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- Austin Texas - Brooklyn New York - New York New York - New York - U.S.A., Brazil
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Founder at Artist Marketplace | StartupRunner | Sertaneja Cerveja
Founder of
StartupRunner Capital
New York City (NY) - Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
Japan - Tokyo Japan - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy)
Masayoshi Son is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at SoftBank Group. He also serves as Chairman at SoftBank Mobile and on the Board of T-Mobile. He founded SoftBank Group Corp. in September 1981 and has been its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from February 1986 until June 2015. Son serves in various capacities within SoftBank's portfolio of companies, including Vodafone (currently SoftBank Corp.) as its Chairman since 2015 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2006 until 2015. In addition, Son sits on the board of directors of Yahoo! Japan Corporation, which was established as a joint venture between SoftBank and Yahoo! and served as its Chairman from 1996 until 2015. Son has also served as Honorary Chairman of the Broadband Association in Japan. He is also an Angel Investor. He also serves as Director at Yahoo Japan.
Tokyo, expanding its investment activities in the US, United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Investment Management
Partner and Europe Office Representative at Global Brain Corporation
Partner and Europe Office Representative at Global Brain Corporation
Singapore - Manila Philippines - Malaysia - San Francisco California - Vietnam - Indonesia - Bongkok Thailand, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management
World explorer and founding partner @golden-gate-ventures. My motivation is Southeast Asia's startup scene.
Greenwich Connecticut - Washington District of Columbia - Omaha Nebraska - Boston Massachusetts - Brooklyn New York - Alexandria Virginia - Virginia - Nebraska, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments
Michael Meyer serves as General Partner at Edge Harris Ventures. Mike is an entrepreneur, inventor, and inveterate early-stage investor. As Founder and CEO of Transmitive, his team developed the groundbreaking Memote remote-control platform, bringing together consumer electronics and mobile software. Mike is the lead inventor on and holds the patent for the remote control of obstructed, infrared-light-receiving devices via omnidirectional IR output. He has directly supervised physicists, electrical engineers, patent agents, industrial designers, software engineers, and web developers. Mike studied Physics at Yale University while still in high school, graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Landmark College, and finished his academic career at Columbia University. He is an active investor in early-stage fintech companies, and was an early first-round investor in both Dataminr and Artivest. A member of the Milstein family, which owns and operates Emigrant Savings Bank, New York Private Bank & Trust, Milstein Properties, Milstein Ventures, and Milford Management, Mike has close ties to banking, real estate, and traditional venture financing, which supplement his excellent access to deal flow as part of the New York City tech startup world.
Skokie Illinois - Boston Massachusetts - Portland Oregon - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Logistics (& Distribution)
Medical degree. Current Department Director. Interested in unique ideas.
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce)
Previously, Batara Eto co-founded Mixi and brought the company public in Japan. He was responsible for creating Mixi in December 2003, and he served as Chief Technology Officer of Mixi until 2008. He started his investment career by co-founding East Ventures and made their first investment in 2010. Batara holds bachelor degree in Computer Science from Takushoku University Japan.
Brooklyn New York - New York City (NY) - San Francisco California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Investment Management • Mobile
Owen is currently Managing Director of NYC Seed, a seed stage venture capital fund in New York City. Owen has worked in all aspects of the online world, including work with early versions of AOL and MSN. He created one of the first 200 web sites on-line and founded Thinking Media, an online marketing firm which pioneered online tracking of pages and advertisements. He co-founded Sonata in 1999, a wireless company that provided location-based services and marketing to cell phones. Owen also co-founded, Petal Computing, a firm that developed software which allowed large numbers of commodity PCs to act like a single unit and was a precursor to cloud computing. Owen is the author of various patents in Internet methods and technologies. He is also the author of the book Instant Java Applets, available from Ziff-Davis Press. He is an original member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and served on that group's original board. He was also an original member of the Board setting online advertising and media specifications and has served as Managing Director of the Wireless Advertising Association. Owen was named various times as one of the 100 Top Internet Executives in New York by The Silicon Alley Reporter and has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Alley by Business Insider. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has taught seminars at New York University in New York City and Abu Dhabi.
