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Nashville Tennessee - Salem Oregon - Portland Oregon - Denver Colorado - New York City (NY) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - Chicago (IL) - Miami (FL),
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Material Science • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Consumer
General Partner at Alpaca VC 🦙 (fka Corigin Ventures)
Most Interested In
Currently we're interested in Consumer, Marketplaces, and Real Estate tech - but are opportunistic and really just want great founders in huge markets
Not Interested In
BioTech, Social Networks, Marketing Software, Big Data, AR/VR
VC at @corigin-ventures . Founder @freshneck. Blogger at VCRamblings.com Past lives in law and finance.
San Francisco (CA) - Palo Alto (CA) - London - Tel Aviv (Israel) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility
Most Interested In
Anything online not illegal...
Not Interested In
Pharma, Cleantech
Valley California - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles (CA) - Toronto (Ontario) - Berkeley (CA) - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - New York (NY) - Atlanta (GA) - Boise City (ID), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobility
Entrepreneur and Investor
Most Interested In
Machine Intelligence Co-bots Market Networks in overlooked verticals AI to improve our healthcare system
Not Interested In
Consumer apps
Founder @direct-local-food, @gsquare-companies • Works at @bee-partners, @boise-angel-alliance • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-washington
Palo Alto California - San Francisco, California - Denver (CO) - Canada - Washington (DC) - Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures
Most Interested In
Immigrant entreprenuers. We provide 3 things: Your scalable friends and family capital, full immigration support, including sponsorship and stewardship to help you succeed faster. Our goal is to make investment decisions in 3 meetings over 2 hours.
Not Interested In
Non-immigrant founders.
Founder @unshackled - Investor. Entrepreneur. Love being at the intersection of do good, do well.
Santa Monica (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA) - Washington (DC) - Austin (TX), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Material Science
Most Interested In
Human capital development (edtech, higher ed, consumer toys, non-traditional education); AI / ML; marketplaces; consumer brands, products & services
Not Interested In
Gaming, life sciences, non-tech-enabled businesses
Los Angeles, California - AI - Analytics - AR/VR - Cars / autonomous vehicles - Hardware - IoT - Robotics - Space, U.S.A.
BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Aerospace / New Space: especially AI, edge computing, robotics, and autonomous systems.
Not Interested In
Really only primarily interested in aerospace right now...
Los Angeles California - Denver, Colorado - San Francisco (CA) - Redwood City, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Co-Founder and CEO at Exer Labs, Inc.
Veteran Entrepreneur & Investor: @signiavc @plyfe @haulerdeals @4info etc | Philanthropist: @palindromeadv climateX @asasafterschool @unfoundation @sfspca
San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Mobility
Most Interested In
Fun SaaS, particularly with a defensible barrier to entry that is technical. Some infrastructure software & hardware. IoT for consumers and enterprises.
Not Interested In
We don't make consumer (B2C) or crypto investments, sorry.
Jonathan Heiliger serves as Partner at Vertex Ventures US. He is a Board Member at LaunchDarkly. Most recently, he was a General Partner with North Bridge Venture Partners, from April 2012 to November 2014. During his tenure, he started the seed practice and led investments in Lytro, Periscope.io, Quora, and Ravel Law. Prior to NBVP, Jonathan worked at Facebook, where he led global infrastructure, site architecture and internal systems as VP Infrastructure & Technical Operations, from 2007 until 2011. During that time Facebook grew from 35 million to over 800 million users. Before that, Jonathan held executive engineering roles at Wal-Mart and Danger (acquired by Microsoft). He also spent several years as Chief Operating Officer for Loudcloud (which became Opsware and was later acquired by HP). Earlier in his career, Jonathan co-founded and was CTO of GlobalCenter, and later founded Global Crossing's venture capital group. Jonathan currently serves on the board of directors of DuPont Fabros (DFT), Jive Software (JIVE), and Webmonsters. He also co-founded Coolan and served as an Advisor.
San Francisco California ; Los Angeles California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer • Industrials
Business Development Sales Professional / Consultant
He has 10+ years experience in the financial industry specializing in business development and sales. Starting out at the Pacific Stock Exchange in LA as an electronic floor broker, he then went upstairs creating a new division for off exchange executions. Eventually his group executed billions of shares per day led to OES Market Group getting bought out by Merrill Lynch. Later, he moved into the retail side as a financial advisor at Treveri Capital for individuals, managing risk, and creating liquidity for executives of pre-IPO private companies. He likes all inefficient markets that need disruption. He is also scaling Oxford BioChronometrics which passively authenticates a user based on user behavior which is gaining speed in the fake adtech market. Being a visionary, he is interested in disruptive technologies such as fintech, adtech and cyber security. For fun he created LA Fintech and LA Ad Pros networking groups with 5,000+ members. jmar42@pm.me
Dallas (TX) - - Austin Texas - Dallas Texas - U.S.A., U.S.A.
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 (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer • Oil & Gas
Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of AXS TV. He is also a "shark" investor on Shark Tank.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
New Food & Engineered Biology. Industry 4.0. Transformation of Transportation to New Mobility.
Not Interested In
Life Sciences. Healthcare. Medical Devices. Pharma.
