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Belmont - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Productivity
Raj Kapoor serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Lyft. He is also the Head of Business for Lyft's self-driving division. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mayfield portfolio company fitmob, a mobile company that is re-inventing the gym through social/local workouts. He serves as board advisor at ClassPass. He also currently serves as Venture Advisor & Managing Director to Mayfield Fund. He has been working in the internet/mobile/interactive space for 21 years. He started in interactive TV at Bell Atlantic, founded the internet club at Harvard Business School, was an early employee at @Home, and later ran e-commerce services at Excite@Home. He co-founded Snapfish in 1999 as CEO and then sold the company to Hewlett Packard for $300 million. His next venture took him to Mayfield, where he invested in 12 companies including Lyft, Qunar, Red Beacon/Home Depot, and Rubicon Project.
Mountain View, U.S.A. - India
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Consumer • Productivity
Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital
Pranav Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital. Pai serves as General Partner at Elevate Innovation Partners. Pranav Pai serves as an Advisory Board Member at Licious. He is an Investor at Saha Capital. Pranav is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem in India and leads early-stage venture capital investments at 3one4 Capital. He has made over 70+ seed and venture capital investments across several investment categories in India and the US. Pranav serves on the boards of and as an advisor to several of the companies in the portfolio. As part of an LP team, Pranav also engages with an extensive funding ecosystem of over 30 different investment vehicles across different asset classes such as early and growth stage venture capital, public markets, real estate project financing, and venture debt in India and the US. Before 3one4, Pranav was an early employee at EdCast, an education technology startup in the San Francisco Bay Area. At EdCast, he helped launch the company's operations and served as the founding Senior Product Manager. It is now a multi-million dollar revenue business with enterprise clients such as Salesforce, GE, HP, Accenture, Walmart, the WEF, and NASSCOM, and top-tier investors such as SoftBank, GE Capital, and Menlo Ventures. Pranav graduated with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and with a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communications Engineering from RV College, Bangalore.
Los Angeles - Santa Monica - Denver - Colorado, U.S.A.
Education • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Startups + Growth
Most Interested In
Platforms, Infrastructure and Technology for Gaming and Interactive Entertainment
Palo Alto, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • Advertising • Payments
Investor - Entrepreneur - Mentor
Herty Tammo is a Co-Founder and serves as Mentor and Investor at Startup Wise Guys. He also is an Angel Investor. Tammo is a Co-Founder of Ridango and also serves as its Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is serial entrepreneur and currently owns several companies. Tammo is a Chairman of Supervisory Board of United Tickets.
New York, U.S.A. - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Online Social
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at HIFI
California, United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)
President / Managing Director - Venture Capital at Glynn Capital Management
President / Managing Director - Venture Capital at Glynn Capital Management
California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Vice President at Spectrum Equity | SaaS, Internet, and Data Investors
Vice President at Spectrum Equity | SaaS, Internet, and Data Investors
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California, United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Entertainment (& Sports)
Shamrock Capital Advisors
Founded in 1978 as the Roy E. Disney family investment firm, Shamrock Capital Advisors is a Los Angeles based private equity firm with over $700 million of capital under management, investing exclusively in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors. Shamrock is currently investing out of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III, a $400 million fund raised in 2011. Shamrock targets businesses in the lower middle market with investment sizes ranging from $10 to $50 million of equity. Transaction types include: Growth equity, management and leveraged buyouts, and leveraged recapitalizations
Edmonton Ab Canada - - Las Vegas Nevada - Alberta Alberta Canada - Nevada - U.S.A., Canada
Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • DeepTech • Life Science • Mobile • Consumer
Angel/Impact Investor at ThresholdImpact
Dr. Ray Muzyka is the Founder & serves as a Chief Executive Officer at Threshold Impact. He serves as Board Member and Advisor at Careteam Technologies. He serves as the Board Member at Athletigen Technologies. He serves as Advisor at iNovia Capital and Voyager Capital. Originally trained as a medical doctor, Dr. Ray Muzyka co-founded BioWare (www.bioware.com), a video game development studio focusing on story and character, in the early 1990s. He practiced Emergency/Family Medicine for two years full time, with medicine transitioning to part-time over the following decade as he focused on his role as BioWare's CEO. BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 and Ray took on the roles of Senior Vice President at Electronic Arts and General Manager of EAs BioWare division, which grew over the next five years to span eight development locations worldwide with ~2,000 staff (1,400 full time). He retired from video games in October 2012, with his third 'career chapter' at ThresholdImpact (www.thresholdimpact.com) focused on sustainable, profitable impact investing - mentoring and angel investing in information technology, new media and medical innovations with social entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor and entrepreneurial mentor. Dr. Muzyka is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO, www.ypo.org), the A100 (www.thea100.org/members), and the Ashoka Support Network (www.ashokasupportnetwork.org). He is a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta (serving as Chair of the Human Resources Committee and on the Learning and Discovery Committee, as well as a member of the University of Alberta Advancement Council), is Chair of the University of Albertas entrepreneur Venture Mentoring Service (www.ualberta.ca/vms), and is a Venture Advisor at inovia capital. He also serves on a number of private company boards. He previously served on the Board of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences from 2001-2008 and was on the Board of Trustees of the Stollery Childrens Health Foundation from 2012-2015. He was inducted the JA Alberta Business Hall of Fame in 2018, into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2011 and received the International Game Developers Choice Awards 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Muzyka received the inaugural Alumni Innovation Award in 2015 from the University of Alberta. He was named as the 2017 Allard Chair in Business at the MacEwan Universitys School of Business, and as an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Club International in 2016, in recognition for his philanthropic efforts. Other awards include entry into Canada's Top 40 under 40 and Ernst and Youngs 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year (IT, Prairies). He obtained his Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Alberta in 1990, his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Alberta in 1992, and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario (Ivey School of Business) in 2001.
