Companies in the SF Bay Area and Israel. Anything with network effects: networks, marketplaces, synthetic biology, urban tech, fintech, Blockchain 2.0, B2B, B2C, consumer products, AR, IOT, connected devices.
Not Interested In
Tools for ecommerce sites or retailers, adtech, restaurant tech, loyalty programs for local experiences, travel discovery, food delivery, children's savings/money programs, children's video games, things for parents.
James Currier serves as Managing Partner at NFX. James is one of Silicon Valley's foremost experts in growth and network effects. He's a four-time serial entrepreneur. He is also a pioneer of user-generated models, viral marketing, a/b testing, crowdsourcing, and myriad other growth techniques now followed by nearly all technology companies. Because of his expertise in these critical areas of company growth, he's been fortunate to invest in, advise, and mentor many of technology's definitive startups, and has revolutionized the trajectory of today's leading internet companies. James is a growth junkie with an uncanny eye for what it takes to succeed. He has been investing before or alongside firms like Sequoia, Greylock, CRV, A16z, First Round, Mayfield, Shasta, and GGV.
Sarah Tavel
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Seattle , New York , ..., U.S.A. - Canada
Previous Investments
• Cornerstone OnDemand:
$7720000
• WeWork China:
$500000000 (Early stage VC)
• Cockroach Labs:
$160000000 (Later stage VC)
• Discord:
$50000000 (Later stage VC)
• Amplitude:
$30000000 (Later stage VC)
• Contentful:
$28000000 (Later stage VC)
• Manticore Games:
$15000000 (Early stage VC)
• Buoyant:
$10500000 (Early stage VC)
• Modern Treasury:
$10000000 (Early stage VC)
• Bugsnag:
$9000000 (Later stage VC)
• Blue Hexagon:
$6000000 (Early stage VC)
• Stitch Health:
(Early stage VC)
• Docker:
(Later stage VC)
• Modern Treasury:
• Sorare:
• Knightley:
$1500000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Poparazzi:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Supergreat:
$20000000 (Series B)
• Supergreat:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Chainalysis:
$100000000 (Series E)
• Chainalysis:
$100000000 (Series C)
• Chainalysis:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Chainalysis:
$16000000 (Series A)
• TTYL:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Cambly:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Hipcamp:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Hipcamp:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Wealthfront:
$75000000 (Series E)
• Medely:
(Series B)
Sarah Tavel
Seattle - New York - Vancouver - Toronto (Ontario) - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
I focus on consumer marketplaces and transactional businesses, particularly those that provide a 10x experience to consumers and save them money.
Not Interested In
Businesses that would basically be the same w/o software.
Sarah Tavel serves as General Partner at Benchmark Capital. She serves as a Board Member at Chainalysis. Tavel also served as Investment Partner at Greylock Partners prior to Benchmark Capital. She also served as an Advisor at SignalFire. Previously, she served as a Manager, Products at Pinterest. Prior to Pinterest, she was Vice President of Bessemer Venture Partners. Sarah Tavel, a senior associate in the Menlo Park office, joined Bessemer in 2006. Working with Jeremy Levine, she focused on the software and Internet sectors and has been closely involved in investments with consumer internet company Pinterest; Microsoft SharePoint migration solutions provider Metalogix; leads-generator Yodle; learning-and-talent-management company Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO); e-commerce site Onestop; energy-management company CPower (acquired by Constellation Energy); SaaS online-marketing company Convertro; business-software company MindBody Solutions; and leading Russian e-commerce company KupiVIP. She also works with Bessemer company eEye Digital Security and worked with Quidsi (operator of Diapers.com and Soap.com), acquired by Amazon.com, and classifieds-provider OLX, acquired by Naspers.
Parul Singh
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
B2B SaaS expert ▪ Mentor & Coach ▪ Active Angel Investor ▪ Owner of The SaaSgarage
Investor at Point Nine Capital
Angel investor and mentor for those having exciting business ideas, ready kicking off their company. Core competency and areas of interest: SaaS (eg. @freeagent @geckoboard @positionly @riskmethods @minubo @contentful @softgarden )
Dovey Wan
Investing in FinTech (& Financials services) &bul...
Matt Heiman is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Diagonal View. He Co-founded & served as Chief Executive Officer at Mobix Interactive.
Pankaj Jain
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Pankaj Jain serves as Partner & Advisor at 500 Startups. He also served as a Board Member at Tushky. Prior to that, he served as a Founder & Country Co-Ordinator for India of Startup Weekend, Founder of Teknatus Solutions, Consultant at TLabs, Co-Founder of HeadStart Network Foundationm, Director of Sales for Cymtec Systems, Director of Market Data and Application Support for GlobeOp Financial Services and an Associate for Long-Term Capital Management.
David S. Rose
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
These days I'm focusing on platform plays, with a particular emphasis on PropTech/FinTech/SaaS. I'm typically part of the first money in, at "NY" valuations :)
Not Interested In
I tend to invest in a pretty limited area, so it won't be worth your while pitching me anything involving gaming, fashion, sports, food, life science, crypto, or media.
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