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San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - Venice Italy, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Restaurants
ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA
ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA
Brian Garrett is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut. Brian is very active in the Los Angeles start-up community and currently works actively with the following companies: GumGum, Verve Mobile, Reaction Commerce, Jyve, Sales Pro Quo, The BlackTux, Narvar, Omaze, Robin Care, Foray, Fuzzy, Umbra Lab, Fastdata.io and Saber es Poder. With over 20 years of both investing and operating/entrepreneurial experience, Brian tries to bring humility and empathy to the lonely plight of starting and scaling start-up companies and works tirelessly to help his entrepreneurs succeed. Prior to co-founding Crosscut, Brian was a Partner at Palomar Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Garrett joined Palomar in 2001 and played an active role in managing and investing two funds over 6 years totaling more than $400 million. While at Palomar, he was the sponsor of and/or an active board member in nine Palomar portfolio companies, including successes such as Entone (a video on demand company that sold to Harmonic), Lombardi (business process management software that sold to IBM) and Datallegro (data warehouse appliance company sold to Microsoft in 2008). Prior to Palomar, Brian was the Director of Business Development at Niku Corporation. Prior to Niku, Brian worked at a boutique strategy consulting firm called R.B. Webber & Company. Brian worked with numerous early-stage technology companies including CommerceOne, Inktomi, Sagent, Aurum and Broadbase. Brian received his MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and he graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Specialties: Entrepreneurial focus: Fashion/Tech/Media/Commerce. Investing Focus: Crosscut focuses primarily on seed-stage opportunities in consumer/digital media across Southern California.
San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author
Most Interested In
Founders with traction for the LAUNCH Accelerator Founders with $1m+ ARR for jasonssyndicate.com
Not Interested In
coffee to discuss ideas.... please, build something!
Bengaluru India - San Francisco (CA) - - India - Valley California - San Francisco California - California United, United States
IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports)
3x Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Mentor
Sumit Gupta is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Boom. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at BASH Gaming. He also serves as Advisor at Rolocule Games. Previous to BitRhymes, he was VP Strategy and Business Development at Monetize Media. Previous to that, he was founding team member at Business Signatures and played a key role in product and sales strategy, and eventually to a successful acquisition. He served as Advisor at MyActivityPal. He is an Angel Investor. He holds an MS (Master of Science) from the University of Missouri. He also has a BS (Bachelor of Science) from the Indian Institute of Technology.
New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • LegalTech • Online Social
Ali Hamed is the Co-Founder and serves as Partner at CoVenture. He has previously worked with Dorm Room Fund-NYC. He serves as a Board Member at ProducePay.
California, United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)
President / Managing Director - Venture Capital at Glynn Capital Management
President / Managing Director - Venture Capital at Glynn Capital Management
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports)
Shamrock Capital Advisors
Founded in 1978 as the Roy E. Disney family investment firm, Shamrock Capital Advisors is a Los Angeles based private equity firm with over $700 million of capital under management, investing exclusively in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors. Shamrock is currently investing out of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III, a $400 million fund raised in 2011. Shamrock targets businesses in the lower middle market with investment sizes ranging from $10 to $50 million of equity. Transaction types include: Growth equity, management and leveraged buyouts, and leveraged recapitalizations
New York, United States
Media • Entertainment (& Sports)
Cofounder, RSE Ventures; Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School; Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank seasons 10-11
Cofounder, RSE Ventures; Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School; Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank seasons 10-11
San Francisco, California - Consumer products - Entertainment & sports - Games - Gaming/eSports - Media/content - Social mobile, U.S.A.
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Director | Transcend Fund
Most Interested In
Games, esports, and digital media
Business & Corporate Development • Founder @qbiquity • Exec roles at @playfish, @gree
New York New York - New York - U.S.A., United States
Media • Entertainment (& Sports)
Co-Founder, Board Member at Viddui Inc.
Co-Founder Dynamite Labs; Investor in @bit-ly, @betaworks, @scanscout, @brightcove, @reverbnation, @mixify, @Outrigger, @TheWhistle, @fatty-apps.
