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San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Delray Beach - Florida, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Payments • Robotics
Partner at ValueStream Ventures
Greg Neufeld is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at ValueStream Ventures. He also serves as an Advisor & Investor at ChartIQ. Greg co-managed a series of investment funds at SI Capital Management trading market index futures and options, before leaving to pursue entrepreneurship including stints at FailStation and as the co-founder of Freespeech, a consumer mobile messaging app.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Most Interested In
Co's that apply tech/data/AI to cut material costs out of large, non-traditional tech industries either via "full-stack" offerings or marketplaces. Robotics. Smart SaaS. Consumer applications (viral or transactional).
Not Interested In
Trad. software w/ limited data/network effects or long sales cycles to classic IT buyers. Hardware w/o recurring revenue. Incremental improvements.
Chris Farmer is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at SignalFire. He also is an Angel Investor. He also served as Advisor at Stuph. He focuses on investments in consumer Internet, software and mobile with particular emphasis on seed stage investments and working with Entrepreneurs-In-Residence to launch new businesses. Previously, he was a Partner with General Catalyst Partners, where he led the seed program and a Vice President with Bessemer Venture Partners where he led investments in digital media & mobile companies. Prior to BVP, he was a consultant with Bain & Co where he advised on large scale technology buyouts. Prior to Bain, he spearheaded the successful turnaround of Skybitz, a wireless enabled SaaS company, where he served as led Product Management, Finance & Business Development. Earlier in his career, he founded an investment advisory firm for angel investors & private equity funds and served as a Venture Advisor to an early stage venture capital fund where he led investments in SkyBitz and Applied Semantics (acquired by Google). He started his career on Wall Street in the private equity group of Cowen & Company. He received a BA in International Relations & Business from Tufts University & the Fletcher School of Diplomacy.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility • Nanotechnology
CEO & Managing Partner
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner at Next47
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics
Three decades as an entrepreneur and hands on investor
Investor for 20 years in teams (@zynga, XenSource/CTRX @facebook, Datamirror/IBM, Fortinet/FTNT, Tango, @metaweb, D-Wave) solving hard problems for large markets.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - India
A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
GM & Managing Director at M12- Microsoft’s Venture Fund
Samir Kumar is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director, Inventus (India) Advisors at Inventus Capital Partners. He serves as Board Member at Cbazaar. For ten years from 1988 to 1999, Samir was part of the early team at Wipro (NYSE: WIT), one of India's largest and most highly valued IT companies. Samir was a founding member of Wipro's joint venture with Acer Computer in Taiwan to design, build and sell computers for the Indian market. He holds a BSEE from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics
Partner at Global Founders Capital
Partner at Global Founders Capital
Palo Alto - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Data Scientist -> Entrepreneur -> Angel Investor & VC
Most Interested In
robotics, enterprise IT and cybersecurity
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
HealthTech subsegment exclusively. See LinkedIn profile.
Not Interested In
Anything outside HealthTech subsegment defined on LinkedIn profile.
Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics
Principal - Baird Capital
Partner - Baird Capital - U.S. Venture
London - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - France - U.K.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Barbara Belvisi is cofounder at Hardware Club.
California, U.S.A. - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Founding Member and Legal Advisor, Excelerate at Excelerate
Anil Advani is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Inventus Law. He also serves as an Advisor at Eventerprise. Anil Advani specializes in the representation of early stage startup companies, venture funds, institutional angel investors and many prominent angel investors in silicon valley, India and other startup jurisdictions around the world. In the last 17 years practicing law in Silicon Valley, Advani has represented more than 2,000 startup companies and numerous founders, venture capital investors, angel investors, investment banks and venture debt investors in silicon valley and across the world, on issues relating to formation, founder issues, consulting and advisory arrangements, capital structuring, angel financings, venture financings, debt financings, leasing, strategic licensing and customer arrangements, and mergers and acquisitions. Advani has represented clients in more than 300 financing and M&A transactions valued at over $2 billion in the aggregate. He also has an active practice representing: (1) U.S. based public companies, investment banks, financial institutions and venture funds on acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and other strategic transactions in India, and (2) companies from New York, Los Angeles, Arizona, Chicago, India, Singapore, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Croatia, Iceland, Czech, Hungary, Romania, South Africa, the U.K. and other world jurisdictions in setting up operations in Silicon Valley. Prior to starting Inventus Law in September 2009, Advani was Of Counsel and Head of India Practice in the Menlo Park offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Before joining Orrick, he was General Counsel and Vice President of SemIndia, a pioneering effort to establish semiconductor manufacturing in India. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating with the Government of India in formulating a comprehensive semiconductor policy for India as well as with the State of Andhra Pradesh in structuring Fab City in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Prior to joining SemIndia, Advani was a Senior Associate in the Silicon Valley offices of Cooley Godward where his practice focused on representing emerging companies and the venture funds and banks that finance those companies. Advani started his legal career practicing in the High Court of Delhi, India. He is licensed to practice in California, New York and New Delhi, India.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Robotics • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Frontier technology that will happen - AI, Robotics, Space, VR/AR, eSports and anything that helps transform analouge busineses into the digital age.
Not Interested In
We don't invest in fintech or bio/healthcare as we're not experts. Otherwise we generally stay away from the gig economy, subscription boxes and food related startups.
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.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Robotics
Most Interested In
Interested in working with entrepreneurs creating value by addressing emerging/disruptive cybersecurity use-cases across different industry value chains
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Systems that model human behaviour to help them effect change in their lives.
Not Interested In
Business Models based on Advertising, or Dating.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Robotics • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
- VR/AR - Blockchain - Artificial Intelligence - Particularly interested in companies that's able to drive the adoption.
Not Interested In
- Too early, idea level without demo - Too similar, 10+ other companies doing the same thing - Founders who haven't done in-depth market research
San Diego - Austin - Brooklyn - Newark - San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - Los Angeles - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Robotics • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
Agnostic
Not Interested In
Crypto
Palo Alto - Tel Aviv - California, U.S.A. - Israel
BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Dror Berman is a Co-Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a Board Member of Vicarious Surgical. He is also a Board Member of Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products with Yahoo, spearheaded an R&D team at NICE Systems, and led business development for an Israeli CE retailer. Berman has an MBA from Stanford, and graduated cum laude in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.