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San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Partner at Bessemer
student @UofPenn, intern @foursquare, Philly and NYC by way of Portland
Palo Alto - Tel Aviv - California, U.S.A. - Israel
BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Dror Berman is a Co-Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a Board Member of Vicarious Surgical. He is also a Board Member of Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products with Yahoo, spearheaded an R&D team at NICE Systems, and led business development for an Israeli CE retailer. Berman has an MBA from Stanford, and graduated cum laude in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Online Social • Woman Focused
Managing Partner and Co-Founder at 645 Ventures. Focused on investing in exceptional early-stage software companies.
Managing Partner and Co-Founder at 645 Ventures. Focused on investing in exceptional early-stage software companies.
Most Interested In
Our firm focuses on three core investment themes: 1) Software for the second wave, which represents vertical SaaS markets where software is transforming and improving key business operations; 2) Citizen professionals, which represents software platforms that are enabling workers to become experts without requiring advanced skills; and 3) personalized consumer products and services, where advanced data is transforming the consumer experience.
Not Interested In
We only invest in software and software-enabled companies.
Nnamdi Okike is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at 645 Ventures. Nnamdi is an experienced venture capital investor. He spent 8 years at Insight Venture Partners where he sourced and invested in several successful companies, which included Folhamatic (acquired for $300 million), Astaro (acquired by Sophos), and Hitwise (acquired for $240 million). He served on the boards of Kabum, CSSN and Folhamatic. Nnamdi currently works closely with 645 Ventures' portfolio companies Keaton Row, Trendalytics, Hire an Esquire and Poshly. He also serves on the boards of AbbeyPost, Astia and Rifiniti.
New York, U.S.A.
Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Laurel Touby is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Odfficer at Mediabistro. During her time as Chief Executive Officer, she pulled the company through two recessions, pivoted, managed growth with minimal resources and developed audience via guerrilla and social marketing (before that term existed). Users subscribe to mediabistro's many services, which include online education, employment classifieds, conferences (offline), events (offline), forums, and industry-specific blogs, such as the popular TVNewser. Following the sale of the company for $23 mm to Jupitermedia, Laurel remained with the company through June, 2011. Laurel began investing in seed-stage startups, including: AdYapper, Appboy, Apploi, Buddie, Clef, CreativeWorx, Fashion GPS, Learn Immersive and Pivit. She is an LP in Lowercase Ventures (with holdings in Twitter, Uber, etc.) and in Pershing Square, among others. Laurel is active as a public speaker and hosted "Secrets of Successful Startups" on CBS Interactive. An inveterate connector, Laurel touches the entrepreneurial community in various ways, including via her monthly co-hosted Cereal Entrepreneurs breakfast, Flatiron Investor meetings and Startup Digital Dinners. She lives in a loft in Silicon Alley and is married to Jon Fine, Author of "Your Band Sucks" and Executive Editor of Inc. Magazine. She has served as an Advisor at HoneyCo Homes.
Tel Aviv - San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - Waltham - Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Online Social
General Partner at CRV
Most Interested In
AI as applied to the real-world: autonomous vehicles, cyber security, demand forecasting, etc. Also any SaaS application (B2B only) Focused on Seed and A's only
Not Interested In
Not interested in Consumer software, FinTech, HC IT, Bio. Not pursuing later stage deals
San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Woman Focused
General Partner at Boldstart Ventures
General Partner at Boldstart Ventures
General Partner @boldstart-ventures
Austin - San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles - New York - Miami - Seattle - Durham - Boulder - Denver - Boston - Washington - San Diego - Orange - Texas, U.S.A. - U.K. - Sweden
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Future Of Work • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital / Author The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital (McGraw Hill) Twitter: @RomansVentures www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
Mountain View - Malaysia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Developer tools • Real Estate (& Construction)
Khailee Ng is the Co-Founder and serves as a Chief Executive Officer at SAYS. He serves as Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Previously, he served as Director at iMoney Group. He is also the co-founder of GroupsMore (acquired by Groupon), SAYS.com, a Social News Network in Southeast Asia.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Most Interested In
I'm interested in founders with a truly unique insight that will transform (or create an entirely new) industry.
Prior to forming Mucker Capital, Erik was most recently at Harrison Metal Capital where he helped lead one of the most successful seed-stage venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Since 2008, Harrison Metal has invested in over 50 companies, including Aardvark (GOOG), DocVerse (GOOG), Heroku (CRM), Manymoon (CRM), MixerLab (Twitter) and ZipZapPlay (ERTS). Before Harrison Metal, Erik was most recently vice president of product management and strategy at TripAdvisor, the largest travel community site on the Web. In that role, he led product strategy and development globally for TripAdvisor sites in the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, as well distributed applications and syndicated content on partner sites like Facebook. Prior to TripAdvisor, Erik spent over four years at eBay, where he held a variety of positions, including leadership of eBay’s premium features business, which grew during his tenure from $124 million in revenue in 2002 to $410 million in 2005, significantly outpacing overall eBay revenue and listings growth. Previously, Erik held leadership roles at MVP.com, where he was the online sporting goods retailer’s first marketing employee, and at Accenture, where he advised Fortune 500 retail, communications, and consumer products clients on strategy, operations and technology engagements. He was also an early member of Accenture’s first practice group dedicated to Internet strategy and development. Erik earlier served at the Domestic Policy Council in the White House, where he worked on issues such as equal employment opportunity and Native American affairs. Erik holds a BS from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Duke University.
Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer
VC at KB Partners
Most Interested In
Our core verticals include: digital fitness/wellness, immersive media (OTT/streaming, AR/VR, fan engagement), smart venue applications, esports, sports betting/fantasy. If you're doing anything in these spaces, feel free to reach out.
