York ; New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • AgroTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • AR/VR • Robotics • Mobile
Most Interested In
I'm a Founding Partner with Quake Capital, an industry agnostic early stage accelerator and venture fund. We prefer companies focused on markets and problems with lasting value and substantial global reach. Current investments include companies in AdTech, AgTech, AI, Energy, Enterprise Software, eSports, Hardware, IoT, Industrial, Manufacturing, and VR. We typically get involved early, investing anywhere from $150k to $250k per opportunity and we look for quantifiable signs of traction.
Not Interested In
We don’t typically fund biotechnology companies, restaurants, consultancies, or other local service oriented companies.
Pennsylvania ; New York New York ; Zug Switzerland; Philadelphia Pennsylvania ; New York - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Local commerce • Mobile Apps • DeepTech • Mobile • Online Social
I build technology & businesses. Co-Founder @ @leadnomics & @UseTiller. Entrepreneur, Angel, Advisor (Online Media/Technology).
Boston Massachusetts - Massachusetts - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Consumer
President at KAYAK
CTO at KAYAK
Founded Open Ratings
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), United States
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
Westport Connecticut - Newton Massachusetts - Massachusetts - New York (NY) - New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Online Social
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.
Los Angeles California - Santa Monica (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
General partner, @upfront-ventures & 2x entrepreneur. Sold Koral to @salesforce
2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). Turned VC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs.