Find Autonomous vehicles Investors

Michael Dempsey

Cambridge Massachusetts - Boston Massachusetts - New York City (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

General Partner at Compound

Most Interested In

Emerging categories with some level of commercial viability. Post-science project investing

Not Interested In

- Anything related to marketing automation or adtech - Marketplaces - VR content studios

Investing in Frontier Tech @rothenberg-ventures . Previously: Researched at @cb-insights-1 & invested at Crane Partners.

Boris Silver

San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Toronto (Ontario) - Tel Aviv (Israel) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Diego (CA) - Chicago (IL) - Boston (MA) - Philadelphia (PA) - Baltimore (MD), U.S.A. - Canada - Israel

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Boris Silver is a Co-Founder and serves as President, Venture at FundersClub. Prior to starting FundersClub, he was founder and CEO of Sport Interactiva, a leading fantasy sports gaming company on Facebook (sold to Citizen Sports and acquired by Yahoo!). He was named an Ambassador of Entrepreneurship by Wharton, serves on the Board of Advisors to a venture backed technology company, and is an advisor to First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund. Previously, he worked at Bunge, a global agribusiness, in their Commodity Trading and Risk Management program. He has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 in Tech and to Silicon Valley's 40 under 40. Boris graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is also an alumnus of Y Combinator.

Alireza Masrour

San Francisco California - Valley California - Sunnyvale (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps

Description

Alireza Masrour serves as Managing Partner at Plug and Play Ventures. He is an Advisor at Shrimpy. He is a Strategic Advisor at Thryve. He is in charge of Investment and due diligence for Plug and Play's venture arm where he is responsible for supporting the firm's investment and venture capital partners. Alireza also serves as Advisor at PasswordBox and Rentalutions. lireza is in charge of Investment and due diligence for Plug and Play's Venture Group where he is responsible for supporting the firm's investment and venture capital partners. Some of investments led by him are Kamcord, FiscalNote, Aarki, CreditSesame, HealthPocket which acquired by Health Insurance Innovations, Matcha which acquired by Apple, PasswordBox which acquired by McAfee/Intel, TrustGo which acquired by Baidu, GNS3 which was acquired by Solarwind, Flyr, Shippo, Virool, Skytree, eyeIO and BookingPal to name a few. Prior to Plug and Play, he was Founder and CEO at NekaTel, one of the large Internet Airtime Distribution Networks, with over 800 retailers and millions of subscribers. Alireza grew NekaTel's revenue from $0 to over $45M in less than 2 years. He was also Founder of VidaTel, offering mobile airtime distribution technology and sold the technology in 2007. He has prior Chemical Engineering and Management background/ MBA certificate from Tehran University and Sharif/Royal Roads. Alireza published "Crossing the Digital Divide: What's Next" in Information Technologies and International Development Journal published by Harvard Business School for UN's World Summit on the Information Society.

Kyle Lui

Menlo Park California - New York City (NY) - Seoul South Korea - Tokyo Japan - Beijing China - Shanghai China - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A. - South Korea - China

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

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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.

Julie Lein

San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • IoT • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Most Interested In

Startups shaping the future of cities. Investing at the pre-seed & seed in a variety of verticals, including: - Transportation - Future of work - Real estate tech - Energy & water - Business & fintech services - Food - Health & public safety - Govt & civic tech - Arts & recreation

Julie is a co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund. The Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative urban technology. It provides seed capital and regulatory expertise to entrepreneurs solving our toughest urban challenges – helping them grow into tomorrow’s most valued companies. Previously, Julie co-founded Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. During the last three years, Tumml has incubated 33 startups, who have raised $37M+ in funding and launched products/ services for over 2.2M people. Her work in urban entrepreneurship has been featured in numerous press outlets, including CNN, TedX, Forbes, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Julie has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Stanford.

Paul Straub

Mill Valley California - Oakland California - San Francisco, California - Canada, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Aaron Jacobson

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Menlo Park (CA) - New York (NY) - Tel Aviv (Israel), U.S.A. - Israel

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Security • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics

Description

Partner at NEA

Most Interested In

AI / ML, Microservices and Devops, Cybersecurity, Industrial AI / Automation and Robotics

Not Interested In

eCommerce, Adtech, Healthcare

Principal at @new-enterprise-associates

Manan Mehta

Palo Alto California - San Francisco, California - Denver (CO) - Canada - Washington (DC) - Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures

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Immigrant entreprenuers. We provide 3 things: Your scalable friends and family capital, full immigration support, including sponsorship and stewardship to help you succeed faster. Our goal is to make investment decisions in 3 meetings over 2 hours.

Not Interested In

Non-immigrant founders.

