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Palo Alto - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Payments • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
"Intelligent Enterprise"--deeply understanding a business problem and making clever use of data in the background to provide a unique solution. FinTech--providing a better value to consumers for financial services by removing intermediaries IoT--beautifully designed products that invent a new category, or re-invent a sleepy one Robotics--machines that yield a massive performance advantage not just replace labor "Frontier"--any crazy idea that can create a new market and make life better
Not Interested In
I focus more on application layer than deep infrastructure. Also more interested in "brave new world" ideas than threading the needle in a crowded market.
Menlo Park - Mountain View - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Online Social
Arif Janmohamed serves as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at TripActions. He also serves as Charter Member at C100 Association. He is a Board Member at OverOps. He joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focuses primarily on investments in the areas of cloud and datacenter technologies, as well as enterprise mobile and SaaS solutions. He also serves as Board Member at Mist Syste He is currently working closely with the teams at Avi Networks, Highfive, Netskope, Nutanix, Pertino Networks, ThoughtSpot, Qubole, and Virtual Instruments. He was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Edgespring (acquired by Salesforce.com), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io), Memoir Systems (acquired by Cisco), RAPsphere (acquired by AppSense) and StreamOnce (acquired by Jive Software). Prior to joining Lightspeed, he worked in the Corporate Business Development group at Cisco Systems where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and investments in the Unified Communications, Enterprise Collaboration, Mobile, and SaaS market segments. Before joining Cisco Systems, he was with Novitas Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Earlier in his career, he worked in technical development and product management roles at WebTV (acquired by MSFT), Andes Networks (acquired by SUNW), and Sun Microsyste He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Payments • Online Social
Founding Partner at @io, @golden-gate-ventures, @savannah-fund, & @presence Capital. Previously CEO of @lefora, @meetro & paragon5
London, U.K. - France - Germany - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Local commerce • Payments • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
We invest at seed and early Series A in the UK and Europe.
Palo Alto California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I'm most interested in commerce enablement SAAS, but remain opportunistic across vertical SAAS, Fintech, AI/ML, and others.
Not Interested In
Medical, health
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Payments
Most Interested In
Infrastructural solutions that allow regulated industries (like healthcare) to scale faster. Companies will have a monetizable "application" but the core value of the company is in the infrastructure they're building that will allow them to do audacious things long term.
Not Interested In
Consumer products, hardware, consumer-facing health/wellness
Palo Alto - Cupertino - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Payments • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Early Stage Investor focusing on Pre Product Market Fit
Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is the Founder of Brighter Capital. Ms. Yun-Fang Juan is an Angel Investor. Ms. Yun-Fang Juan Co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Fundastic. Previously, she was the Chief Scientist at Soldsie, a social commerce startup that helps small business owners sell on Facebook. She worked for Facebook for five years. She started as one of the founding engineers of Facebook Ads. Prior to Facebook, she worked for Yahoo! For 6 years on search, data mining and ab testing framework. She graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a MS in operations research from UC Berkeley. She serves as Venture Partner at Leadout Capital.
Newport Beach - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Payments • Online Social • Consumer
Founder & Managing Partner at Operate
CMO @payoff; Former CEO of @realpractice, sold to @ReachLocal; Biz Dev, Marketing & SaaS backgrounds. Hoosier & @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA
Munich - Palo Alto California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • GovTech • Messaging • Payments • DeepTech • Online Social • Woman Focused • Productivity
Felix Haas is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at ID Now. He is also an angel investor. He also holds the position of founding investor in Kreditech Holding SSL GmbH and is also an angel investor. He served as the chief executive officer at Amiando GmbH. He serves as an Advisor at Distribute. Felix studied Electrical Engineering at Technical University Munich and the ETH Zurich with a visit at Stanford University.
Boulder Colorado, U.S.A. - Australia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Payments • Consumer • Woman Focused
TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program. The group offers seven TechStars programs in top startup locations (Boston, Boulder, New York City, Seattle, London, Chicago & Austin), on a regular schedule. TechStars invests $118K in each company it funds through $18K in seed funding and an optional $100K convertible debt note. TechStars itself is backed by over 75 different venture capital firms and angel investors who are vested in their success. The program also provides three months of intensive mentorship, perks, and the chance to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists at the end of the program. After 90 days with Techstars, our companies average over $2M in follow on investment and more than 35 of them have already been acquired.
San Francisco Bay Area - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments • Woman Focused • Productivity
Most Interested In
Fintech, data/analytics, India, Blockchain
Not Interested In
Media or adtech
New York, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
We set out to prove this concept in 2006, raising our first fund from many well-known corporate executives. That fund is now among the top performing venture capital funds of the last decade. The firm has repeated this success for the past eight years with the same mission.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Payments • Nanotechnology • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Partner at Form Capital
California - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - New York City Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Consumer • Productivity
Most Interested In
fintech, embedded finance, Vertical SaaS, mobile commerce
Not Interested In
Hardware, Networking, Infrastructure
Philadelphia - Boston - Miami Beach - Austin - London - Sunnyvale - Redwood City - Palo Alto - Menlo Park - Cupertino - San Jose - Santa Clara - Mountain View - San Francisco Bay Area - Brooklyn - New York, U.S.A. - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Fintech & DeFi
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Payments
2020 Candidate for President of the United States at Brock Pierce for President
Venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur. Managing Partner Blockchain Capital and Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation.