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New Delhi India - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social • Consumer
Nihal Mehta serves as Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures. He is also the Founding Partner at India Internet Fund. He also served as Member of Advisory Board at Blue Cloud Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Inter Mobile Ventures. Nihal has several years experience in innovating marketing technologies through founding five startups to date. Nihal is currently the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of LocalResponse, which helps marketers respond to real-time consumer intent. Prior to LocalResponse, (which pivoted from buzzd, a leading real-time city guide), Nihal founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which he sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of mobile technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named one of the "25 People Every New Founder Should Meet in New York Tech" and a top "25 Up-And-Coming Startup CEO in New York" in 2012 by Business Insider, a 2012 AlwaysOn "Power Player NYC," a top 10 NYC 'Game Changer' in the 2010 New York Enterprise Report, one of twenty RCR Wireless News 'Mobile Movers and Shakers' in 2008, a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's 'Top 20 Marketers in Their 20s' in 2005. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science. He is also an Angel Investor. He also serves as a Board Member at Alloy. He served as Board Member and Advisor at Lokast and as an Advisor at Findable. He is also an Angel Investor.
Redwood City California - Atherton California - Sunnyvale, California - Mountain View (CA), U.S.A.
Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Online Social
Partner at @imagine-k12. Partner at @Ycombinator. Former CEO of music startup @lala (acquired by @apple); Former Chief Product Officer at @yahoo
San Francisco California - Los Altos (CA) - Menlo Park, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Online Social
Venture Partner at Lobby Capital
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
Boston Massachusetts - New York (NY) - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Life Science • Mobile • Consumer
Venture Partner, BoxGroup
Woodside California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Online Social
Consumer & Culture VC
Austin, Texas - Austin (TX) - Los Angeles, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • GovTech • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Mobile • Mobility • Nanotechnology
General Partner at Moonshots Capital, Serial Entrepreneur, Military Veteran
Dr. Craig Cummings is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Moonshots Capital. He also serves as Advisor at Edbacker. He was a Co-Founder & served as Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Operating officer at RideScout. Craig is a Co-Founder of APX Labs and serves as its Board Member. He also serves as the Chairman at Verb8tm. He is a Co-Founder of BTS Software Solutions and serves as its Chairman of the Board. He is also a Co-Founder of AgentHero and serves as its Chairman. He earned his M-Phil, MA and PhD in Econometrcis from Columbia University and BS in Civil Engineering from United States Military Academy. He serves as a Board Member at Threatcare. Before he became an entrepreneur, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in support of the National Security Agency (NSA). Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY. Craig received a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was their first Truman Scholar, and he received a Ph.D. in Political Science (minor: Econometrics) from Columbia University. In 2015, Craig was selected by HillVets as one of the 100 most influential and impactful veterans in the United States and, in 2016, Inc. Magazine named him as one of the Top 20 Military Veteran Entrepreneurs in the US. Craig was recently selected as a member of the 2016 Class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
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
Redwood City California - Menlo Park California - San Jose California - Palo Alto, California - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Human Resources • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
General Partner, Xfund
Managing Director of Naxuri Capital (a fashion technology fund); former Managing Director of SK Telecom Ventures; former attorney at Wilson Sonsini
San Francisco, California - Consumer products - Entertainment & sports - Games - Gaming/eSports - Media/content - Social mobile, U.S.A.
Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Messaging • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Director | Transcend Fund
Most Interested In
Games, esports, and digital media
Business & Corporate Development • Founder @qbiquity • Exec roles at @playfish, @gree
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
San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Boulder, Colorado - , U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Founder and General Partner at Moxxie Ventures
San Francisco California - New York (NY), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
VC at Greycroft | fmr Head of Corporate Development & Strategy at Pinterest.
Works at @greycroft-partners, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @stanford-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
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
Los Altos California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Human Resources • Material Science • Robotics • Investment Management • Mobility
Most Interested In
Early-stage technology startups with proven product traction and scientific invention as key competitive advantage (revenue is good to have but not a requirement) Examples: Artificial intelligence / neural networks Autonomous vehicles / self-driving cars Deep tech Cannabis (hemp) Silicon / new chips / edge computing Video processing on the edge Innovation for oil and gas / metallurgy / coal and other "old" industries Consumer financial services (scoring, credit, factoring, freelancer financing)
Not Interested In
Not interested in technologies that (1) hard to scale (2) require a lot of capital to win (3) I don't understand (4) evil Examples include: - Vertical marketplaces (too expensive to scale, CAC>LTV) - Tobacco/vaping (evil) - Blockchain for X (too early) - ICOs
GP at Vestor.In Partners. Former Adobe and Microsoft exec, founded Actis (sold to Wunderman), AdWatch (sold to AEGIS/Isobar), Sputnik Labs (sold to Technoserv)
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.
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
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.