Founder @unshackled - Investor. Entrepreneur. Love being at the intersection of do good, do well.

Paul Martino

Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Bullpen Capital is an early-stage fund to make follow-on investments for companies who have recently raised seed

Nitin Pachisia

San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California - Cloud infrastructure, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Most Interested In

Immigrant founders in the US, from anywhere in the world, who are solving real-world problems with a unique insight. Strong adversity muscle is a must. We'll invest capital, take care of immigration, and surround you with operators who help you move faster.

Not Interested In

Companies without atleast one founder born outside the US. There are plenty of funds for such companies. So, we will focus only where we can add the most value.

Nitin is a founding partner of Unshackled Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund for immigrant founded startups in the U.S. The fund has led marquee investments in driverless trucking, AI for water management, edge computing and emotional intelligence. Before starting Unshackled Ventures, Nitin founded an experiential ecommerce company. Prior to that, he ran finance and strategy for ed-tech startup Kno (acquired by Intel) that raised over $90M of funding from top VC’s including Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital and Floodgate. Before Kno, Nitin worked at Deloitte, focusing on tech startups and helping them with growth, exits, and strategic initiatives. Nitin has appeared on NBC, NPR, CCTV, has been featured in various publications including Forbes, WSJ, Financial Times, Techcrunch, CNN, and has been an op-ed contributor in the Huffington Post and ReCode. Nitin is actively engaged as mentor or as part of evaluation committee at Stanford University, Babson, Alchemist Accelerator, GTWY, Founder Institute, among others. Being an immigrant himself and having founded startups while on a visa in U.S., Nitin understands the venture resources immigrant founders need, besides capital. He recognizes the opportunity immigrant founders represent and is focused on building an ecosystem that strengthens the pursuit of their American dream.

Trevor Zimmerman

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Investing In

Other • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact

Description

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I'm most passionate about energy and environmental stewardship and human health. As a whole, Blackhorn Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who are improving resource efficiency with science and engineering-based solutions.

Albert Wenger

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Zaw Thet

Los Angeles California - Denver, Colorado - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Mobile Apps

Description

Co-Founder and CEO at Exer Labs, Inc.

Veteran Entrepreneur & Investor: @signiavc @plyfe @haulerdeals @4info etc | Philanthropist: @palindromeadv climateX @asasafterschool @unfoundation @sfspca

Jonathan Heiliger

San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Security • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools

Description

Most Interested In

Fun SaaS, particularly with a defensible barrier to entry that is technical. Some infrastructure software & hardware. IoT for consumers and enterprises.

Not Interested In

We don't make consumer (B2C) or crypto investments, sorry.

Jonathan Heiliger serves as Partner at Vertex Ventures US. He is a Board Member at LaunchDarkly. Most recently, he was a General Partner with North Bridge Venture Partners, from April 2012 to November 2014. During his tenure, he started the seed practice and led investments in Lytro, Periscope.io, Quora, and Ravel Law. Prior to NBVP, Jonathan worked at Facebook, where he led global infrastructure, site architecture and internal systems as VP Infrastructure & Technical Operations, from 2007 until 2011. During that time Facebook grew from 35 million to over 800 million users. Before that, Jonathan held executive engineering roles at Wal-Mart and Danger (acquired by Microsoft). He also spent several years as Chief Operating Officer for Loudcloud (which became Opsware and was later acquired by HP). Earlier in his career, Jonathan co-founded and was CTO of GlobalCenter, and later founded Global Crossing's venture capital group. Jonathan currently serves on the board of directors of DuPont Fabros (DFT), Jive Software (JIVE), and Webmonsters. He also co-founded Coolan and served as an Advisor.

Amitt Mahajan

Tokyo Japan - - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Austin (TX) - Palo Alto (CA) - Boston (MA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics

Description

Investing in AR/VR/Computer Vision @ Presence Capital

Most Interested In

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Computer Vision

Not Interested In

AdTech, Pure gaming plays, Mobile Gaming

Amitt Mahajan is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer at Rare Bits. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Presence Capital. He is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Rare Bits. He serves as an Advisor at SignalFire. He is the Founder and C.E.O of Toro. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Engineering for Zynga. Amitt was also the Co-Founder and C.T.O of MyMiniLife, Inc which was later acquired by Zynga. Mahajan is also the Co-Founder of Red Hot Labs and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he was an Engineer in Zynga who helped in creating FarmVille. He briefly served as a Programmer for Epic Games. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University of Illinois.

Dmitry Alimov

Singapore - Moscow Russia - San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California, Singapore - Russia - U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage

Description

Love companies with network effects!

