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Ridge Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California - New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Messaging • Robotics • LegalTech • Consumer
Happiness and Health
New York City (NY), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Consumer
Principal at Greycroft
VC @Greycroft Partners
Previously: Product Manager @ebay // Student @ Wesleyan University
Palo Alto California - San Francisco California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Investment Management • Mobile
Early Stage Venture Capital based in Silicon Valley, Haafu (Japan/US), Nihongo & Deutsche Sprache, Thunderbird, UCSB, Menlo College,ASIJ, Nishimachi
New York City (NY) - Chicago Illinois - Los Angeles California - Lake City Utah - U.S.A. - South Jordan, United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Partner - Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Partner at New World Ventures
Board Member Techstars Chicago
Larchmont New York - New York (NY) - Redwood City, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Material Science • Messaging • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture Capital Investor with a strong history in software and financial markets. Specialties: Financial Services, Consumer Software, Web 2.0, Independent Research, Hedge Fund
Cambridge Massachusetts - Boston Massachusetts - Larchmont New York - New York (NY) - Redwood City, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Material Science • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture capital investor Specialties: Entrepreneurial startups and high growth companies in the following industries: consumer internet, online marketplaces, consumer software, subscription software, infrastructure software, information services, and consumer electronics.
New York City (NY) - New York (NY) - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Consumer
Rick Heitzmann is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. He focuses on consumer and enterprise investments in media, advertising technology, gaming, mobile, and data services. Rick has led investments in market leaders in commerce (StubHub, acquired by eBay), gaming (Riot Games, acquired by Tencent), data services (First Advantage, NASDAQ: FADV; acquired by First American), advertising technology (TapAd), media (Pinterest), and more. Prior to founding FirstMark, Rick was an entrepreneur including being a founding member of the senior management team at First Advantage which he helped grow and sell to First American (NYSE: FAF). He serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association. Rick holds a B.S. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also serves as Board Member at Dashlane, Grid Mobile and Playnomics.
Barcelona, Spain - San Sebastian, Spain - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • DeepTech • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Oncology
Managing Partner at Inveready Technology Investment Group
San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Investment Management
Mark Gorenberg is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners. He serves as Board Member at Allure Security Technology and Marketing Evolution. He has an enviable track record when it comes to identifying and nurturing enterprise software that delivers exceptional returns. During his 20 years in venture capital, he's generated extraordinary results, particularly in analytics where his portfolio has realized a 149 percent annual rate of return. Prior to Zetta Venture Partners, he served as managing director at Hummer Winblad, the first fund focused on enterprise software. There, his most publicized successes in analytics included Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe); AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Seibel Systems). Today, he sits on the boards of the next generation of leading companies like Domo, Inside Sales, EventBoard and FollowAnalytics. He started his technology career at Sun Microsystems working on its SPARCstation workstations. Beyond his role as venture capitalist and entrepreneur, he is a trusted advisor to some of the country's most influential technology institutions. He serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Venture Capital Association. He graduated from MIT and received masters degrees from the University of Minnesota and Stanford University in Electrical Engineering.
San Francisco California - Los Angeles California - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Investment Management • Online Social • Consumer
Tyler Winklevoss is a Co-Founder of Winklevoss Capital Management. Winklevoss is also a Co-Founder of Gemini (Digital Asset Exchange Platform) and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He is also a Co-Founder of ConnectU. He has an MBA degree from University of Oxford in 2010.
San Francisco, California - Palo Alto, California - New York City (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • AR/VR • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Early-stage investor in interactive media and web3
San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
3x Founder, Angel and Private Equity Investor
Most Interested In
I look for founders that are tackling huge markets that have real pain points. My areas of focus: consumer-facing tech, subscription businesses, marketplaces, social / digital content.
Not Interested In
I was in the recruiting space for many years and don't have interest in investing there right now.
Rick Marini is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Dragonfly Ventures. He serves as Managing Partner at Protocol Ventures. He serves as Investor of BirdEye. He serves as General Manager, Digital Innovation at Hearst. He founded Talk.co and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with more than a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space. Previously, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of SuperFan. SuperFan was a social entertainment platform that developed social games and Facebook apps. SuperFan's clients included CBS, MTV, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, etc. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Strategist of Tickle. Tickle was one of the largest social media sites on the Internet and the first site to successfully leverage viral marketing through personality tests, photo-sharing and matchmaking products. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. He served on the Board of Directors of Tickle until 2004 when Tickle was successfully acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100 million. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, and a MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Fwix, Friendster, Lumos Labs, Stipple, and FIGHTER. He is also an Angel Investor.
San Francisco California - Hong Kong - Israel - Palo Alto California - China - South East, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
General Partner S28 Capital / Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum / Honorary Trustee Peking University
Kent Ho is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at s28 Capital. He also is an Angel Investor. He was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Partner at Harbor Pacific Capital. He focuses on investments in digital media and helps oversee the firm's investment efforts in the United States and China. Upon graduating from Duke, Kent worked at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco in the Private Wealth Management division advising high net worth families and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Kent received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics and a Certificate in the Markets and Management Program from Duke University. He serves as a Board Member at Eden.
Cleveland, Ohio - The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Consumer
Partner at XSeed Capital
General Partner
San Francisco (CA) - Palo Alto, California - within the information technology, life sciences - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Oil & Gas (& Mining)
Board Member at Turing Labs Inc.
Board Member at Turing Labs Inc.
