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Newcastle upon Tyne - San Francisco California - Costa Mesa California - Los Angeles California - Ontario California - Toronto On Canada - New York City (NY) - Denver (CO) - Seattle (WA) - Austin (TX), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Founder & General Partner at Brand Foundry Ventures
Most Interested In
Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Platforms, Products
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile
VP Partnerships at Sapho (Acquired by Citrix) / Angel Investor
Partner at Canaan
Most Interested In
frontier tech; deep tech investments including AI / ML, IoT, Space and Robotics, as well as enterprise and infrastructure software
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
Sydney Australia, Australia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science
Managing General Partner at Pick & Shovel Ventures, Non Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer at Tractor Ventures, Investor & Advisor
Geek turned business guy. Investor, advisor & mentor. Since '96 I have: - been a software developer, mostly on the web. - ran a hosting company. - co-founded and exited (with varying degrees of success) 5 tech startups. (River Dynamics, YourWeb, ProcessGo, Wattcost, DoneSafe). - become a partner at Lookahead Search, opened and ran the Melbourne office. - directed Founder Institute for two semesters in Melbourne. - was the President then Treasurer of Ruby Australia. - made 11 early stage investments (Pin Payments, Practice Ignition, Buildkite, Gyde, Hava, Teamsquare, Mentor Loop, Spaceship financial, CodeLingo, Making Things, Taggd). - helped Blackbird Ventures with deal flow - Invested in and mentored with StartMate since 2017 Sydney batch, Partner since MEL17 - joined the Amazon AWS Startup team in Melbourne, VC BD. - formed Pick & Shovel, Australia’s first Revenue Based investment fund. My goal is to connect dots, to help people with the others in my network. I have a specific interest in companies that allow software development teams to be as focussed as possible. Contact details at: http://matta.io/
San Francisco (CA) - Valley California ; San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., 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.
Palo Alto, California - AI - Impact - Parenting/families, U.S.A.
Education • A.I. (& Big Data) • Human Resources • Impact
General Partner at Reach Capital
General Partner in Reach Capital (an early stage venture fund for edtech startups). Started in edtech industry in 2013 as Executive Director of co.lab, an accelerator for ed-tech startups leveraging the power of games to improve educational outcomes
Former co-founder and CEO of social game developer Atakama Labs. Based in San Francisco and Santiago, Chile. Developing next generation social games on mobile platforms.
Acquired in Oct 2011 by the DeNA Group (TYO:2432). After acquisition I became VP at DeNA with roles in Studios, corporate development and as Head of Alliances.
Previously co-founder and CEO of Wanako Games, a console, PC and online videogame development company that pioneered in leveraging Latin American talent for the design and production of videogames. Wanako earned numerous awards including Game of the Year 2006 for Xbox Live by IGN.com.
After Wanako was acquired by Vivendi Inc (Paris: VIV) in December 2006, I was VP of Business Development at Sierra Online.
Previous to Wanako I had worked in the VC, Private Equity and Investment Banking industries.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • DeepTech • Mobile • Consumer
AI expert, entrepreneur and investor in world-changing ventures.
Dr. Barney Pell serves as Board Member at LocoMobi. He is a Board Member of Ecoation Innovative Solutions. He is an Associate Founder and serves as Advisor at Singularity University. He serves as a Board Member at Speak With Me. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman at LocoMobi. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QuickPay. He was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Powerset. He is Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Moon Express, a private company building autonomous robotic lunar landers and is also Associate Founder and Trustee of Singularity University. Barney received his Ph.D. in computer science from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar and his B.S. degree in Symbolic Systems from the Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a National Merit Scholar.
New York City (NY) - New York New York ; New Delhi India; Palo Alto California ; New York ; California, U.S.A.
