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
Boston Massachusetts - Cambridge Massachusetts - Massachusetts, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Material Science • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • LegalTech • Online Social • Consumer • Productivity
Early Stage VC
Wan Li Zhu serves as Principal at Fairhaven Capital Partners. He was previously the Global Product Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM where he led product marketing for Microsoft's flagship business software application. Prior to that, Wan Li was a Program Manager at Microsoft where he drove product development in SQL Server and Dynamics. Wan Li has also held roles at Google as a General Manager in Online Sales and Operations in Asia Pacific and Morgan Stanley in technology investment banking. Wan Li holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and M.Eng. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Wan Li is Co-Chair of the New England Venture Network (NEVN), the largest young venture capitalist organization on the East Coast, and a Director on the Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge.
Munich Germany - Berlin Germany - Frankfurt Germany, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Investment Management
Looking to back the best and brightest entrepreneur in Fintech and Insurtech
Looking to back the best and brightest entrepreneur in Fintech and Insurtech
Paris France, France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Woman Focused
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Luxury Tech Fund, Fashion Capital Partners & Managing Partner at Cuir Invest
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Luxury Tech Fund, Fashion Capital Partners & Managing Partner at Cuir Invest
Munich Germany, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Investment Management
Managing Director and Founding Partner at Digital+ Partners
Managing Director and Founding Partner at Digital+ Partners
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.
New York (NY) - Boston (MA) - San Francisco (CA), United States
IT (& TMT) • Media • Education
Co-Founder & CEO at Quaestor
Co-Founder and CEO at Quaestor
Most Interested In
I enjoy working with entrepreneurs who rely on first principles and the latest advancements in science and technology to tackle complex societal problems, like food security and access to professional opportunity.
Not Interested In
I try to keep my mind open.
Chicago Illinois - Denver Colorado - Atlanta Georgia - Houston Texas - Los Angeles California - Madison New York, United States
Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Managing Partner, Co-Head of Growth Equity, Co-Portfolio Manager
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has engaged in alternative investing since its inception in 1984. The firm manages approximately $17.8 billion in alternative investments through partnerships, closed-end funds and offshore funds as of October 31, 2012. The firm engages in Energy Private Equity, Growth Equity and Mezzanine investing. Kayne Anderson has engaged in private energy investing since 1991. The firm manages a series of investment partnerships dedicated to private equity financings for high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. Energy Private Equity target investments are generally $20 million to $100 million, but the firm can arrange larger financings through its extensive network of co-investors. Through a number of funds, Kayne's Growth Private Equity Group has completed numerous deals over the past 15 years with both public and private companies in various forms, including secured debt, convertible preferred and direct equity investments. Kayne Anderson Mezzanine Credit Partners makes investments in middle market companies that have demonstrated an ability to generate stable and measurable cash flows. The firm invests in middle market companies ($100-$500M sales and $10-$50M of EBITDA), with a typical investment size of $10-35M.
San Francisco California - Palo Alto California Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile
General Partner at Icon Ventures
Jeb Miller serves as General Partner at Icon Ventures. He was also a Board Member at Origami Logic. He is also a Board Member at Ripcord. He joined Icon Ventures in 2009, bringing over fifteen years of experience working with early-stage technology companies as a venture capitalist, operating executive and investment banker. He has relentless energy and is passionate about teaming with entrepreneurs to help build successful companies. He also serves as a consultant to the Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative program of the US Department of Defense. His venture capital career began with Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, a corporate venture group he co-founded in 2001. He then further developed his venture investing skills with two leading venture capital firms, three years as a Partner with ComVentures and three years as a Principal with Worldview Technology Partners. Prior to joining Icon Ventures, he was with the Silicon Valley office of The Carlyle Group focused on technology investing. He also gained valuable operating experience as Managing Director of Business Development for Scient, a pioneering Internet consulting firm. He began his career with Morgan Stanley's technology investment banking groups in New York, Boston and Menlo Park. At Icon, he is on the Board of CloudPhysics, TRUSTe and WGT Sports, is a Board observer at Delphix, Inkling and Purfresh, and was involved with Devicescape, TuneIn and Vuclip. Prior Icon portfolio companies include Aster Data Systems (Teradata), FireEye (FEYE), MoPub (Twitter), Ocarina Networks (Dell) and Oodle (QVC). His past investments include AdInfuse (Velti), Innotas, IntruVert Networks (McAfee), LogLogic (TIBCO), ONStor (LSI Logic) and Rhapsody Networks (Brocade). Over the course of his twelve-year venture capital career, he has had the opportunity to work with over 40 start-ups. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard College where he graduated summa cum laude.
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