San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - China
BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Cyril Ebersweiler serves as Managing Director, HAX and General Partner at SOSV. A hardware investor, visionary and serial entrepreneur, Cyril was SOSV's first general partner to run an accelerator, starting Chinaccelerator, the first mentorship-driven seed-funding program in China. He then went on to found HAX - the world's first and largest hardware accelerator - in 2012, along with HAX China and HAX Growth. Cyril is a mentor to Techstars and 500 Startups, and a founding member of the Global Accelerator Network. He is one of the world's most prolific investors in the hardware space, with 80+ investments. Cyril is a frequent speaker at events such as TechCrunch Disrupt, Makercon, Solidcon, Pioneers, The New Context Conference, AdTech, GMIC, and many others. He is an occasional guest writer at Techcrunch, and has been featured in The Economist, Popular Mechanics, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Wired and more. He served as the Board Member at Nextly. He serves as Board Member in Formlabs.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • Impact • Material Science • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Woman Focused
Views best described as cosmopolitan-cum-extropian
Most Interested In
Where the intersection of software, hardware, & wetware can create value in over a billion lives this decade––esp. industrial bio, aerospace, industrial robotics, next-gen computing hardware, and drug development.
Not Interested In
CPG, mobile-first, ad/marketing/sales, hiring-tech, anything that could have been built more than 2-3 years ago. Nor cannabis, therapeutics, or medical devices.
Most Interested In
Where the intersection of software, hardware, & wetware can create value in over a billion lives this decade––esp. industrial bio, industrial robotics, next-gen computing hardware, and drug development.
Not Interested In
CPG, mobile-first, ad/marketing/sales, hiring-tech, anything that could have been built more than 2-3 years ago. Nor cannabis, therapeutics, or medical devices.
Ian Rountree is the Founder of Cantos Ventures. He is an Agent and Chief of Staff at Invisible Technologies.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Payments • Aerospace (& Defense)
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I'm passionate about all things Blockchain, Crypto, and Space and currently leading early-stage investing at Wave Financial where I'm responsible for the day-to-day management of cFund and Wave Genesis. Contrarian at heart. DM me at @DavidMRoebuck if you're a visionary building on the blockchain.
Not Interested In
I don't invest in anything outside of Blockchain and Space.
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.
Los Angeles - / Southern California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Future Of Work • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, SaaS-enabled marketplaces, B2B SaaS, Consumer, IoT, food tech
Not Interested In
Biotech
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
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I invest across a broad range of companies via sourcing/vetting for Freestyle Capital as well as via my own angel and advisor investments. At the moment I have a particular interest in digital health, including digital therapeutics, ML/AI in healthcare, etc. I also have an interest in developer tools and enterprise SaaS companies leveraging deep learning for accelerated productivity.
Not Interested In
I'm not presently interested in companies that are primarily services based rather than software based.
New York, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer
CEO at ActionIQ | Entrepreneur and Board Member of Disruptive Companies
Founder of @actioniq , a NYC enterprise software company. Founded @aster-data-systems, a Big Data pioneer acquired by @teradata. Founded @dataelite-ventures.
New York City (NY) - San Francisco California - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Investment Management • Mobile
Venture Capital at MindWorks Ventures
Behrman Capital is a private equity investment firm with more than $3.1 billion of capital under management across five funds. Founded in New York in 1991, the firm invests in management buyouts, leveraged buildups and recapitalizations of established growth companies. Target companies typically have revenues ranging from $30 million to $200 million. Behrman's equity investments are generally between $25 million and $100 million. In 1996 the firm expanded with an additional office in San Francisco. Behrman's investments have been focused in five industries: Health Care, Defense, Specialty Manufacturing, Business to Business Outsourcing, and Information Technology.
New York City (NY) - Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
Raleigh - Boston - New York - Atlanta - Portland - Seattle - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Founding Partner at Ubiquity Ventures
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Ubiquity Ventures invests in software as it leaves the screen and enters the real world. This ubiquitous software (1) runs on smart hardware and/or (2) understands the world using machine intelligence, so we make seed-stage investments in and partner with smart hardware and machine intelligence startups.
Not Interested In
High cost hardware