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San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - Venice Italy, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Restaurants
ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA
ex-Entrepreneur and Seed-Stage investor in LA
Brian Garrett is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut. Brian is very active in the Los Angeles start-up community and currently works actively with the following companies: GumGum, Verve Mobile, Reaction Commerce, Jyve, Sales Pro Quo, The BlackTux, Narvar, Omaze, Robin Care, Foray, Fuzzy, Umbra Lab, Fastdata.io and Saber es Poder. With over 20 years of both investing and operating/entrepreneurial experience, Brian tries to bring humility and empathy to the lonely plight of starting and scaling start-up companies and works tirelessly to help his entrepreneurs succeed. Prior to co-founding Crosscut, Brian was a Partner at Palomar Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Garrett joined Palomar in 2001 and played an active role in managing and investing two funds over 6 years totaling more than $400 million. While at Palomar, he was the sponsor of and/or an active board member in nine Palomar portfolio companies, including successes such as Entone (a video on demand company that sold to Harmonic), Lombardi (business process management software that sold to IBM) and Datallegro (data warehouse appliance company sold to Microsoft in 2008). Prior to Palomar, Brian was the Director of Business Development at Niku Corporation. Prior to Niku, Brian worked at a boutique strategy consulting firm called R.B. Webber & Company. Brian worked with numerous early-stage technology companies including CommerceOne, Inktomi, Sagent, Aurum and Broadbase. Brian received his MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and he graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Specialties: Entrepreneurial focus: Fashion/Tech/Media/Commerce. Investing Focus: Crosscut focuses primarily on seed-stage opportunities in consumer/digital media across Southern California.
Tel Aviv - San Francisco Bay Area, United States - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics
Director, Cisco M&A & VC investments - Lead Cloud, Data Centers, Networking Domains, Israel and LatAm Geos
Partner at Cervin Ventures
Most Interested In
Infrastructure Tech - Security, Networking, storage, compute, managment, Software Defined Everything. IoT Software, Semiconductors, IT operations, IT Services
Not Interested In
Enterprise Software, IT, Security, Collaboration Software, AI, Silicon
San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing)
Thomas Korte is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at AngelPad. He also served as Advisor at Ribbon. He serves as the Board Member of PostMates. Thomas is an investor and advisor to early-stage internet startups. Prior to that, Thomas worked at Google for 7 years. His roles there included International Product Marketing Manager, European Search Agency Business Lead and most recently Google Evangelist. He is the co-author of several patents related to improving efficiencies in search advertising and local search results.
Boston Massachusetts - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management
Founded in 1989, ABRY Partners invests in Business Services, Communications, Education, Entertainment, Healthcare Services, Information Services, Media and Online Media. Since 1989, the firm has completed over $36 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity investments involving approximately 450 properties. ABRY manages $3.5 billion of capital in its active funds. The firm is currently investing ABRY Partners VII, a $1.6 billion private equity fund. Investments in portfolio companies range from $25 million to $150 million, typically take controlling positions.The Senior Equity III Fund is a $750 million fund providing senior equity and mezzanine capital. Investments range from $15 million to $50 million in companies that are either owned by others, or sponsored by ABRY's private equity fund. The Senior Debt II Fund is a $1.2 billion fund providing senior debt capital to media, communications, business, and information service companies. These investments are typically first and second lien bank debt securities purchased in the primary or secondary market.
San Francisco California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
Investor / Board Member / Technology and Economic Mentor
Investor / Board Member / Technology and Economic Mentor
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobile Apps • SaaS • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile
Angel Investor | Founding Member & Vice President at Venture Catalysts
Angel Investor | Founding Member & Vice President at Venture Catalysts
New York City (NY), United States
IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Partner, Head of Aquiline Technology Growth
Partner, Head of Aquiline Technology Growth
Illinois, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Managing Director at Avathon
Managing Director at Avathon
Paris, France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Partner @Serena and Founder @Talentletter
Partner @Serena and Founder @Talentletter
San Francisco California - Mexico - Colombia - Chile - Argentina - Costa Rica - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • Advertising • Mobile Apps
Managing Director at Techstars Boulder Accelerator
San Francisco, California - Midwest - Seattle (WA) - Denver (CO) - Chicago (IL) - Los Angeles (CA) - New York (NY) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics
Investing in Machine Learning and Automation Most Interested In Technology has the power to help us reinvent the way we work—whether that’s at an office, in a factory, or on a farm. Basis Set Ventures invests in early-stage startups that are harnessing opportunities for artificial intelligence to enable people to perform more productively. We are pragmatic operators and problem solvers. We are experts in machine learning and passionate about AI. We are inspired by the drive and creativity of our entrepreneurs and focused on supporting them in whatever way t
Mexico, Mexico
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobile
VC investor, marketer, lecturer in management at Stanford GSB, co-founder of ALLVP, Numa Mexico & Donadora.
VC investor, lecturer & marketer.
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