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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.
Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Impact • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founder & Managing Partner at Collaborative Fund
Most Interested In
I'm interested in supporting founders who are building businesses that directly impact consumers and push the world forward.
Not Interested In
I am not currently investing in anything enterprise or B2B focused.
Founder of @collaborative-fund: Investor in, @kickstarter, @reddit, @taskrabbit, @lyft, @codecademy, and @blue-bottle-coffee
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.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
General partner at Battery Ventures investing in B2B SaaS companies in vertical markets
General partner at Battery Ventures investing in B2B SaaS companies in vertical markets
San Diego - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
HealthTech subsegment exclusively. See LinkedIn profile.
Not Interested In
Anything outside HealthTech subsegment defined on LinkedIn profile.
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.
Boston - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Financial marketplaces.
Not Interested In
Food and Beverage
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility • Online Social
Entrepreneur, Investor
Shan Mehta serves as Partner at Trilogy Real Estate Group. He is also a Managing Partner at CITG Capital Partners, LLC. While at the firm, Mehta served as the President at Evigna and led its acquisition, restructuring, and eventual sale in 2010. Prior to CITG, he was an Investment Associate at GTCR, where he focused on evaluating investments in software and business services. Prior to that, Mehta worked at Morgan Stanley's Princes' Gate Investors fund in New York, where he focused largely on venture investing in areas such as data storage and enterprise software. Prior to that, he worked in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley's Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings group in New York. Mehta serves as a Board Member of Netlink and Little Switzerland. He holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD and a B.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Founder and Managing Director at Vertical Venture Partners
Founder and Managing Director at Vertical Venture Partners
Ann Arbor - Detroit - Denver - San Mateo - Menlo Park - Los Angeles - New York - Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Impact • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Conscious Leadership Coach & Trainer / 2x Startup founder / Co-founder at Fearless Ventures
Most Interested In
We're excited about companies that are leveraging fundamental changes in the world to create meaningful companies that improve people's lives. We want to back the most significant companies of tomorrow, and help them operate as conscious, win-for-all businesses. Some of the fundamental changes we're intrigued by include: - AI - Robotics & automation - AR/VR - Genetics & preventive health - Blockchain - BrainTech & mental health - Sustainability / renewable energy - Mindfulness / consciousness
Not Interested In
We're not interested in ad tech or products that further the cycle of consumerism. We're not interested in entrepreneurs who don't value personal and leadership development.
Co-founder, @worklife . Previously, startup CEO coach and culture consultant. Founder, Wellsphere (acq. by IAC/Sequoia-backed HealthCentral), Unleashed.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • AgroTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Robotics • Mobility • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
We look for founders using advanced technology or unique market insight to attack high impact problems in the real world, across themes like human health, climate & sustainability, manufacturing and food & agriculture. Our investments include Full Harvest, Mammoth Biosciences, Misty Robotics, Renew Financial, Palantir and Assurex Health.
Not Interested In
Entertainment, adtech, retail/ecommerce.
VC @ Claremont Creek Ventures • Investor @palantir-technologies, @badgeville, @snappytv, @flipswap • Founder @orbit-commerce • Worked at @rre-ventures, @in-q-tel, @bina-technologies
Los Angeles - Santa Monica - Denver - Colorado, U.S.A.
Education • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Startups + Growth
Most Interested In
Platforms, Infrastructure and Technology for Gaming and Interactive Entertainment
Malaysia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility
Harvard 2019 | VC @ Soma Capital | Head of Content @ Elpha (YC S19) & Harvard in Tech | Medium Top VC Writer
Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund
Verona, Italy
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Productivity
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman presso Impactscool
CEO and shareholder
Founder/CEO @wish-days - Investor in 8 Start Ups - Strong business background (Roland Berger Strategy Consultant, Arthur D. Little) - In Love with Life
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Reflecting
Most Interested In
Machine intelligence, digital health and big data.
Not Interested In
Consumer internet and mobile apps.
Seth Teicher serves as Associate Partner at GreatPoint Ventures. He is also a Board Member of Activ Surgical. He earlier served as a Head of Content and Business Development at CrowdFlower. Previously, he served as a Partnerships and Business Development at CrowdFlower.
Chicago Illinois - Prospect California - Illinois, United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Founding Partner at ParkerGale Capital
Devin Mathews is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at ParkerGale Capital. Prior to ParkerGale, he spent several years at Chicago Growth Partners, Baird Capital, and Great Hill where he focused on technology investments. He began his private equity career as an Associate with the CGP team when they were still running William Blair Capital Partners. He holds a BA from SUNY Binghamton and MBA from Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
Milan, Italy
PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at P101 Ventures
Tech investor (PE and VC)
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
GP at Elevate Capital. Chair, TiE Angels SV. Board Member TiESV. Convener TIECon2020
General Partner at Elevate VC
New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Partner at Maven Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Sandy Kory serves as Managing Director at Horizon Partners (San Francisco). Prior to Horizon, he was Vice President, Director of New Media & Technology at Media Venture Partners, a boutique M&A advisory firm in San Francisco. He started and led MVP's New Media & Technology practice. At MVP, he worked on a number of transactions in the digital media and interactive marketing sectors, such as the sale of Freeverse to ngmoco, the largest M&A deal in the iPhone/iPod Touch apps sector. Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale of Investopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad Tech and LeadsCon.
Alameda - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Most Interested In
I am particularly interested in Aerospace and defense right now. Drones, space, flight and everything connecting them.
Not Interested In
I don't invest in purely consumer facing businesses, e-commerce businesses, game studios or ad tech. If your business is not based on a novel technology or an original application of technology to a new space, it probably is not a great fit.
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.
Chicago Illinois - Denver Colorado - Atlanta Georgia - Houston Texas - Los Angeles California - Madison New York, United States
Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Managing Partner, Co-Head of Growth Equity, Co-Portfolio Manager
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has engaged in alternative investing since its inception in 1984. The firm manages approximately $17.8 billion in alternative investments through partnerships, closed-end funds and offshore funds as of October 31, 2012. The firm engages in Energy Private Equity, Growth Equity and Mezzanine investing. Kayne Anderson has engaged in private energy investing since 1991. The firm manages a series of investment partnerships dedicated to private equity financings for high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. Energy Private Equity target investments are generally $20 million to $100 million, but the firm can arrange larger financings through its extensive network of co-investors. Through a number of funds, Kayne's Growth Private Equity Group has completed numerous deals over the past 15 years with both public and private companies in various forms, including secured debt, convertible preferred and direct equity investments. Kayne Anderson Mezzanine Credit Partners makes investments in middle market companies that have demonstrated an ability to generate stable and measurable cash flows. The firm invests in middle market companies ($100-$500M sales and $10-$50M of EBITDA), with a typical investment size of $10-35M.