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 California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • Consumer
Co-Founder and CEO at Sapho
Founder @sapho @hark & Liquid Light ⢠Former Chief Strategy Officer @cbs-interactive ⢠VC @redpoint-ventures board of @bluekai @machinima ⢠@dartmouth-college
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Local commerce • Mobile
Board Member at C2FO
Richard Chino, Pasadena, CA, graduated from Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in 1990 with a major in economics/accounting and mathematics. He was a Board Member at ShipHawk. While at CMC, he was a four-year member of the baseball team. After graduating, he spent five years in management consulting with Theodore Barry & Associates and Gemini Consulting, received his MBA from Northwestern University, and spent a year at Silicon Graphics Inc.
Jackson Wyoming - Valley California - New York New York - Wyoming - New York - California - U.S.A., United States
Education • Businesses Solutions • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Private Early Stage Investor
Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor
Palo Alto California - California - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports)
Venture Capitalist
Jason Lin was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Director at Global Bridge Capital. He also is an Angel Investor. Lin serves as Principal at WestSummit Capital. Previously, he served as an Associate at Element Partners. Prior to joining Element, Jason was a senior business analyst at A.T. Kearney in New York, where he consulted Fortune 500 companies in the utilities, consumer goods, and technology sectors on growth strategy, product development, and customer profitability issues. At Element, Jason is involved in all aspects of the investment process, from deal sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities to ongoing support of portfolio companies. Jason earned a B.S. in Economics, cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Food & Beverage
entrepreneur
Board Member @la-boulange (Acquired by Starbucks) . vp prod. dev., marketing & manuf., Food division @starbucks-coffee-company . VP Food @munchery
Waltham Massachusetts - Newport California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science
Board Member at Accupac
With offices in both Newport Beach and Boston, Windjammer is a national private investment firm which invests control equity, minority equity and subordinated debt in leading middle market businesses. Founded in 1990, Windjammer has successfully raised four institutional funds totaling over $1.8 billion of capital and is currently investing out of its latest fund with over $575 million in commitments. Windjammer seeks to invest between $30 million and $140 million of equity or subordinated debt in middle market companies with a minimum EBITDA of $10 million and up to $40 million. Windjammer seeks investment opportunities across the U.S. and Canada, primarily in three industry segments: niche manufacturing, business services, and value-added distribution. Additionally, prior investments have included: Industrial Automation Control Equipment, Engineered Medical Tools, Private Label Consumer Products, Water Industry Equipment, Community Newspapers, and Healthcare Products and Services. Windjammer does not invest in high tech, real estate, and financial services companies. In addition, investments in operational turnarounds and early stage companies are avoided.
San Francisco California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports)
NED, Advisor, Investor
Founder, CEO at Inpulsus - Digitally transforming marketing through influence; NED; Chairman; Investor
I spend time working with people I like and respect, on interesting and challenging projects that keep me engaged and learning new things. Leveraging on many years of working within larger corporations and also a multiple of start ups, some my own, in both deep technology ( databases, grid computing, development tools ) and services ( strategic consulting and internet technology ), I like to apply my experience ( pattern recognition ) to interesting opportunities, while having fun! I work with friends around the world, in the Bay Area, NYC and Boston, London, Tuscany, Hong Kong and Singapore.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Payments • Online Social
Josh Felser is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Freestyle Capital. He also serves as Advisor at Catalyst Investors. Previously he Co-Founded and was CEO of Crackle, formerly known as Grouper Networks, a company that uses P2P technology to allow users to share their personal media within private groups. He previously served as Vice President of America Online and as General Manager of AOL's music brands Spinner, Winamp and Shoutcast. Felser was the co-founder of Spinner.com, a leading Internet music destination and served as President until its May 1999 purchase by America Online. In July 1996 he founded Internet music startup, RadioCo (a division of Organic Online), which ultimately merged with DJ.com (renamed Spinner.com). Previously, Felser was a Director of Business and Product Development in the Multimedia Group of U.S. West; an executive with News Corp. and a Manager, Business Development for News Corp.'s Fox Inc. in Los Angeles. Felser received his BA in Political Science from Duke University and his MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke. He is also the Co-Founder of FYI Living and serves as Chairman of the company.
Toronto (Ontario) - Toronto (), Canada - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Woman Focused
Ameet Shah serves as Partner at Golden Ventures. He is also a Board Member at Inkbox. An entrepreneur with a successful exit to Zynga, he has focused his career on mobile products. He is an active angel investor, and a well-respected member of Toronto's start-up community. Ameet was previously the Managing Director of the Zynga Toronto location. Prior to that, he co-founded Five Mobile, a premier mobile application development firm, which was sold to Zynga in 2008. He also was one of the first employees at Tira Wireless and became the Director of Systems Engineering and Strategic Accounts. In Toronto, he is a mentor and advisor to the community. He has advised Social Deck (acquired by Google), Jet Cooper (acquired by Shopify), HackerYou, Hurrier, Elevate and PopTalk (acquired by Zynga). He's also an angel investor in Care Guide, Joist, Relay (acquired by Kik) and Umano. Prior to his time at Tira Wireless, he worked as a mobile software engineer at both IBM and Grey Interactive. He has a dual BSc in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Toronto.
San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Entertainment (& Sports)
Starting things since last century
Michael Horvath is a Co-Founder and Board Member of Strava, previously, he served as Chairman and President. He also serves as Advisor at MoveWith. In between he was CFO of GlycoFi and taught at Stanford and Dartmouth. Horvath has a Ph.D. from Northwestern and an AB from Harvard.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
Direct to Consumer E-comm Gaming and eSports Consumer Social Sales Tools B2C Hardware