1. Applications solving large and non-obvious problems in data-intensive industries
2. ML-driven applications that have found a path to an initial data advantage and have the potential to create a definitive intelligence advantage
3. Business operations platforms for SMB vendors who have never had a good one, esp that are driven by mobile, esp that drive payment flow
4. Large-scale applications and HW/SW systems that sell into government
Not Interested In
I like to be surprised by things I think I may not be interested in and so try not to rule anything out.
Partner @venrock • Investor @claralending, @Centricient, @dataminr, @care, @gilt Groupe • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-oxford-2
Education • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Consumer
Description
Investor and Company Builder, Partner at Greylock Partners
Asheem Chandna serves as Partner at Greylock Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at Obsidian Security. He serves as Board Member at Awake Networks and POPin. He is focused on enterprise IT company investments including the next generation data center. He has helped create and grow multiple technology businesses to market-leading positions - both as a venture capitalist and as a former operating executive. His current company boards and investments include AppDynamics, Delphix, Imperva, Avi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, TechProcess and Xsigo. Previous company boards and investments include Aruba (ARUN), CipherTrust (MCAF), NetBoost (INTC), PortAuthority (WBSN), Securent (CSCO) and Sourcefire (FIRE). He joined Greylock in 2003 from Check Point Software, where he was Vice President of Business Development and Product Management. Prior to Check Point, he was Vice President of Marketing with CoroNet Systems (acquired by Compuware), where he helped create and define a new product category for application-aware network monitoring. Previously, he held strategic marketing and product line positions with SynOptics/Bay Networks and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He also served as Board Member at Aquantia.
Greg Castle
Investing in A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain ...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Flock Group:
• Marxent:
$10000000 (Series B)
• ZeroTier, Inc.:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• 3D Cloud by Marxent:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Oculus:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Airfold:
$4000000 (Seed)
• JigSpace:
$13000000 (Series Unknown)
• ZeroMark:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Fondo:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Framework:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Framework:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Cquence:
(Seed)
• Osso VR:
$27000000 (Series B)
• Osso VR:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Simulon:
$500000 (Pre Seed)
• ZeroTier:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• Oze:
$700000 (Seed)
• WasteHero:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Restream:
$50000000 (Series A)
• Mesh++:
(Seed)
• Onebrief:
(Seed)
• Onebrief:
(Seed)
• Spiketrap:
$3000000 (Seed)
• App Academy:
(Seed)
• Addressable:
(Seed)
• Looking Glass Factory:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Looking Glass Factory:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Antara Health:
(Series Unknown)
• 6D.ai:
$3000000 (Seed)
• 6D.ai:
(Seed)
• Rec Room:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Rec Room:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Lightform:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Lightform:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Equally:
(Seed)
• RosieReality:
$2000000 (Seed)
• RosieReality:
$700000 (Seed)
• WeatherCheck:
(Seed)
• LightOn:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Phiar Technologies:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Twizted Design:
(Seed)
• Vantage Point:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Supermedium:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Catalog:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Catalog:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Sketchfab:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• Orderful:
(Seed)
• Sourcify:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Iron Ox:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Iron Ox:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Flock Safety:
$120000 (Seed)
• Anduril Industries:
(Seed)
• Advano:
(Seed)
• SmartyPans:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Dishcraft Robotics:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Vivid Vision:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Reduced Energy Microsystems:
$2000000 (Seed Round)
Greg Castle is the Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Anorak Ventures. He serves as the Advisor at UploadVR. Prior to Anorak, Greg was an active angel investor with 30 investments counting two exits including Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook for $2bln. With strong ties to the VR/AR community, Greg focuses much of his time investing in and mentoring startups in this sector. Previously, Greg led marketing for the popular game development company Scaleform and for Autodesk's Game Technology Group.
