Ullas Naik is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. Naik founded Streamlined Ventures with a vision of building a thought leading investment platform rooted in the philosophical belief that founders of companies are the true heroes of entrepreneurial value creation in our society. Streamlined Ventures invests in and supports visionary founders working on transformational application and business infrastructure software companies for the Mobile Web, Social Web, Web and Enterprise markets. Ullas is a seasoned venture capitalist, angel investor and entrepreneur with over two decades of entrepreneurial and early stage investment experience across 300 companies. Prior to founding Streamlined Ventures, he co-founded investment firm Cota Capital. Prior to that, Ullas was a senior member of the investment team for 12 years at Globespan Capital and helped build the firm. He has also been an active angel investor over the last 21 years during which he invested in over 60 companies spanning Internet 1.0, Web 2.0, mobile web, social web, enterprise computing as well as disruptive technologies in other domains such as robotics and wearable computing. Before his institutional investing career Ullas was a top ranked Wall Street research analyst at FAC Equities/First Albany. He was recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine as a Wall Street All Star. Prior to that, Ullas received an MBA degree after starting a chemicals trading business in India. He also has a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry. He is also an Angel Investor.
Most Interested In
AI / ML, Microservices and Devops, Cybersecurity, Industrial AI / Automation and Robotics
Not Interested In
eCommerce, Adtech, Healthcare
Alex Fayette
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Investing in startups that use software, ubiquitous connectivity, large pools of data, algorithms and AI, all wrapped in superior user experiences, to re-engineer or disrupt industries.
Not Interested In
We mostly invest in Canadian startups at the pre-seed and seed stage. We will take a look at American and European companies that have a strong fit with our thesis but we will not lead those deals.
Anna Barber
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• JoyHub:
$120000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Humata:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Source:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Upwards:
$12000000 (Series A)
• PathMatch:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• WeeCare, Inc.:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Suma Wealth:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Suma Wealth:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• ChargerHelp!:
$1500000 (Seed)
• Ayana Therapy:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Shop Latinx:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• StatsHelix:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Preveta:
$120000 (Convertible Note)
• Sike Insights:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Lactation Lab:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Pod People:
(Pre Seed)
• CLLCTVE:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Revolution RE:
$120000 (Pre Seed)
• Repeat:
$2000000 (Seed)
• LIV:
$120000 (Seed)
• Blue Fever:
$480000 (Pre Seed)
Anna Barber
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Investing In
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Music • Consumer • Woman Focused
Description
Most Interested In
-B2B marketplaces
- solving unsold inventory
- future of work, disintermediating education, consumer fintech, digital health
- environmental security: climate tech
- retail experience innovation
- social impact
Not Interested In
Biotech; hardware; cannabis; martech
Jack Herrick
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Mummolin:
$6200000 (Seed Round)
• Matic:
$24000000 (Series A)
• Azteco:
$6000000 (Seed Round)
• Bluesky:
$13000000 (Seed Round)
• Movii:
$17000000 (Series C)
• Peek:
$80000000 (Series C)
• MOLTEN:
$7000000 (Seed Round)
• Punch List:
$4000000 (Seed Round)
• CoinList:
$10000000 (Venture Round)
• Matic:
$5600000 (Seed Round)
• Florida Street:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Teahouse Finance:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Kresko Labs:
$2000000 (Seed)
• ClayStack:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Meson Network:
$4000000 (Series Unknown)
• OneOf:
$4000000 (Pre Seed)
• SIREN:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Axelar Network:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Polymarket:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Spacemesh:
$15000000 (Series A)
• BloXroute Labs:
(Series A)
• O(1) Labs:
(Seed)
• dYdX:
$2000000 (Seed)
• OpenCollective:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Finrise:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Signpost:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Astrid:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Sosh:
$1000000 (Seed)
Jack Herrick
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Investing In
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Impact • Online Social
Description
Founder / CEO @wikihow. Co-CEO @ehow (sold to Demand Media). Co-founder at @luminescent ($25 MM VC + acquired) and @bigtray (Sequoia).
Ian Rountree
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Ava (Application):
• Mako Aerospace:
$700000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Venus Aerospace:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Venus Aerospace:
(Seed Round)
• Venus Aerospace:
$3200000 (Seed Round)
• Radiant:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Atomos Space:
$5000000 (Venture Round)
• Sixfold Bioscience:
$2200000 (Seed Round)
• Debut:
$23000000 (Series A)
• Debut:
$2600000 (Seed Round)
• Phenomic AI:
$6000000 (Seed Round)
• Phenomic AI:
$2000000 (Seed Round)
• Circularis Biotechnologies:
(Seed Round)
• Character Biosciences:
$6000000 (Seed Round)
• Eridan:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Lively:
$4200000 (Seed Round)
• Rental Beast:
$5000000 (Venture Round)
• EasyPost:
$4000000 (Seed Round)
• EasyPost:
$1200000 (Seed Round)
• Public.com:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Clover Therapeutics:
$3600000 (Seed)
• Astranis:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Debut Biotechnology:
(Seed)
• Eridan Communications, Inc.:
$7500000 (Series A)
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.
Adrian Whelan
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A. - Canada
Previous Investments
• Nfinite Nanotech:
$3000000 (Pre-Seed)
• Phytoform Labs:
$250000 (Seed)
• Debut Biotechnology:
(Seed)
• Galley Solutions:
(Pre-Seed)
• Galley Solutions:
$680000 (Pre Seed)
• Plantible:
(Pre-Seed)
• Spoiler Alert:
(Seed Round)
• Geltor:
$5000000 (Seed)
Adrian Whelan
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
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
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.
Anamitra Banerji
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Honeycomb (Software Development Applications):
$2000000
• Kover.ai:
$1500000 (Seed Round)
• Panda:
• Openmart:
(Pre Seed)
• Smile:
(Seed)
• Hightouch:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Hightouch:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Hightouch:
(Pre Seed)
• Windsor.io:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Stream Club:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Overtime:
$23000000 (Series B)
• Overtime:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Overtime:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Mayhem:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Mayhem:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Fauna:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Fauna:
$3000000 (Seed)
• MedRepublic, Inc:
$800000 (Seed)
• Staffjoy:
(Seed)
• Upland Localytics:
$35000000 (Series D)
• Upland Localytics:
$16000000 (Series C)
Anamitra Banerji
San Francisco Bay Area - LatAm (Latin ) - California, U.S.A.
Anamitra Banerji is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Afore Capital. Banerji served as Partner at Foundation Capital. He serves as a Board Member of Localytics. He came to Foundation with eight years of product management leadership experience in the consumer internet space at Twitter, Yahoo! and Overture. Before working in product roles, Anamitra was a software engineer in the enterprise data space for four years. He also co-founded an internet-healthcare company PlanetHealthOnline. Anamitra joined Twitter in March 2009 as its 30th employee and first product manager. While there, he built out Twitter's advertising team, incubating from scratch all three products promoted tweets, promoted trends and promoted accounts, he led the team in getting those products up and running. As Partner at Foundation Capital, Banerji focuses on identifying and investing in promising startups in the communications, commerce, mobile and marketing technology industries. He uses his vast personal experience working alongside entrepreneurs to identify those who stand out in their respective industries. During his time as an Entrepreneur In Residence, he served as a consultant in the investment process and also helped launch Widescope, an early-stage research project at Stanford focused on crowd-sourcing federal and state budget deficit reduction. Anamitra earned an MBA from Cornell University and a degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India.
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