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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 City (NY) - Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
Singapore - Tokyo Japan, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Investor & Board Observer at Black Fish Technologies
Saemin Ahn serves as Managing Partner & Executive Officer at Rakuten Capital. He is an Angel Investor. He is also an Advisor and a Board Member at Run Dexter, AdsNative and ViSenze. Saemin invests in diverse verticals such as advertising technology, artificial intelligence and on-demand business around the world. Some of his investments include Carousell, Pocketmath and Algorithmia.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports)
Ronald Conway is the Founder and serves as a Co-Managing Partner at SV Angel. He also serves as Advisor & Investor at ElationHealth. He was a Co-Founder and served as an Investor at Start Fund. Ron has been an active angel investor since the mid 90's. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005). He was included in 2010's Vanity Fair 100 most influential people in the Information Age. He was awarded Best Angel at The 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards. He was named #13 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top "deal-makers" in 2011. Ron was with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions (1973-1979), Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO (1979-1990) and took Altos public on Nasdaq in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) (1991-1995). PTS was acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft (Nasdaq SKIL). Philanthropically, Ron is a Board Member of the Salesforce.com Foundation, a member of the UCSF Medical Center Chancellor's Advisory Board in SF, and is active in fundraising for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, College Track, Sandy Hook Promise-Newtown CT, Americans for Responsible Solutions-Gabby Giffords, Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, and the THORN Foundation. Ron is an advocate for technology companies and civic engagement in San Francisco and founder of sf.citi (San Francisco's tech-backed civic organization). Ron is also an advocate for immigration reform and a co-founder of FWD.US. He also serves as Advisor at A.Capital Ventures.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Builder · Investor · Managing Partner at Locus Ventures
Most Interested In
AI enabled services, e-Sports, Infrastructure as a Service, B2B SaaS, Industrial Robotics, Cloud Security, India
Not Interested In
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Founding engineer at Operator.com • Ex-Facebook, Yahoo • Studied at Stanford, CMU • Specialized in User Acquisition, Internationalization & Growth • Angel
Spokane - Washington, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Driven resilient founders solving a big problem of personal interest with unique technology approach, hopefully creating a blue ocean.
Not Interested In
Hardware, crypto, biotech, real estate.
Los Angeles - Toronto (Ontario) - Seattle - Boston - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - South Korea - Japan - China
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer • Woman Focused
Partner at DCM Ventures
Most Interested In
Vertical SaaS Transactional Consumer Real Estate Tech Fin Tech Check out more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylelui/
Kyle Lui serves as Principal at DCM Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. Prior to DCM Ventures, Kyle was the co-founder and CEO of ChoicePass, where he led product management, user acquisition, partnerships, sales and operations. ChoicePass was an enterprise perks and rewards SaaS company backed by prominent angel investors, and acquired by Salesforce.com and Rypple. At Salesforce, Kyle served as Director of Product Management on the founding product team for Work.com, growing the business to over 1,000 enterprise customers. Kyle is a frequent speaker at Salesforce's customer conferences and holds a patent on innovative systems and methods for delivering rewards in an on-demand SaaS environment.
Hong Kong - Tokyo - Valley California - Palo Alto California - San Francisco Bay Area - SF Bay Area Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
AI enabled services, e-Sports, Infrastructure as a Service, B2B SaaS, Industrial Robotics, Cloud Security, India
Not Interested In
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Lewes Delaware - Saudi Arabia - London - Hong Kong - Singapore - Dubai United Arab Emirates - Sydney Australia - Malaysia - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco California - India - Canada - China - South Africa - Asia - Uruguay - - Argentina, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Developer tools • Online Social
Brett Mason is the Co-Founder, Board Member and Vice President at BitCoin India.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Future Of Work • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Investor at KDDI Open Innovation Fund
Most Interested In
Mobile related, Consumer Facing Service and Technology since we have over 45M mobile customers in Japan.
Ken Sobajima serves as Director, Investments at KDDI.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Brazil - Japan - China - Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom - Eastern Europe: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romani
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Advertising • Consumer
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
South San Francisco - San Francisco Bay Area - Tokyo, U.S.A. - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Online Social
Most Interested In
SaaS, IoT, A.I, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Games, adtech
Westport - Connecticut, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Future Of Work • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Actively operating CEO of Wade & Wendy; founder of angellist syndicate Red Beard Ventures
Most Interested In
Blockchain, NFT, Alternative Asset Investments, Collectibles, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness, SaaS, Marketplaces, HR Tech, InsurTech, Real Estate
Culver City - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Analytics • Consumer
Co-founder and Operating Partner at Village Global
Mr. Adam Corey is a Co-Founder and serves as Operating Partner at Village Global. Mr. Corey is an Angel Investor. Mr. Corey served as Partner at QueensBridge Venture Partners. He was previously part of the founding team at SharesPost and led business development at Evite. He also served as Venture Advisor at Corigin Ventures.