Dharmesh Thakker
Investing in A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Securit...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Gong.io:
$40000000 (Series B)
• InVision:
$100000000 (Later stage VC)
• Sisense:
$100000000 (Later stage VC)
• Dataiku:
$100000000 (Later stage VC)
• GetYourGuide:
$75000000 (Later stage VC)
• Cumulus Networks:
$43000000 (Later stage VC)
• HackerRank:
$30000000 (Later stage VC)
• Excelero Storage:
$25000000 (Later stage VC)
• BigPanda:
$23000000 (Later stage VC)
• Reflektion:
$12000000 (Later stage VC)
• Quinyx AB:
$12000000 (Later stage VC)
• Quantum Machines:
$5500000 (Early stage VC)
• Prodigy:
$5400000 (Seed Round)
• Reflect Software:
$1800000 (Seed Round)
• Latitude Geographics:
(Later stage VC)
• PageUp:
(Later stage VC)
• Curve Dental:
(Later stage VC)
• Databricks:
(mid stage)
• Expel:
(early stage)
• Fungible, Inc.:
(early stage)
• JFrog:
(late stage)
• BlueData, Inc.:
(early stage)
• Intel Movidius:
(late stage)
• ScienceLogic:
• DynamicOps:
(mid stage)
• Enlighted Inc:
(early stage)
• Virident Systems:
• Actifio:
(early stage)
• Opal:
$22000000 (Series B)
• ZeroTier:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Orkes:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Orkes:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Opal Security:
$22000000 (Series B)
• Weaviate:
$50000000 (Series B)
• InfluxData:
$51000000 (Series E)
• InfluxData:
$16000000 (Series B)
• Arize AI:
$38000000 (Series B)
• Arize AI:
$19000000 (Series A)
• Normalyze:
$22000000 (Series A)
• Ordr:
$40000000 (Series C)
• Ordr:
$28000000 (Series B)
• Theta Lake:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Bionic:
$65000000 (Series B)
• Bionic:
$17000000 (Series A)
• Contrast Security:
$150000000 (Series E)
• Contrast Security:
$65000000 (Series D)
• Contrast Security:
$30000000 (Series C)
• Collibra:
$250000000 (Series G)
• Collibra:
$110000000 (Series F)
• Collibra:
$100000000 (Series E)
• Collibra:
$58000000 (Series D)
• Collibra:
$50000000 (Series C)
• Matillion:
$150000000 (Series E)
• Matillion:
$80000000 (Series D)
• Matillion:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Launchable:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Launchable:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Styra:
$40000000 (Series B)
• LinearB:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Gong:
$200000000 (Series D)
• Gong:
$65000000 (Series C)
• Gong:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Lucid Lane Inc.:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Bridgecrew:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Sumo Logic:
$110000000 (Series G)
• Guardsquare:
$29000000 (Series A)
• Paperspace:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Sensu:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Mirantis:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Mirantis:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Mirantis:
$10000000 (Series A)
• MongoDB:
$150000000 (Series F)
• MongoDB:
$8000000 (Series E)
• MongoDB:
(Series Unknown)
• Maginatics:
$17000000 (Series B)
• Zinrelo:
$1000000 (Series A)
Dharmesh Thakker
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Roboticist, Founder, CEO at Chef Robotics (We're hiring!)
Roboticist, Founder, CEO at Chef Robotics (We're hiring!)
Founder @thirdeye • Managing Partner @prototype-capital • @forbes Contributor • Author of What High School Didn't Teach Me • Studied at @wharton-school
Joseph Ansanelli
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Menlo Park , San Fran..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Pipewise:
(early stage)
• MobileIron:
(early stage)
• mozaiq:
(early stage)
• relayr:
(mid stage)
• Worldsensing:
• Actility:
(late stage)
• Cisco:
• Italtel:
• Ramphastos Investments:
• Google:
• Accenture:
(late stage)
• Gladly:
$55000000 (Series Unknown)
• Gladly:
$50000000 (Series D)
• Gladly:
$36000000 (Series C)
• Gladly:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Gladly:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Trifacta:
$100000000 (Series E)
• Trifacta:
$48000000 (Series D)
• Trifacta:
(Series C)
• Trifacta:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Trifacta:
$25000000 (Series C)
• Trifacta:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Sumo Logic:
$75000000 (Series F)
• Sumo Logic:
$80000000 (Series E)
• Sumo Logic:
$30000000 (Series D)
• Sumo Logic:
$30000000 (Series C)
• Sumo Logic:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Included Health:
$55000000 (Series C)
• Included Health:
$38000000 (Series B)
• Lookout:
$11000000 (Series B)
• Lookout:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Smartling:
$4000000 (Series A)
• ZangZing:
$2000000 (Seed)
Joseph Ansanelli
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce
Description
Partner at U.S. Venture Partners
Partner at U.S. Venture Partners
Entrepreneur-VC, dad x 3, competitive sailor, invests in US and Israel, passionate about building companies and working with non-assholes
Most Interested In
I am most interested in solving business problems and building big companies in the process. That includes enterprise software and cloud and all the underlying technologies. I am naturally more attracted to companies with a technical breakthrough and love to scale companies.
