Find Food & Beverage Investors

Christine Tsai

San Francisco California - London - New York City (NY) - Seoul South Korea - Tokyo Japan - Valley California - Boston Massachusetts - Palo Alto California - Seattle Washington - Los Angeles California - Mountain View California, U.S.A. - U.K. - South Korea

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Founding Partner at @500startups . Previously @google & @youtube . Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.

Kevin Colleran

Boston Massachusetts - San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Kevin Colleran is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Slow Ventures. Slow manages nearly $250 million in capital financed by a group of 100+ tech industry founders, CEO's, executives as well as a select group of notable venture capital firms and endowments. At Slow, Colleran focuses on working consumer and enterprise seed stage startups and has a vast portfolio of more than 250 companies including Pinterest, Barkbox, Postmates, Nextdoor, Casper, Pillpack, Classpass, Breather, Slack, Allbirds, Robinhood, Blue Bottle Coffee, Plated, Breather, Hipcamp, Gusto, Zeel, Wag, Brandless, Everlane, Wealthfront and many more. Kevin was also previously a Venture Partner and Advisor at General Catalyst Partners and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal (online & print) as part of their "Accelerators" section. Previously Kevin was one of the first 10 employees at Facebook Inc. having joined in early 2005 as their first advertising sales executives. He stayed at Facebook for nearly 7 years, leaving in 2012 after having become the longest tenured employee at the company other than Mark Zuckerberg. Kevin received a BA in Business Management and Marketing from Babson College.

Rob Hayes

New York City (NY) - 4040 Locust Street Philiadelphia Pennsylvania - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps

Description

Venture Investor

Investor in @uber, @planet-labs, @gnip, @better-finance, @mint, @get-satisfaction, @xobni, @taskrabbit, @dnanexus, @yieldex. Team member of @first-round-capital.

Binh Tran

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

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

Boris Silver

San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Toronto (Ontario) - Tel Aviv (Israel) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Diego (CA) - Chicago (IL) - Boston (MA) - Philadelphia (PA) - Baltimore (MD), U.S.A. - Canada - Israel

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Boris Silver is a Co-Founder and serves as President, Venture at FundersClub. Prior to starting FundersClub, he was founder and CEO of Sport Interactiva, a leading fantasy sports gaming company on Facebook (sold to Citizen Sports and acquired by Yahoo!). He was named an Ambassador of Entrepreneurship by Wharton, serves on the Board of Advisors to a venture backed technology company, and is an advisor to First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund. Previously, he worked at Bunge, a global agribusiness, in their Commodity Trading and Risk Management program. He has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 in Tech and to Silicon Valley's 40 under 40. Boris graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is also an alumnus of Y Combinator.

Doug Renert

San Francisco California - Burlingame, California - Burlingame (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage

Description

Most Interested In

Most businesses with a leveraged go to market model. Most interesting spaces: marketplaces, platforms as a service and IoT (consumer or B2B)

Not Interested In

life sciences, med devices and deep science

Founded Tandem Cap, Silicon Valley's mobile incubator: investor in @tile, @playhaven,@pagerduty,@BashGaming,@ZumoDrive,@Cuff,@packetzoom, @upout;@ShoeLovers

Aileen Lee

Menlo Park California - Denver (CO) - San Diego (CA) - Seattle (WA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Founder of Cowboy Ventures, seed stage-focused fund; and longtime partner at KPCB. Founding CEO of RMG Networks, an out-of-home digital media startup.

Chris Farmer

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics

Description

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.

Sheel Mohnot

San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Most Interested In

Seed stage FinTech, globally.

Not Interested In

Adtech, hardware, social networks

Sheel Mohnot serves as Partner, FinTech at 500 Startups. Sheel leads fintech investments for 500, which is great because his startup experience includes founding 2 fintech companies with successful exits. He also runs a podcast called The Pitch (http://thepitch.vc) where founders pitch investors.

Julie Lein

San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • IoT • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Most Interested In

Startups shaping the future of cities. Investing at the pre-seed & seed in a variety of verticals, including: - Transportation - Future of work - Real estate tech - Energy & water - Business & fintech services - Food - Health & public safety - Govt & civic tech - Arts & recreation

Julie is a co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund. The Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative urban technology. It provides seed capital and regulatory expertise to entrepreneurs solving our toughest urban challenges – helping them grow into tomorrow’s most valued companies. Previously, Julie co-founded Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. During the last three years, Tumml has incubated 33 startups, who have raised $37M+ in funding and launched products/ services for over 2.2M people. Her work in urban entrepreneurship has been featured in numerous press outlets, including CNN, TedX, Forbes, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Julie has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Stanford.

Dustin Rosen

Santa Monica California - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Dustin Rosen is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Wonder Ventures. He also serves as the Board Member at Shippabo. He also is an Angel Investor. Since he began his career, he's been on every side of the business, from running and selling his own technology start-up to investing in dozens of others, as well as using this expertise to advise numerous entrepreneurs. In 2010, Dustin co-founded Pose and served as its Board Member. In 2012, Apple named it one of the best apps of the year, and at the end of 2013, Dustin guided Pose through an acquisition before beginning Wonder Ventures. Prior to Pose, Dustin worked at the Mailroom Fund, an LA-based venture capital group comprised of the William Morris Agency, Accel Partners, Venrock, and AT&T. There, Dustin focused on discovering and funding high-impact and innovative companies in the internet consumer arena. Before this, he worked at the William Morris Agency, getting his start in the infamous Mail Room. He received a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.

Patrick Lor

Quebec Canada - Toronto Ontario Canada - Montreal Qc Canada - Calgary Ab Canada, Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps

Description

Patrick Lor serves as Managing Partner at Panache Ventures. Lor also serves as Partner at 500 Startups Canada. He helped pioneer the microstock industry, as co-founder of iStockphoto, the world's first crowd sourced stock photography community. Upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually, and was sold to Getty Images for US$50 million in 2006. Most recently, he was head of North American operations for Fotolia, a stock photography community backed by private equity firm KKR. Patrick is also active in the technology startup ecosystem as an advisor, mentor, angel investor, teacher, and community leader. Organizations he contributes to include: thea100.org, thec100.org, democampcalgary.com, University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Highline, and FounderFuel. He also served as Advisor at iNovia Capital.

Paul Martino

Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Bullpen Capital is an early-stage fund to make follow-on investments for companies who have recently raised seed

Wayne Hu

San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Partner at SignalFire

VC @signalfire ; Previously: @kpcb-1 @youtube @google @mckinsey-co , Entrepreneurship @harvard-business-school , Math Econ @princeton

Rob Trice

San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile Apps

Description

Most Interested In

The application of information technology to make a positive impact in the food and agriculture sectors

Michael Berolzheimer

San Francisco, California - Canada, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Most Interested In

We're the earliest investors you'll ever meet, and never pass because you're 'too early'. We embrace the pre-seed. We are hot on Voice, Market Networks, Industrial Tech, NewSpace, and anything Frontier -- wonky enough for us to spend the time to learn and ramp up with you. We seek founders with Deep Market Insights - you know the problem cold and the solution is bursting from you.

Not Interested In

No discovery apps. No FinTech. No consumer (except for marketplaces). No international, please. No Seed Prime, Post Seed, Series A rounds.

Tripp Jones

San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Toronto (Ontario) - Chicago (IL) - Philadelphia (PA) - Mountain View (CA) - Palo Alto (CA) - Los Angeles / Southern California, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage

Description

Most Interested In

Tripp invests broadly in information technology companies, with a particular focus on consumer internet and enterprise applications software.

Not Interested In

We tend to avoid healthcare-oriented biotech (patient facing).

Marvin Liao

San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Food & Beverage

Description

An Investor, executive coach and formal advisor to several Family Offices. Marvin was formerly a Partner at Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program as well as investing in Seed stage start ups. He Invests in Digital Media, Enterprise SAAS, Marketplace, Mobile, AdTech/MarketingTech, Digital Health, Internet of Things & Fintech startups. He invested in & worked with over 414 Pre-seed & Seed stage startups such as Embroker, Eaze, Aircall, Manychat, Shippo, RapidAPI, Worthix, Indio, Pipefy, Innovacer, Vela, Apostrophe, AgFunder, Printify, Whereto, Qualio, PlateIQ, Avanoo, Zentist, Stackshare, Shortpoint, MonkeyLearn & Cube.js (aka Statsbot) among many others during his tenure there.Previously an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, having managed large multifunctional teams across multiple countries. He has P&L management experience and most recently responsible for 100% YoY revenue growth while running a business unit and building new sales channels in EMEA & the Emerging Markets regions for the last ~4 years at Yahoo!. A 10.5 year veteran of Yahoo! Inc., Marvin has held executive roles in the various departments of Sales, Business Development, Ad Operations and Marketing. Most of his roles were regional or global management roles giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States in his career at the company.Marvin presently serves on the boards/advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. Marvin is a frequent speaker at many Digital Marketing & Tech Startup Conferences. A longtime fan, participant, and an observer of the digital revolution occurring across the world, he is interested in opportunities with top growth companies large and small with a focus on driving monetization and expanding into new international markets.