Not Interested In
We typically won't invest before the core team is in place and the product/service is in market (pilot stage works), but appreciate getting to know founding teams before then.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
We're the earliest investors you'll ever meet, and never pass because you're 'too early'. We embrace the pre-seed. We are hot on Voice, Market Networks, Industrial Tech, NewSpace, and anything Frontier -- wonky enough for us to spend the time to learn and ramp up with you. We seek founders with Deep Market Insights - you know the problem cold and the solution is bursting from you.
Not Interested In
No discovery apps. No FinTech. No consumer (except for marketplaces). No international, please. No Seed Prime, Post Seed, Series A rounds.
San Francisco Bay Area - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Partner, First Round Capital
Josh is a founding Partner at First Round Capital, a seed-stage technology venture fund. Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization. In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation – and took it public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1996. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 -- and Josh remained with eBay for three years, running the Half.com business unit and growing eBay’s Media marketplace to almost half a billion dollars in annual gross merchandise sales. In late 2003 Josh helped to found TurnTide, an anti-spam company that created the world's first anti-spam router. TurnTide was acquired by Symantec just six months later. Josh founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. And since that time the firm has invested in over 350 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh was ranked 3rd on the 2018 New York Times list of Top Venture Capitalists and consistently ranks in the top 20 of the Forbes Midas List of the top 100 tech investors. Josh has been named as one of the top ten ‘angel investors’ in the United States by Newsweek magazine, one of "Tech's New Kingmakers" by Business 2.0 magazine and a "Rising VC Star" by Fortune magazine. Josh also is the proud winner of a second place ribbon in the 2011 Nantucket Watermelon Eating competition. Josh is an inventor on sixteen U.S. Patents for his work in Internet technology. In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young’s prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Greater Philadelphia region. Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I'm an early-stage technology B2B venture capital investor, investing in enterprise-facing tech startups driving transformation in the Future of Work in and across industry verticals with innovative new business models and typically a unique combination of technology and people. Industry interests include logistics, food, transportation, e-commerce, education, healthcare, oil &gas and more. Geographic focus single or hybrid-located startups across N. America.
Not Interested In
Am not currently investing in semiconductor or capital-intensive hardware startups, and not focused on consumer
Co-Founder and General Partner of Moment Ventures, seed & early stage VC firm in Palo Alto. We investing in startups building the Infrastructure of Everything.
New York, U.S.A. - U.K.
Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Online Social • Consumer
David Hirsch serves as Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Compound. He is the Board Member at Paice. He previously served as the Board Member and an Advisor at Post Intelligence. He is a digital media veteran with 15 years of business development & operational experience. Google brought on David as employee #2 in the New York HQ with just $3m in revenue. David then launched and spearheaded the company's monetization strategy by co-founding Google's Vertical Markets Group and wiring the regional sales team structure. For eight years, he oversaw cross-functional and cross-business responsibilities, all of which helped him to lead both Google's culture committee and its recruiting initiative and subsequently hire many of the people who lead Google's sales and business teams today. David's earlier experiences handling business development for Adsmart and Snowball during their critical growth stages have contributed to his sincere understanding of common founder challenges. David actively employs this empathy when helping young companies with monetization, BD, acquisition, hiring, and corporate culture development. An active board member of Girls Who Code, The River Fund and The Sonima Foundation, David is also an advisor to the Israeli startup accelerator program IDC Elevator, the premier in-image advertising platform GumGum, and the content recommendation and monetization platform Taboola. David graduated with a BA degree from the University of Maryland in 1992.
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Mobility • Nanotechnology
CEO & Managing Partner
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner at Next47
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools
General Partner at Battery Ventures - Supporting Cloud, DevOps, AI and Security Entrepreneurs
General Partner at Battery Ventures - Supporting Cloud, DevOps, AI and Security Entrepreneurs
New York, U.S.A.
Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • 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.
Santa Monica - California, U.S.A.
Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Online Social
Co-Founder/Partner at @science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups - @photobucket, @billshrink Always the first on the dance floor.
Palo Alto - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Mr. Zavain Dar serves as Board Member at Recursion Pharmaceuticals. He served as Partner at Lux Capital. He is enthralled by the power of data and its counterpart, intelligence. He invests in companies that are using machine learning and AI to augment or replace physical-world functions including biology, language, manufacturing, and analysis. He has led Lux's investments in Primer, a stealth machine intelligence startup; Clarifai, which combines machine intelligence and image recognition; Capella, which is developing novel medicines based on computational insight applied to genomic data; Recursion which uses automation and Deep Learning to develop drugs for rare diseases, which applies software and automation to electronics manufacturing. Previously he was an investor at Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors. There he sourced and led the firm's investments in early-stage technology companies including Zymergen and BlockStream. He drafted the firm's theses in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and the Blockchain. Prior to VC, he was a founder and computer scientist. At Discovery Engine (acquired by Twitter), he engineered machine learning and AI systems across a proprietary distributed computing framework to build web scale-ranking algorithms. He was also a co-founder of Fountainhop, one of the first hyper-local social networks. He holds a BS in symbolic systems and an MS in computer science from Stanford where he was a researcher in Stanford's AI Lab. He is currently a Lecturer at Stanford and has taught quarter-long seminars in Cryptocurrencies, Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, and Venture Capital. He also serves as a board member at LabGenius. He serves as Board Observer at Hugging Face. He served as Board Observer at Auransa.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data)
Most Interested In
ML-powered B2B apps; high usage, product-led growth B2B apps
Not Interested In
Consumer; hardware; biotech