Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
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
San Francisco Bay Area - Miami Beach - Florida, U.S.A. - Singapore
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility • Consumer
Most Interested In
Currently we're interested in Consumer, Marketplaces, and Real Estate tech - but are opportunistic and really just want great founders in huge markets
Not Interested In
BioTech, Social Networks, Marketing Software, Big Data, AR/VR
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Messaging • Robotics • Consumer
Managing Partner at Amino Capital
Managing Partner at Amino Capital
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.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • AR/VR • Payments • Online Social
CEO and Founder, General Partner at X Fund
Victor Young is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Flinja. He is the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Product Officer at Take 44.
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools
Founder of @grasshopper acquired by @citrix-systems. Founder of @chargify. Founder of @return-path. Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A. - France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
I led investments in companies such as Cargo, Selfmade, Oto.ai and Fordays. Fascinated about the intersection of Technology and Commerce, I spend my time looking at technology infrastructure of the retail and commerce spaces as well as new models and marketplaces all enabling better consuming.
Not Interested In
I don’t invest in healthcare and biotechnology.
New York, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Consumer
Most Interested In
Early, mid and late stage completes that want to raise capital and have a marketing campaign at the same time.
Not Interested In
Founders that think they are products yet are just features.
New York New York - New York - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • Human Resources • Consumer
CEO and Founder at @evospend
San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Managing Partner at Adroit Capital LLC (Investing in our future)
CEO, @droisys - Product Engineering in Cloud, Mobile & mLearning
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - California - U.S.A., United States
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion)
CEO and Co-Founder at Credit Key
Co-founder and CEO of Onestop Internet. VC background at Shelter Capital Partners. Worked at iXL (now part of the Razorfish agency, owned by Publicis Groupe).
Gurgaon Haryana India - - Los Angeles California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Robotics • Mobile • Online Social
Nishkaam Mehta serves as a Venture Partner at GSF Global. He served as Head of Mobile Strategy and Growth (Corporate Development) at Hulu. He served as a Board Member at Mobstac.
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.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce • Online Social • Productivity
Managing Partner at Hillsven
Managing Partner at Hillsven
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 - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Global Head Of Music at Roblox
Most Interested In
I focus on female founded consumer startups that are improving the way we live and making the best things in life accessible to more people domestically and around the world.
Not Interested In
Enterprise
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Father of 2. Recovering Media, Advertising and Mobile Exec. Interested in helping passionate founders where I can add value.
Florida - Miami Florida - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Energy • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
PE / VC - consumer, tech, & emerging markets. Primal Capital, Everest Capital. Co-founded MindSnacks (now Elevate, funded by 500 Startups & Sequoia).
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 • Productivity
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.
Seattle Washington - San Francisco, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Maveron is a venture capital firm that invests in the seed and early-stage consumer companies that directly engage, evangelize and enchant customers. The firm was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Food & Beverage
entrepreneur
Board Member @la-boulange (Acquired by Starbucks) . vp prod. dev., marketing & manuf., Food division @starbucks-coffee-company . VP Food @munchery
Mountain View - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Managing & Founding Partner @ Lynchpin Capital
Visiting Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley
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
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.
British Columbia - Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Productivity
Entrepreneur, Board Member, Actively acquiring and investing in health and tech businesses.
Advisor, Investment Committee Member, LP at iNovia Capital
Cofounder, Metalogix. Technology enthusiast. Angel Investor.