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FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
San Francisco California - New York, United States - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Consumer
Managing Partner, Madison Parker Capital
Madison Parker Capital provides liquidity and growth capital to select middle-market enterprises. In addition, the firm seeks to provide attractive exit opportunities for owners and operators of middle-market enterprises and to provide divestiture opportunities for divisions of corporate parent companies that no longer reflect the company's strategic focus. Target investments include management-led buyouts, expansion financings, and recapitalizations. Madison Parker Capital is looking to invest in advanced materials & enabling technologies, business services, consumer products, retail/restaurants and manufacturing companies with $5 to $150 million in revenue, and that operate in well-defined market niches with attractive industry fundamentals. Madison Parker Capital invests in transactions ranging in size from $5 to $75 million.
Palo Alto California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Impact • Mobile Apps • DeepTech • Mobile • Online Social
Founder / CEO @wikihow. Co-CEO @ehow (sold to Demand Media). Co-founder at @luminescent ($25 MM VC + acquired) and @bigtray (Sequoia).
Los Angeles California - San Diego - San Francisco - Seattle - Chicago - New York - Boston - Washington - Austin - Boulder - Denver - Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Senior Vice President at Evoke Advisors
Menlo Park California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)
CPO. CTO. Advisor
Most Interested In
Systems that model human behaviour to help them effect change in their lives.
Not Interested In
Business Models based on Advertising, or Dating.
San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Tokyo, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Managing Director at MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd
Managing Director at MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd
Palo Alto California, United States - U.S.A.
BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • DeepTech
Data Scientist -> Entrepreneur -> Angel Investor & VC
Founding Partner @ SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Palo Alto California - San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Managing Director @danhua-capital PM @ebay Studied @carnegie-mellon-university-2
New York New York ; San Francisco California ; New York ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Impact • Nanotechnology
General Partner - Rebel One - RBL1.com | Venture Capitalist | TEDx Speaker
**Founders seeking investment:
https://bit.ly/fundtherebels
Bio:
Sergio Marrero is an investor and serial entrepreneur who graduated from the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He previously worked at Gotham Ventures, PepsiCo, Teach For America, and Deloitte Consulting. While in graduate school he conducted his thesis on venture studios and accelerating impact innovation at the intersection of business and government. He set up operations for two emerging venture capital funds each seeking to raise $100M, produces a VC and CEO LiveStream Series called RBL1 Live, and is Founding Partner of Rebel One - a double bottom line investing fund and investor network accelerating rebel founders innovating for a better world.
Experience:
-Leading program and project management activities for teams of 100+ people
-Orchestrating hackathons, accelerator activities, and training sessions related to new venture creation
-Conducting field research to identify insights and white spaces for new business development
-Facilitating UX/UI (User Experience & User Interface) design sessions to go from concept to prototype
-Rapid prototyped to test concept desirability, viability, and feasibility
-Created financial models to analyze return on investment (ROI) of new ventures
-Integrated startup frameworks into a cohesive and continuous process
(including human centered design (aka design thinking) and lean startup methodologies)
-Authored research on the emergence of startup studios as new vehicles for venture creation
(aka foundries and company builders)
-Published articles and podcasts on disruption theory to identify future trends across industries
-Created due diligence and portfolio management processes for venture identification and selection
-Advised startups and Fortune 500 companies on corporate venture creation strategies
(including accelerator structure, team formation, initiative selection, incubator setup)
Sample research areas:
Higher Education, eSports, Oil & Gas, Fashion, Cryptocurrency (Blockchain & Bitcoin), Future of Work
San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • AR/VR • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Robotics • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
- VR/AR - Blockchain - Artificial Intelligence - Particularly interested in companies that's able to drive the adoption.
Not Interested In
- Too early, idea level without demo - Too similar, 10+ other companies doing the same thing - Founders who haven't done in-depth market research
San Francisco Bay Area - New York City - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - Marketing automation - Social mobile, U.S.A.
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
Board Partner at First Round Capital
Palo Alto California - San Francisco Bay Area - Tel Aviv - San Fransisco California, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile • Online Social
General Partner at NFX
Most Interested In
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.
San Francisco, California - AI - Blockchain - Clean tech / environment, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools
General Partner at The Refiners
Co-founded 3 companies, one IPO, 2 sold. Managed global companies in the US and Europe. General Manager of a US seed fund that invested in 54 startups. Contributor Data Driven Investor.
San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
I am the co-founder of The Refiners a Seed Fund designed specifically for foreign founders. I focus on investing in pre-seed and seed stage founders. Our bread-and-butter is investing in and supporting excellent founders who may just have an idea and a bare-bones MVP. I'm sector-agnostic / generalists - we've made investments in all areas from BtoC to BtoB.
