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San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - South Korea
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Online Social • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Active in fintech, e-sports, marketplaces, cross-border. But always prefer to invest in people who make me become aware about large problems.
Not Interested In
Businesses that are capital intensive prior to launch and especially businesses with long feedback loop cycles (pure hardware, etc.)
Partner at @500startups and heading up our $15M Korea specific fund, 500 Kimchi. Started a couple co's (bootstrapped & venture). Big fan of #ELaMF and #JFDI.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - Singapore - Russia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Woman Focused
Love companies with network effects!
Most Interested In
Focused on companies with network effects. Marketplaces, networks, software and communication platforms, AR, VR, IoT, connected cars, AI, b2b, b2c
Not Interested In
Not investing in traditional e-commerce (with physical goods, logistics, inventory etc), payments, ad tech, cybersecurity, esports and games.
Founder @ivi-ru, @frontier-ventures • ex-Managing Partner at @ru-Net• Investor @chope.com, @expert360.com, @Profi.ru, @ivi-ru etc • @harvard-business-school
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Woman Focused
Early Stage Enterprise VC
Most Interested In
Enterprise SaaS Applications, Digital Health, Product Led GTM, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Hardware, consumer, drugs/medical devices
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Online Social
Most Interested In
INVESTMENT AND ADVICE FROM THE TRENCHES© C2 Ventures was founded on the belief that early stage companies need more than capital. C2 Ventures provides capital, content, time and experience to provide first in class service to our portfolio clients. We are most interested in early stage companies looking to collaborate. We want to become part of your team; to work with you as you begin the fundraising process to reach your goals. We want to provide investment advice from the trenches.
Not Interested In
We work with competitive startups through our limited partnerships with Techstars, Bowery Capital, and NYC’s most active angles. We focus on a company’s drive, attitude, and of course, smart idea. We are focused on Seed-level investments for mobile data, consumer techs, and fintech. We are not interested in teams that are looking for money but no advice. We truly believe in rolling up our sleeves and working with our portfolio.
Menlo Park - Mountain View - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Online Social
Arif Janmohamed serves as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at TripActions. He also serves as Charter Member at C100 Association. He is a Board Member at OverOps. He joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focuses primarily on investments in the areas of cloud and datacenter technologies, as well as enterprise mobile and SaaS solutions. He also serves as Board Member at Mist Syste He is currently working closely with the teams at Avi Networks, Highfive, Netskope, Nutanix, Pertino Networks, ThoughtSpot, Qubole, and Virtual Instruments. He was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Edgespring (acquired by Salesforce.com), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io), Memoir Systems (acquired by Cisco), RAPsphere (acquired by AppSense) and StreamOnce (acquired by Jive Software). Prior to joining Lightspeed, he worked in the Corporate Business Development group at Cisco Systems where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and investments in the Unified Communications, Enterprise Collaboration, Mobile, and SaaS market segments. Before joining Cisco Systems, he was with Novitas Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Earlier in his career, he worked in technical development and product management roles at WebTV (acquired by MSFT), Andes Networks (acquired by SUNW), and Sun Microsyste He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Mountain View - Malaysia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools • Real Estate (& Construction)
Khailee Ng is the Co-Founder and serves as a Chief Executive Officer at SAYS. He serves as Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Previously, he served as Director at iMoney Group. He is also the co-founder of GroupsMore (acquired by Groupon), SAYS.com, a Social News Network in Southeast Asia.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Online Social
Partner @ Amplify Partners. Co-founder @ Chartio.com.
Partner at Amplify Partners
David Beyer serves as Partner at Amplify Partners. He joined Amplify in 2013. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Chart.io. He co-founded J2DR and also served as its Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Amplify Partners, David spent time as both a venture-backed entrepreneur and an early-stage investor. He began his career in technology as the co-founder and CEO of Chartio.com, a pioneering provider of cloud-based data visualization and analytics. He was subsequently part of the founding team at Patients Know Best, one of the world's leading cloud-based personal health record companies. He is an Angel Investor.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I'm an early-stage technology B2B venture capital investor, investing in enterprise-facing tech startups driving transformation in the Future of Work in and across industry verticals with innovative new business models and typically a unique combination of technology and people. Industry interests include logistics, food, transportation, e-commerce, education, healthcare, oil &gas and more. Geographic focus single or hybrid-located startups across N. America.