Austin Texas - - Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Virgo Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in profitable and growing technology-enabled services companies, targeting functional outsourced services and financial technology companies. Virgo Capital seeks established companies with revenue of $10 and 30 million, strong customer relationships, and domain expertise, and actively adds value by leveraging the team's experience in areas such as the strategic use of technology, outsourcing, and mergers and acquisitions. Virgo Capital, with offices in Austin and Oklahoma City, manages Virgo Capital Fund I, L.P. and Virgo Capital Fund II, L.P. which together have total capital commitments of nearly $80 million. Virgo Capital typically invests in companies with enterprise values of $10 to 25 million.
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Nobutake Suzuki serves as Partner in charge of KDDI open innovation fund at Global Brain. Nobutake is in charge of investments outside of Japan. Prior to joining GB, he was a technology analyst at Sanwa Bank in Japan and in the US.
Fremont California - San Francisco California - Woodside California - Tokyo, Japan,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Mobile
Julien Nguyen is the Founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at E-Motions. He served as Board Member at SBA Materials. Julien Nguyen is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing General Partner at Alta Berkeley. He is also a Co-Founder of ezlogin.com. He also served as Venture Partner at NanoDimension. Prior to NanoDimension, Julien was a Managing Director at Applied Materials Ventures and Concept Ventures. Julien led investments in companies such as Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), M-Stream (acq'd by Broadcom), Devicescape, Grandis (acq'd by Samsung), Takumi (acq'd by Sagantec), Envis (acq'd by Magma), with co-investors including August Capital, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix Partners, Sevin Rosen, Sigma Partners. Prior to his venture capital activities, Julien founded or was part of the founding team for four startups: Ezlogin (acquired by 724 Solutions), Novita Communications (acquired by Planetweb), Radius (IPO). He holds 21 patents issued in the US. Julien received his postgraduate degree from Telecom Paris (France) and his Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He co-founded Faircare and served as its Chairman.
Northbrook Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Washington D.C - Illinois, U.S.A.
Other • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Formerly known as Thayer | Hidden Creek, HCI Equity Partners is a strategically focused private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies. The Firm has offices in Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN. HCI Equity Partners focuses in the lower middle market which includes companies with approximately $20 to $200 million in annual revenue (and $5 million to $20 million in EBITDA). HCI targets companies that manufacture components or provide services in markets such as: Aerospace/Defense and Federal Services; Automotive and Commercial Vehicle Suppliers; Distribution; Industrial Distribution; Infrastructure; Power Generation; Test & Measurement; and Transportation and Logistics.
San Francisco California - New York City (NY) - Waterloo - Brooklyn - CA, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Mr. Adam Ludwin is a Co-Founder of Context (Financial Software). He is an Angel Investor. He Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Pogo Financial. He is a Co-Founder of Chain & served as its Chief Executive Officer. He is a Co-Founder of Interstellar. He served as Board Member at Kik Interactive. Mr. Adam Ludwin is a Co-Founder of Koa.la. He served as a Venture Partner at RRE Ventures. Adam focuses on early- and expansion-stage investments across RRE's multiple technology verticals, with a focus on consumer and digital media, financial technology, and mobile opportunities. Prior to joining RRE, Adam worked at the design and innovation firm IDEO as a member of the business design team. At IDEO, he led a team of engineers as an entrepreneur-in-residence to incubate a collaboration software start-up. Adam began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he served clients in the technology, consumer, and financial services industries, and worked closely with the firm's Strategy Institute. In addition, Adam is a two-time entrepreneur, having built and sold a social shopping platform and later a discussion system for securities trading desks. Adam holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar, and a BS from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with Highest Honors.
New York City (NY) - Europe - Brooklyn, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Industrials
Mr. Andrew Heyer is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner and Managing Director at Mistral Equity Partners. He served as a Board member at Worldwise. He serves as Board Member at Sleepyhead. He serves as a Director at Jamba Juice. He was appointed as Jamba Juice's Lead Director in March 2015, a position he held until January 2016. Prior to founding Mistral, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. Before Argosy, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. Mr. Heyer currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jamba, XpresSpa, Vino Volo, Country Pure and LoveSac. Mr. Heyer received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Heyer currently serves as a Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He previously served as a Board Member at The Hain Celestial Group and Apploi.
Brooklyn New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Ridgemont Equity Partners is a Charlotte-based private equity firm that provides buyout and growth capital to closely-held private companies and new business platforms. Over the last 20 years, the Ridgemont investment team has successfully invested in 110 companies in a variety of industries. The firm focuses on investments of $25 million to $75 million, in industries in which it has deep expertise, including basic industries and services, energy, healthcare, and telecommunications/ media/ technology. The firm's investment team has worked together for nearly two decades as part of Bank of America and its predecessors. Typical EBITDA of target companies ranges from $5-25 million.
Tokyo Japan, Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Productivity
Taizo Son is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Mistletoe. He also serves as Investment Committee Member and Senior Advisor at Abies Ventures. He is the Founder at Gastrotope. He is also the Founder at Movida Japan. He also serves as Chairman at Visionnaire Ventures. Taizo is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in investing and incubating IT-related venture companies in Asia. He founded Gungho Online which is one of the most successful online gaming companies in Japan in 2002, which had its IPO in 2005.
Chicago Illinois - Northbrook Illinois - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • Cannabis • Food & Beverage • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management
Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels
Singapore - Bangkok Thailand - Manila Philippines - Malaysia - San Francisco California - Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam - Jakarta, Indonesia,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management
Kuo-Yi Lim serves as Managing Partner at Monk's Hill Ventures. He was a Chief Executive Officer at Infocomm Investments. He was a senior sales and business development executive at Encentuate (acquired by IBM) and Reputation Technologies (acquired by Security Sources). He was also a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group where he worked with senior executives in the telecommunications, automotive and financial services industries. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the bachelor, master's and doctorate degrees, all in electrical engineering with focus on nanophotonics. He is also a board member at Guardtime.
Spokane Washington - Washington D.C - New York City (NY),
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Life Science • Oncology • Oil & Gas (& Mining)
CEO Ignite. Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Mentor
Mauritius - - India - Bengaluru Karnataka India - NorthBrook Illinois - U.S.A.,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Rajul Garg is the Founder of Leo Capital Holdings. Garg also serves as Board Member and Advisor at Edureka. He is an Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, who has founded companies like Pine Labs and GlobalLogic. He serves as Board Member at Sunstone Eduversity. Rajul is a graduate of IIT Delhi and lives in Delhi.
Charlotte North Carolina - New York City (NY) - Dallas Texas - Brookline Massachusetts - Chicago Illinois - Arlington Virginia - Bloomfield Michigan - San Antonio Texas - Houston Texas - Washington D.C - Edmond Oklahoma - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
David Miller is the Founder of Conjecta. He serves as Advisor at Scala Computing. He previously co-founded and served as a Board Member at AvidXchange. A North Carolina native, David's first computer was an Apple II+ which he used to learn programming (in BASIC and machine language) and then went on to attend the University of Chicago before joining Merrill Lynch. When Netscape went public in 1995, David realized he was in the wrong business and returned to his programming roots, launching his first internet startup, E|Calendar, in New York's Silicon Alley. David went on to co-found AvidXchange in 2000, where he was President and managed all aspects of the company's products and strategy before leaving day-to-day management in early 2011. Currently, David maintains his Board role at AvidXchange, is a mentor, coach, and advisor to early-and growth-stage software companies, and writes the Software Startup Guy blog.