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investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
Direct to Consumer E-comm Gaming and eSports Consumer Social Sales Tools B2C Hardware
Toronto (Ontario), U.S.A. - Canada
CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Jesse Rasch is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Hedgewood. He is the co-founder and past Chairman & CEO of WebHosting.com and InQuent Technologies. He co-founded CareGuide. InQuent provides private label hosting solutions to telecommunications customers including Bell Canada, KPN, Telecom New Zealand, PCCW, AT&T, Comcast, & Cox Communications. WebHosting.Com was one of the largest business web hosting companies in the world. In 2000, Rasch sold InQuent and WebHosting.Com to AT&T. In 2002, Rasch orchestrated a management team acquisition of InQuent from AT&T. Rasch successfully sold InQuent once more in 2003. InQuent was merged with Network Solutions and is now part of publicly traded web.com. Rasch is widely credited with establishing the white label web hosting market segment that is a significant component of the $95 billion annual web hosting market. VerticalScope, which Rasch co-founded, develops and acquires online media and community properties. VerticalScope's network of websites is visited by over 85,000,000 people per month. VerticalScope's automotive publishing division, the Modified Automotive Group, was acquired by KKR / Primedia in 2007. Torstar acquired 56% of VerticalScope in 2015. Rasch is a proponent of venture philanthropy and is active in encouraging entrepreneurs to participate in strategic philanthropy. He established the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation in 2000 to invest in causes that reflect Rasch's broad charitable interests. In 2001, Rasch was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He has been featured in Time Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Canadian Business, The National Post, Network World, Macleans, and on CBC, CTV, Global, City-TV, BNN, and many other print, televised, and radio media. He was a founding member of the Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable, a joint private and public sector advisory group on e-business in Canada.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
BioTech • AgroTech • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
We invest in cohorts, up to 15 companies roughly twice per year. We do investments beyond the accelerator into seed, A, and beyond. However that is only for accelerator alum.
San Francisco California - New York City (NY) - Durham North Carolina - North Carolina - Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
General Partner at ICONIQ Capital
Matthew Jacobson serves as General Partner at ICONIQ Capital. He is also and Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Relativity. He is a Board Observer at Turbonomic and serves as Board Member at AppBoy, Sprinklr Japan, and Skuid. Prior to this role he served as the Managing Director. Previously, he served as an Investor at Battery Ventures and Chief Executive Officer of New York at Groupon, where he led the sales and operations for Groupon's largest market, growing revenues 220%. Before Groupon, Matt spent a number of years with Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) a $7.7B private equity and venture capital firm, where he focused on investments in the Internet and Software sectors. At TCV, Matt served as an Investor and has helped source and execute investments in leading Internet and Software businesses including Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY) and Everyday Health. He also worked closely with other companies including Orbitz (NASDAQ: OWW), Adknowledge, TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM) and Travelport. Prior to TCV, Matt spent several years at Lehman Brothers, working on a variety of debt and equity financings, M&A transactions and strategic advisory assignments, including advising Yahoo! on Microsoft's unsolicited $44 billion bid for the company. Matt received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a dual concentration in Finance and Management. He currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board of Techweek. He serves as Board Member at Gitlab.
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
Subang Jaya - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile
Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital, a Southeast Asia VC firm partnered with UNWTO
Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital, a Southeast Asia VC firm partnered with UNWTO
Waltham Massachusetts - Newport California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science
Board Member at Accupac
With offices in both Newport Beach and Boston, Windjammer is a national private investment firm which invests control equity, minority equity and subordinated debt in leading middle market businesses. Founded in 1990, Windjammer has successfully raised four institutional funds totaling over $1.8 billion of capital and is currently investing out of its latest fund with over $575 million in commitments. Windjammer seeks to invest between $30 million and $140 million of equity or subordinated debt in middle market companies with a minimum EBITDA of $10 million and up to $40 million. Windjammer seeks investment opportunities across the U.S. and Canada, primarily in three industry segments: niche manufacturing, business services, and value-added distribution. Additionally, prior investments have included: Industrial Automation Control Equipment, Engineered Medical Tools, Private Label Consumer Products, Water Industry Equipment, Community Newspapers, and Healthcare Products and Services. Windjammer does not invest in high tech, real estate, and financial services companies. In addition, investments in operational turnarounds and early stage companies are avoided.
