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Description
Jerry Yang serves as Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures. Yang also serves as Special Partner at Neotribe Ventures. He serves as Investor of BirdEye. He also serves as an Independent Director at Workday and Advisor at Radius. He is the Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures. He serves as Board Observer and Senior Advisor at Didi Kuaidi. Since March 2012, he has worked with and invests in technology entrepreneurs as the founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, his innovation investment firm. He is also a co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., where he served as a director from March 1995 to January 2012, and as Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to January 2009. He also led Yahoo!'s investments in Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group Holding Limited, and he is a currently a director of Alibaba Group, where he has served on the board from October 2005 to January 2012 and from September 2014 to the present. He is also a director of Lenovo, Inc. where he has served on the board since November 2014. From July 2000 to November 2012, he was a member of Cisco Systems, Inc.'s Board of Directors, and he was a director of Yahoo! Japan from January 1996 to January 2012. He also is a director of various private companies and foundations. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees from June 2005 until September 2016. He is also an Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Docker
Simon Murdoch
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Dr. Simon Murdoch is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Episode 1 Ventures. Currently he is also Board Member at Triptease. He sold his first company, BookPages, to Amazon in 1998 after which he reported to Jeff Bezos as VP Europe of Amazon.com. In early 2000, Simon founded and ran Chase Episode 1, an early stage European technology VC fund backed by JP Morgan Chase. After the fund Simon became a full-time angel investor. His angel portfolio includes/included investments in Shazam, Zoopla, LoveFilm (sold to Amazon 2011), Natural Motion, Covestor and Shutl. In addition, from 2010 to 2012, Simon worked at Octopus Ventures in portfolio development. Simon has a BA in Physics from Cambridge and a PhD in Computer Science and Expert Systems. He serves as Chairman at SubHub. He also serves as the board member at Profitero. He also served as aboard member at SwiftSwift. He holds the board position at Global App Testing, SimplyCook, Triptease and Passfort. He served as board member at ParamountZone.
Dave McClure
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Los Angeles , New Yor..., U.S.A. - U.K.
Previous Investments
• Mystery Science:
$2900000
• Ink:
$6650000 (Seed Round)
• ALL DAY MEDIA:
$2301600 (Seed Round)
• AstroPrint:
$300000 (Seed Round)
• Ezra:
$4000000 (Seed Round)
• HappyCo (Happy Inspector):
$895000 (Seed Round)
• LinkedIn SlideShare:
$300000 (Seed Round)
• TeachStreet:
(Angel Round)
• Tribal Credit:
$1200000 (Seed Round)
• HaulerAds:
(Seed Round)
• Price Technologies:
$3800000 (Seed Round)
• Exits.me:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Terraformation:
$5000000 (Equity Crowdfunding)
• Ezra AI:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Ezra AI:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Tribal:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Goldbelly:
$20000000 (Series B)
• Goldbelly:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Goldbelly:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Zeuss Technologies:
(Seed)
• Movia:
(Seed)
• Price.com:
$2000000 (Convertible Note)
• TuckerNuck:
$3000000 (Series A)
• TuckerNuck:
(Seed)
• MoBagel:
(Seed)
• Headout:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Greentoe:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Greentoe:
$1000000 (Seed)
• CareGuide:
$2000000 (Seed)
• MakeLeaps:
$600000 (Angel)
• BugHerd:
$930000 (Series A)
• Womply:
$20000000 (Series Unknown)
• Womply:
(Series Unknown)
• ViralGains:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Partender:
(Seed)
• Partender:
$50000 (Seed)
• Tech.eu:
$210000 (Seed)
• CultureMap:
$750000 (Seed)
• Geekatoo:
$500000 (Seed)
• Binpress:
$1000000 (Seed)
• BuildersCloud:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Social Tables:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Stormpulse:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Life360:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Life360:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Mattermark:
$400000 (Seed)
• Riskpulse:
$1000000 (Seed)
• LookSharp:
$4000000 (Series A)
• LookSharp:
$1000000 (Series Unknown)
• LookSharp:
$400000 (Angel)
• WHILL:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Breather:
$2000000 (Seed)
• ERPLY:
$2000000 (Series B)
• Credit Karma:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Virool:
$7000000 (Seed)
• RolePoint:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Versus:
$100000 (Seed)
• 42Floors:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Nuzzel:
$2000000 (Seed)
• SpotHero:
$50000 (Seed)
• HappyCo:
$900000 (Seed)
• Behance:
$7000000 (Series A)
• VULCUN:
$1000000 (Seed)
• ecomom:
$4000000 (Series A)
• ecomom:
$900000 (Angel)
