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investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles / Southern California - Fort Lauderdale - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Consumer
Alexis Ohanian is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Initialized Capital. He is a Board Member at AdQuick. He is an expert at product, marketing, community and a prolific early stage investor. He was partner and Ambassador-to-the East for Y Combinator. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at Reddit, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 acquired by Conde Nast in 2006 and he's now on the Board of Directors. He helped launch hipmunk (YC 2010) and ran marketing + PR until leaving to fight SOPA & PIPA. He has a BA in History and BS in Commerce from University of Virginia. He also served as a Partner at Y Combinator.
New York - South San Francisco - San Francisco Bay Area - Toronto (Ontario), U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Sales (& Marketing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Most Interested In
Applications that leverage conversational interfaces and messaging platforms to facilitate more targeted, topical and frequent customer-company engagements.
Not Interested In
Anything competing against a strong open-source alternative.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Impact • Online Social
Founder / CEO @wikihow. Co-CEO @ehow (sold to Demand Media). Co-founder at @luminescent ($25 MM VC + acquired) and @bigtray (Sequoia).
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Managing Partner, Madison Parker Capital
Madison Parker Capital provides liquidity and growth capital to select middle-market enterprises. In addition, the firm seeks to provide attractive exit opportunities for owners and operators of middle-market enterprises and to provide divestiture opportunities for divisions of corporate parent companies that no longer reflect the company's strategic focus. Target investments include management-led buyouts, expansion financings, and recapitalizations. Madison Parker Capital is looking to invest in advanced materials & enabling technologies, business services, consumer products, retail/restaurants and manufacturing companies with $5 to $150 million in revenue, and that operate in well-defined market niches with attractive industry fundamentals. Madison Parker Capital invests in transactions ranging in size from $5 to $75 million.
Austin - Texas, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Managing Director at Trammell Venture Partners
Austin, Texas-based investment manager. We have competencies around cybersecurity, Bitcoin & blockchain technologies, & machine intelligence. Say hi: @mecee
Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Most Interested In
Fem Tech, Food Tech, Future of Work, Fin Tech, Ed Tech, Health/Wellness
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Payments • Aerospace (& Defense)
Most Interested In
I'm passionate about all things Blockchain, Crypto, and Space and currently leading early-stage investing at Wave Financial where I'm responsible for the day-to-day management of cFund and Wave Genesis. Contrarian at heart. DM me at @DavidMRoebuck if you're a visionary building on the blockchain.
Not Interested In
I don't invest in anything outside of Blockchain and Space.
Austin - New York City, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Vice President at S3 Ventures
Principal at S3 Ventures
Mr. Aaron Perman serves as Principal at S3 Ventures. He also served as Chief Executive Officer at Qualia. He is also an Angel Investor. Prior to joining S3, he invested in small-cap publicly traded companies at Western Standard, a long/short equity hedge fund. Earlier in his career, he spent time in the corporate strategy group at Southern California Edison and started a successful small business liquidating computer hardware. He serves as a mentor for the DivInc Accelerator and leads the Emerging Venture Capitalist Association's Austin chapter. He received his BS in International Business from the University of Southern California.
British Columbia - Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Productivity
Entrepreneur, Board Member, Actively acquiring and investing in health and tech businesses.
Advisor, Investment Committee Member, LP at iNovia Capital
Cofounder, Metalogix. Technology enthusiast. Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
3x Founder, Angel and Private Equity Investor
Most Interested In
I look for founders that are tackling huge markets that have real pain points. My areas of focus: consumer-facing tech, subscription businesses, marketplaces, social / digital content.
Not Interested In
I was in the recruiting space for many years and don't have interest in investing there right now.
Rick Marini is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Dragonfly Ventures. He serves as Managing Partner at Protocol Ventures. He serves as Investor of BirdEye. He serves as General Manager, Digital Innovation at Hearst. He founded Talk.co and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with more than a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space. Previously, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of SuperFan. SuperFan was a social entertainment platform that developed social games and Facebook apps. SuperFan's clients included CBS, MTV, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, etc. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Strategist of Tickle. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. He served on the Board of Directors of Tickle until 2004 when Tickle was successfully acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100 million. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, and a MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Fwix, Friendster, Lumos Labs, Stipple, and FIGHTER. He is also an Angel Investor.
Portland - Santa Monica - Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - San Francisco Bay Area - New York - London - Tel Aviv, U.S.A.
CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution)
Most Interested In
A new generation of open and distributed technology businesses are realigning the value chain in oligopolistic markets in industrial economies, and creating entirely new markets with incentives and cooperation in emerging ecosystems rife with negative externalities. If changing the world is not enough and your technology and team are laser-focused on changing the world for the better, let's connect.
Not Interested In
Closed-platform reliant apps or SaaS. Anyone NOT building open value.
Tel Aviv, Israel - U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Managing Director, GM Israel and Europe, Verizon Ventures
General Partner at State of Mind Ventures (SOMV)
Midwest - Seattle - Denver - Chicago - Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
API Deep Tech/Hard Science Developer Tools E-Commerce Education Enterprise Entertainment Fintech Food and Beverage Future of Work Gaming Government Technology Hardware Health and Wellness Healthcare/Medtech Industrial Internet and Mobile IoT Marketplace Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality
Mumbai, U.S.A. - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Founder & Partner at 100X.VC, Early Stage Investor using iSAFE Note, Mehta Ventures Family Office, Director CORE Media
Founder & Partner at 100X.VC
Dubai - United Arab Emirates, U.S.A.
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools
Forbes top50 Angel Investor | Venture Builder | Serial Entrepreneur | Investor in +100 startups | mentor | Business leader | Digital transformation | Judge @ Startup Competition | Advisor | Software Architect
CEO and Founder at FasterCapital
Palo Alto - London - California, U.S.A. - U.K. - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Online Social • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Transformational Software based ideas But the truth is - looking to be surprised
Not Interested In
non-digital things
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - Menlo Park (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile Apps
Managing Partner, Valley Capital Partners
Managing Partner, Valley Capital Partners
Steve is the Managing Partner at Valley Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. VCP partners with exceptional entrepreneurs solving hard problems in huge addressable markets that require intense curiosity, intellectual depth, and often, science and deep technology. Prior to Valley Capital Partners, Steve was a three time VC-backed founder and operator, taking each company from concept to scale, all the way through to exit. He was also an active angel investor for many years and served on the boards of several tech companies as an independent director. "Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
Boston - Denver - Austin - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Chicago - Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Consumer
Most Interested In
Greater works with consumer products across the CPG space including hemp and cannabis brands. I also personally invest in businesses surrounding B2B and B2B2C - fintech, real estate, retail, saas, etc.
Not Interested In
Been staying away from medical devices & digital health products
Cyprus, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Developer tools • Nanotechnology
Citi - Head of External Innovation & Venture Investing Israel
Director & Israel Lead, Venture Investing at Citi Ventures