Bedy Yang

California, United States

Investing In

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)

Brad Feld

Boulder, Colorado - Charlotte (NC) - Boston (MA) - Indianapolis (IN) - Seattle (WA) - Denver (CO) - San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Boulder (CO), U.S.A. - India

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps

Albert Wenger

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Ellie Wheeler

New York City (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Security • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Ellie Wheeler serves as Partner at Greycroft Partners. She served as a Board Observer at Savoteur and serves as an Advisor at Fisoc. Her responsibilities include evaluating investment opportunities, sourcing new deals, and working with existing portfolio companies. Prior to joining Greycroft, she worked in a similar role during business school evaluating investment opportunities at Lowercase Capital with investor Chris Sacca. Before working with Lowercase, Wheeler worked at Cisco in Corporate Development doing acquisitions, investments, and strategy within the communications, collaboration, and video verticals. Ellie's past experience also includes working briefly at the London-based venture capital firm DN Capital, focused on early stage ecommerce companies. She began her career in growth capital private equity at Summit Partners in Boston. Wheeler graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a BA in Psychology and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Hans Tung

San Francisco California - Beijing China - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - New York (NY) - Seattle (WA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Boston (MA), U.S.A. - China

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT • HealthTech (& Fitness) • AR/VR • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps

Description

Early investor in Xiaomi, EHIC (NYSE), Forgame (HKSE 0484), Wish, FlightCar, Mafengwo, 51Fanli, Operator, Misfit, Little Red Book, Musical.ly, Snapdeal, Airbnb

Dmitry Alimov

Singapore - Moscow Russia - San Francisco California - Palo Alto, California, Singapore - Russia - U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage

Description

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

Jeff Jordan

San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

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

Description

GP at a16z

Venture Capitalist at @andreessen-horowitz.

Linked In Description:

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.

Will Quist

San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Security • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Insurance • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Most Interested In

Banking, Future of Work, Health Care Services

Not Interested In

Marketing technologies, content, lending

Semil Shah

San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality & Events • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Security • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS

Description

Semil Shah serves as a Venture Partner at GGV Capital. He also serves as an Investor of BirdEye. He is the Founder and serves as a General Partner of Haystack, which invested in more than 70 companies, including Instacart, Hired, and DoorDash. He serves as the Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves on the advisory boards of The Alpha Network and StrictlyVC. He is also a former consultant for several venture capital firms, including General Catalyst, Trinity Ventures, and GGV Capital, among others. His notable AI investments include AirMap, an airspace services provider that focuses on providing accurate airspace information for building unmanned aircraft, drones, and applications; Iris Automation, which helps industrial drones avoid collision; and SkySafe, which provides drone defense and airspace control solutions. Semil holds a bachelor's degree from University of Michigan and a Master's degree from Harvard University.

Kanyi Maqubela

San Francisco California - - New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

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

Description

Entrepreneur, Investor

GP at @collaborative-fund

Ryan Freedman

New York City (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Distributed workforce • Food & Beverage • Impact • Insurance • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Most Interested In

Real Estate Tech, E-Gaming, Blockchain, Finding the gaps of opportunity

CEO of Corigin Ventures, a provider of capital to entrepreneurs focused on transforming the status quo of an industry through the use of technology.

Gautam Gupta

Mumbai India - Palo Alto California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Los Angeles / Southern California - San Francisco (CA), India - U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Security • Analytics • Food & Beverage

Description

Most Interested In

B2C businesses across DTC brands, consumer services, subscription (media, gaming, commerce). Exploring cannabis, housing, esports.

Not Interested In

India/China currently

http://levelequity.com/bios_gautam_gupta.php

Ellen Levy

San Francisco California - Valley California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage

Description

Investor, Advisor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur

Dr. Ellen Levy serves as Managing Director at Silicon Valley Connect. She is the Advisor at Omni. She also serves as Advisor at SignalFire. She also serves as Advisor at Resolute Ventures. She has served as Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect, LLC, a management consulting company. From 2008 to April 2012, she served in various roles at LinkedIn Corporation, a professional social networking internet service, serving most recently as Vice President Strategic Initiatives since March 2010. She holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University.

Jon Staenberg

Argentina - Seattle, Washington - Palo Alto (CA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Portland (OR) - Seattle (WA) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Insurance

Description

Venture Capitalist, Vintner Capitalist, Board Member, and Dad

Investor in @infospace, @stubhub, @evite, @seagate, @spinner, @livebid. @squaretrade @docusign-5, @splunk, @automattic @volaris @Appvance@avalara@docusign