Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance of finding the right partner.
London - Valley California - San Francisco, California - Austin (TX) - San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Boston (MA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Toronto (Ontario) - Seattle (WA) - Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Most Interested In
B2B, SaaS, developer tools, API platforms, vertical industry solutions, applications of AI technologies to big problems. There must be a revenue model
Not Interested In
Consumer, traction-based thingies, science projects, advertising, games, bio, genomics.
Partner @softtech-vc. Co-founder @huddle. Angel @postmates, @bugsnag, @intercom, @pipedrive, @buffer, @secret-escapes + 30 more. Product, brand, go-to-market.
Cupertino, California - Palo Alto California ; California - U.S.A. - 650 - 408 - New York - CA - San Mateo - Sacramento - San Bruno - Kingston - Tampa, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Payments • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social • Consumer
Yun-Fang Juan is the Co-founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Fundastic. Previously, she was the Chief Scientist at Soldsie, a social commerce startup that helps small business owners sell on Facebook. She worked for Facebook for five years. She started as one of the founding engineers of Facebook Ads. Prior to Facebook, she worked for Yahoo! For 6 years on search, data mining and ab testing framework. She graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a MS in operations research from UC Berkeley.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco, California - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech
Shruti Gandhi is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Array Ventures. She is an Angel Investor. Shruti brings a strong mix of operating and investing experience. Previously, Shruti was an early stage venture capital investor at True Ventures, Samsung Electronics, Lightbank, HighBAR Partners, and the i2A Fund. Shruti started working with Machine Learning algorithms while working on her master's thesis in computer science from Columbia University on understanding user behavior on instant messaging platforms. While at IBM she worked on self learning algorithms that detected user location based on IP addresses, which she later incorporated into the Lotus Sametime product. Later, her company Penseev helped users make better connections with their friends based on social data. When not investing, she is hacking on some app or thinking about ways she can be in many places at one time. Shruti also has an MBA from the University of Chicago, where she polished her finance skills before making the switch from engineer/founder to investor.
New York City (NY) - Washington (DC) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Analytics • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Technologies that convert analog workflow to digital and that are located in Boston, NY, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Not Interested In
We are sector agnostic but no life science or medical equipment.
Jeffrey Silverman is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Laconia Capital Group. Silverman served as Board Member at New York Angels. Silverman also is a Co-Founder at Operating Venture Capital. He has over 20 years of experience building early stage media and technology companies and has been involved in all aspects of business management. Silverman assists his entrepreneurs with all aspects of their business, including strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, and operations. Laconia's portfolio investments include TripleLift, Wymsee, ALICE and C3 Metrics. Prior to founding Laconia, Silverman spent seven years as the CEO and President of Integrated Color Solutions (ICS), a B-to-B software company which pioneered color accurate monitor proofing for the graphics arts industry, where Silverman was responsible for developing and implementing ICS's strategic and operating plans. During Silverman's tenure, ICS raised over $25 million in multiple rounds of financing from private equity investors and strategic alliances. Between 1997 and 2002, Silverman held several senior-level positions at DoubleClick, the leading provider of software tools designed for advertisers, markets, and web publishers to plan, execute, and analyze their marketing progra Silverman's positions included President of DoubleClick's Media Division for North America and VP of Global Sales and was also actively involved in identifying, evaluating, and selecting strategic business alternatives for DoubleClick's Media Division in the fast changing post Dot-Com Bubble marketplace. Silverman helped facilitate the successful sale of the Media Division to its competitor L90, which was later acquired by IAC. Silverman's early career included sales and marketing positions at TeleRep, CBS-TV, and Cover Concepts. Silverman received a BS in History from Tulane University and attended Columbia University's Executive Education Program. He is a member of Tulane's President's Advisory Council; a member of New York Angels, one of the country's leading angel investor organizations; the Vice-Chairman for the New York City-Southern NY Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis; a Board of Trustees member of the landmarked Park Avenue Armory, a nonprofit New York City cultural institution; a Board of Trustees member at Project Morry, a nonprofit year-round youth development organization. Silverman is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Connecticut grassroots environmental non-profit, Friends of the Lake.
London - It was founded in 2006 - Barcelona (Spain) - Berlin (Germany), United Kingdom
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Partner at Molten Ventures
Seattle, Washington, United States
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Geoff Entress serves as Co-Founder & Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs. He serves as a Board member at WhitePages.com. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs. He serves as Board Member at Hiya. He also served as Vice Chairman at Alliance of Angels.He is a Board Member at LiquidPlanner. In addition to his angel activities, he had spent the last two years as a Venture Partner at Voyager Capital and the eight years prior to that as an investment team member at Madrona Venture Group. He currently sits on the board of directors of drugstore.com (NASDAQ GM: DSCM) and several private companies. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan Law School, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame.
