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San Francisco California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Investment Management
Founder & Managing Partner at Bee Partners
Most Interested In
We're the earliest investors you'll ever meet, and never pass because you're 'too early'. We embrace the pre-seed. We are hot on Voice, Market Networks, Industrial Tech, NewSpace, and anything Frontier -- wonky enough for us to spend the time to learn and ramp up with you. We seek founders with Deep Market Insights - you know the problem cold and the solution is bursting from you.
Not Interested In
No discovery apps. No FinTech. No consumer (except for marketplaces). No international, please. No Seed Prime, Post Seed, Series A rounds.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Co-Founder & Partner at Village Global
Most Interested In
Eager to support founders with disruptive ideas in human and machine learning, including AI and human capital development.
Menlo Park California - Austin - New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco - City - Salt Lake - Boston - Chicago - Sao Paulo - Portland - Seattle - Miami, United States - U.S.A. - Brazil
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)
Early Stage Investor and Vintner
General Partner at Montage Ventures
Most Interested In
I'm excited about companies in the FinTech space that leverage technology to create better consumer experiences in these highly regulated industries.
California - Menlo Park - San Francisco investing in founders with disruptive business models that can capitalize on current platforms as well as those founders that are building breakthrough technologies, United States - U.S.A.
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Robotics
Partner, co-founder ACME Capital
Partner and Co-founder at ACME Capital
New York - Seattle Washington, United States - U.S.A.
Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Robotics
General Partner at IA Ventures
What I look for
Pre-product market fit companies making the world suck less by delivering magical-seeming solutions to important and difficult problems. And appeal to a rational economic buyer.
Founders who are customer domain experts with a formidable strategic understanding of, and an ambitious non-obvious take on, a fast growing market.
Companies benefiting from a massive fundamental trend. Ones where the market will continue to blossom over the next 10+ years. For example:
DataDog and DigitalOcean benefit from the incredible growth of new software developers,
Kepler benefits from the burgeoning space economy & software-defined satellites,
DataRobot benefits from the importance of ML and the desire to democratize it,
Coiled benefits from Python becoming the defacto language of data science/engineering,
Canvas benefits from the move to value-based health care, and
Vectra benefits from the rise of AI, the move to the cloud, and the increasing sophistication of security attacks.
Companies with audacious visions that can deliver an MVP and have many collisions with the market in the 12 months following our initial investment because distribution matters as much as product. Ones that can get to fast-growing, high-margin, scalable, and repeatable revenue within 18 months.
Companies that have a thesis about how they can be a 70%+ gross margin business with an accelerating advantage that enable them to capture the majority of the market and resulting economics.
Founders that display clarity, courage, & urgency (clarity of speech == clarity of thought). Ones who are relentlessly resourceful and can attract the talent to achieve the vision.
How I like to invest
Provide enough runway. 24+ months of capital (thoughts on burn and team size at the seed stage) to build team, product, demonstrate the irrefutable product-market fit needed to raise the next round from a great investor.
Have enough conviction to do the whole round. No lead investor should make founders scavenge to fill out the round.
Value great syndicate members over ownership. The right syndicate can change the complexion of a company. Bottom line is the founder has the final say as to the right raise and right syndicate — keeping in mind it’s in both our interests to have a small focused group of truly helpful investors.
Hold an additional amount in reserve from the outset in case the company needs a bridge to demonstrate product-market fit. This falls under the responsibility of a true lead investor.
Invest in only a handful of companies a year. New investments should never be “options” or “lottery tickets.” Every investment I make has the potential to change the world, be a legendary company, and return our fund many times over.
Keep it simple (e.g. post-money SAFE) and expect that the time from signed term sheet to money in the bank will be less than 2 weeks.
Pay my own legal fees.
How I like to work with companies
Earn the trust of founders. Founders who believed in me enough to let me invest in their company.
Do no harm. The singular focus of a seed-stage company is finding irrefutable product-market fit. Investors can and do help, but most important is to ensure they don’t randomize founders. Founders know their business better than anyone.
Be an accountability partner. This has an outsize effect on success.
Be aligned. Every round of funding is an experiment. It is important to be explicit about, constantly assess, and evolve the hypotheses that are being tested. The company and its investors must be aligned prior to an investment. I’ve found that the best way to achieve this is for the founders and investors to explicitly define and agree upon the hypotheses being tested with this round of funding (here is an example of a hypothesis document ). That is not to say things won’t change, but it’s much easier when both parties are starting from a place of mutual understanding.
How I like to communicate
Be open. Send me anything you think is helpful or useful. When in doubt, send it. I read every email — if I have something of value to say I’ll respond, if not I won’t. The more information we share, the better we can work together.
I’ve found that the best entrepreneurs send out monthly updates.
