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Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - China
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Travel, Learn & Invest Globally; 8-time Forbes Midas Lister (#10 in ‘20)
Early investor in Xiaomi, EHIC (NYSE), Forgame (HKSE 0484), Wish, FlightCar, Mafengwo, 51Fanli, Operator, Misfit, Little Red Book, Musical.ly, Snapdeal, Airbnb
Boston - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Founder and General Partner at Spark Capital
Santo Politi is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Spark Capital. He has led Spark's investments in eToro, Convert Media, Genie, Oculus, Orchard, Qriously, Storenvy, Triggit and Zazma. He also led Spark's previous investments in Adap.TV (acquired by AOL), Admeld (acquired by Google), CT-100/CNET (acquired by CBS), IPWireless (acquired by General Dynamics), KickApps (acquired by KIT Digital), Lexity (acquired by Yahoo!) and OneRiot (acquired by Walmart). He served as a board member of 5Min (acquired by AOL) and thePlatform (acquired by Comcast). He was previously a Partner at Charles River Ventures (CRV) where he led investments in BigBand Networks (NASDAQ: BBND), Broadbus Technologies (acquired by Motorola) and Groove Mobile (acquired by LiveWire). Prior to Charles River Ventures, he served as President of New Media for Blockbuster Entertainment (NYSE: BBI). He also previously co-founded BT Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm affiliated with Bankers Trust where he led successful investments in Aether Systems (NASDAQ: AETH), DigitalThink (NASDAQ: DTHK) and Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL). He previously held various engineering and management positions at Matsushita Electric Industrial, Panasonic and Weston Instruments. He holds an MBA in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from NJIT and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. He serves as a Board member at Qriously, PreVeil, Uncommon and Lightmatter.
Palo Alto - Tel Aviv, Israel - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Network effect businesses! NFX focuses on businesses that have - or want to have - network effects in their core. This can be in any field - consumer, SMB, Enterprise, Fintech, Healthcare or govtech; and on any platform - web & mobile but also AR/VR, Blockchain, 3D printing, AI, Robotics and others. Top founders with huge ideas!
Not Interested In
Currently not focusing on non-network effect businesses and specifically not telecom equipment, semiconductors and life sciences.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital ; Board Observer at @changecoin ; Mentor at @boost-bitcoin-fund ; Mentor at @golden-gate-ventures
New York, U.S.A. - France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Alven
Seed & Series A VC in Europe focus on marketplaces, fintech, SaaS
Seattle - New York - Vancouver - Toronto (Ontario) - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
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.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Charles Moldow serves as General Partner at Foundation Capital. He serves as Member of Board of Directors at LendingHome, States Title and CoverWallet. He served as Board Member & Advisor at BTCJam. He has a background in general management, sales, marketing, product management, and business development. Before coming to Foundation Capital, he was part of two teams that successfully built companies from early start-up through greater than $100 million in sales and exits near or above a billion dollars. Charles has made fourteen investments since joining Foundation, of which five have been acquired: PowerSet to Microsoft; Xoopit to Yahoo!; Adwhirl to Google; Weblistic to Spot Runner and Therative to Phillips. Charles' current portfolio includes: BancBox, CloudOn, Copious, Everyday Health, Fanhood, Utah Street Labs, HomeRun, Adroll, Motif Investing, Revel Touch, and SunRun. Prior to Foundation, Charles spent five years with Tellme Networks and was a member of the founding executive team. While there, he led Tellme in raising one of the largest private financing rounds in the country post-Internet bubble, adding $125 million in cash to the company balance sheet during tough market conditions in August, 2000. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $760 million. Prior to Tellme, Charles was a member of the founding team of Internet access provider Home Network. In 1996, he established the @Media division and over the ensuing three years helped establish Media as the leading broadband media provider. In 1997 the company went public. A year later, Charles assisted in the $7 billion acquisition of Excite Network. Prior to that, Charles spent three years in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Merrill Lynch. Charles holds a BS degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Harvard University. He serves as an Advisor at VSL Partners. He also serves as a Board member at Grabr.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Online Social • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Seed-stage Internet Software investments. Opportunistic.
Not Interested In
No Hardware.
Belmont - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Productivity
Raj Kapoor serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Lyft. He is also the Head of Business for Lyft's self-driving division. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mayfield portfolio company fitmob, a mobile company that is re-inventing the gym through social/local workouts. He serves as board advisor at ClassPass. He also currently serves as Venture Advisor & Managing Director to Mayfield Fund. He has been working in the internet/mobile/interactive space for 21 years. He started in interactive TV at Bell Atlantic, founded the internet club at Harvard Business School, was an early employee at @Home, and later ran e-commerce services at Excite@Home. He co-founded Snapfish in 1999 as CEO and then sold the company to Hewlett Packard for $300 million. His next venture took him to Mayfield, where he invested in 12 companies including Lyft, Qunar, Red Beacon/Home Depot, and Rubicon Project.
Seattle / Portland - Minneapolis - New York - Los Angeles / Southern California - Midwest - Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Founding Partner at Starting Line
Most Interested In
I am looking to lead rounds where founders have identified a market dislocation that they're successfully attacking - whether that is for economic reasons, data reasons, or generational reasons. I have invested in popular culture (Cameo), food (Hungryroot), mobility (Spothero), recreation (Catch Co), real estate (Flyhomes/Havenly), finance (Sunbit/M1Finance) and more.
Ezra Galston is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Starting Line. He serves as Investment Committee Member at Bold Coast Capital. Galston is an Angel Investor of Ezra Galston. He served as Principal at Chicago Ventures. He focuses on all facets of the firm's consumer facing and marketing tech investments and is actively involved with Blitsy, BloomNation, Kapow Events, Luxury Garage Sale, Shiftgig, SpotHero, and Zipments. Ezra's thoughts on startups, gaming, e-commerce and bitcoin have been published in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Re/code. Ezra joined Chicago Ventures in March, 2012 and prior was a Young Entrepreneur at Foundation Capital. Before business school, Ezra served as the Director of Marketing for CardRunners Gaming - the parent company of CardRunners, Hold'em Manager and DraftDay - and before then earned a living as a professional poker player. He launched his first startup at age 13 and served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Buzz Marketing Group from 2003-2005 working closely with Midas Records, Sony Records and MTV. Ezra is a proud husband and father to a two year old boy. His varied interests have led him to launch a record label and produce a festival screened short film. He is a Kauffman Fellow, Class 18 and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a BA from New York University.
Seattle - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social • Consumer
Founder, Managing Director Shasta Ventures
Most Interested In
Tech enabled consumer brands and services. We focus on Series A and early B, US based companies.
Not Interested In
We do not focus on clean tech, biotech, or companies outside the United States. We are not active seed investors.
Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel - U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing)
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Investing in early stage start ups in: Retail, eCommerce, Media, Marketing and Advertising Tech.
Managing Director and CEO at Nielsen Innovate
Dov Yarkoni serves as Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen Innovate. He is a Board Member of TapReason and Personalics. He served as Chief Investment Officer at Nielsen Innovate.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
eCommerce, Social Apps, Education, Transportation
Not Interested In
Enterprise, Security
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
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Member Board Of Trustees at Dartmouth College
Member Board Of Trustees at Dartmouth College
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility • Online Social
Entrepreneur, Investor
Shan Mehta serves as Partner at Trilogy Real Estate Group. He is also a Managing Partner at CITG Capital Partners, LLC. While at the firm, Mehta served as the President at Evigna and led its acquisition, restructuring, and eventual sale in 2010. Prior to CITG, he was an Investment Associate at GTCR, where he focused on evaluating investments in software and business services. Prior to that, Mehta worked at Morgan Stanley's Princes' Gate Investors fund in New York, where he focused largely on venture investing in areas such as data storage and enterprise software. Prior to that, he worked in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley's Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings group in New York. Mehta serves as a Board Member of Netlink and Little Switzerland. He holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD and a B.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Boston - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Developer tools
Venture Capitalist
Most Interested In
Enterprise software, Analytics enablement
Not Interested In
Consumer (B2C)
Los Altos, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility
Co-Founder & COO at Wholesail
Co-Founder & COO at Wholesail