New South Wales, Australia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution)
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Reinventure Group
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Reinventure Group
Burlingame - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage
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
Portland - Indianapolis - Austin - Chicago - Atlanta - Los Angeles - Seattle - New York - Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
--- Robotics --- Applied AI / Machine Learning --- Food technologies --- Hyper-differentiated products Pathbreaker invests in specialized teams solving hard technical problems in pursuit of generational impact.
VC with Azure Capital (investor in @tripit, Open Road Media, @get-satisfaction, @education-com, ezRez, @blogher); Entrepreneur with H.E.R.O. for Children, Inc.;
Boulder - Colorado, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Co-founder and Managing Director, @v1-vc
San Francisco Bay Area - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Online Social • Productivity
Venture Investor
Mill Valley, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Messaging • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur and Investor
Co-Founder Yes To Inc (Yes To Carrots)
California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Husband, Dad, Investor, Company Builder, Philanthropist.
Husband, Dad, Investor, Company Builder, Philanthropist.
Palo Alto, U.S.A.
BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • Nanotechnology
Junathan Gheller serves as Chief Executive Officer at Metabolic. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at Sentinel. Gheller served as Advisor at Grovo Learning and is currently an advisor at Glossier. He was a Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of Mixtant and Storylane (Sold to Facebook). He also served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Index Ventures. He holds a Master's in Political Economy from University of Essex, Master's in Philosophy from Universidad Simn Bolvar and a Degree in Economics from Universidad Catlica San Antonio de Murcia.
California, United States
Media • Education • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)
Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures
Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures
Munich Germany - London - Zurich Switzerland - Paris France - Berlin Germany - Nice France - Stockholm Sweden - New York City (NY) - Vilnius Lithuania - San Diego California - Cambridge Massachusetts - Boston Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness)
FOUNDER.org is an investor and company building program for student entrepreneurs who are solving big problems.
San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Food & Beverage
entrepreneur
Board Member @la-boulange (Acquired by Starbucks) . vp prod. dev., marketing & manuf., Food division @starbucks-coffee-company . VP Food @munchery
Milan Italy - Italy, Italy
IT (& TMT) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage
CEO & Co-founder Impactscool, Social Entrepreneur spreading reflection on the Future and Ethics of Emerging Technologies
Cristina Pozzi is an angel investor. She was the Co-Founder of Wish Days and also served as its General Manager and Board Member.
Mountain View - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Managing & Founding Partner @ Lynchpin Capital
Visiting Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley
Mill Valley - Calgary, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Food & Beverage • Payments • Online Social • Woman Focused
Stephen DeBerry is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Bronze VC. He served as Partner at Kapor Capital. He invests in vehicles that align strong financial returns with positive social impact. Before joining Kapor Capital, he was an Investment Director at Omidyar Network, the mission-based investment firm started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam. He has been a frequent organizer and speaker at industry conferences and his investments have focused on pioneering new categories such as social lending. Some of his previous investments include: CircleLending (now Virgin Money), Prosper, InnoCentive and more recently Etherpad, Cardpool, Edulender and PayNearMe. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology with highest honors from UCLA as well as a Master's degree in Social Anthropology and MBA from the University of Oxford. He is a British Marshall Scholar and a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He served as Board Member at Proven.
San Francisco California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Aerospace (& Defense) • Mobile
Co-founder and Managing Director at Peninsula Ventures
Greg Ennis is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Peninsula Ventures. Ennis serves as Operations Advisor at Naya Ventures. He is a Board Member of Lumenetix. He previously served as an Advisor at Plastc. Ennis holds an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and an AB in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University. Greg is also a Director and past President of the Stanford University Department of Athletics (DAPER) Investment Fund. He presently also serves as a Board Director and Observer at Net Power & Light.