Most Interested In

Focused on companies with network effects. Marketplaces, networks, software and communication platforms, AR, VR, IoT, connected cars, AI, b2b, b2c

Not Interested In

Not investing in traditional e-commerce (with physical goods, logistics, inventory etc), payments, ad tech, cybersecurity, esports and games.

Founder @ivi-ru, @frontier-ventures • ex-Managing Partner at @ru-Net• Investor @chope.com, @expert360.com, @Profi.ru, @ivi-ru etc • @harvard-business-school

Ian Rountree

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Other • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Material Science • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Views best described as cosmopolitan-cum-extropian

Most Interested In

Where the intersection of software, hardware, & wetware can create value in over a billion lives this decade––esp. industrial bio, aerospace, industrial robotics, next-gen computing hardware, and drug development.

Not Interested In

CPG, mobile-first, ad/marketing/sales, hiring-tech, anything that could have been built more than 2-3 years ago. Nor cannabis, therapeutics, or medical devices.

Most Interested In

Where the intersection of software, hardware, & wetware can create value in over a billion lives this decade––esp. industrial bio, industrial robotics, next-gen computing hardware, and drug development.

Not Interested In

CPG, mobile-first, ad/marketing/sales, hiring-tech, anything that could have been built more than 2-3 years ago. Nor cannabis, therapeutics, or medical devices.

Ian Rountree is the Founder of Cantos Ventures. He is an Agent and Chief of Staff at Invisible Technologies.

Jeff Jordan

San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Local commerce

Description

GP at a16z

Linked In Description:

Jeff Jordan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining a16z, Jeff was president and CEO of OpenTable, which he took public in 2009. Before OpenTable, he was president of PayPal and the SVP and GM of eBay North America. Follow him on his blog (http://jeff.a16z.com/) and on Twitter @jeff_jordan.

David Tisch

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Security • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Distributed workforce • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

David Tisch is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Partner at BoxGroup. David is also the co-founder of TechStars NYC and previously served as Managing Director of the program. David was named to NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Advisory Council on Technology and serves on the Investor Board of Venture for America. He is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal 'The Accelerators' online blog. Prior to joining TechStars, David served as Executive Vice President of Interactive Strategies at kgb, a global information services company. While at KGB, David founded and lead Knowmore.com, a social aggregation startup within kgb. David has a B.A. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. He served as Executive at Trigger.nyc.

Kevin Zhang

Los Angeles, California - Santa Monica (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Most Interested In

Interactive media (gaming, VR/AR, livestreaming, etc.), healthcare, AI, computer vision, IoT, natural sciences

Semil Shah

San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Semil Shah serves as a Venture Partner at GGV Capital. He also serves as an Investor of BirdEye. He is the Founder and serves as a General Partner of Haystack, which invested in more than 70 companies, including Instacart, Hired, and DoorDash. He serves as the Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves on the advisory boards of The Alpha Network and StrictlyVC. He is also a former consultant for several venture capital firms, including General Catalyst, Trinity Ventures, and GGV Capital, among others. His notable AI investments include AirMap, an airspace services provider that focuses on providing accurate airspace information for building unmanned aircraft, drones, and applications; Iris Automation, which helps industrial drones avoid collision; and SkySafe, which provides drone defense and airspace control solutions. Semil holds a bachelor's degree from University of Michigan and a Master's degree from Harvard University.

Evan Nisselson

New York City (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics

Description

General Partner, LDV Capital

Most Interested In

Investing in people building visual technology businesses with deep domain expertise, passion to solve problems and the entrepreneurial DNA to succeed.

Not Interested In

We only invest in Visual Technologies which typically leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence across the full tech stack for businesses or consumers.

@ldv-labs, @ldv-capital, Founder @digital-railroad, Mentor: 500startups, Seedcamp, NYSeed, Tetuan Valley [Madrid] , Mindthebridge.org [Italy], Techpeaks

Kanyi Maqubela

San Francisco California - - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps

Description

Entrepreneur, Investor

Saar Gur

San Francisco California - Menlo Park California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars)

Description

Most Interested In

Products that solve meaningful problems for consumers. Includes: Marketplaces, communication platforms, productivity tools, financial services, ed

Not Interested In

I love authentic founders and products that stand out and uniquely solve a problem. I tend not to be excited by many enterprise problems.

Venture Capitalist at @crv-1

Ryan Sarver

Valley California - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Local commerce

Description

Partner at @redpoint-ventures; Director of Platform at @twitter and early employee; Director of Consumer Product at @skyhook and early employee;

Brian Frank

New York City (NY) - Santa Monica California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Canada, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Robotics

Description

General Partner at FTW Ventures, improving the worldwide Food System

Most Interested In

FTW Ventures invests in innovations for the Food System, including Ag, Food, Consumer & Heath Tech. We look for great teams doing something revolutionary.

