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Josh Stein

San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park, California - Seattle / Portland - New York, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)

Description

Most Interested In

I'm looking for bold founders going after big, audacious ideas. I'm personally passionate about SaaS/cloud, especially business applications.

Not Interested In

I'm not interested in anything related to adtech.

Partner at @dfj, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Lead our efforts in SaaS and Enterprise IT. Also active in Consumer and Mobile.

Chris Fralic

San Francisco California - New York City (NY) - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - Advertising - E - Gaming/eSports - IoT - Marketing automation - Social mobile, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • AR/VR • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Mobile • Online Social

Description

VC with First Round, former del.icio.us and Half.com/eBay BD guy, 25 yrs in Tech. Also @chrisfralic http://frc.vc/chris

Jason Pressman

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

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce

Description

Jason Pressman is a Co- Founder and serves as Managing Director & Partner at Shasta Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as the Board of Directors at Deep Sentinel. He leads the enterprise practice at Shasta Ventures and invests across a range of sectors including enterprise software, SaaS, cloud and consumer services. A company builder who played an integral role in the development of one of today's largest online businesses, Jason acts as a thought partner, advocate and counselor to entrepreneurs looking to take their companies from initial proof of product-market fit to industry dominance. As a partner at Shasta, Jason has been an active investor in cloud computing, with an emphasis on next-generation applications, systems management and open source software. His previous investments include Makara (acquired by RedHat) and iConclude (acquired by Opsware). Jason currently serves on the boards of application performance management startup Crittercism, Scala open source software platform Typesafe and SaaS subscription billing company Zuora, as well as local social guide Nextdoor and mobile platform Smule. Prior to joining Shasta in 2005, Jason was Vice President, Strategy and Operations at venture-backed Walmart.com, where he took the online retailer from zero to large scale revenue in five years. His experience growing that business into one of largest retailers online informs his understanding of how to thoughtfully scale fast-growing businesses, as well as how to use software to improve operations. Previously, Jason worked as an investment banker to venture-backed companies at Alex.Brown. Jason earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance from University of Maryland.

Tomasz Tunguz

Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco, California, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Investment Management • Mobile

Description

Tomasz Tunguz serves as Partner at Redpoint Ventures. He focuses on consumer Internet, online marketing, digital media and software investments. He is a Board Member of Chorus. Prior to joining Redpoint, he was the Product Manager for Google's Social Media monetization team, including the Google-MySpace partnership. In addition, he managed the launches of AdSense into six new markets in Europe and Asia. Before Google, he developed systems for the Department of Homeland Security at Appian Corporation, a provider of Business Process Management solutions. He also co-founded Perquimans Systems, a provider of bilingual, tri-currency automated time billing and document management systems for top-tier law firms in Chile. He holds a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering, a B.E. in Machine Learning and Master's degree in Engineering Management from Dartmouth College where he was a George Revitz Fellow. He is also a Board Member at Electric Imp, Expensify, StackRox, Quantifind and Customer.

Joseph Ansanelli

San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Developer tools • Material Science

Description

Partner at Greylock. Former Entrepreneur.

Aaron Schwartz

Consumer products - Local commerce - Retail - Sales and CRM, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Consumer

Description

3x founder, early-stage advisor, focus in commerce and b2b

Keval Desai

Menlo Park California - San Francisco (CA), United States

Investing In

Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Consumer

Description

Investing in inspiring founders building category leading companies. 30+yrs. in Silicon Valley as Engineer/Product/Entrepreneur/VC.

VC @interwest-partners ,Co-founder @ Achex (sold to First Data), Product Director @google , Mentor @angelpad, Angel investor - BSEE, MSCS, MBA

Ellen Levy

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

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

Description

Investor, Advisor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur

Dr. Ellen Levy serves as Managing Director at Silicon Valley Connect. She is the Advisor at Omni. She also serves as Advisor at SignalFire. She also serves as Advisor at Resolute Ventures. She has served as Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect, LLC, a management consulting company. From 2008 to April 2012, she served in various roles at LinkedIn Corporation, a professional social networking internet service, serving most recently as Vice President Strategic Initiatives since March 2010. She holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University.

Emily Melton

Menlo Park California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer

Description

Founder and Managing Partner at Threshold Ventures

Arun Penmetsa

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Mobile

Description

Most Interested In

Enterprise SaaS Applications, Digital Health, Product Led GTM, Marketplaces

Not Interested In

Hardware, consumer, drugs/medical devices

Michael Ma

San Francisco Bay Area - - LatAm (Latin America) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions

Description

CEO of CreatorDAO

Matthew Murphy

Menlo Park, California - Austin (TX) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA) - New York City (NY) - Salt Lake City (UT) - Boston (MA) - Chicago (IL) - Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Portland (OR) - Seattle (WA) - Miami (FL), United States

Investing In

PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Most Interested In

I'm excited about companies in the FinTech and HealthTech space that leverage technology to create better consumer experiences in these highly regulated industries.