Be candid. If I’ve done something that you want me to stop doing, keep doing, or start doing — let me know. I’d rather you be honest with me and tell me I screwed up than keep it to yourself. It makes me better and builds trust between us.
I’m your investor. I believe in you. I want you to succeed. I’ve seen it all (ducks!). You don’t need to market to me.
What I hope for
While each company has its own path to success, patterns do stand out. Generally, within 18 months after our initial investment, the best companies have built the right team, have the product in market and have demonstrated conclusive and irrefutable product-market fit (if you are not sure you have it, you likely don’t).
Once a company has demonstrated product-market fit, actively help raise the next round. Work closely with companies to refine the pitch (here is some great advice). Introduce them to the best VCs.
Invest my pro-rata in subsequent rounds of those companies that have demonstrated success. On average we invest somewhere between $6 and $10M over the life of the best companies in our portfolio. And those companies return 10x++ our total investment.
Palo Alto California - Austin Texas - San Francisco Bay Area, United States - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Local commerce • Online Social
Co-founder and General Partner at Cervin Ventures
Co-Founder and General Partner, Cervin Ventures
Miami Florida - San Francisco Bay Area, United States - U.S.A.
Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Payments
Investor at pif.vc | co-founder at Edvo | Forbes 30u30
Partner at Tribe Capital
New York City - Melbourne Florida - Boston Massachusetts - New York New York - Boston achusetts, United States - U.S.A.
A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Hyperplane Venture Capital, Co-founder and Managing Partner
Managing Partner at Hyperplane Venture Capital
Founded Pacific Commerce (Supply chain transaction and cataloguing platform) 1996
Founded Forensic Healing (International alternative therapy system) 2008
Seattle Washington - Spokane Washington, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Founder at Incisive Ventures
Most Interested In
Driven resilient founders solving a big problem of personal interest with unique technology approach, hopefully creating a blue ocean.
Not Interested In
Hardware, crypto, biotech, real estate.
Los Angeles California - San Diego - San Francisco - Seattle - Chicago - New York - Boston - Washington - Austin - Boulder - Denver - Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Senior Vice President at Evoke Advisors
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobility
New York City - New York New York, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • 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.
Palo Alto California - San Francisco (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Managing Director @ Obvious Ventures | Adjunct @ Stanford
Nan Li serves as Managing Director at Obvious Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. He formerly served as Principal. Previously he worked at Bain Capital Ventures, where he joined in 2010. He has spent the majority of his time in the emerging consumer media and tech space, which includes web services, ad tech, social media, and analytics. Prior to Bain Capital Ventures, Li spent a number of years at Bain & Company in Chicago working on various strategic and operational issues in the consumer technology, renewable energy, healthcare, industrial, and non-profit sectors. He has been involved in several startups since his time at the University of Michigan. Li received a BSE in Computer Science Engineering, magna cum laude, from The University of Michigan. He also serves as Board Observer at Recursion Pharmaceuticals.
San Francisco California - Redwood City California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Woman Focused
Investor in Artificial Intelligence, Immersive & Spatial Computing #AI #AR #VR
VC, exec and a techno-geek at heart
San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Sunnyvale California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile • Mobility
Partner at ngp capital.
John Gardner serves as General Manager of Wealth at SoFi. Also, he is a Co-Founder and served as Board Member & Chief Financial Officer at LearnVest. Gardner spent his career working for companies on the forefront of investment management and advisory solutions. He began his career at SEI Investments as an Equity Analyst and as a Director of Product within its Wealth Network. He served as a Director of Product Strategy at Finaplex. he was a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer of Cabezon Capital Management. He studied at Lehigh University where he double-majored in Finance and Marketing with a minor in Philosophy. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area, United States - U.S.A.
BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Robotics
Bio, Health Investor
Partner at Global Founders Capital
Most Interested In
Breakthrough technologies in data-driven healthcare and computational biology across research tools, diagnostics, therapeutics, and synthetic biology.
Valencia, Malta - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland, Monaco
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Mobility
Co-Founder & CMO at Mox
Most Interested In
Digital marketing and mobility/transportation companies based in Spain.
Not Interested In
Companies not based in Spain, Singapore, Portugal or Malta.
San Francisco California - Valley California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • GovTech • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Co-Founder and General Partner at BootstrapLabs
Co-Founder @bootstraplabs, Tech Investor, Startup Builder, Biz Dev, Funding, M&A expert, software eats the world, windsurfer, snowboarder, husband, father of 2.
Berkeley - Boston Massachusetts, United States - U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Managing Partner, Nassau Street Ventures at Alumni Ventures Group
Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures Group
Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • DeepTech • Consumer
Leading cybersec and devops early stage investments.
Leading cybersec and devops early stage investments.