Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - U.K. - South Korea - Japan
PropTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
CEO and Founding Partner at 500 Startups
New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Denver - Detroit - Austin - Boston - Los Angeles - Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Partner, Listen Ventures
Most Interested In
All things consumer. Products, services, marketplaces, platforms.
Not Interested In
Any business where a company does not have a direct relationship with the ultimate end user.
Investing in brands @listen-ventures-1. Building startups @dashfire.
Denver - Seattle - New York, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Platforms, Products
Investor: @birchbox, @chloe-isabel, @warby-parker @harry's, @kiwi-crate, @stellaservice, @doubledutch, @zozi, @peloton-cycle
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Nikhil Kalghatgi serves as Partner at CoVenture. He also serves as Venture Advisor at Green Sands Equity. He formerly served as Partner at Vast Ventures. He is a partner at Vast Ventures, investing in world-positive early-stage and late-stage companies. He has invested across technology including space exploration, healthcare, energy, software, and transportation. Recent investments include Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Peter Diamandis's Planetary Resources. Nikhil previously worked at SoftBank Capital where the portfolio included Alibaba, FitBit, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and many more. Nikhil also founded Partner 6, a hedge fund focused on large-cap, value-based strategies and joined the founding team of Localytics building mobile analytics. Nikhil spent several years as an engineer in the military intelligence sector before completing his MBA at Harvard Business School. Nikhil started and hosts the Necker Summit with Richard Branson on his island, where he brings together global leader and innovators from early to late stages of entrepreneurship to inspire ideas and products that create a different kind of billionaire - one who impacts a billion people.
New York, U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Co-Founder, Seed Investor & Advisor
Co-Founder @rokkan exited to @publicis $PUB.PA, 15yr UX Vet, architecting transaction/content platforms for VirginAmerica, JetBlue, AmexTravel and Dish.
New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
We are a first stage venture partner, driven on bringing our community network effect power to support global ambition.
Most Interested In
LeFonds, Catalyst for Startups to scale-up global ambition We invest in supporting growth and scale at the pivotal internationalization moment A unique positioning filling a combined network & operation gap when going global Cross-border experience to support portfolio companies We are a first stage venture partner focused on investing in French-speaking founders who create solutions or products that sustainably satisfy identified & actionable market needs.
Not Interested In
People only seeking financing are not interested in benefiting from the power of a business community.
Toronto (Ontario) - San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - New York - Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Canada
Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Next-gen gaming, including AR, VR, and platforms that help players find each other intelligently. Although it's so hard to pick just one thing.
Not Interested In
Enterprise software, SaaS, insurance
Palo Alto, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Local commerce • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer
Mr. Aayush Phumbhra is a Co-Founder of Nectar and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. 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. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Accounting from Iowa State University. He is also an Angel Investor.
Berlin, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Founders who are pursuing daring projects. Big vision & able to deliver on the nitty gritty parts. Currently AI/ML, big data, process innovation.
Not Interested In
(e/m) commerce companies, pure adtech plays, hardware only firms
Rouven Dresselhaus serves as Co-Founding Partner & Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. Dresselhaus serves as Managing Director at Voltage Ventures. Prior to Voltage Ventures, Rouven has invested in more than 35 companies worldwide. He is the go-to guy for our portfolio companies whenever they need strategic advice, input on their product, network and fundraising. Rouven's academic career ended when he dropped out of WHU's Ph.D. program in order to pursue his passion in Venture Capital.
London - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Nicole is an investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners, focused on early stage Consumer internet and FinTech companies, having invested in companies such as Calm, Cameo, Lunchclub, HAUS, Rothy’s, Zola, Daily Harvest, Illumix, Girlboss and Goop.
Nicole spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley covering the European and US e-commerce, retail and consumer companies. She also angel invested in healthcare and consumer companies over those years and then went to Nutmeg, a London based FinTech company. Later during business school, Nicole launched her own startup, which is where she met Lightspeed.
Nicole invests in generational change companies who are building brands and quickly becoming part of popular culture.
She holds a degree in math and economics from the University of York, England and an MBA from Stanford.