Not Interested In
I am mostly not interested in anything B2C unless there is a business that benefits from the consumer using the product and paying for it. I am skeptical about cleantech and fintech but can sometimes be convinced if there is a clear business angle.
Enterprise VC-engineer-company builder | GP@Foundation Capital
Most Interested In
I work with startups across the enterprise stack. I am particularly excited about how machine learning and deep learning are reinventing existing software categories and creating new consumer experiences. I have invested in companies in AI-enabled business applications (such as Marketing Technology and HR Technology), Data Platforms, Data Center Infrastructure, Online Video, and Cyber Security.
Not Interested In
I rarely invest in consumer, and have never invested in healthcare start-ups
General Partner at Foundation Capital,15 years of operating and entrepreneurial experience, mostly in sales, marketing and Go-To-Market strategy.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility
Description
Partner at Index Ventures
Martin Mignot serves as a Partner at Index Ventures. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at TheFamily. He specialises in SaaS, marketplaces, bitcoin and mobile. He worked on 50+ transactions to date, including Assistly, Auxmoney, BaseCRM, Cloud.com, Codecademy, DimDim, Factual, Farfetch, Flipboard, Funding Circle, Gluster, HouseTrip, Just Eat, Lookout, Nasty Gal, Notonthehighstreet, onefinestay, PeoplePerHour, TrustPilot, Soluto and SoundCloud. He is actively looking after Index's investments in Algolia, Capitaine Train, Drivy, Rad and Swiftkey. Prior to joining Index, Martin was in the TMT team at UBS Investment Bank and cofounded the beauty subscription business Boudoir Prive (acquired by Joliebox/Birchbox) and a student web radio service.
Josh Kopelman
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Jean Ray:
(Seed Round)
• Candid Health:
$29000000 (Series B)
• Candid Health:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Vitable Health:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Vitable Health:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Pomelo Care:
$46000000 (Series B)
• Pomelo Care:
$33000000 (Series A)
• Eigen Therapeutics:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Merlin Labs:
$110000000 (Series B)
• Merlin Labs:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Merlin Labs:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Boulder Care:
$36000000 (Series B)
• Boulder Care:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Canonic Security:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Pinwheel:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Pinwheel:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Pinwheel:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Mythic Therapeutics:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Kandji:
$100000000 (Series C)
• Kandji:
$60000000 (Series B)
• Kandji:
$21000000 (Series A)
• Kandji:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Kandji:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Vital:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Vital:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Root AI:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Root AI:
$2000000 (Seed)
• RenoFi:
$6000000 (Series A)
• RenoFi:
$750000 (Seed)
• Snackpass:
$24000000 (Series A)
• Snackpass:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Notion:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Notion:
(Angel)
• Whose Your Landlord:
(Seed)
• Athenascope:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Spring Discovery:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Spring Discovery:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Gregor Diagnostics:
$900000 (Seed)
• Swivel:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Upserve:
(Series Unknown)
• Upserve:
$20000000 (Series C)
• Upserve:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Upserve:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Upserve:
$880000 (Angel)
• Houwzer:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Upstart:
$33000000 (Series D)
• Upstart:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Upstart:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Upstart:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Grokker:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Grokker:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Grokker:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Clover Health:
$160000000 (Series C)
• Clover Health:
$35000000 (Series B)
• Clover Health:
$100000000 (Series A)
• Zodiac:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Curalate:
$28000000 (Series C)
• Curalate:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Curalate:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Curalate:
$750000 (Seed)
• The Black Tux:
$25000000 (Series B)
• The Black Tux:
$10000000 (Series A)
• The Black Tux:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Drop:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Drop:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Drop:
$1000000 (Seed)
• ModCloth:
$15000000 (Series C)
• ModCloth:
$25000000 (Series C)
• ModCloth:
$20000000 (Series B)
• ModCloth:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Jelli:
$21000000 (Series B)
• Jelli:
$9000000 (Series Unknown)
