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New York City (NY) - Israel - San Francisco California - Boston Massachusetts - Los Angeles California - - Detroit (MI) - Ludlow Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Jonathon Triest is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ludlow Ventures. In 2011, he was awarded the Crain's Detroit Business award for 20 in their 20's. That same year, he co-founded Funded by Night, a vehicle to help internet startups launch and get discovered. Previously, he served as creative director for New York's Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched the Atlanta-based Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. In addition to his role at Ludlow, he is a mentor at The Brandery and a board member of The Trico Foundation, and Venture for America. previously creative director for New Yorks Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. He sits on the Board of the Trico Foundation and the Board of Investors for Venture for America.
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) - Los Angeles California - Helena Montana - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Dave Morin is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Slow Ventures. He previously was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director at Path. Morin was a Senior Platform Manager at Facebook and a Mentor at TechStars. Morin is a visionary entrepreneur, technologist, and businessman. Previously, he held positions at Apple, including a Manager of Creation and Collaboration and a Manager of Student Marketing. Morin also founded a design focused technology and internet software company called DM Design Studios in college. He has appeared in publications such as The Economist, Wired, CNN, BusinessWeek, Money, Business 2.0, TechCrunch, CNET, Silicon Alley Insider, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, and others. Morin is a passionate and well received speaker and has delivered keynotes and participated in events worldwide such as South by Southwest, Future of Web Apps, Web 2.0 Expo, Le Web, SNAP Summit, Microsoft MIX, O'Reilly Foo Camp, Facebook f8, and the worldwide syndicate of Facebook Developer Garages. His focus on innovation, vision, and technology strategy has involved extensive interaction with the global market at large. He also serves as a Board Member at Eventbrite and Dwell Media. Morin received a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Valley California - Austin Texas - Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Life Science • Mobile
Executive/Venture Investor @renren-com • Co-Founder @appsurdity & @lemon-1 • Worked at @chegg, @bling-nation, @etrade • Studied at @santa-clara-university
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.
San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A. - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Technology Leader, Advisor, Geek
Most Interested In
I invest across a broad range of companies via sourcing/vetting for Freestyle Capital as well as via my own angel and advisor investments. At the moment I have a particular interest in digital health, including digital therapeutics, ML/AI in healthcare, etc. I also have an interest in developer tools and enterprise SaaS companies leveraging deep learning for accelerated productivity.
Not Interested In
I'm not presently interested in companies that are primarily services based rather than software based.
Head of Engineering @virta-health , CTO @freestyle-capital. CTO & co-founder @cotweet (acquired by @exacttarget) , CTO @spinner-com-1 (acquired by @aol).
New York City, United States
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
invests in startups that are changing the world with code in the FinTech (& Financials services), e-commerce and frontier tech sectors + built Canaan’s investment thesis in insurance and passionate about companies that re-imagine how financial services products are purchased and sold
San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps
Internet investing @sequoia-capital
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
San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Life Science • Mobile
Chamath Palihapitiya is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Social Capital. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer at Social Capital Hedosophia. He is also the Chariman of Lotusflare. He is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Remote Health Services. He served as Chairman at Integrated Plasmonics. He also serves as Chairman at Athos Works. He is also a Co-Owner and serves as Board Member at Golden State Warriors. He previously founded and served as General Partner at Embarcadero Ventures. He also served as a Board Member at ezhome. He was the VP of product marketing, operations, Growth, Mobile and International & & Head of User Growth of Facebook. He is a board member at BitYota, Groq, Future Shorts, 9021 PHO Restaurants, Remind101, Confer Health, Ezetap Mobile Solutions, Lemon, Treehouse Island, Crushpath, Captricity and Treehouse Island. He served as the principal of Mayfield Fund. He focused on consumer internet, advertising and media investments. Prior to this, he spent five years with AOL, most recently served as the VP and general manager of the Desktop Messaging group with overall responsibility for the AIM and ICQ businesses. Prior to his role as the Head of AIM and ICQ, He served as VP of Business Operations for AOL's broadband subscription service helping to build the business to over $1 billion in revenue. He also co-founded and launched a Music Video-On-Demand (VOD) Channel to both critical and user acclaim, garnering successive Emmy nominations in 2005 and 2006. Earlier, he held management positions with internet music pioneers Spinner.com (AOL) and Winamp (AOL). He is a Member of the Investment Committee of fbFund. He attended the University of Waterloo, where he graduated first class honors with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He serves as an executive chairman at MAD Apparel. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Remote Health Services.
Vancouver British Columbia Canada - ; British Columbia Canada; New York New York ; Los Angeles California ; Vanco, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Human Resources • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Dario Meli is the Founder & serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Quietly. He is an entrepreneur and a global connector. Over the last 15 years he has founded a number of successful ventures in Vancouver, New York, and Los Angeles including Invoke, Brightkit, and Hootsuite - the world's leading social media management platform. Dario is on the advisory board of several technology companies and is a mentor at Launchpad LA.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco, California - San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A. - - Global, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Developer tools • Mobile Apps • Consumer
Dr. Elad Gil is a Co-Founder & serves as the Chairman at Color Genomics. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Color Genomics. He served as the Vice President of Corporate Starategy for Twitter. He was also co-founder and served as Chief Executive Officer at Mixer Labs / GeoAPIBefore GeoAPI.com Gil has a long standing interest in location based services and mobile. Gil co-founded Google's Mobile Team where he was the first PM on Google Mobile Maps and was involved with the Android acquisition. Prior to Google, Gil worked at 3 venture backed startups and at McKinsey. He has a Ph.D. from MIT. He is currently an investor and advisor to a number of mobile and social media startups. He serves as an Advisor at Bitwise.
London - Amsterdam Netherlands - San Francisco California - Copenhagen Denmark - Germany - Zurich (Switzerland), Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Consumer
Founder @Treatwell.com (exit Recruit), Co-founder at @just-eat (IPO) special interest for marketplaces.
San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Consumer
Venture Capital, Advisor, Mentor/Coach and Board Member
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
Washington D.C - Montreal Quebec Canada - Montreal Qc Canada, Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Alan MacIntosh is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Real Ventures. He is also an Angel Investor. He serves as Mentor and is a Co-Founder at FounderFuel. MacIntosh also serves as Managing Partner at Acta Wireless. MacIntosh has over 20 years of international business experience starting in oil exploration with Schlumberger. He later undertook a product management role with Hewlett-Packard, before joining Canada's Telesystem group in 1990, where he established TIW's mobile operations in eight countries including the UK where he managed operations for three years. Previously, he served as Board Member at Fabric Software. In 1997, Alan moved to sister company Microcell and co-founded GSM Capital, the first global wireless fund, backed by nine of the world's leading operators. Alan currently sits on the boards of WaveMetrix, Millennial Media, Cellfish Media and Montreal Start-up. A native of Scotland, he holds a BSc (Hons) in Offshore Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and MBA from INSEAD.
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.
London - New York City (NY) - Sydney Australia - Tokyo Japan - Vancouver Washington - Waterloo Canada - Quebec Canada - Montreal Qc Canada - Toronto On Canada - Canada, Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Human Resources
Co-Founder & Partner at Real Ventures
San Francisco, California - New York, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
David Weisburd is the Founder & CEO at RoomHunt. His Specialties: Technology Vetting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Board of Directors, Venture Capital.