• ecomom:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Mocavo:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Gengo:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Gengo:
$800000 (Seed)
• Gengo:
$750000 (Seed)
• IMRSV:
$810000 (Seed)
• MakerBot:
$10000000 (Series Unknown)
• ToutApp:
$350000 (Seed)
• BizeeBee:
$440000 (Seed)
• Baydin:
$380000 (Seed)
• CapLinked:
$900000 (Seed)
• Hipster:
$1000000 (Seed)
• MoonFruit:
(Series Unknown)
• SimpleHoney:
(Seed)
• Graphicly:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Graphicly:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Zappli (Acquired by Shopzilla):
$500000 (Seed)
• Twilio:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Twilio:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Wander (f. YongoPal):
$100000 (Angel)
• Formative Labs:
(Angel)
• OneTrueFan:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Presto:
(Seed)
• WePay:
$8000000 (Series B)
• WePay:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Recurly:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Wildfire:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Postling:
$350000 (Seed)
• oneforty:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Kissmetrics:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Mashery:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Mashery:
(Seed)
• Mashery:
(Seed)
• Lyft:
$300000 (Seed)
• Mill River Labs:
$900000 (Angel)
• SlideShare:
$300000 (Seed)
• Mint:
$5000000 (Series A)
• EventVue:
$440000 (Series A)
• Simply Hired:
$3000000 (Series B)
Dave McClure
Los Angeles - New York - London - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - U.K.
Andy White is an Angel Investor. White is the Founder of Millennial Technology. He served as a Partner at VegasTechFund. He holds a BS in Marketing from Southern Illinois University.
Amir Banifatemi
Investing in Hospitality (& Events) • Educat...
Irvine California , N..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• myLAB Box:
$2270000
• StarTower:
$5000000 (Pre Seed)
• Connectifier:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Digsy:
(Seed)
• SquareOne:
$200000 (Series Unknown)
• Immediately:
$400000 (Seed)
• Crowdfunder:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Compass:
$700000 (Seed)
• Pogoseat:
$800000 (Seed)
• Experiment:
$1000000 (Series Unknown)
• LensGen:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Demonstranda:
$8000 (Seed)
• AwayFind:
$800000 (Seed)
• Fundly:
$2000000 (Seed)
Amir Banifatemi
Irvine California - Newport Beach California - Geneva Switzerland - London - New York City (NY) - Valley California - Western Europe - - Tehran Iran - Southern California California - Paris (France), U.S.A.
Dr. Amir Banifatemi serves as Managing Director at K5 Ventures. Dr. Banifatemi serves as an Advisor at Compass and serves as Board Member at Aura Labs. He also serves as Board Member and Advisor at Fusion Brakes. He is a successful entrepreneur whose work experience includes more than 14 years of advising startups. His focus has always been identifying and developing future and emerging technologies that can impact society with special emphasis on predictive business intelligence, knowledge sharing & education, and real-time technologies. Amir likes to work with startups on their product strategy, pricing, business model, go-to-market, and fund raising. Amir is currently a member and President of the Tech Coast Angels Orange County and actively involved with venture funds and angel investors to help continuous and sustained funding of startups. He is also an Angel Investor.
How to connect with Angel Investors in the Gaming industry?
In the Gaming & eSports industry, prominent angel investors include Mark Cuban, Alexis Ohanian, and Chris Sacca. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions in gaming technology, eSports platforms, and interactive entertainment. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, invests in gaming and eSports startups that have the potential to disrupt traditional entertainment. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, looks for companies that leverage technology to enhance gaming experiences and community engagement. Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, seeks out startups with scalable and innovative gaming solutions. To connect with these investors, attend gaming conferences, eSports expos, and networking events such as E3, GDC, and DreamHack. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your gaming or eSports solution addresses key challenges, such as improving game performance, enhancing user engagement, or providing competitive gaming opportunities. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as partnerships with gaming companies, user growth, or successful gaming events. Building relationships through initial informal meetings or discussions at industry panels can help establish trust with these investors. Demonstrating the impact of your technology or service through case studies or user testimonials can also add credibility. Personalize your outreach by referencing the investor’s previous investments and explaining how your venture aligns with their interests. Demonstrating a sustainable business model with clear revenue streams, such as game sales, subscription fees, or in-app purchases, will further strengthen your pitch. Leveraging endorsements or case studies from gaming or eSports experts can also enhance your credibility.
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