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Istanbul, U.S.A. - Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Most Interested In
Consumer-facing e-businesses, including marketplaces, e-tailers, SaaS and SME-focused software companies targeting local markets in CEE & Turkey. Enterprise technology innovators with roots in CEE & Turkey.
Not Interested In
Life sciences, material science, clean tech
Cem Sertoglu serves as Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital. He has several years of experience as an Investor, focusing web-enabled services and consumer internet. Previously, he was a Partner at iLab Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO at Mondus.com, Founder & CEO at SelectMinds and Vice President at Farmer & Company. Pioneering the technology investment sector in Turkey since its inception with his personal investment vehicle Young Turk Ventures, his investments include propertyfinder.ae, Wikimart.ru, Civic Solar, Gittigidiyor.com (Turkey's leading online auctions portal), Yemeksepeti.com (Turkey's leading food order platform) and Grupanya (Turkey's leading daily deal website). He holds a BA in Economics from University of Texas (Austin). He served as Board Member at Fite and Grupanya.
London, U.K. - Canada - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments
Most Interested In
Fintech: applications built on top of open banking, Saas with integrated fintech products, embedded finance plays. Insurtech: new risk with new data sets; infrastructure, embedded insurance plays
Not Interested In
If you don't feel you have any link or connection to financial services (in a broad definition), then its probably not an opportunity for me
Boston - / New - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Future Of Work • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
Partner at Pillar VC investing in seed-stage founders.
Sarah Hodges serves as Partner at Pillar VC. She is also an angel investor. She is a Co-Founder at Intelligent.ly. She served as Advisor at Flybridge Capital Partners. She also serves as a board Member at New England Venture Capital Association. She is a Boston-based entrepreneur who works with Flybridge Capital Partners and its general partners as an advisor to support and broaden the firm's investment activities in the Boston region. She is the co-founder of Intelligent.ly, a learning campus that connects experts with entrepreneurs and professionals who want to hone their skills. She also serves as the Head of Marketing for Boston startup Smarterer, and provides marketing strategy consulting to various companies. Prior to Smarterer, she worked as Director of Marketing at RunKeeper, helping the team grow to a community of over 10M passionate fitness enthusiasts. Before RunKeeper, she was part of the Carbonite team, driving web analytics and online optimization leading up to the company's 2010 IPO. Prior to Carbonite, she was the co-owner of eCommerce site Pavo Real.
Toronto (Ontario) - Austin - Chicago - Midwest - Illinois, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments
Founder and Managing Partner at Motivate Venture Capital
Most Interested In
Solutions to problems that accelerating longevity will create.
Not Interested In
Adtech, med devices, pharma
David Wieland is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chairman & Investment Committee Member at IrishAngels. He is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Endowment Research Group. He is a member of the Investment Committee and is Chair of the firm's Venture Capital Investments. He is responsible for corporate strategy, capital raising, deal sourcing, and investment due diligence. He is Chairman of the Board at RIVS, a software company, and he is positioning the firm for an exit. Prior thereto, Wieland was CEO of Innflux and Powersurge Technologies, where he founded, grew, and sold both companies. He earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. He also serves as Board Member at IrishAngels Ventures.
Tel Aviv, Israel - U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Managing Director, GM Israel and Europe, Verizon Ventures
General Partner at State of Mind Ventures (SOMV)
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobility • Woman Focused
Sam Altman serves as Partner & President at Y Combinator. He is a Board Member at Boom. He was co-founder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab.
California - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - New York City Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Productivity
Most Interested In
fintech, embedded finance, Vertical SaaS, mobile commerce
Not Interested In
Hardware, Networking, Infrastructure
LatAm (Latin ) - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Music • Online Social
Early stage fintech investor
Austin - Texas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Aerospace (& Defense)
Christopher Shonk is the Co-Founder and serves as Partner at ATX Seed Ventures. He also serves as a Board Member, Advisor and Investor at Everfest and IdealSpot. He also serves as Board Member at Incent Games. He served as Managing Director of Liahona ventures. He co-founded an investment bank, and has operated, advised, and invested in consumer service and tech companies for over a decade. He is a graduate of the Acton School of Business.
Austin - Texas, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Collin West serves as Venture Partner at Kauffman Fellows. He also is an Angel Investor. Previously, he served as Principal at Correlation Ventures. Prior to joining Correlation Ventures, Collin worked for OCA Ventures in Chicago while completing his MBA. Prior to that, Collin founded two businesses in digital advertising and adventure travel, respectively. Collin started his career in IT strategy consulting for Accenture. Collin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University. He also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with an emphasis on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Finance where he was awarded a prestigious Four Pillars award, awarded to only four members of the graduating class for embodying the values of the school. Currently, he is a Kauffman Venture Capital Fellow.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland, Monaco
PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Utica - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Future Of Work • GovTech • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Woman Focused
General Partner at Icebreaker.vc
Atlanta - Georgia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
InsurTech, Frontier Tech, Dev Tools, Infrastructure, Legal Tech, Enterprise SaaS
Not Interested In
Hardware, Medical Devices, BioTech
Cambridge - Boston - / New - Massachusetts, U.S.A.
PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Supply chain finance SMB finance Bookkeeping automation Retirement gap Healthcare payments Real estate tech, particularly appraisals and home finance Enterprise payouts / mass disbursements Alternative data
Not Interested In
Companies selling signal to the buyside Insurance aggregator models Typically, companies dependent on enterprise-level sales into banks
Los Angeles - Colombia - Austin - British Columbia - London - San Francisco Bay Area - Tel Aviv - New York - Palo Alto - California, U.S.A. - U.K. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Consumer
Most Interested In
I'm most interested in deep tech and data companies right now. Especially anyone who is understanding and quantifying risk or helping to mitigate or prevent risk. Specifics include Cybersecurity, IOT data companies, InsurTech, Vertical AI. I also look at Blockchain and FinTech companies.
Not Interested In
I'm not as interested in eCommerce or consumer companies at the moment.
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