Not Interested In
Am not currently investing in semiconductor or capital-intensive hardware startups, and not focused on consumer
Co-Founder and General Partner of Moment Ventures, seed & early stage VC firm in Palo Alto. We investing in startups building the Infrastructure of Everything.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Jose - California, U.S.A. - India
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
CEO at Cadence Design Systems | Chairman at Walden International
Most Interested In
semiconductor/components, cloud/edge infrastructure, data management and security, and AI/machine machine learning
Lip-Bu Tan serves as Chairman of the Board at SambaNova Systems. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Cadence Design Systems. He also serves as chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987. Prior to founding Walden, he was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy. He serves on the board of directors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Quantenna Communications, Inc., and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), as well as the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean's Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He is the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award. He received an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, an MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1983, and a B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore in 1978.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Online Social
Salil Deshpande serves as Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures. He is an Advisor of Quantum Metric. He is a Board Member of Rentomojo, Aria Systems, RedisDB, Iron.io, Typesafe, Eventful and Hazelcast. He is a former general partner with San Francisco-based Bay Partners. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and M.S. from Stanford University. He serves as board member at ScaleArc and Rollbar.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Developer tools • Online Social • Consumer
Founder Root Ventures. Early Stage Venture. Ex-CTO turned Hardware Hacker Investor. CS @columbia-university-1 Always searching espresso || food || beer
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Consumer
Early Stage VC @ Audacious Ventures
Most Interested In
SaaS, B2B marketplaces, professional communities/LinkedIn for vertical markets, Prosumer
Not Interested In
Hardware
Investor at @lightspeed-venture-partners
Chicago, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Advertising • Developer tools • Impact • Local commerce • Online Social
Stuart Larkins is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner & Investment Committee Member at Chicago Ventures. He is an Internet entrepreneur and digital marketing expert with more than fifteen years of experience leading Internet companies and start-up organizations. Stuart is a Co-Founder and Partner of Chicago Ventures. He was Senior Vice President and part of the founding management team at Performics. During his eight years at Performics, he helped lead the business through rapid growth and subsequent acquisitions by Doubleclick, Hellman & Friedman, Google, and Publicis. He was also involved in many online advertising industry groups and associations, such as the IAB, Yahoo Search Advertiser Council, MSN Search Committee, and the Google SEM Council. In addition to his involvement with the Chicago Ventures, Larkins is the Founder and Managing Partner of Twin Capital, where he is an investor in early-stage interactive marketing service and technology companies. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shedd Aquarium, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and a member of the Springboard Foundation as well as Performline. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Southern Methodist University. He served as Board Member at Spring.
San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - Sweden
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Online Social
Leading teams launching new mobile apps and brands
Most Interested In
I invest in a broad range of companies, from consumer, to enterprise, to fintech, to healthtech, and hardtech as well. At the very core my thesis is to invest in exceptional founders tackling expansive markets. If that's what you're building, I'd love to hear from you!
Not Interested In
Cold pizza
Andy Chen serves as Chief Executive Officer at Aspiro and Preview Networks. He serves as Board Member at Falcon Social. Andy Chen served as the Chief Executive Officer at Wimp Music. He is a venture partner at Vectr Ventures. He served as Chairman at VideofyMe.
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Developer tools • Consumer
Matt Cohler serves as General Partner at Benchmark Capital. He also serves as the Board Observer at Greenhouse Software. He has several years of experience working with great entrepreneurs to build lasting consumer Internet companies, having served in senior management roles at Facebook and LinkedIn. Most recently, he served as vice president of product management at Facebook, overseeing the company's product development organizations. Matt joined Facebook in early 2005 as one of the first five employees hired by the company's founders and its first external executive hire, and he's been credited with helping drive Facebook's strategy, organizational growth and product direction. Previously, Matt served as vice president and general manager at LinkedIn, where he was a member of the company's founding team. Before LinkedIn, he was a consultant in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office and worked in Beijing for AsiaInfo, the telecom solutions provider that built China's Internet infrastructure, prior to the company's initial public offering. His investments are 1stdibs, Asana, Baixing, CouchSurfing, Domo, Dropbox, Edmodo, Instagram, Quora, Peixe Urbano, ResearchGate, and Zendesk. He is also a special advisor at Facebook, board of governors at San Francisco Symphony. He holds a B.A. with honors and distinction from Yale University. He is the Board Member at Zendex.