• Jelli:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Jelli:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Boxed:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Boxed:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Zoomin:
$8000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zoomin:
$12000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zoomin:
$850000 (Seed)
• Flatiron Health:
$130000000 (Series B)
• Flatiron Health:
$8000000 (Series A)
• OnDeck:
$77000000 (Series E)
• OnDeck:
$42000000 (Series D)
• OnDeck:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Monetate:
$8000000 (Series C)
• Monetate:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Monetate:
$600000 (Seed)
• PandoDaily:
$3000000 (Seed)
• SavingStar:
$9000000 (Series D)
• SavingStar:
$9000000 (Series C)
• SavingStar:
$7000000 (Series B)
• SavingStar:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Mashery:
$10000000 (Series Unknown)
• Mashery:
$11000000 (Series D)
• Mashery:
$6000000 (Series C)
• Mashery:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Mashery:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Mashery:
(Seed)
• Gumroad:
$1000000 (Seed)
• tlee.com:
$1000000 (Series Unknown)
• AppNexus:
$50000000 (Series C)
• AppNexus:
$5000000 (Series B)
• AppNexus:
$8000000 (Series B)
• AppNexus:
$3000000 (Seed)
• BigDeal:
$5000000 (Series Unknown)
• Aster Data Systems:
$17000000 (Series B)
• Aster Data Systems:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Aster Data Systems:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Bazaarvoice:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Bazaarvoice:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Feedster:
(Series A)
• Adchemy:
$1000000 (Series A)
• InstaMed:
$800000 (Seed)
• Delicious:
(Seed)
• LinkedIn:
$5000000 (Series A)
• TurnTide:
$750000 (Series A)
• IronPort Systems:
$17000000 (Series B)
• Boomi:
$900000 (Angel)
• Liveops:
$1000000 (Series A)
Josh Kopelman
San Francisco Bay Area - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Description
Partner, First Round Capital
Founding Partner, @first-round-capital; Founder @half-com (sold to EBay)
Linked In Description:
Josh is a founding Partner at First Round Capital, a seed-stage technology venture fund. Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization.
In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation – and took it public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1996. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 -- and Josh remained with eBay for three years, running the Half.com business unit and growing eBay’s Media marketplace to almost half a billion dollars in annual gross merchandise sales. In late 2003 Josh helped to found TurnTide, an anti-spam company that created the world's first anti-spam router. TurnTide was acquired by Symantec just six months later.
Josh founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. And since that time the firm has invested in over 350 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh was ranked 3rd on the 2018 New York Times list of Top Venture Capitalists and consistently ranks in the top 20 of the Forbes Midas List of the top 100 tech investors. Josh has been named as one of the top ten ‘angel investors’ in the United States by Newsweek magazine, one of "Tech's New Kingmakers" by Business 2.0 magazine and a "Rising VC Star" by Fortune magazine. Josh also is the proud winner of a second place ribbon in the 2011 Nantucket Watermelon Eating competition.
Josh is an inventor on sixteen U.S. Patents for his work in Internet technology. In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young’s prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Greater Philadelphia region.
Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
How to connect with Angel Investors in the A.I. industry?
In the AI & Big Data industry, angel investors such as Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Reid Hoffman are highly active. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics. Peter Thiel, co-founder of Palantir Technologies, invests in AI startups that have the potential to revolutionize data analysis and intelligence. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, looks for companies that leverage AI to solve complex problems and create new opportunities. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, seeks out startups with scalable AI solutions and strong network effects. To connect with these investors, attend AI and big data conferences, tech expos, and networking events such as NeurIPS, AI Summit, and Strata Data Conference. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your AI or big data solution addresses key challenges, such as improving data analysis, enhancing decision-making, or automating processes. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as partnerships with tech companies, user growth, or successful pilot projects. Building relationships through initial informal meetings or discussions at industry panels can help establish trust with these investors. Demonstrating the impact of your technology through case studies or pilot programs can also add credibility. Personalize your outreach by referencing the investor’s previous investments and explaining how your venture aligns with their interests. Demonstrating a sustainable business model with clear revenue streams, such as subscription fees, licensing, or service contracts, will further strengthen your pitch. Leveraging endorsements or case studies from AI or big data experts can also enhance your credibility.
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