A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Founding Member and Legal Advisor, Excelerate at Excelerate
Anil Advani is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Inventus Law. He also serves as an Advisor at Eventerprise. Anil Advani specializes in the representation of early stage startup companies, venture funds, institutional angel investors and many prominent angel investors in silicon valley, India and other startup jurisdictions around the world. In the last 17 years practicing law in Silicon Valley, Advani has represented more than 2,000 startup companies and numerous founders, venture capital investors, angel investors, investment banks and venture debt investors in silicon valley and across the world, on issues relating to formation, founder issues, consulting and advisory arrangements, capital structuring, angel financings, venture financings, debt financings, leasing, strategic licensing and customer arrangements, and mergers and acquisitions. Advani has represented clients in more than 300 financing and M&A transactions valued at over $2 billion in the aggregate. He also has an active practice representing: (1) U.S. based public companies, investment banks, financial institutions and venture funds on acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and other strategic transactions in India, and (2) companies from New York, Los Angeles, Arizona, Chicago, India, Singapore, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Croatia, Iceland, Czech, Hungary, Romania, South Africa, the U.K. and other world jurisdictions in setting up operations in Silicon Valley. Prior to starting Inventus Law in September 2009, Advani was Of Counsel and Head of India Practice in the Menlo Park offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Before joining Orrick, he was General Counsel and Vice President of SemIndia, a pioneering effort to establish semiconductor manufacturing in India. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating with the Government of India in formulating a comprehensive semiconductor policy for India as well as with the State of Andhra Pradesh in structuring Fab City in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Prior to joining SemIndia, Advani was a Senior Associate in the Silicon Valley offices of Cooley Godward where his practice focused on representing emerging companies and the venture funds and banks that finance those companies. Advani started his legal career practicing in the High Court of Delhi, India. He is licensed to practice in California, New York and New Delhi, India.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Boston / New England - Baltimore (MD) - Washington (DC) - Miami (FL) - New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Media • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Venture Capitalist | Managing Partner at SoGal Ventures
*** Startup pitch decks, press inquiries, and speaking requests can be sent directly to Elizabeth@sogalventures.com ***
Elizabeth is the co-founder and Managing Partner of two start-up venture capital firms, SoGal Ventures and A-Level Capital, which have collectively advised and invested in over 90 startups.
Elizabeth is also Co-President of the SoGal Foundation, a non-profit on the mission to redefine the next generation of diverse founders and funders through a global chapter community education model with SoGal Chapters in over 50 cities across 6 continents.
Elizabeth and her SoGal Ventures business partner Pocket Sun have been featured in numerous online, print, and video publications including: New York Times, WSJ, Fortune, Forbes, CNBC, BBC World News, Financial Times. Fast Company, Inc., Entrepreneur, SWAAY, The Straits Times, Channel News Asia, The Business Times, Sina, CrunchBase News, etc.
Elizabeth has received the honor of being recognized as Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women, Forbes 30U30 in Venture Capital, JP Morgan Diversity Champion Award, TechWeek 100 Innovative Investor, and NYC 33U33.
Additionally, Elizabeth is involved in innovation through her roles as:
-Faculty member at the School of Visual Arts MFA Products of Design graduate program
-Global keynote speaker on the topics of venture capital, cross-border business, diversity and inclusion, and venture design
Prior to graduate studies, as a Strategy and Operations Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, Elizabeth focused her attention on developing long-term strategy for a variety of large healthcare clients. She contributed to business development efforts leading to over $200M of new work.
Elizabeth is a proud alumnus of Georgetown University, London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University & Maryland Institute College of Art.
New York City (NY) - Valley California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - Lake City Utah - - Las Vegas Nevada - San Francisco, California - AgTech - E - Fintech - Local commerce, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Real Estate (& Construction)
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
San Francisco (CA) - New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction)
Founding Partner at Zigg Capital
San Francisco, California - AI - Blockchain - Clean tech / environment, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools
General Partner at The Refiners
Co-founded 3 companies, one IPO, 2 sold. Managed global companies in the US and Europe. General Manager of a US seed fund that invested in 54 startups. Contributor Data Driven Investor.
Los Angeles, California - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Chicago (IL) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social
Eva Ho is a Co-Founder & serves as a General Partner at Fika Ventures. She also serves as an Angel Investor. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Prior to Google, she was the head of marketing for Applied Semantics, a company that sold to Google in 2003. She also co-founded Navigating Cancer, a health startup, in 2008 which is now based in Seattle. She is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the boards of California Community Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, First Descents, and Iridescent. She is currently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the city of Los Angeles working with Mayor Eric Garcetti and his team. She holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard.