New York, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Robotics • LegalTech
Happiness and Health
San Francisco Bay Area, Greece - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Mobility
Partner at Marathon VC
Product Manger at @splunk, cofounded @bugsense (acq. by SPLK), early investor in @shift @sunshine @nurx @ezhome @resin-io @pollfish @planetary-resources
Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Human Resources • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
100% focused on B2B Software, broadly defined: applications, infra, SMB, enterprise, subscription, usage-based, vertical, horizontal, etc.
Not Interested In
We don't invest in consumer, we rarely invest in hardware,
Montana, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Online Social • Consumer
Christopher Sacca is the Founder and serves as Chairman at Lowercase Capital. Sacca is an Angel Investor. He served as Software Engineer at Ellucian. He managed a portfolio of over fifty consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology start-ups as well as an array of mature enterprises through his holding company, Lowercase Capital. While primarily known for its investments in seed and early stage technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Kickstarter, Lowercase has quietly become one of the largest venture funds in the United States. Previously, Chris served as Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc. In that role, among other responsibilities, he founded and headed up the alternative access and wireless divisions. His most visible projects include Google's 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, the company's groundbreaking data center in Oregon and Google's free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, CA. Chris also spearheaded many of Google's business development and M&A transactions and was on the founding team of the company's New Business Development organization. Before joining Google, Chris held a number of executive roles at one of the world's largest streaming and digital media distribution companies, Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai Technologies), and was ultimately responsible for their legal and corporate development efforts. Prior to Speedera, Chris was an attorney with the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick & West where he handled venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, and licensing transactions for technology clients such as Macromedia, VeriSign, and Kleiner Perkins. In 2012, Chris continued his work as a National Finance Committee member, a host of the technology roundtable series, and as a Co-Chair of Tech for Obama. The Wall Street Journal cited Chris as "possibly the most influential businessman in America." Chris graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school's Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar. He is an an Angel Investor. He also serves as an Adivsor at Lookout. He is an Investor at Docker.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Developer tools
General Partner at Spark Capital
Ms. Yasmin Razavi serves as General Partner, Growth at Spark Capital. She invests in growth-stage companies. She serves as Board Member at Deel. She Razavi previously served as an investor at Index Ventures. She was a former Snapchat product manager, helping build the app's monetization stack. Her work in technology spans growing startups as well as advising large F500 corporations as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. She holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Operations Research from the University of Toronto as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Most Interested In
Fem Tech, Food Tech, Future of Work, Fin Tech, Ed Tech, Health/Wellness
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Peter Levine serves as a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He serves as the Board Member at Onshape, DigitalOcean and MakerLoop. Peter Levine serves as a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Citrix Systems. Levine is also a Board Member at GitHub, Cyanogen, Actifio, Tachyon Nexus, MixPanel and Instart Logic. Peter Levine is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Peter was previously SVP and GM of the Data Center and Cloud Division at Citrix, where he was responsible for revenue, product management, business development and strategic direction. Peter joined Citrix in 2007 through its $500 million acquisition of XenSource, where he served as CEO. Prior to XenSource, Peter was a general partner at the Mayfield Fund. Before Mayfield, Peter was an early employee of VERITAS Software, where he helped to grow the organization to over 5,000 employees and more than $1.5 billion in revenue. Peter served as executive vice president and was responsible for marketing, OEM sales, business development and several product divisions. He is also currently a management lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a former entrepreneurship lecturer at the Sloan School. He serves on the boards of Actifio, Bromium, Convergent.io, Mixpanel, Coho Data and Cynogen.
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.