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San Francisco Bay Area - Atherton, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Mobile Apps • Consumer
Founder and Managing Director of the Boost VC Accelerator
Mr. Adam Draper is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Boost VC. He serves as an Advisor at 7shifts. He serves as Advisor at Ava. He serves as Advisor at Alpha Investing. He was a Board Member of Make School. He Co-Founded and served as Director and Board Member at Ender's Fund. He is a member of the board for a number of firms including Makegameswith.us and Xpert Financial where he is also the Founder. He serves as an advisor at Coinage. In 2009, the same year that he graduated from UCLA, he founded Xpert Financial, a secondary market for private securities. After settling millions of dollars in private security transactions and becoming a registered broker-dealer, he left Xpert Financial in late 2012 and began angel investing, where he backed such startups as Coinbase, Plangrid, and Amplitude. Mr. Draper then partnered up with Brayton Williams to change the face of global startup mentorship.
San Francisco California - Oakland California - London, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Kapor Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in companies operating in the information technology, education, health, work, finance, mobile, justice, food, media and retail sectors. The firm was founded in 2009 and is based in Oakland, California.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A. - Germany - 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, Icela
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Capital Market and Asset Management Tech Insurtech Regulatory Technology HealthTech CleanTech
San Francisco, California investing in founders with disruptive business models that can capitalize on current platforms, as well as those founders that are building breakthrough technologies for emerging new platfor, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Mobile
Kirby Bartlett is the Managing Director, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer of Sherpa Capital. Prior to joining Sherpa Capital in December 2015, Kirby had a similar role at Bay City Capital, a venture capital firm that raised eight venture capital funds representing $1.6 billion in capital commitments. With 20 years in venture capital, including 14 years running the back office, he is a highly experienced venture capital executive capable of managing all aspects of a VC firm. Over his tenure, he has led efforts in fundraising, marketing, investor relations, recruiting, regulatory compliance, portfolio management, and investing. His early investment activities include championing three investments that led to IPOs. His overall experience makes him ideally suited to manage Sherpa's back office and support its investment team. Previously, Kirby worked for Burrill & Craves where he advised companies in various corporate development strategies. Kirby also worked at BAbCO (acquired by Covance) for six years where he managed a majority of its contract research services. Kirby holds an MBA from University of San Francisco graduating 1st in his class, and received a BA in Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. Kirby, along with his wife and two kids, is deeply rooted in the Bay Area, having lived here almost his entire life.
Southlake Texas - San Francisco California - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage
Serent Capital invests in growing, profitable businesses. The firm recently announced the closing of institutional commitments for its inaugural $250 million fund. Serent typically commits $10 million to $100 million in capital as an investment. Serent focuses predominantly on services businesses, particularly ones with moderate to light capital intensity, requiring limited capital expenditures. The firm is comfortable with a wide range of revenue size, ranging from $5 million to $100 million, and typically looks for businesses with EBITDA between $3 million and $10 million, and returns on invested capital over 20%. Serent participates in Recapitalizations, Management Buyouts, and Growth Equity financings.
New York New York ; New York - U.S.A. - Franklin Lakes - Marina del Rey, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • FoodTech • Consumer
Mr. Alan Gould is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer at MutualMarkets. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Managing Director at Peak Opportunity Partners. He serves as an Advisor at Global Ad Source. He is an angel investor. He served as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Instantly and prior founded IAG Research and built the company into the leading provider of engagement metrics in the television industry. He served as its Co-Chief Executive Officer until the company was acquired by Nielsen for $250 Million. Following the company's merger with Nielsen, he created and served as Chief Executive Officer of Advertiser Solutions, a business unit of The Nielsen Company. Alan was a Venture Partner with Greycroft Partners, serving on the Board of Directors of VIZU, WorkFusion and AppAnnie. He is a graduate of the New York University School of Law (J.D.), Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P.) and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S.).
Gurgaon India - Bangalore Karnataka India, India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments • Mobile
Santosh Shetty serves as Director at Neev Information Technologies. He also is an Angel Investor. He is the Co-Founder of the company. Santosh is responsible for bringing in new business as well as spearheading product strategy at Neev. He works on key engagements, with partners and drives alliances. Before Neev, Santosh played a key role in the testing and release of CRM products at Talisma after which he took up the a key role in Testing and Release Management of a p2p Web 2.0 product aimed at managing personal information on the desktop at Pi (now Decho, an EMC Company). Santosh is an IIM-B alumnus.
San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A. - Hanalei - Walnut - Oakland - New York - CA - NY - Los Angeles, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage
Yves Behar is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Creative Officer at August Home. He previously served as the Chief Creative Officer at Jawbone. He holds BS degree in Industrial Design from ArtCenter College of Design. He was the Creative Founder at Ouya (software assets).
San Francisco California - Fargo, North Dakota,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Life Science
Founded in 1995, Gryphon is a private equity firm that focuses on the lower-end segment of the middle market. Initial target investments range from $25 to $75 million, with a possible $25 to $50 million of follow-on equity for synergistic add-on acquisitions that will drive market dominance. Gryphon has over $900 million of capital under management, a blue-chip cast of limited partners, and has executed over 50 middle market equity transactions including traditional buyouts, leveraged build-ups, and growth equity investments. Gryphon's initial fund, Gryphon Partners, LP raised in 1996, enabled the firm to lead over $100 million of equity investments in 1997 and 1998. Raised in 1999, Gryphon Partners II, LP is a $424 million investment fund. Gryphon's three core areas of interest are Business Services, Consumer Products & Services, and Healthcare & Education.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - 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, Monaco
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Bridging South East Europe and Silicon Valley -- Mostly consumer & e-commerce.
Palo Alto California - Los Altos - San Francisco - San Jose - Berkeley - Oakland - San Mateo - Redwood City - New York - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Capital efficient markets, AI, Direct to Consumer, Food Tech, very early stage, great founders, innovation in stodgy industries
Not Interested In
semiconductors, heavy capex companies
Oslo, Norway - Switzerland - Germany - 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
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Food & Beverage
Investor and Entrepreneur at La Famiglia
Latvia, 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, Monaco
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Payments
Co-founder at Printify
Salt Lake City - Utah, U.S.A.
AgroTech • Energy • CleanTech • Food & Beverage • Impact
Amanda is an investor and Managing Director at Cultivian Sandbox, a Chicago-based venture capital fund investing in innovative food and agriculture technology companies. Prior to Cultivian Sandbox, Amanda held strategy, product management, and business development roles at Cargill. Amanda earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and holds a BSB and BA from the University of Minnesota.
New York - Salt Lake City - Utah, U.S.A.
Media • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I'm most interested in healthcare and wellness. Only software.
Not Interested In
no hardware or CPG.