Philadelphia Pennsylvania - New York City (NY) - Washington D.C, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
Co-founder and Managing Director at Red & Blue Ventures
Brett Topche is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Red & Blue Ventures. Brett Topche serves as Managing Director at MentorTech Ventures. He also serves as Advisor at entreprenYOURS. He joined MentorTech Ventures in 2007 and has more than a decade of venture capital and private equity experience. He has spent much of his career primarily focusing on investments in ecommerce, digital media, mobile applications, marketing technologies and B2B software. He represents MentorTech on the Boards of Directors of Cloudmine and PayPerks and served on the Board of Wanderfly prior to its acquisition. He also serves as a Board Observer at Curalate, Quad Learning, Burrow, Soft Tissue Regeneration and TicketLeap and was a Board Observer at SeniorHomes.com prior to its acquisition by Bankrate. He also served as a member of the Investor Advisory Board of SnipSnap prior to its acquisition by Slyce. Prior to joining MentorTech, he was a member of the Fund Investments Team at Hamilton Lane Advisors, a fund-of-funds manager and private equity investment consultant. In this capacity, he evaluated private equity funds across a broad spectrum of stages and strategies on behalf of both discretionary and non-discretionary clients. During his time at Hamilton Lane, Topche reviewed more than 100 funds, including venture capital, mezzanine, buyout and real estate funds. Based in part on reports he drafted, more than $1 billion was invested into these funds. Prior to working for Hamilton Lane, Topche spent more than four years as an Associate with NJTC Venture Fund, where he focused on investments in early-stage companies in the software, Internet and communications sectors. His responsibilities included deal flow generation, initial company reviews, performing due diligence on potential investments, participating in deal structuring, reviewing legal documentation and working with companies post-investment, occasionally as an Observer on Boards of Directors. Topche is a magna cum laude graduate of the Wharton School, with a B.S. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Legal Studies and a Political Science minor from the College and Arts and Sciences.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Human Resources • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Enterprise VC, Team Builder
Founded in 1970, CRV is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Local commerce • Mobile Apps • Consumer
Investor @ CRV
Most Interested In
I'm excited about anything in the consumer/SMB space!
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Media • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Food & Beverage • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Mobile • Online Social
Most Interested In
The application of information technology to make a positive impact in the food and agriculture sectors
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services)
Jim Dugan is the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of OCA Ventures. Prior to co-founding OCA Ventures in 2001, Jim oversaw the OCA Ventures Pledge Fund which made direct venture capital investments for the O’Connor Partners Investment Office. Jim has board responsibilities for EdMap, Cleversafe, TDJM, Javlin Capital, SumRidge Partners, Campus Explorer, Apparel Media Group, Automated Insights, BodyShopBids, and Heard Capital. Jim has over 17 years of corporate finance, capital markets, and venture capital investment experience. Prior to forming OCA Ventures, Jim traded derivatives at the Chicago Board of Trade and worked in corporate finance with Continental Bank. While at Continental Bank, Jim participated in the structured financing of companies ranging in capital size from $10 million to several billion dollars and in the formation of a $150 million subsidiary to fund mezzanine debt and equity financings. Jim received a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester and earned his MBA (MM) from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In addition to his responsibilities at OCA Ventures, Jim is a founding member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA), where he formerly served five years as Treasurer, Director and member of the Executive Committee. Prior to serving as Treasurer, Jim was the Chairman of the Legislative Committee for the IVCA, in which capacity he helped establish HB 3212 as Illinois law. Jim is a frequent guest lecturer and panelist at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Chicago Booth GSB. Jim is also a board member of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC), NU Wave, AVAC Fund, and a charter member of Tie Network Chicago. Jim is Co-Founder and Treasurer of www.SmartBet.org.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA) - Founded in 2000, Lux Capital Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in Meno Park, California, U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
Peter is Co-Founder of Lux Capital and focuses on investments in technology and energy
Menlo Park California - San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Somesh Dash serves as Managing Director & General Partner at IVP. He focuses primarily on later-stage investments in Internet, software, wireless, and technology-enabled services companies. Prior to joining IVP, Somesh was an Analyst in the Corporate Finance Division of Credit Suisse's Technology Investment Banking Group. While at Credit Suisse, Somesh focused on strategic financing initiatives for a number of public and private technology companies. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Somesh worked for Luxmi Capital, an early stage venture capital fund focused on digital media investments. He also worked for the Corporate Development Division of Sony Entertainment Television (SET) in Mumbai, India. Somesh is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley, the Tech Advisory Group of UCSF and the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). He is also currently a member of the Partnership for a New American Economy, a nonprofit initiative focused on skilled immigration reform, and co-chaired the March for Innovation (#iMarch). Somesh is a term member of the Council of Foreign Relations. He was formerly a member of the Haas Alumni Board and Haas Development Board at UC Berkeley. Somesh earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He also serves on Board of Pindrop Security, Humu, Woven Digital and Qubole. He serves as a Board Observer at Amplitude.
San Francisco, California - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA) - Hong Kong, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments
Kenneth Ballenegger served as Chief Strategy Officer at Republic.
New York City (NY) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management
20+ years experience in operating, advisory and investing roles as a Social Entrepreneur, Investment Banker & Lecturer
St. Louis Park Minnesota - New York City (NY) - Chicago Illinois - Minneapolis Minnesota - Lexington New York - Minnesota - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
KPS Capital Partners, LP is the Manager of the KPS Special Situations Funds, a family of private equity limited partnerships, with over $6 billion of committed capital, focused on constructive investing in restructurings, turnarounds, and other special situations. KPS invests in companies challenged by the need to effect immediate and significant change. The firm targets manufacturing, transportation, and service businesses. KPS will consider all industries except for high technology, financial services, telecommunications, broadcast media, real estate and natural resources (exploration). KPS targets opportunities with total transaction sizes up to $1 billion. KPS seeks to invest on average $200 to $250 million and up to $450 million of capital and targets businesses that have revenues of at least $400 million.