Alex Taussig

Valley California - Palo Alto California - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Material Science • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer

Description

Partner at Lightspeed

Partner at @lightspeed-venture-partners. Investing in consumer technology startups. AB Harvard, SM MIT, MBA Harvard.

Connie Chan

San Francisco, California - Hardware - Media/content - Social mobile - Saratoga, California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Online Social

Description

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Fady Yacoub

New York City (NY) - HOF Capital is a technology - focused venture capital investment firm that is headquartered in New York, New York - Global, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Fady Yacoub is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at HOF Capital. He is also an Angel Investor. Together with Hisham El Haddad, Fady created a Hong Kong-based SPV to invest in the record-setting IPO of Alibaba. The SPV received a stock allocation at a discount with a 3x margin and was successfully exited with a 76% return in two months. Fady worked previously at Digital World Capital, a technology-focused hedge fund, helping the firm to expand its investment portfolio in Asia, including a sizeable investment in Baidu, the world's second largest online search engine. Along with Hisham, Fady also invented the drumm device, an IoT-enhanced wearable that allows for haptic communication, after participating successfully in Switch SuperNap's technology accelerator in Nevada. Earlier in his career, Fady held multiple positions at El Tholathia Corp Egypt (ETC). He led El-Tholathia Corp's (ETC Egypt) industrial development team in deploying a new home appliances factory in Sudan for a $8m initial cost. Through ETC's real estate development arm, he also facilitated the purchase of and subsequently led the development team for ~400,000 m2 on Egypt's North Coast, a project initially valued at ~$60m. Fady holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration & Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is also an Angel Investor.

Dylan Taylor

New York City (NY) - Midland Texas - Denver, Colorado - Earth Texas ; ; Colorado ; Menlo Park California ; N, U.S.A.

Investing In

Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Most Interested In

Space exploration.

Not Interested In

Late stage.

Angel investor and advisor in NewSpace. 10% of World GDP will be Space related by 2030. Ask me about the multi-trillion dollar data set.

Sarah Guo

Menlo Park California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer

Description

Sarah Guo serves as General Partner at Greylock Partners. She also serves as Board Observer and Board Member at Skyhigh Networks. She served as Board Observer & Board Member at Avi Networks. She focuses on B2B applications and infrastructure, cyber security, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and healthcare, joined the firm in 2013. She is on the board of three companies as a representative of Greylock, including Obsidian Security. She joined Greylock in 2013. She serves as a Board of Director at Obsidian Security. She is excited by entrepreneurs that understand a cloudy and mobile world, and are remaking the landscape of enterprise IT infrastructure and software. She is also interested in drones, the connected home, wearables, robotics, 3-D printing, and software innovations in the healthcare and financial industries. Prior to Greylock, Guo was at Goldman Sachs, where she invested in Dropbox and helped take Workday public. She advised pre-IPO private technology companies (as well as public clients including Zynga, Netflix and Nvidia) on strategic and financial issues. Previously, she worked with Casa Systems, a venture-funded startup that enables cable operators to meet growing demand for broadband services. Sarah has four degrees from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Lauder Institute Fellow and a graduate of the Huntsman Program. She is an advocate for STEM education for women and the underserved, as well as education more generally. She has taught Marketing in the Wharton Undergraduate Program and served as a teaching fellow in lower-income high schools for the Philadelphia World Affairs Council.

Scott Raney

San Francisco, California - Menlo Park, California, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Mobile • Online Social

Description

Scott Raney serves as a Partner at Redpoint Ventures. He is a Board Member at LaunchDarkly. He is focusing on information and consumer technology with a particular emphasis on cloud computing, on-demand software, enterprise infrastructure and mobile apps and platforms. Scott serves on the board of directors or has been involved with Redpoint's investments in Sourcegraph, adap.tv, BranchOut, Cloud.com (acquired by Citrix), Cyanogen, Expensify, Heroku (acquired by Salesforce), Jumptap, Path, Stripe, Guild Education, and Twilio. Prior to joining Redpoint, Scott served as Senior Manager of New Products with NorthPoint Communications, a data CLEC providing nationwide DSL services. Scott managed NorthPoint's first consumer product and led product development of other new products. Prior to NorthPoint, Scott worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he helped clients in the private equity and telecommunications industries. Previously, Scott was the Director of Engineering for VideoPort Technologies, a developer of videoconferencing hardware. Scott began his career at Andersen Consulting as a member of the Advanced Technology Group where he assisted clients in the telecommunications industry. Scott holds a B.S.E.E., with high distinction, from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Dave Munichiello

