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Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Messaging • Robotics • Consumer
Managing Partner at Amino Capital
Managing Partner at Amino Capital
Denver - Los Angeles - Seattle - Boston - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I'm most interested in pre-seed and seed companies where there is incredible founder <> product <> market fit. I love working with founders who who have rare insight, conviction and commitment to tackle a problem/opportunity that's specifically important or personal to them.
Not Interested In
I am not interested in working with companies where I can't convince myself and the founder that I can add unique value.
New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Partner at Maven Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Messaging • Payments • Robotics
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
Tim O'Reilly is the Founder and serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at O'Reilly Media. He also serves as Partner at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and a Strategic Partner at Ekistic Ventures. He is an Advisor at Automat.ai. He is thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. The company also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics. He holds a BA in Classics from Harvard University.
Los Altos - California, U.S.A.
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Local commerce • Messaging • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Fintech Insurtech US businesses scaling in Asia/EU Asia/EU businesses looking to scale in the US
Not Interested In
Ag tech
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
I am the co-founder of The Refiners a Seed Fund designed specifically for foreign founders. I focus on investing in pre-seed and seed stage founders. Our bread-and-butter is investing in and supporting excellent founders who may just have an idea and a bare-bones MVP. I'm sector-agnostic / generalists - we've made investments in all areas from BtoC to BtoB.
Not Interested In
Bio tech, Med tech, Gaming, Clean tech, Dating
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Messaging • Payments • Online Social • Woman Focused
Entrepreneur and Investor
Co-founder of 8-Bit Capital, Founders Den, Nuzzel, and Friendster
Most Interested In
8-Bit Capital invests in startups that connect people and businesses in new ways
Jonathan Abrams is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Nuzzel. He serves as Advisor at Darwin Ventures. He is also an Angel Investor. He is a Co-Founder & serves as a Managing Partner at Founders Den. Previously, Jonathan was the founder and CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks, and a software engineer at companies such as Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan is a mentor in Steve Blank's entrepreneurship classes at Stanford and Berkeley, a top-rated mentor at The Founder Institute, an advisor to AngelList and LeanLaunchLab, and has been extensively involved in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial community for over ten years, including as a long-time member of the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), co-chair of the SDForum Venture Finance SIG, moderator of the SVASE CTO Forum, and a judge for the Stanford Entrepreneur's Challenge business plan contest, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, the Stanford-Berkeley Innovators' Challenge, the Intel Challenge, and Start-Up Chile. He has a BS in Computer Science from McMaster University. He is an Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Local commerce • Messaging • Online Social
SVP @yahoo. Prev CEO @xobni (acq by Yahoo); co-founder @gizmo5 (acq by @google); angel inv in 50+ startups incl @beepi @luxe-1 @automatic @front; LP in 7 funds
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.
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)
New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Global Head Of Music at Roblox
Most Interested In
I focus on female founded consumer startups that are improving the way we live and making the best things in life accessible to more people domestically and around the world.
Not Interested In
Enterprise
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Father of 2. Recovering Media, Advertising and Mobile Exec. Interested in helping passionate founders where I can add value.
Sao Paulo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Brazil
FinTech (& Financials services) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Messaging • Consumer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Mindset Ventures | Professor at Insper
Currently CEO at Acelera Partners, enhancing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Brazil and Partner at Mindset Ventures, investing in startups from Israel and USA
Menlo Park, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Brad Garlinghouse serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Ripple. Prior to Ripple, Brad served as the CEO of file collaboration service Hightail. From 2009 to 2012 he was President of Consumer Applications at AOL and prior to that he held various executive positions at Yahoo! from 2003 to 2009, including Senior Vice President. Earlier in his career, Brad helped to pioneer the VoIP industry as CEO of Dialpad Communications. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of OutMatch and has held board positions at Ancestry.com and Tonic Health. Brad serves as Board Member at Raised In Space. He is also an angel investor. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Harvard.
Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
General Partner at Forerunner Ventures
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, vertical saas, voice, hourly labor, financial services.
Not Interested In
Core enterprise, security, international early stage projects, people who tweet me to ask for my email address.
Social mobile, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Messaging • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Investment Director / VC Seed @ Bpifrance
Most Interested In
AI Health Mobile Deep Tech Genomics NBIC
Not Interested In
Ecommerce ICO
Menlo Park - San Mateo - Redwood City - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Messaging • Payments • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
Founding Partner at Draper Associates
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
3x Founder, Angel and Private Equity Investor
Most Interested In
I look for founders that are tackling huge markets that have real pain points. My areas of focus: consumer-facing tech, subscription businesses, marketplaces, social / digital content.
Not Interested In
I was in the recruiting space for many years and don't have interest in investing there right now.
Rick Marini is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Dragonfly Ventures. He serves as Managing Partner at Protocol Ventures. He serves as Investor of BirdEye. He serves as General Manager, Digital Innovation at Hearst. He founded Talk.co and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with more than a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space. Previously, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of SuperFan. SuperFan was a social entertainment platform that developed social games and Facebook apps. SuperFan's clients included CBS, MTV, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, etc. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Strategist of Tickle. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. He served on the Board of Directors of Tickle until 2004 when Tickle was successfully acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100 million. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, and a MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Fwix, Friendster, Lumos Labs, Stipple, and FIGHTER. He is also an Angel Investor.
Valley California - San Francisco, California - Palo Alto (CA) - San Francisco (CA) Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Messaging • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Life Science • Oncology • Online Social • Restaurants
Growth stage investor in technology and life sciences
Matt Oguz serves as Founding Partner at venture/science. He is also an Angel Investor.
San Francisco Bay Area - Austin - Boulder - Boston - Los Angeles - New York - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Messaging • Payments • Woman Focused
Co-Founder - Zelkova Ventures
Co-Founder - Zelkova Ventures & Uproot Wines
Most Interested In
We invest in early stage B2B SaaS. Areas we focus on include Marketing, Communications, Security, FinTech, Customer Service.
Early stage venture investor focused on technology around SaaS, Ecommerce and Social Media.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Future Of Work • Impact • Messaging • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Experienced Corporate Development and Business Development Executive, New Media and Internet Strategist, Angel Investor