Not Interested In

Anything outside our core sectors - Ag, Food & Health

Advisor/Investor @teforia @nomiku @gelzen @ProperFood @lemnoslabs @indiebio @timeful (acq @google) @posterous (acq @twitter). CS @cornell-university

Josh Cohen

New York City (NY) - Pittsburgh (PA) - Chicago (IL) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - Boston (MA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • CleanTech • Security • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Insurance

Description

Most Interested In

Investing in insurtech, proptech, mobility (autonomous vehicles), small business technology, and fintech.

Not Interested In

I am not interested in companies that are pre-launch or focused on health insurance.

Partner at City Light Capital, founder Developing Minds

Max Brickman

Columbus, Ohio - Los Angeles (CA) - Palo Alto (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • GovTech • Human Resources • Insurance • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

I’m an entrepreneur and venture capitalist with a passion for expanding technological innovation into smaller, underrepresented Midwestern communities. In line with this passion and commitment, I founded Heartland Ventures, a $40mm midwest-based venture fund, to enhance Silicon Valley startups’ access to this market. With offices in San Francisco, Indiana, and Ohio, Heartland Ventures connects coastal startups to their largest customers within the recently flourishing and often overlooked Midwestern market.

Matt Bornstein

Seattle (WA) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics

David Goldberg

Nashville Tennessee - Salem Oregon - Portland Oregon - Denver Colorado - New York City (NY) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - Chicago (IL) - Miami (FL), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Material Science • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

General Partner at Alpaca VC 🦙 (fka Corigin Ventures)

Most Interested In

Currently we're interested in Consumer, Marketplaces, and Real Estate tech - but are opportunistic and really just want great founders in huge markets

Not Interested In

BioTech, Social Networks, Marketing Software, Big Data, AR/VR

VC at @corigin-ventures . Founder @freshneck. Blogger at VCRamblings.com Past lives in law and finance.

Nurzhas Makishev

Valley California - Boston, Massachusetts - Boston (MA) - Los Angeles / Southern California - New York (NY) - Boston / New England - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Most Interested In

Especially interested in Social AI, Decentralization via Blockchain, Space Technologies, Millennial Consumer, eSports

Not Interested In

Not interested in Life Sciences, Games, Gambling, Cannabis, Lifestyle businesses

Nurzhas Makishev is the Founder and serves as Partner at NKM Capital. He also is an Angel Investor. He launched NKM Capital with the mission of backing extraordinary entrepreneurs with fundamentally aligned investment terms. Prior to NKM Capital, Nurzhas was an angel investor in over 50 leading consumer internet, media, and technology companies. He has led personal and fund investments in Lyft, Hyperloop One, Ripple, eShares, Cruise (acquired by GM), Robinhood and other iconic companies. Before founding NKM Capital, Nurzhas has spent over 12 years in the technology industry, as an investor, entrepreneur, product manager, engineer, and researcher. He was an early stage investor at Venrock and IP Group, partnering with industry-changing entrepreneurs in NYC tech and investing in science-driven startups. While in Silicon Valley, Nurzhas led programmatic video ads strategy at Google, managed enterprise financial apps development at Oracle and cofounded news summarization and coalition loyalty startups. He began his career developing peer-to-peer, AI systems in Andy Lippman's research group at MIT Media Lab, followed by investment banking stints at J.P. Morgan and Bank of America in NYC. Nurzhas received an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from the Wharton School, where he was elected Managing Director of Wharton Venture Partners, and a pair of Bachelor's Degrees in Economics and Computer Science and Engineering from MIT, where he attended on full scholarship.

Rob Ness

Valley California - Washington D.C - Mountain View, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

General Partner, Asymmetry Ventures

Most Interested In

I'm a VC & angel investor with 120+ deals done. My fund, Asymmetry Ventures, focuses on seed-stage deals. I also founded and currently manage an AngelList syndicate of 1600 accredited investors. Our syndicate deploys checks of $100K - $300K into exceptional early-stage ventures. I love deep tech (e.g. life sci/biotech; med devices & healthcare; AI; hardware & IoT). And in general, I love startups with strong early traction (ideally revenues - but user and usage traction are great too).

Not Interested In

As a rule, I don't invest in pre-seed companies. But I'd be thrilled to meet talented founders at the pre-seed stage, and get to know them as they take early steps in building their ventures!

Obsessively hunting down, and investing in, the world's fastest-growing startups. Moonlighting as strategist @capgemini. Served time @harvard-4, @berkeley.