Founder Bridge 37 Ventures • Founder Dorwart Whiskey • Director @intel • Chairman @critical-perfusion • CEO @Alandra•Founder @davannayoga•22 yrs in LatAm & Asia
Oakland California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Future Of Work • Robotics • Mobility
Most Interested In
We look for founders using advanced technology or unique market insight to attack high impact problems in the real world, across themes like human health, climate & sustainability, manufacturing and food & agriculture. Our investments include Full Harvest, Mammoth Biosciences, Misty Robotics, Renew Financial, Palantir and Assurex Health.
Not Interested In
Entertainment, adtech, retail/ecommerce.
VC @ Claremont Creek Ventures • Investor @palantir-technologies, @badgeville, @snappytv, @flipswap • Founder @orbit-commerce • Worked at @rre-ventures, @in-q-tel, @bina-technologies
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - Chicago (IL) - Seattle (WA) - Midwest - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)
Investor at Basis Set Ventures. Human hunting for intelligent machines.
John Mannes is an investor at Basis Set Ventures, a $136 million early stage venture capital fund focused on supporting startups using machine learning to address big problems across industries. Prior to Basis Set Ventures, John was a TechCrunch writer covering machine intelligence startups, machine learning research and major AI initiatives from big tech.
San Jose, California - Israel - Canada, U.S.A.
AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • Mobility
Most Interested In
Autonomous Mobility/Transportation, Drones, FoodTech, AgTech, Robotics, Blockchain, FinTech, InsurTech, AI, IoT... start-ups where Sony can bring in strategic value
Not Interested In
pre-Seed
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Robotics • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Internet of Beings, IOT, AI, 5G, Digital Lifestyle, Mobile, Mobility, Robotics
Not Interested In
Enterprise, B2B SaaS
San Francisco, California - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Boston (MA) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - Israel, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility
Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Alameda, California - Austin (TX) - Boston (MA) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Seattle / Portland - New York (NY) - Washington (DC) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.
BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Future Of Work • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Mobility
Managing Partner at Alpha Bridge Ventures
Most Interested In
I am particularly interested in Aerospace and defense right now. Drones, space, flight and everything connecting them.
Not Interested In
I don't invest in purely consumer facing businesses, e-commerce businesses, game studios or ad tech. If your business is not based on a novel technology or an original application of technology to a new space, it probably is not a great fit.
San Francisco, California - Menlo Park (CA) - Mill Valley, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Impact • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at @redpoint-ventures; Director of Platform at @twitter and early employee; Director of Consumer Product at @skyhook and early employee;
San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Menlo Park (CA) - New York (NY) - Tel Aviv (Israel), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Partner at NEA
Most Interested In
AI / ML, Microservices and Devops, Cybersecurity, Industrial AI / Automation and Robotics
Not Interested In
eCommerce, Adtech, Healthcare
Principal at @new-enterprise-associates
San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California - AI - Cars / autonomous vehicles - Cloud infrastructure - IoT - Robotics, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobility
Most Interested In
Immigrant founders in the US, from anywhere in the world, who are solving real-world problems with a unique insight. Strong adversity muscle is a must. We'll invest capital, take care of immigration, and surround you with operators who help you move faster.
Not Interested In
Companies without atleast one founder born outside the US. There are plenty of funds for such companies. So, we will focus only where we can add the most value.
Nitin is a founding partner of Unshackled Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund for immigrant founded startups in the U.S. The fund has led marquee investments in driverless trucking, AI for water management, edge computing and emotional intelligence. Before starting Unshackled Ventures, Nitin founded an experiential ecommerce company. Prior to that, he ran finance and strategy for ed-tech startup Kno (acquired by Intel) that raised over $90M of funding from top VC’s including Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital and Floodgate. Before Kno, Nitin worked at Deloitte, focusing on tech startups and helping them with growth, exits, and strategic initiatives. Nitin has appeared on NBC, NPR, CCTV, has been featured in various publications including Forbes, WSJ, Financial Times, Techcrunch, CNN, and has been an op-ed contributor in the Huffington Post and ReCode. Nitin is actively engaged as mentor or as part of evaluation committee at Stanford University, Babson, Alchemist Accelerator, GTWY, Founder Institute, among others. Being an immigrant himself and having founded startups while on a visa in U.S., Nitin understands the venture resources immigrant founders need, besides capital. He recognizes the opportunity immigrant founders represent and is focused on building an ecosystem that strengthens the pursuit of their American dream.
San Francisco, California - Israel - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • GovTech • Impact • Mobility
Urban Sustainability and Resilience focused VC. Co-Founder of Urban Us.
I'm co-founder of Urban Us, an asset manager specialized in early-stage startups upgrading cities for climate change. With a team that spans both coasts, the platform includes an early-stage venture fund, a BMW funded accelerator and an early stage credit fund. I've founded five companies, speak 4 languages, code, and have taught and lectured at the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, and HBS. My leisure time is spent reading, playing instruments, and training Muay Thai.
Marin County California - ; Bermuda; San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Investment Management
Managing Partner at Nephila since 2004, on board of Advisen, past investor / board member at The Climate Corporation and MetroMile, 20+ years in risk markets
San Francisco, California - Israel - Tokyo,
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Not Interested In
I only invest in hardware/full-stack companies.
Santa Monica California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile • Consumer
Co-founder and Co-CEO @thrive-market
Palo Alto (CA) - Japan - Tokyo Japan - Palo Alto California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Masai Ishikawa serves as Assistant Manager of Global Business Development at NTT DoCoMo.