Menlo Park, U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Local commerce • Online Social • Consumer
General Partner at Trinity Ventures
Ajay Chopra serves as General Partner at Trinity Ventures. He was a Board Member at Stratim. Since joining Trinity Ventures in 2006, he has developed a reputation as an entrepreneur's coach. His passion is helping entrepreneurs execute their Big Idea. He has over 20 years of operating experience at the senior management and board level with start-ups, private companies and public companies. Prior to joining Trinity Ventures, Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems, a seminal media technology company that pioneered consumer generated media creation. During his tenure at Pinnacle, the company grew from start-up stage to a global $350M public company, won several Emmy awards and completed over a dozen M&A transactions before being acquired by Avid Technology. Previously, he was with Mindset Corporation, a computer graphics start-up. Before Mindset, he held various technical and management positions at Atari Corporation, a video games company, and Unisys Corporation, an IT services company. He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs, an active group providing support for entrepreneurs and is on the Board of Trustees of the Harker School in San Jose. He serves as Board Member at Green Throttle Games, CrowdFlower, White Sky, Fitstar, BirdEye and Dynamic Signal.
Quebec - Toronto Ontario - Montreal Qc - Calgary Ab, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Food & Beverage • Payments • Online Social
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.
Boston - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups led by creative thinkers. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the media, software and technology sectors. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - Saratoga - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • Advertising • Consumer
General Partner at Catapult VC
General Partner at Catapult VC