San Francisco Bay Area - Truckee, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Productivity
Founder & Executive Chairman @ Abl
Mr. Adam Pisoni is the Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at Always Be Learning. He formerly Co-Founded and served as CTO of the enterprise messaging company Yammer. He was a Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. He oversees engineering and the development of all software at Yammer. Before Yammer, he served as Software Architect at Geni - the company in which Yammer was originally created. Prior to Geni, He was Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, playing a pivotal role in systems architecture and product development. He also co-founded and served as CTO of Cnation, a web development consultancy with clients including CBS MarketWatch, BizRate.com, Fox Interactive, Nissan of Japan, and Honda. Cnation's work for Honda earned them the 1997 Clio award for interactive design.
Japan, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • AR/VR • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
James Riney serves as Partner and Head at 500 Startups. He also is an Angel Investor.He also serves as Partner at 500 Kobe Pre-Accelerator. He also co-founded the "Medium.com of Japan" before covering venture investments for DeNA, based in Tokyo. He now heads the 500 Startups Japan fund.
Greenwich Connecticut - Washington District of Columbia - Omaha Nebraska - Boston Massachusetts - Brooklyn New York - Alexandria Virginia - Virginia - Nebraska, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments
Michael Meyer serves as General Partner at Edge Harris Ventures. Mike is an entrepreneur, inventor, and inveterate early-stage investor. As Founder and CEO of Transmitive, his team developed the groundbreaking Memote remote-control platform, bringing together consumer electronics and mobile software. Mike is the lead inventor on and holds the patent for the remote control of obstructed, infrared-light-receiving devices via omnidirectional IR output. He has directly supervised physicists, electrical engineers, patent agents, industrial designers, software engineers, and web developers. Mike studied Physics at Yale University while still in high school, graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Landmark College, and finished his academic career at Columbia University. He is an active investor in early-stage fintech companies, and was an early first-round investor in both Dataminr and Artivest. A member of the Milstein family, which owns and operates Emigrant Savings Bank, New York Private Bank & Trust, Milstein Properties, Milstein Ventures, and Milford Management, Mike has close ties to banking, real estate, and traditional venture financing, which supplement his excellent access to deal flow as part of the New York City tech startup world.
Los Angeles - Brooklyn - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Advertising • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Community Driven Investments, Content Economy, SaaS Infrastructure
Hong Kong - New York City (NY) - Bangkok Thailand - Bethesda Maryland - Houston Texas - Texas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis
Executive Chairman of 365 Aviation & Owner of Lime Samui Villas
A former Equity Derivatives Trader now involved in a variety of businesses either as an Owner or Active Investor spanning Private Jet Charter, Asian Hospitality, Green Energy and a Volatility Hedge Fund. Currently focused on introducing Lime Samui Villas to the Thai market as a private luxury retreat and base to explore Samui's unspoilt west coast. www.LimeSamui.com
Skokie Illinois - Boston Massachusetts - Portland Oregon - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Logistics (& Distribution)
Medical degree. Current Department Director. Interested in unique ideas.
Austin Texas - - Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Virgo Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in profitable and growing technology-enabled services companies, targeting functional outsourced services and financial technology companies. Virgo Capital seeks established companies with revenue of $10 and 30 million, strong customer relationships, and domain expertise, and actively adds value by leveraging the team's experience in areas such as the strategic use of technology, outsourcing, and mergers and acquisitions. Virgo Capital, with offices in Austin and Oklahoma City, manages Virgo Capital Fund I, L.P. and Virgo Capital Fund II, L.P. which together have total capital commitments of nearly $80 million. Virgo Capital typically invests in companies with enterprise values of $10 to 25 million.
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Nobutake Suzuki serves as Partner in charge of KDDI open innovation fund at Global Brain. Nobutake is in charge of investments outside of Japan. Prior to joining GB, he was a technology analyst at Sanwa Bank in Japan and in the US.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Switzerland - Israel - Japan - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Consumer
Founded Orogenesis, Cocoon & World TaSCForce. Crossborder VC. Worked at @apple, @tellme-networks. Studied at @stanford-university, @uc-berkeley-1 , @umbc-1