New Delhi India - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social • Consumer
Nihal Mehta serves as Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures. He is also the Founding Partner at India Internet Fund. He also served as Member of Advisory Board at Blue Cloud Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Inter Mobile Ventures. Nihal has several years experience in innovating marketing technologies through founding five startups to date. Nihal is currently the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of LocalResponse, which helps marketers respond to real-time consumer intent. Prior to LocalResponse, (which pivoted from buzzd, a leading real-time city guide), Nihal founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which he sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named one of the "25 People Every New Founder Should Meet in New York Tech" and a top "25 Up-And-Coming Startup CEO in New York" in 2012 by Business Insider, a 2012 AlwaysOn "Power Player NYC," a top 10 NYC 'Game Changer' in the 2010 New York Enterprise Report, one of twenty RCR Wireless News 'Mobile Movers and Shakers' in 2008, a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's 'Top 20 Marketers in Their 20s' in 2005. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science. He is also an Angel Investor. He also serves as a Board Member at Alloy. He served as Board Member and Advisor at Lokast and as an Advisor at Findable. He is also an Angel Investor.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park California - Palo Alto (CA) - Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Co-Founder and Partner at Floodgate; Host of Starting Greatness podcast; Co-conspirator with awesome Startup Founders.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Developer tools • Material Science
CEO at Gladly, Inc. and Partner at Greylock
Partner at Greylock. Former Entrepreneur.
San Francisco California - Valley California - Mountain View California - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Payments • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Online Social
Most Interested In
XG Ventures® is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.
Not Interested In
healthcare
San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
I am the co-founder of The Refiners a Seed Fund designed specifically for foreign founders. I focus on investing in pre-seed and seed stage founders. Our bread-and-butter is investing in and supporting excellent founders who may just have an idea and a bare-bones MVP. I'm sector-agnostic / generalists - we've made investments in all areas from BtoC to BtoB.
Not Interested In
Bio tech, Med tech, Gaming, Clean tech, Dating
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Cyan Banister is a Co-Founder of Signal Media Project. She also serves as Partner at Founders Fund. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active Angel Investor with a portfolio including Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, EShares, Postmates and Affirm. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. Cyan has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer. She co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief at Zivity. She also served as Advisor at Hinge Capital. She also serves on the Board of The AI Foundation.
New York City (NY) - San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Consumer
Norwest Venture Partners
consumer Internet investments @ @norwest-venture-partners
previously co-founded Spree Network & SocialMD; M&A banker at @evercore Partners
Menlo Park California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
Venture Capitalist and Company-Builder at Greylock
Sarah Guo serves as General Partner at Greylock Partners. She also serves as Board Observer and Board Member at Skyhigh Networks. She served as Board Observer & Board Member at Avi Networks. She focuses on B2B applications and infrastructure, cyber security, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and healthcare, joined the firm in 2013. She is on the board of three companies as a representative of Greylock, including Obsidian Security. She joined Greylock in 2013. She serves as a Board of Director at Obsidian Security. She is excited by entrepreneurs that understand a cloudy and mobile world, and are remaking the landscape of enterprise IT infrastructure and software. She is also interested in drones, the connected home, wearables, robotics, 3-D printing, and software innovations in the healthcare and financial industries. Prior to Greylock, Guo was at Goldman Sachs, where she invested in Dropbox and helped take Workday public. She advised pre-IPO private technology companies (as well as public clients including Zynga, Netflix and Nvidia) on strategic and financial issues. Previously, she worked with Casa Systems, a venture-funded startup that enables cable operators to meet growing demand for broadband services. Sarah has four degrees from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Lauder Institute Fellow and a graduate of the Huntsman Program. She is an advocate for STEM education for women and the underserved, as well as education more generally. She has taught Marketing in the Wharton Undergraduate Program and served as a teaching fellow in lower-income high schools for the Philadelphia World Affairs Council.
San Francisco California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Investor, Advisor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur