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Palo Alto California - San Francisco California - Menlo Park California - Mountain View (CA) - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer
Reid Hoffman is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman and Venture Capitalist at LinkedIn. He also serves as Partner at Greylock Partners. He also serves as a Chairman at The Translational Research Institute. He is a Board Member at Entrepreneur First. He also served as Strategic Advisor at New Cycle Capital. He also serves as Board Member at Endeavor Global. He also serves as an Advisor at The Breakthrough Energy Coalition. Previously he co-founded Socialnet.com and worked at Fujitsu Software Corp. and Apple Computer. He also serves as a Board Member at Microsoft.
Chicago, Illinois - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Denver (CO) - Detroit (MI) - Austin (TX) - Boston (MA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Chicago (IL) - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • 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.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • AR/VR • Developer tools • Future Of Work
Partner at Heartcore Capital
Most Interested In
We only invest in consumer technology businesses. Fairly agnostic about the industry, we look for the very best founders to back. We are excited about helping you realize ideas that matter, rather than just making something that people want.
Not Interested In
No "arbitrage" businesses - that means no simple ecommerce, no lead gen, nothing which lacks truly sustainable competitive advantage.
Munich Germany - San Francisco, California - London - Israel, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
Promising B2B technology companies. Key focus: SaaS / enterprise software, fintech, AI.
Not Interested In
Life sciences, capital intensive projects, B2C.
David Mes is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Off The Grid Ventures. He also serves as a Venture Partner at US Invest LLC. He was a Co-Founder of Arc Venture Partners and served as a Managing Partner.
San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer
Jeff Pomeranz serves as Managing Director at Right Side Capital Management. Pomeranz served as a Head of Alternative Investments at Legend Merchant Group. Previously, he was President of Hotovec, Pomeranz & Co., LLC, a boutique technology research, investment bank & wealth management firm located in San Francisco. He co-founded the firm in 1996. Prior to that, he joined Smith Barney in 1992 where he acted as a private client financial consultant. He began his career in 1991 as a senior fixed income account executive at McLaughlin, Piven & Vogel Securities. Jeff Pomeranz delivers private equity fund expertise and provides a securities industry perspective. For the past six years, he has worked for Legend Merchant Group in marketing and fundraising for the VC and hedge fund industry. Previously, he was the founder and President of a boutique investment bank and research firm. He holds Series 7, 24, 53, 63 & 65 licenses. His job is to make sure our offering appeals to investors.
San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments
Most Interested In
Infrastructural solutions that allow regulated industries (like healthcare) to scale faster. Companies will have a monetizable "application" but the core value of the company is in the infrastructure they're building that will allow them to do audacious things long term.
Not Interested In
Consumer products, hardware, consumer-facing health/wellness
California - - 500 Startups is an accelerator,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Online Social • Restaurants
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Most Interested In
I'm looking to invest in founders who execute with speed. Two areas that I'm looking at most right now include 1) Digital consumer health and 2) Decentralized software / Blockchain companies
Not Interested In
These are areas I do not invest in: -Consumer apps that monetize through ads (i.e. lots of eyeballs / users) -Games / gaming -Pharma -Energy devices (different from software) -Security -E-commerce (may selectively do 1-3 in this portfolio) -Companies incorporated outside of US / CAN
New York City (NY) - Cambridge Massachusetts - Chicago Illinois - Denver Colorado - Seattle Washington - Austin Texas - Boulder (CO), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Impact
Nicole Glaros serves as a Partner at Techstars. He is an Angel Investor. She is an entrepreneur and has been mentoring, supporting, and investing in entrepreneurs for over 15 years. Nicole got her entrepreneurial start in the 4th grade, orchestrating cousins into theatrical plays and charging neighbors admission. While earning her masters degree at the University of Florida, Nicole co-founded a tech startup that retailed products to the property management industry. It was there she developed her lifelong passion for supporting tech entrepreneurs. She took her learnings of how to scale and applied it to CTEK, an incubator in Colorado supporting tech startups in 2002, before accelerators existed. She helped grow CTEK from 1 to 5 offices across the state, and was an early catalyst in developing the startup ecosystem in Colorado. Most recently, she is the Chief Innovation Officer at Techstars - a global network and investor in early-stage web software companies. She's been with the company since it's earliest days, yet has been instrumental in its growth from one office in Boulder, CO to a global powerhouse, featuring investment offices in 18 cities worldwide, events in over 500 cities globally, with $265M in capital under management and a market cap of over $5B. Through Techstars she's invested in over 90 startups, most of which she still supports to this day. In addition to her role at Techstars, she's also on the board of Pana. Previously she's been on the boards of Owlet, the Application Developer's Alliance, Simple Energy and Pledge1Percent Colorado, She was named one of the Coolest People in New York Tech and an Extraordinary Woman in New York Tech by Business Insider, Marie Claire named her one of the NewGuard, and Entrepreneur Magazine named her One of the Most 7 Powerful Women to Watch and featured in the Denver Business Journal. She's been featured on CNBC, Inc.com, and Huffington Post, and her talks have been featured at SXSW, TEDx, WebSummit, Pioneers Festival, Arctic festival, the University of Colorado, Real Leaders, @WomenatForbes Mentoring Moments, and many, many more.
