Our team is dedicated to scouting
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.
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.
Los Altos, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility
Co-Founder & COO at Wholesail
Co-Founder & COO at Wholesail
Chicago - Toronto (Ontario) - Portland - Seattle - Tel Aviv - Ann Arbor - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Canada - Israel
Hospitality (& Events) • AgroTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility
General Partner at Trucks Venture Capital, Lecturer at Stanford University
General Partner at Trucks Venture Capital, Lecturer at Stanford University
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.
Oakland, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Co-Founder at Tari Labs
Naveen Jain is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Viome. Jain Founded and also served as Board Member at Intelius.He is also the Founder of Blucora. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Moon Express. He is a Co-Founder at Talentwise. He also serves as Board Member at Singularity University and as a Board Member at Extend America.
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Consumer • Productivity
Most Interested In
Products that solve meaningful problems for consumers. Includes: Marketplaces, communication platforms, productivity tools, financial services, ed
Not Interested In
I love authentic founders and products that stand out and uniquely solve a problem. I tend not to be excited by many enterprise problems.
Chattanooga, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Developer tools • Impact • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Business and Civic Entrepreneur,
Silicon Valley to Tennessee Valley
Business and Civic Entrepreneur,
Silicon Valley to Tennessee Valley
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
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.
Sao Paulo, U.S.A. - Brazil
Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobility • Consumer
CEO at CodeIT Solutions, Partner at Objective Participações and Angel Investor
K-Pool Venture Member at Smart Money Ventures
Austin - Texas, U.S.A. - Denmark
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
WE ONLY INVEST IN IN CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY. Fairly agnostic about the industry, we look for the very best founders to back. We are excited about helping you realize ideas that matter, rather than just making something that people want.
Not Interested In
No "arbitrage" businesses - that means no simple ecommerce, no lead gen, nothing which lacks truly sustainable competitive advantage.
New York - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Consumer
Most Interested In
We provide liquidity for founders and investors for their private shares in great companies -usually mature enough to have meaningful revenue traction
Not Interested In
Pre-revenue companies or shares in companies where the investors and founders are not supportive of a secondary transaction
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Mobility • Consumer • Woman Focused
General Partner at August Capital
Most Interested In
B2C Marketplaces B2B Marketplaces Consumer Internet Fintech API E-Commerce Education Enterprise Entertainment Future of Work Government Technology Health and Wellness Industrial IoT Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics SaaS Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality
Not Interested In
We tend to avoid healthcare-oriented biotech (patient facing).
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Impact • Real Estate (& Construction)
CEO at JOY - Behavioral Technologies for Families. #HAX
CEO at JOY - Behavioral Technologies for Families. #HAX
Hawaii - Honolulu Hawaii - U.S.A., United States
Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cannabis • Advertising • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars)
Healthtech impact investor
Founding chairman/CEO @Mypoints.com; led $46MM IPO & $211MM secondary (^market cap $2.3BB). Angel & entrepreneur. Crazy enough to think we can change the world!
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Local commerce • Payments • Mobility • Online Social
GP at a16z
GP at a16z
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.
Sunnyvale - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Woman Focused • Productivity
Saeed Amidi is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Plug and Play Tech Center. He also holds the position of General Partner in Amidzad. The fund has been investing in technology companies for over 15 years and holds successful investments in over 70 technology companies, some of which are: PayPal, Powerset, Danger, Bix, Powerset, DropBox, Lending Club, Zoosk, etc. A serial entrepreneur and a seasoned executive with over 28 years of experience in founding, operating, and growing successful companies. He has successfully started and grown businesses both nationally, as well as internationally, in countries like: Spain, Germany, France, and Austria. Saeed's current passion is inspiring and helping entrepreneurs and startups out of universities. His objective is to identify great entrepreneurs with a passion to execute on their ideas. Saeed is an active member of the technology community and a frequent contributor to numerous charitable foundations. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a world-class network of Fortune 500 CEOs, accomplished serial entrepreneurs, and veteran financial executives. He is an Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A. - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Matt Heiman is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Diagonal View. He Co-founded & served as Chief Executive Officer at Mobix Interactive.
Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Oren Dobronsky is a Co-Founder at OwnerListens. He also is an Angel Investor. He was a Co-Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Wondermall. He is a Co-Founder and CEO of Mallpad. He also co-founded Infolinks and served as its Chief Executive Officer and is presently the Chairman & Co-Founder in infolinks. Prior to Infolinks, Dobronsky was the founder and CEO of SmartShopper.com, which was sold in 2007. Dobronsky was also co-founder and CEO of Hotbar.com, sold in 2006.
Irvine - San Diego - Los Angeles / Southern California - Newport Beach, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools
General Partner at Ankona Capital
Most Interested In
Ankona invests in business end market SaaS companies "at the elbow" - companies with proven product/market fit that are poised for growth. We invest $5-$15M into companies typically generating $5-$15M in ARR.
Not Interested In
We don't invest in hardware, e-commerce, digital media, or consumer software.
Brian Mesic is a Co-Founder at Ankona Capital. Mesic is a Partner at Anthem Venture Partners. Since joining Anthem from McKinsey in 2000, Brian has led successful investments in pioneering companies such as Android (acquired by Google), RF Magic (acquired by Entropic), Planet A.T.E. (acquired by Intersil), Viewdle (acquired by Motorola) and Entropic Communications. He currently serves on the board of directors of Blurb, Card and StackIQ. He holds a bachelor's degree in Biology and Economics and an MBA from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business.
Austin - Seattle - Boston - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel
Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility
Partner at Innovation Endeavors
New York, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer
CEO at ActionIQ | Entrepreneur and Board Member of Disruptive Companies
Founder of @actioniq , a NYC enterprise software company. Founded @aster-data-systems, a Big Data pioneer acquired by @teradata. Founded @dataelite-ventures.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Most Interested In
B2B SaaS, Consumer, Blockchain
Not Interested In
AdTech