Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
Palo Alto - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - U.K. - South Korea - Japan
PropTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
CEO and Founding Partner at 500 Startups
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Local commerce • Online Social
Tony Conrad is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at About.me. He also is an Angel Investor. Conrad serves as Partner at True Ventures. He served as General Partner at VSP Capital. He also serves as Board Member at High Fidelity. He is the Founder of AOL Ventures. He was Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of about.me (acquired by Aol in December 2010). He serves on the Board of Directors of Automattic (WordPress), appssavvy, StockTwits, RescueTime, PastFuture (GDGT), 20x200, FREEjit, Small Batch (Typekit), WeGame and led True's investment MakerBot & Plancast. He also serves as a Special Advisor to AOL Ventures. Previously, he co-founded Sphere which was acquired by AOL in April, 2008. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors for Oddpost (acquired by Yahoo), Iconoculture, MusicNow (acquired by Circuit City) and Centive (acquired by Xactly). He also played an active role managing investments in Post Communications (NASDAQ: NTVS), QuinStreet (NASDAQ: QNST), Danger (acquired by Microsoft), Sabrix and Stonyfield Farms (acquired by Groupe Danone). He is also a Board Member at Smarterer. He also served as a Board Member at appssavvy. He served as Board Member at KISSmetrics. He holds a BS (Bachelor of Science) in Telecommunications from Indiana University.
San Francisco Bay Area - San Mateo - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Consumer
Brian Jacobs is a Co-Founder & serves as a General Partner at Emergence Capital Partners. He was a Board Member at Hightail. He has over 20 years of venture capital experience, a deep national network and broad experience helping technology startups become market leaders. Prior to founding Emergence, Brian was an early General Partner at St. Paul Venture Capital where he helped to grow the firm to one of the 15 largest venture investors in the country. His prior venture capital experience was at Security Pacific Venture Capital. Brian also worked for the Raychem Corporation, where he developed and marketed advanced software and electronic components. He also has engineering and new product development experience with RCA, Westinghouse, and Polaroid, and he holds several patents. Brian has a MS and BS in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from Stanford.
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, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Robotics • Mobility • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Any company who has a significant technology barrier to their business. Software, hardware, B2B, B2C, healthcare, etc.
Not Interested In
While there's nothing wrong with companies which don't have a strong technical moat, it's not where our expertise lies. So if the business is purely network effect and user-based growth without technical barriers, we don't focus on those companies. We also do not do pharma or therapeutic biotech because we don't have expertise in those areas.
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.
Menlo Park, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Early @qualcomm guy, co-founder of @founderspad, VC at @formative-ventures, investor and advisor to mobile & web startups.
San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles - Boston - New York - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • DeepTech
Ilya Sukhar serves as a General Partner at Matrix Partners. He also serves as Advisor at Xenon Ventures. He was a Board Member at Open Listings. Prior to joining Matrix in 2016, he worked on three startups, all of which were acquired. Most recently, he was the co-founder and CEO of Parse, a cloud platform for mobile developers that was acquired by Facebook in 2013. In addition to running Parse as a semi-independent subsidiary, Ilya led the teams responsible for all of Facebook's developer-facing products and worked on Messenger. He's an active angel investor and was a part-time partner at Y Combinator. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Cornell University. He invests across a variety of sectors, but is particularly interested in products that leverage hard technical underpinnings to become indispensable to consumers or developers. He's excited to work with hackers who are building mission-driven and engineering-centric companies.
Austin - Seattle - Toronto (Ontario) - Los Angeles - Boston - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
B2B, SaaS, developer tools, API platforms, vertical industry solutions, applications of AI technologies to big problems. There must be a revenue model
Not Interested In
Consumer, traction-based thingies, science projects, advertising, games, bio, genomics.
San Francisco Bay Area - Herzliya, Israel - U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
Most Interested In
Everything deep technology for enterprise use, highly focused on AI/BD for enterprises, next gen cloud / virtualization / DC, not afraid of HW investments.
Not Interested In
Consumer, Media, Med-Tech, Green-Tech, Social, Apps
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Singapore - Canada
PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobility
Recently formed by a former executive of Palantir Technologies, Formation8 is looking to raise a $500M fund (according to SEC filings). Formation8 is spearheaded by Joe Lonsdale, a founder of Palantir Technologies, a private company focused on analyzing, integrating, and visualizing data. Prior to Palantir, Lonsdale was an early executive at Clarium Capital where he helped Peter Thiel grow the global macro fund to $5 Billion in assets under management. Lonsdale is also founder and Chairman at Addepar, a private wealth management technology company. He previously invested out of Anduin Ventures and recently worked with Lady Gaga to launch Backplane. The firm announced Dec. 2014 that it closed its second fund at about $500 million.
Stockholm, Sweden - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Consumer
Johan Brenner is a high-net-worth individual based in Palo Alto, California. He primarily invests in technology and growth companies. Currently, Johan is a General Partner with Creandum in Stockholm. His prior experience includes time at Balderton Capital (previously Benchmark Europe) working with investments such as LiveBookings, Habbo Hotel, Rebtel, Zopa and others.
San Francisco Bay Area - Miami Beach - Florida, U.S.A. - Singapore
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility • Consumer
Most Interested In
Currently we're interested in Consumer, Marketplaces, and Real Estate tech - but are opportunistic and really just want great founders in huge markets
Not Interested In
BioTech, Social Networks, Marketing Software, Big Data, AR/VR
Palo Alto - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology
Data Scientist -> Entrepreneur -> Angel Investor & VC
Most Interested In
robotics, enterprise IT and cybersecurity
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Partner at BMW i Ventures
Most Interested In
We invest in purpose-driven entrepreneurs building high-performance companies, across hardware, software in transportation, manufacturing, supply chain and sustainability.
San Francisco Bay Area - Houston - Texas, U.S.A.
BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Human Resources • Material Science • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Founder/Managing Partner at First Bight 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)