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Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - China
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Travel, Learn & Invest Globally; 8-time Forbes Midas Lister (#10 in ‘20)
Early investor in Xiaomi, EHIC (NYSE), Forgame (HKSE 0484), Wish, FlightCar, Mafengwo, 51Fanli, Operator, Misfit, Little Red Book, Musical.ly, Snapdeal, Airbnb
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Consumer
Investor, Entrepreneur, Author
Most Interested In
“Economies of unscale” -- exploring how 21st-century founders leverage AI-based mass personalization techniques to innovate and build platforms across all sectors of the economy.
Hemant Taneja serves as Managing Director at General Catalyst. Prior to this, he served as a Board Member at Gusto. He is a Board Member at Angle Technologies. He is a Chairman and a member of Board of Directors at MySun. Previously, he served as Board Member at SynapDx. He is also an Investor at Snapchat. He invests in technology-intensive software, hardware and services in clean energy and internet communications. He is a Board member of Health Insight Technologies, Virtual Instruments, Highfive, Hunch, Lumenz, Modular Wind, Sand9, C12 Energy, Stripe, TuneIn and Stion. Before joining General Catalyst in 2002, he was a co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Isovia, a Boston-based mobile software and applications company that was acquired by JP Mobile (MOT) in 2001. Taneja holds an M.S. in Operations Research, an M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and a B.S. in Biology & Biomedical Engineering all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as a Board Member at Stripe. he also serves on Board of Fundbox.
Oakland - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Woman Focused • Productivity
Dr. Brian Dixon serves as Venture Partner at Elm Street Ventures. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of BioRelix, Inc. Prior to joining BioRelix in October 2007, Dr. Dixon served as Vice President with Bayer HealthCare in West Haven Connecticut. In that position, he led a multi-disciplinary organization of up to 130 employees that delivered state-of-the-art expertise in oncology biomarker discovery, new lead discovery, research drug formulation, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism to Bayer's global R&D business. In addition, he held leadership roles in R&D licensing initiatives, strategic alliances and cross divisional collaborations in translational medicine. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Dixon directed Bayer drug discovery efforts in both the Osteoporosis and Oncology therapeutic areas. He serves as a Director of BioRelix, Inc. Dr. Dixon was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed post-doctoral training at Harvard University.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital ; Board Observer at @changecoin ; Mentor at @boost-bitcoin-fund ; Mentor at @golden-gate-ventures
Boston - Cambridge - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Co-Founder and General Partner at Converge
@fiksu @apperian @wymsee @yieldbot @wespire @help-scout @blaze-software @promoboxx @coherent-path GP Converge Ventures, BancBoston Ventures, Shott Capital
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Charles Moldow serves as General Partner at Foundation Capital. He serves as Member of Board of Directors at LendingHome, States Title and CoverWallet. He served as Board Member & Advisor at BTCJam. He has a background in general management, sales, marketing, product management, and business development. Before coming to Foundation Capital, he was part of two teams that successfully built companies from early start-up through greater than $100 million in sales and exits near or above a billion dollars. Charles has made fourteen investments since joining Foundation, of which five have been acquired: PowerSet to Microsoft; Xoopit to Yahoo!; Adwhirl to Google; Weblistic to Spot Runner and Therative to Phillips. Charles' current portfolio includes: BancBox, CloudOn, Copious, Everyday Health, Fanhood, Utah Street Labs, HomeRun, Adroll, Motif Investing, Revel Touch, and SunRun. Prior to Foundation, Charles spent five years with Tellme Networks and was a member of the founding executive team. While there, he led Tellme in raising one of the largest private financing rounds in the country post-Internet bubble, adding $125 million in cash to the company balance sheet during tough market conditions in August, 2000. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $760 million. Prior to Tellme, Charles was a member of the founding team of Internet access provider Home Network. In 1996, he established the @Media division and over the ensuing three years helped establish Media as the leading broadband media provider. In 1997 the company went public. A year later, Charles assisted in the $7 billion acquisition of Excite Network. Prior to that, Charles spent three years in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Merrill Lynch. Charles holds a BS degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Harvard University. He serves as an Advisor at VSL Partners. He also serves as a Board member at Grabr.
San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Woman Focused
3X founder + 10 year VC - most comfortable among nerds
Los Angeles California, U.S.A. - U.K.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Productivity
Partner at Anthemis Group
Most Interested In
Insurtech, specifically core infrastructure technologies; new risk pricing data and models; all things Fintech, particularly enablement technologies like AI and blockchain.
partner @anthemis; former head of ventures at @archer-gray. worked at @barclays-investment-bank. studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Belmont - 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 • Productivity
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.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Primary Venture Partners
Seattle / Portland - Minneapolis - New York - Los Angeles / Southern California - Midwest - Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Founding Partner at Starting Line
Most Interested In
I am looking to lead rounds where founders have identified a market dislocation that they're successfully attacking - whether that is for economic reasons, data reasons, or generational reasons. I have invested in popular culture (Cameo), food (Hungryroot), mobility (Spothero), recreation (Catch Co), real estate (Flyhomes/Havenly), finance (Sunbit/M1Finance) and more.
Ezra Galston is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Starting Line. He serves as Investment Committee Member at Bold Coast Capital. Galston is an Angel Investor of Ezra Galston. He served as Principal at Chicago Ventures. He focuses on all facets of the firm's consumer facing and marketing tech investments and is actively involved with Blitsy, BloomNation, Kapow Events, Luxury Garage Sale, Shiftgig, SpotHero, and Zipments. Ezra's thoughts on startups, gaming, e-commerce and bitcoin have been published in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Re/code. Ezra joined Chicago Ventures in March, 2012 and prior was a Young Entrepreneur at Foundation Capital. Before business school, Ezra served as the Director of Marketing for CardRunners Gaming - the parent company of CardRunners, Hold'em Manager and DraftDay - and before then earned a living as a professional poker player. He launched his first startup at age 13 and served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Buzz Marketing Group from 2003-2005 working closely with Midas Records, Sony Records and MTV. Ezra is a proud husband and father to a two year old boy. His varied interests have led him to launch a record label and produce a festival screened short film. He is a Kauffman Fellow, Class 18 and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a BA from New York University.
Spokane - Washington, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Driven resilient founders solving a big problem of personal interest with unique technology approach, hopefully creating a blue ocean.
Not Interested In
Hardware, crypto, biotech, real estate.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused • Productivity
Most Interested In
These days I'm focusing on platform plays, with a particular emphasis on PropTech/FinTech/SaaS. I'm typically part of the first money in, at "NY" valuations :)
Not Interested In
I tend to invest in a pretty limited area, so it won't be worth your while pitching me anything involving gaming, fashion, sports, food, life science, crypto, or media.
Tel Aviv - Yafo, Israel - U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing)
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Investing in early stage start ups in: Retail, eCommerce, Media, Marketing and Advertising Tech.
Managing Director and CEO at Nielsen Innovate
Dov Yarkoni serves as Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen Innovate. He is a Board Member of TapReason and Personalics. He served as Chief Investment Officer at Nielsen Innovate.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments • Woman Focused • Productivity
Most Interested In
Fintech, data/analytics, India, Blockchain
Not Interested In
Media or adtech
London, U.K.
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Entrepreneur and Investor
Partner & Co-founder at Initial Capital | Director & Co-founder at Summix
Shukri Shammas is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Initial Capital. Shukri is an entrepreneur with a passion for games, technology, finance and property. He is Partner and Co-Founder of Initial Capital and serves on both the Investment Committee and the board of the General Partner. Shukri is also Partner and Co-Founder of property development firm Summix. Previously, he was Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. Before Playfish, he was Managing Director and Co-Founder of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Prior to Macrospace, he was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. He holds current or former board roles on behalf of Initial Capital: Armada, Dazzle Rocks, Divido, Gamee, Grey Area, Jist, Ministry of Games, Nexmo, OWLR, Peak, Quikkly, Superbitmachine, Supercell, Supersolid, Traplight Games. He serverd as Board Member at Another Place. He served as the Board Member at miDrive. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London. He served as a Board Member at BravoCo
Paris, France - U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Entrepreneur & Investor
Investor at Sparkle Ventures
Michael Amar is a Co-Founder of Ifeelgoods and serves as its Board Member and Chief Executive Officer. He co-founded Daooda and also served as its Chief Executive Officer. He co-founded Agorad. Amar is a graduate of Institut Superieur de Gestion business school.
Mountain View, U.S.A. - India
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Consumer • Productivity
Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital
Pranav Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital. Pai serves as General Partner at Elevate Innovation Partners. Pranav Pai serves as an Advisory Board Member at Licious. He is an Investor at Saha Capital. Pranav is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem in India and leads early-stage venture capital investments at 3one4 Capital. He has made over 70+ seed and venture capital investments across several investment categories in India and the US. Pranav serves on the boards of and as an advisor to several of the companies in the portfolio. As part of an LP team, Pranav also engages with an extensive funding ecosystem of over 30 different investment vehicles across different asset classes such as early and growth stage venture capital, public markets, real estate project financing, and venture debt in India and the US. Before 3one4, Pranav was an early employee at EdCast, an education technology startup in the San Francisco Bay Area. At EdCast, he helped launch the company's operations and served as the founding Senior Product Manager. It is now a multi-million dollar revenue business with enterprise clients such as Salesforce, GE, HP, Accenture, Walmart, the WEF, and NASSCOM, and top-tier investors such as SoftBank, GE Capital, and Menlo Ventures. Pranav graduated with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and with a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communications Engineering from RV College, Bangalore.
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Member Board Of Trustees at Dartmouth College
Member Board Of Trustees at Dartmouth College
Tel Aviv, Israel - U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Managing Director, GM Israel and Europe, Verizon Ventures
General Partner at State of Mind Ventures (SOMV)