Not Interested In
Bio tech, Med tech, Gaming, Clean tech, Dating
Tel Aviv - Palo Alto - San Fransisco California, Israel - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Nanotechnology
General Partner at NFX
Most Interested In
Network effect businesses! NFX focuses on businesses that have - or want to have - network effects in their core. This can be in any field - consumer, SMB, Enterprise, Fintech, Healthcare or govtech; and on any platform - web & mobile but also AR/VR, Blockchain, 3D printing, AI, Robotics and others. Top founders with huge ideas!
Not Interested In
Currently not focusing on non-network effect businesses and specifically not telecom equipment, semiconductors and life sciences.
San Francisco California, Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Co-Founder and CEO at Apptitude
Co-Founder and CEO at Apptitude
Mountain View California - San Francisco Bay Area - Valley California - Los Gatos California - Montreal Quebec, United States - U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Mobility • Consumer
Founder and General Partner at CapitalG
Founder and General Partner at CapitalG
Los Angeles California - Human capital - Los Angeles / Southern California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Music • Online Social • Consumer
Partner at M13
Most Interested In
- Underrepresented founders - voice and synchronous social, new ways of connecting - future of work, disintermediating education, consumer fintech, digital health - environmental security: climate tech - entertainment and media tech - retail experience innovation - social impact
Not Interested In
Biotech; hardware; cannabis; influencer marketing
Paddington New South Wales - Palo Alto California - Sydney, Australia - U.K. - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Partner at AirTree Ventures
James Cameron serves as a Partner at AirTree Ventures. He served as Early Stage Investor at Accel Partners. He joined Accel in 2013. Prior to joining, he was based in Silicon Valley, where he founded and ran BipSync, a SaaS-deployed research management platform for the investment management industry. Before starting BipSync, he spent time in the investment banking team at Morgan Stanley, focusing on the technology and media sectors. He started his career as an attorney at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he worked in London, Shanghai and Hong Kong and advised clients in the technology and telecommunications sectors. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a joint LLB/BSc (Information Systems) from the University of New South Wales in Australia.
San Francisco California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Founder of Bodhi Prediction Market, Partner at Continue Capital (肯定牛资本), CEO at Ockchain, Inc.
Founder of diayin.com and rankmarks.com
Beijing China - Montreal Qc Canada - Toronto On Canada, Canada
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Serial Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor - CyberSecurity, Blockchain, AI, IoT
Serial Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor - CyberSecurity, Blockchain, AI, IoT
New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Santa Monica California - San Francisco California - , U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Impact • Robotics • Mobility
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
San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California - Portland - Indianapolis - Austin - Chicago - Palo Alto - New York - Seattle, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • SaaS • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
--- Robotics --- Applied AI / Machine Learning --- Food technologies --- Hyper-differentiated products Pathbreaker invests in specialized teams solving hard technical problems in pursuit of generational impact.
VC with Azure Capital (investor in @tripit, Open Road Media, @get-satisfaction, @education-com, ezRez, @blogher); Entrepreneur with H.E.R.O. for Children, Inc.;
Santa Monica California - Valley California - Malibu California - San Diego California - Santa Monica California - California, United States
BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • AR/VR • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • DeepTech • Nanotechnology • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
CEO | Sr Advisor | Digital Innovation & Transformation | Venture Builder & Catalyst // FinTech . InsurTech . ESG . HealthTech | AI/ML . Blockchain/DLT . RPA/IA . IoT/Edge . Cyber . Cloud/SaaS | Ex. Booz . Accenture . PwC
⢠Investor ⢠Advisor ⢠Engineer ⢠Entrepreneur
⢠Masters in Comp Sci
@reddy-co @booz-company @accenture
⢠Mentor @cyberlaunch-vc @columbia-business-school
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Material Science • Investment Management
Barry is a Partner of Lightspeed and focuses primarily on information technology infrastructure, with a specific interest in cloud computing, big data, storage, consumerization of IT, and networking. He has 15 years of venture capital experience, 10 years of operating experience and has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top 100 investors multiple times.Barry works closely with Avi Networks, MapR Technologies, Nimble Storage, Pertino and youwho. His past investments include Pliant Technology (acquired by Sandisk), Calista Technologies (acquired by MSFT), Arbor Networks (acquired by DHR), Growth Networks (acquired by CSCO), Maker Communications (acquired post-IPO by CNXT), Metasolv Software (acquired post-IPO by ORCL), Sirocco Systems (acquired by SCMR), and Telogy Networks (acquired by TI). Prior to joining Lightspeed, Barry held executive roles in business development and general management at Cisco Systems from 1991-1997. While at Cisco, Barry established many of the company’s largest distribution channels across OEMs, Service Providers, Distributors, and VARs. He also developed Cisco’s initial M&A process and directed the first wave of acquisitions and integrations for the company.Barry holds a BA in Economics and Business from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Barry is a member of the UCLA Economics Board of Visitors.