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Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Consumer
Grew up in Cape Town. Came to @stanford-university in 1998. Joined @paypal in 2000 & became CFO. Joined Sequoia in 2003. Invested in @youtube in 2005.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Norwest Venture Partners
consumer Internet investments @ @norwest-venture-partners
previously co-founded Spree Network & SocialMD; M&A banker at @evercore Partners
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - Singapore - Russia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Woman Focused
Love companies with network effects!
Most Interested In
Focused on companies with network effects. Marketplaces, networks, software and communication platforms, AR, VR, IoT, connected cars, AI, b2b, b2c
Not Interested In
Not investing in traditional e-commerce (with physical goods, logistics, inventory etc), payments, ad tech, cybersecurity, esports and games.
Founder @ivi-ru, @frontier-ventures • ex-Managing Partner at @ru-Net• Investor @chope.com, @expert360.com, @Profi.ru, @ivi-ru etc • @harvard-business-school
San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Delray Beach - Florida, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Payments • Robotics
Partner at ValueStream Ventures
Greg Neufeld is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at ValueStream Ventures. He also serves as an Advisor & Investor at ChartIQ. Greg co-managed a series of investment funds at SI Capital Management trading market index futures and options, before leaving to pursue entrepreneurship including stints at FailStation and as the co-founder of Freespeech, a consumer mobile messaging app.
San Francisco Bay Area - Albany - London - Miami, U.S.A. - China
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Payments • Consumer • Productivity
Partner at HOF Capital
CEO @ care.coach (we're hiring!)
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Partner at Balderton Capital, the leading early stage VC focussed on Europe
Most Interested In
Insurtech, fintech, crypto
Not Interested In
hardware, ecommerce, silicon
San Francisco Bay Area - LatAm (Latin ) - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Real Estate (& Construction)
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Most Interested In
Co's that apply tech/data/AI to cut material costs out of large, non-traditional tech industries either via "full-stack" offerings or marketplaces. Robotics. Smart SaaS. Consumer applications (viral or transactional).
Not Interested In
Trad. software w/ limited data/network effects or long sales cycles to classic IT buyers. Hardware w/o recurring revenue. Incremental improvements.
Chris Farmer is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at SignalFire. He also is an Angel Investor. He also served as Advisor at Stuph. He focuses on investments in consumer Internet, software and mobile with particular emphasis on seed stage investments and working with Entrepreneurs-In-Residence to launch new businesses. Previously, he was a Partner with General Catalyst Partners, where he led the seed program and a Vice President with Bessemer Venture Partners where he led investments in digital media & mobile companies. Prior to BVP, he was a consultant with Bain & Co where he advised on large scale technology buyouts. Prior to Bain, he spearheaded the successful turnaround of Skybitz, a wireless enabled SaaS company, where he served as led Product Management, Finance & Business Development. Earlier in his career, he founded an investment advisory firm for angel investors & private equity funds and served as a Venture Advisor to an early stage venture capital fund where he led investments in SkyBitz and Applied Semantics (acquired by Google). He started his career on Wall Street in the private equity group of Cowen & Company. He received a BA in International Relations & Business from Tufts University & the Fletcher School of Diplomacy.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
VC at Greycroft | fmr Head of Corporate Development & Strategy at Pinterest.
Works at @greycroft-partners, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @stanford-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
New York, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Payments
Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm which specializes in seed, early stage and later stage investments. The firm is exclusively focused on applying innovation in financial services into the global financial system. The firm was incorporated in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.
Tel Aviv, Israel
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at TLV Partners
Eitan is a founding partner of TLV Partners. He currently focuses on Mobile, IoT, Marketing Analytics and Fintech. His passion is working with great entrepreneurs and helping them build their dream.
Eitan invested and partnered with the founders of Check (acquired by INTU), Videosurf (acquired by MSFT), AppsFlyer, Duda, 3DV (acquired by MSFT), Sckipio and Neura.
Previously Eitan was a General Partner at Pitango Venture Capital and led Pitango’s Silicon Valley activity since 2007. Before that he was part of the founding team of an internet startup focused on bringing the internet to the elderly and held Executive positions at Elbit Systems. Eitan holds an MBA from the University of Michigan. Eitan also served as a Pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
Sao Paulo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Brazil
FinTech (& Financials services) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Messaging • Consumer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures | Professor at Insper
Currently CEO at Acelera Partners, enhancing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Brazil and Partner at Mindset Ventures, investing in startups from Israel and USA
Los Altos - Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Online Social • Consumer
Consumer VC @ Menlo Ventures
Mission: help entrepreneurs solve important problems at scale.
Lead @ Roku, Uber, JUMP, IMVU, Siri, TeleNav, YuMe, PlaySpan
Founder and former CEO of Handle (www.handle.today)
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - Tel Aviv - New York City, Israel - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobility
Partner at Target Global
VP @goldman-sachs
Los Angeles - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Consumer
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Smash Capital
San Mateo - Mountain View - London, U.K. - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics
Cybersecurity Investor ⎮ Venture Capital ⎮ ForgePoint Capital ⎮ Veteran
Most Interested In
Surfing in the cold and kelpy Pacific Ocean or jamming on his Stratocaster
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - Denver - Colorado, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Consumer
Partnerships @ MainStreet | AI Founder | Angel Investor | Startup Advisor | Rare Whiskey Collector
Venture Product Partner at Afore Capital
Los Angeles - / Southern California, U.S.A. - Italy
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Consumer
Managing Partner at Amplify
Paul Bricault is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Amplify.LA. Bricault also serves as Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners. He currently sits on the board of LIveFyre and is a Board Observer at Klout and Playdek. Paul has been an active Angel Investor and advisor in start-ups such as Beach Mint, Bre.ad, Burstly, ContextLogic, Fight My Monster, Livestar, Gamesalad, LaunchRock, Needly, OpenBucks, Pago Mobile, Pindrop Security, Pose, Tubular Labs and Wide Orbit. He founded MRF during his 16 year tenure at the William Morris Agency (WMA). Prior to WMA, Paul worked at Paul Kagan Associates where he ran the Los Angeles office for the Carmel-based media valuation and consulting firm and was responsible for covering the worldwide film, television and new media industries from 1989-1994. Paul is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California where he has taught a course for the last 19 years on the Impact of Technology on Media. He has an M.A. in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California and a combined Honors B.A. in English Literature and International Relations from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He also serves as Advisor at Canyon Creek Capital. He is also an Angel Investor.
Mumbai Maharashtra, India - U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Mobile Apps
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.
Helsinki, Finland - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland, Monac
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Payments
Angel investor and entrepreneur
Investor and Senior Advisor at Spintop Ventures
Entrepreneur @komartek (sold to @wm-data, nowadays @cgi). Angel investor. Investments to 30 companies. Three angel exits. Advisor Spintop Ventures. M. Sc. LUT
Madrid, Spain
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Martin Varsavsky is the Founder & serves as the Executive Chairman at Prelude Fertility. He serves as Executive-in-Residence at Summit Partners. He founded Viatel. He is also the Founder & serves as the Chairman at Fon. He served as an Advisor & Partner at Senzari. He is an Argentine entrepreneur and philanthropist. Martin is the founder of highly successful companies such as Viatel, Jazztel and Ya.com. Martin also teaches at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain and is President and Founder of The Varsavsky Foundation and the Safe-Democracy Foundation, and was Ambassador-at-Large of Argentina up to 2005. He is also there on the advisory board of Busuu Online. He holds aMA in International Affairs.