Ravi Mhatre serves as Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves as Board Member at Cloudpassage and Exabeam. Ravi is also a Co-Founder and serves as Partner and Managing Director at Lightspeed India Partners Advisors. He is also a Board Observer at Natera. His current investments include Nutanix, Appdynamics, Natera, Mulesoft, Sailpoint, Edgespring, TheFind and Kixeye. He has also served as a board member or board observer for numerous successful venture-backed companies including net.Genesis (NTGX), Verio (VRIO), Qubole, Riverbed (RVBD), Lifeminders (LFMN), Kosmix (acquired by Walmart), TutorVista (acquired by Pearson), Virsa (acquired by SAP), Waveset (acquired by Oracle), Rapsphere (acquired by Appsense), Masergy (acquired by Abry) and Webspective (acquired by Inktomi), and has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List of top venture capital investors. Ravi has also served on the Board of Directors of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs Forum) in Silicon Valley, as a VC advisory board member to DeVenCI, the Department of Defense's start-up technology acquisition forum, and as a judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Ravi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Josh Stein
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Seattle / Portland , ..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Yardbarker Network:
$634000 (Venture Round)
• Yardbarker Network:
$6000000 (Series B)
• Sourceress (YC S17):
(mid stage)
• Loftium:
(early stage)
• AngelList:
(mid stage)
• Twilio, Inc.:
(mid stage)
• Yammer, Inc.:
(mid stage)
• RethinkDB:
(early stage)
• Tremor Video:
(mid stage)
• Yardbarker Media:
$630000 (Venture Round)
• Yardbarker Media:
$6000000 (Series B)
• ChangeEngine:
$10000000 (Series A)
• CloudZero:
$32000000 (Series B)
• Inscribe:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Front:
$65000000 (Series D)
• Front:
$67000000 (Series B)
• Databook:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Databook:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Databook:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Benepass:
$12000000 (Series A)
• LaunchDarkly:
$200000000 (Series D)
• LaunchDarkly:
$54000000 (Series Unknown)
• LaunchDarkly:
$44000000 (Series C)
• LaunchDarkly:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Sanity:
$39000000 (Series B)
• Sanity:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Sanity:
$9300000 (Series A)
• Talkdesk:
$140000000 (Series C)
• Talkdesk:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Talkdesk:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Talkdesk:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Set Labs:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Lumity:
$19000000 (Series B)
• Periscope Data:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Periscope Data:
$10000000 (Series A)
Josh Stein
Seattle / Portland - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
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
Mike Vernal
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
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.
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.
Steven Rosenblatt
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Boston , New York , S..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• LifeRaft:
$3500000 (Seed Round)
• Spiketrap:
$3000000 (Seed Round)
• David Energy:
$1500000 (Pre-Seed)
• Tembo Health:
$100000 (Venture Round)
• Matik:
$3100000 (Seed Round)
• Tortoise:
(Pre Seed Round)
• Exer Labs:
$2500000 (Seed Round)
• BeyondHQ:
(Seed Round)
• Kanga:
(Seed Round)
• Kit:
$2500000 (Seed Round)
• Teal:
$2800000 (Seed Round)
• Hark:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Moonshot AI:
$3000000 (Pre Seed)
• Streamline AI:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Lighthouse.app:
$5000000 (Seed)
• My Place:
(Pre Seed Round)
• Aloe Care Health:
$5000000 (Bridge)
• Lang.ai:
$1000000 (Seed)
• TradeUp:
(Seed)
• Artifact:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Polymer:
(Pre-Seed)
• Remix Media:
$2000000 (Seed)
• mParticle:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Button:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Pickie:
$1000000 (Seed)
• SessionM:
$20000000 (Series B)
Steven Rosenblatt
Boston - New York - Salt Lake City - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
We love to lead or co-lead in technically oriented and/or repeat founders based in NYC, BOS, SF, and LA , starting Pre-Seed/Seed companies. We invest in founders committed to building the world's best teams. If that sounds like you or someone you know, send us your info and we’ll start digging in.
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.
