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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.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Media • Entertainment (& Sports) • Gaming (& eSports) • Online Social • Woman Focused
Managing Director | Transcend Fund
Most Interested In
Games, esports, and digital media
Business & Corporate Development • Founder @qbiquity • Exec roles at @playfish, @gree
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Australia - U.K. - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mal
Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Online Social
Co-Founder / Partner / CTO at InReach Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Nanotechnology
Managing
Seattle - Washington, U.S.A.
Businesses Solutions • Gaming (& eSports)
early stage VC
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Payments • Mobile Apps • Consumer • Woman Focused
VP of Messenger, Facebook Inc.
Co-Founder at NFX
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A.
PropTech • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social
Vaizra Investments is a private venture capital fund investing in start-ups with creative solutions to existing or emerging consumer needs. Investment ranges are between $200,000-$500,000, with 'follow-ons' in later rounds.
New York, U.S.A.
Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • 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 Mateo - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social
Most Interested In
Fintech, enterprise, blockchain; technology solutions in Jurassic industries.
Hong Kong, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps • Nanotechnology • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founder @outblaze, @animoca ⢠Investor @dopplr, @machinima, @fuel-2 , @miq
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics
Most Interested In
Capital efficient, founder led, mission driven companies growing quickly, looking for patient, full lifecycle investor willing to invest early (at less than $10M revenue run rate) but also able to continue to scale up investments as the business grows.
Not Interested In
Pre-revenue companies. Medical Device, biotech or clean tech.
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Online Social • Consumer
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, commerce brands, cloud, ML/AI enabled Enterprise SaaS, Blockchain
Not Interested In
Ad Tech
Investing in breakaway growth companies in technology. Angel investor. Founder of @alpha-2 (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobility • Woman Focused
Sam Altman serves as Partner & President at Y Combinator. He is a Board Member at Boom. He was co-founder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab.
Phoenix - Denver - Miami - Boston - Chicago - Austin - Seattle - Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Marketplaces, SMB SaaS, fintech, consumer health, web3 (mostly defi), creator economy and gaming.
Not Interested In
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Palo Alto, U.S.A.
HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Online Social
Eric Hsia serves as Managing Director at TransLink Capital. He is also the Board Member at Sensifree. He led TransLink's investments in Kamcord and Misfit and also supports TransLink's investment in HZO. Eric is a founder of Eternal Capital and a private investor, board member and advisor to public and private technology companies. He was previously a founding partner of the SVB Capital China Councils Fund and the founding managing director of the SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure Fund I (SAIF), a $404 million private equity fund launched by SOFTBANK Corporation in partnership with Cisco Systems in 2000. Eric has led investments in technology, media and telecommunications companies in China, India, Korea and the United States. Prior to SAIF, Eric was an associate partner with SOFTBANK Venture Capital focused on seed and early-stage communications services, e-commerce and e-finance investments. Prior to joining SOFTBANK Venture Capital, he was a member of Merrill Lynch's Technology Investment Banking Group in 1994 and a consultant with The LEK/Alcar Consulting Group in Boston. Eric earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College in 1993.