Mountain View California - San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California, United States

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness)

Description

Dave Munichiello serves as General Partner at GV. His background is in building and leading fast-growing, highly technical organizations under pressure in ambiguous environments. Dave joins Google Ventures from the executive leadership team of Kiva Systems where he helped grow the eCommerce-enabling robotics company to ultimately sell to Amazon for $775 million. Dave's four years at Kiva were spent launching, leading, and growing several client-facing organizations. He established a reputation for consistently recruiting top talent and both building and leading high-performing tea Dave played a key role at Kiva through its first year of integration with Amazon as the two companies partnered to maximize Kiva's impact and shape Amazon's perspective on industrial automation. Dave's career prior to Kiva included management consulting for The Boston Consulting Group and leading teams as a Captain in the U.S. military's most elite units. His military leadership roles ranged from running a high-tech organization in Europe; to serving as an Aide de Camp to the Four Star General responsible for U.S. forces in Europe, Africa, and Afghanistan; to deploying with elite special operations teams worldwide, ensuring they were enabled by the world's most advanced technologies. Dave holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Emory University in math and computer science.

David Cowan

Menlo Park California - London - San Francisco California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Redwood City, California - Founded in 1984, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is a private equity firm, United States

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer • Restaurants • Oil & Gas (& Mining)

Description

David Cowan serves as Partner, Investments at Bessemer Venture Partners. He is a Member of board of directors at Impossible Aerospace. He is a Board Member at Iris Automation. He is a Board Member at CyberGRX and Bastille Networks. He is also a Board Member of Team8. His historical portfolio includes Ciena, Hotjobs, Blue Nile, LinkedIn, LifeLock, PSI-Net, Qualys and over a dozen other IPOs, as well as many large acquisitions such as Twitch, Postini, Cyota, Tripwire, Netli, Playdom, Dropcam and Skybox Imaging. His current portfolio - spanning startups founded in the U.S., Argentina, Singapore, Israel, New Zealand and Scotland - includes Getinsured, Smule, Twilio, Rocket Lab, iSight Partners, Spire Global, Endgame, Auth0, Zapier and Zoosk. During his tenure at BVP. He co-founded three cybersecurity companies incubated in our offices: VeriSign (IPO), where he served as initial Chairman and CFO; Good Technology (fka Visto, acquired by Blackberry) where he served as CEO, and Defense.net (acquired by F5). Forbes ranked him #6 on the Midas List and tied for 4th in the Midas List of Hall of Fame. He is a Trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. You can read his blog at WhoHasTimeForThis?, follow him on twitter (@davidcowan) or see him perform with his men's a capella singing group Voices in Harmony. He also serves as a Board Member at Claroty and an Advisor at Reef Capital Ventures. Cowan earned an A.B. in math and computer science and an MBA degree, both from Harvard University

Firat Ileri

San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - London - Berlin (Germany) - Istanbul - Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Brussels - Dubai - Athens (Greece) - Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Mexico (Mexico), United Kingdom

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Developer tools

Description

Partner at Hummingbird

Stan Chudnovsky

Burlingame, California, United States

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)

Description

Co-Founder at NFX

Aaref Hilaly

San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California - - Redwood City, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social

Description

Mr. Aaref Hilaly serves as Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. He also serves as Board Member at Clari, Noteable and Truera. He serves as Board Observer at ReCharge Payments. He previously served as a Board Member at Guardant Health, Duck Duck Moose, LightStep, Keen (IO), MobileIron, Remix, Skyhigh Networks and Validere. Previously he also served as Partner at Wing Venture Capital. He joined Sequoia Capital, in April 2012 and served as a Managing Member of Sequoia Capital Operations from January 2015 to June 2018. He served as Board Observer & Advisor at ThousandEyes. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, he served as Vice President, Engineering at Symantec Corp. from June 2011 to April 2012. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Clearwell Systems, Inc. Prior to that, he was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CenterRun, Inc. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School, an M.A. degree in Economics from McGill University and a B.A. degree from Oxford University.

Rob Moffat

Blockchain - Cryptocurrency - Fintech - Games - Gaming/eSports - Insurance - London, United Kingdom - U.K., United Kingdom

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Material Science • Investment Management • Mobile

Description

Most Interested In

Insurtech, fintech, crypto

Not Interested In

hardware, ecommerce, silicon

Petteri Koponen

Helsinki, Finland - Lifeline Ventures is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Finland

Investing In

Media • Education • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer

Description

Founding Partner at Lifeline Ventures