Deepak Kamra
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Beeline Bikes:
$2920000
• Apartment List:
$50000000 (Later stage VC)
• Leanplum:
$47000000 (Later stage VC)
• Ladder:
$30000000 (Later stage VC)
• MindTickle:
$27000000 (Later stage VC)
• Quantum Circuits:
$18000000 (Early stage VC)
• Uncommon Co.:
$18000000 (Early stage VC)
• UrbanSitter:
$17000000 (Later stage VC)
• ClimaCell Inc.:
$15000000 (Early stage VC)
• Genome Medical:
$11000000 (Early stage VC)
• Arbe Robotics:
$9000000 (Early stage VC)
• Pathios Therapeutics:
$8800000 (Early stage VC)
• ExecThread:
$6500000 (Later stage VC)
• BoostUp.ai:
$6250000 (Early stage VC)
• Mynd:
$5000000 (Later stage VC)
• Homeis:
$4000000 (Seed Round)
• Node:
$6000000 (Series Unknown)
• Node:
$16000000 (Series Unknown)
• Node:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Node:
$8000000 (Seed)
• Kustomer:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Kustomer:
$26000000 (Series B)
• Kustomer:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Wove:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Imanis Data:
$14000000 (Series B)
• Imanis Data:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Ascendify:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Turo:
$100000000 (Series D)
• Turo:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Capella Space:
(Seed)
• World View Enterprises:
$15000000 (Series B)
• AdverCar:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Terra Bella:
$70000000 (Series C)
• Skybox Imaging:
$70000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zoosk:
$21000000 (Series E)
• Zoosk:
$30000000 (Series D)
• Zoosk:
$6000000 (Series C)
• Zoosk:
$4000000 (Series B)
• GroundWork:
$5000000 (Series D)
• GroundWork:
$13000000 (Series C)
• GroundWork:
$9000000 (Series B)
• GroundWork:
$3000000 (Series A)
• ON24:
$8000000 (Series Unknown)
• ON24:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• ON24:
$25000000 (Series B)
• ON24:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Aperto Networks:
$20000000 (Series F)
• Aperto Networks:
$19000000 (Series E)
• Aperto Networks:
$26000000 (Series E)
• Aperto Networks:
$17000000 (Series E)
• Aperto Networks:
$20000000 (Series D)
• Aperto Networks:
$22000000 (Series C)
• Bharat Matrimony:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Bharat Matrimony:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Zmanda:
$8000000 (Series B)
• Zmanda:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Blackfoot:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Kinecta:
$12000000 (Series B)
• iPrint:
$8000000 (Series B)
• Electric Classifieds, Inc.:
$2000000 (Angel)
Deepak Kamra
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Deepak Kamra serves as General Partner at Canaan Partners. He also is an Angel Investor. He has been with Canaan Partners for over 20 years and focuses on investments in digital media and software. He served as Board Member at Alltranmedia. He led Canaan's early investment in DoubleClick, the Internet's first and leading online advertising solution; Match.com, the first subscription-based dating site; voice-over-IP infrastructure company Acme Packet (acq. by Oracle), and SuccessFactors (acq. by SAP). Deepak currently sits on the boards of ON24, the global leader of webcasting and video communications solutions, Zoosk, the largest social dating network in the world, and Skybox Imaging, a next-generation satellite company. Before joining Canaan, Deepak was on the startup team at Aspect Communications, a pioneer in call center technologies, which he helped lead to a successful IPO in 1990. Prior to Aspect, Deepak held strategic roles at ROLM Corp. and TRW Datacomm International. Deepak received a BA from Carleton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association from 2008 to 2012 and was included on the Forbes Midas List in 2008 and 2009. In his spare time, he is involved in several microfinance initiatives to spur economic growth in developing nations and has served as Chairman of the Investment Committee at Deutsche Bank's Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium.
How to connect with Angel Investors in the Businesses Solutions industry?
In the Business Solutions industry, angel investors such as Jason Calacanis, Naval Ravikant, and Reid Hoffman are highly active. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions in enterprise software, business process automation, and productivity tools. Jason Calacanis, an early investor in Uber and Robinhood, looks for disruptive business solutions with strong market potential. Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, invests in startups that provide scalable and efficient business tools. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, seeks out companies that enhance business operations and connectivity. To connect with these investors, attend business tech conferences, enterprise software expos, and networking events such as SaaStr Annual, Dreamforce, and TechCrunch Disrupt. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your business solution addresses key challenges in enterprise operations, such as improving efficiency, reducing costs, or enhancing productivity. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as partnerships with corporations, user growth, or positive feedback from clients. 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 user testimonials 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 business experts can also enhance your credibility.
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