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Local commerce • Mobile
Board Member at C2FO
Richard Chino, Pasadena, CA, graduated from Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in 1990 with a major in economics/accounting and mathematics. He was a Board Member at ShipHawk. While at CMC, he was a four-year member of the baseball team. After graduating, he spent five years in management consulting with Theodore Barry & Associates and Gemini Consulting, received his MBA from Northwestern University, and spent a year at Silicon Graphics Inc.
Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Future Of Work • Payments
Founder Startup Mavericks & Maverick Investment Properties, Chair Band of Angels LA
Most Interested In
Fintech, Cleantech, Biotech, & Real Estate Tech
Not Interested In
Open to learning & investing in all industries.
Palo Alto California - California - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports)
Venture Capitalist
Jason Lin was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Director at Global Bridge Capital. He also is an Angel Investor. Lin serves as Principal at WestSummit Capital. Previously, he served as an Associate at Element Partners. Prior to joining Element, Jason was a senior business analyst at A.T. Kearney in New York, where he consulted Fortune 500 companies in the utilities, consumer goods, and technology sectors on growth strategy, product development, and customer profitability issues. At Element, Jason is involved in all aspects of the investment process, from deal sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities to ongoing support of portfolio companies. Jason earned a B.S. in Economics, cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Mill Valley California - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Payments • Online Social
Josh Felser is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Freestyle Capital. He also serves as Advisor at Catalyst Investors. Previously he Co-Founded and was CEO of Crackle, formerly known as Grouper Networks, a company that uses P2P technology to allow users to share their personal media within private groups. He previously served as Vice President of America Online and as General Manager of AOL's music brands Spinner, Winamp and Shoutcast. Felser was the co-founder of Spinner.com, a leading Internet music destination and served as President until its May 1999 purchase by America Online. In July 1996 he founded Internet music startup, RadioCo (a division of Organic Online), which ultimately merged with DJ.com (renamed Spinner.com). Previously, Felser was a Director of Business and Product Development in the Multimedia Group of U.S. West; an executive with News Corp. and a Manager, Business Development for News Corp.'s Fox Inc. in Los Angeles. Felser received his BA in Political Science from Duke University and his MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke. He is also the Co-Founder of FYI Living and serves as Chairman of the company.
California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Vice President at Spectrum Equity | SaaS, Internet, and Data Investors
Vice President at Spectrum Equity | SaaS, Internet, and Data Investors
New York City - Northeast - Mid Atlantic - NY - Princeton - Philadelphia - PA - Norwalk - Holliston - Syosset - Boston - Wilmington - Escondido - Naples, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Human Resources • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors
ARC Angel Fund is an Angel Fund which invests in seed and early-stage companies based in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic area. It invests in the sectors like software, information technology, internet, tech-enabled services, business services, digital media, mobile and healthcare information technology. The firm was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Washington - The firm was founded in 2000, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • Material Science • Mobile
Trustee at Colorado College
Trustee at Colorado College
Menlo Park California - Belmont (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Raj Kapoor serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Lyft. He is also the Head of Business for Lyft's self-driving division. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mayfield portfolio company fitmob, a mobile company that is re-inventing the gym through social/local workouts. He serves as board advisor at ClassPass. He also currently serves as Venture Advisor & Managing Director to Mayfield Fund. He has been working in the internet/mobile/interactive space for 21 years. He started in interactive TV at Bell Atlantic, founded the internet club at Harvard Business School, was an early employee at @Home, and later ran e-commerce services at Excite@Home. He co-founded Snapfish in 1999 as CEO and then sold the company to Hewlett Packard for $300 million. His next venture took him to Mayfield, where he invested in 12 companies including Lyft, Qunar, Red Beacon/Home Depot, and Rubicon Project.
Austin (TX), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Messaging • Online Social
Joshua Baer is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Capital Factory. He also serves as Advisor at Liveintent. He is the Founder and also serves as Board Member at PostUp. He founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He was recently recognized as a Henry Crown Fellow and Braddock Scholar at the Aspen Institute, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations Young Leaders Forum and an Eisenhower Fellow. He holds a degree in Computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.