Los Angeles, California - Boston (MA) - Denver (CO) - Austin (TX) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Chicago (IL), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Most Interested In
Greater works with consumer products across the CPG space including hemp and cannabis brands. I also personally invest in businesses surrounding B2B and B2B2C - fintech, real estate, retail, saas, etc.
Not Interested In
Been staying away from medical devices & digital health products
Miami (FL) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • AR/VR • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
- Revenue generating international (non-US) seed stage (pre-Series A) technology companies - Bridge investments to finance US/international expansion - Partnered with local accelerators, venture funds and global startup competitions for deal flow, diligence, and access to local incentives - Provide portfolio companies with strategic planning and turnkey operational solutions to facilitate US/international expansion
Not Interested In
- Not interested in US companies. - Not interested in international companies that do not have US expansion as a priority objective. - Not interested in pre-MVP or pre-revenue companies - Not interested in hardware, medical devices, or consumer products
Chicago, Illinois - Canada - Washington, District of Columbia - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Impact • Investment Management
Most Interested In
Healthcare: chronic conditions, aging, utilization by LMIs Education: teacher empowerment tools, post-secondary persistence, re-skilling & up-skilling Economic Empowerment: increase earning potential of LMIs, access to affordable fin services, debt/savings management Resource Efficiency: reduce food waste, improve water/energy efficiency, adoption of sustainable practices
Not Interested In
fundraising platforms, buy one give one models, hardware products, consulting models
San Francisco, California - Austin (TX) - Seattle (WA) - Boston (MA) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - Israel, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility
Partner at Innovation Endeavors
San Mateo California - Menlo Park California - Mountain View California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Chief Firestarter @k9-ventures
Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Payments • Mobility • Online Social
GP at a16z
Jeff Jordan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining a16z, Jeff was president and CEO of OpenTable, which he took public in 2009. Before OpenTable, he was president of PayPal and the SVP and GM of eBay North America. Follow him on his blog (http://jeff.a16z.com/) and on Twitter @jeff_jordan.
New York (NY) - Founded in 2013, Bloomberg Beta is a corporate venture capital arm of Bloomberg headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Investment Management
partner @bloombergbeta. previously @ softbank. entrepreneur, venture capitalist, strategist, dreamer.
New York City (NY) - Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
Atlanta, Georgia - Tel Aviv (Israel) - Bellevue (WA) - Raleigh - Durham / Southeast US - Chicago (IL) - Austin (TX) - Tampa (FL) - New York (NY) - Boston (MA) - Atlanta (GA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobile
Engage & Tech Square Ventures
Most Interested In
B2B Platforms and Marketplaces, Logistics & Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Connected HW.
Not Interested In
Consumer apps, sales automation, games, bio, genomics
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Mountain View (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - 500 Startups is an accelerator,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile • Online Social • Restaurants
Founder turned Investor
Most Interested In
Tech companies solving emerging market problems
Not Interested In
Idea stage companies
Venture Partner @500startups, previously co-founder @klout
San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Developer tools
Partner at Hummingbird
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
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.
Santa Monica (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA) - Washington (DC) - Austin (TX), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Material Science
Most Interested In
Human capital development (edtech, higher ed, consumer toys, non-traditional education); AI / ML; marketplaces; consumer brands, products & services
Not Interested In
Gaming, life sciences, non-tech-enabled businesses
New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile Apps
Entrepreneur, Investor