Mumbai India - Canada - Pleasanton California - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Saratoga, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Life Science • Mobile • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Managing Partner
Most Interested In
Emerging Technology from any University Ecosystem
Founder @loginradius • Studied at @illinois-institute-of-technology
London United Kingdom - U.K., United Kingdom
PropTech • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Shukri Shammas is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Initial Capital. Shukri is an entrepreneur with a passion for games, technology, finance and property. He is Partner and Co-Founder of Initial Capital and serves on both the Investment Committee and the board of the General Partner. Shukri is also Partner and Co-Founder of property development firm Summix. Previously, he was Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. Before Playfish, he was Managing Director and Co-Founder of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Prior to Macrospace, he was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. Current or former board roles on behalf of Initial Capital: Another Place, Armada, BravoCo, Dazzle Rocks, Divido, Gamee, Grey Area, Jist, Ministry of Games, Nexmo, OWLR, Peak, Quikkly, Superbitmachine, Supercell, Supersolid, Traplight Games. He served as the Board Member at miDrive. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London.
United Kingdom - Paris, France, France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • GovTech • Impact • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Investor - Limited Partner at Super Capital VC
Seattle, Washington - Seattle Washington ; Washington - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Chief Marketing Officer at Lighter Capital (jcolker@lightercapital.com)
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY),
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile
Founder of 645 Ventures; Managing Entrepreneurial Officer @ Cornell Tech; Seed Stage Investor; Goldman Sachs; Gotham Ventures
San Francisco, California - Canada - Boston (MA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • AgroTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile
New York City (NY) - AI - Analytics - Fintech - Gaming/eSports - Insurance, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Esports, Enterprise Saas, Real Estate, Insurance and Fintech
Not Interested In
Healthcare, gov tech, utility tech, ed tech
London - Singapore - Palo Alto California - Seattle Washington - San Francisco (CA) - ; Austin Texas ; Valley Califor, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
Angel Investor and Serial Entrepreneur
Palo Alto (CA) - San Francisco California ; Palo Alto California ; California - U.S.A. - Redwood City, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Cannabis • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Film Production (& Distribution)
Phumbhra is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Nectar. Previously, he was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Chegg.com. He drove Chegg.com's growth, spreading the service to more and more college campuses and leading in the development of strategic business relationships. Prior to the founding of Chegg.com, he was an analyst at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and a management and technology consultant at BearingPoint. Before he moved to the United States in 2001, he launched two companies in his native India, one of which focused on Web and graphic design. Phumbhra holds an MBA in Marketing and Accounting from Iowa State University. He is also an Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • AR/VR • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile
Principal at Khosla Ventures
Boston (MA) - San Francisco (CA) - New York City (NY) - Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction)
Investor at Heartland Ventures
Chicago, Illinois - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • AR/VR • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Real estate and proptech
San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - 500 Startups is an accelerator - Global - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Seed stage FinTech, globally.
Not Interested In
Adtech, hardware, social networks
Sheel Mohnot serves as Partner, FinTech at 500 Startups. Sheel leads fintech investments for 500, which is great because his startup experience includes founding 2 fintech companies with successful exits. He also runs a podcast called The Pitch (http://thepitch.vc) where founders pitch investors.
Paris - France, France
PropTech • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Future Of Work • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Messaging • Real Estate (& Construction)
Christophe Courtin is the Founder & serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Courtin Investment. He was the Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Groupe Santiane. He founded several companies, of which the most emblematic is the Santiane Group, a leading health insurance broker and winner of the 2012 "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" in the Innovation category. Christophe Courtin holds a Master's degree in IT Management and Project Management, and began his entrepreneurial journey early. In 1999, as a 20 year old student, Christophe started his first venture : an e-learning company targeting college students. In 2001, Christophe founded Best-Price, which he sold successfully in 2002. In 2006, as he was working in the Insurance industry and knew the disruptive potential of the Internet, Christophe founded Santiane.fr, an innovative health insurance aggregator and wholesaler that became in a matter of five years the #1 distributor of health insurance online. The Santiane Group was sold to BlackFin Capital Partners in 2015. Christophe Courtin retains a minority stake and is, to this day, a member of the board. As of September 2015, the Santiane Group had 350 employees based on 3 locations (Paris, Nice, Casablanca) and posted a â¬50m annual revenue for 2015. With his experience of "serial entrepreneur" and good understanding of the Capital Development industry, Christophe started the Courtin Investment fund in October 2015. The fund offers consulting and financing opportunities to ambitious entrepreneurs in order to help them achieve success. Since Septembre 2016, Christophe has been a shareholder and a parter in Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners' startup incubator. As such, he is a board member alongside other investors and entrepreneurs such as the Leclercq family (owners of Decathlon Group). Founded by Michel de Guilhermier and Juan Hernandez, Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners is a leading player in the French startup scene. To date, the fund has invested in over forty startups including Running Heros, GuestApp, ZenChef, FioulReduc, Morning Group and Ector.
San Francisco, California - Sydney, Australia - London, United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • GovTech • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction)
I scale startups
Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Real Estate (& Construction) • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
I'm looking for startups with smart-ass teams with kick-ass products in big-ass markets.
Not Interested In
I am not interested in investing in local, family, and/or lifestyle businesses.