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Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Impact • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Founder & Managing Partner at Collaborative Fund
Most Interested In
I'm interested in supporting founders who are building businesses that directly impact consumers and push the world forward.
Not Interested In
I am not currently investing in anything enterprise or B2B focused.
Founder of @collaborative-fund: Investor in, @kickstarter, @reddit, @taskrabbit, @lyft, @codecademy, and @blue-bottle-coffee
Oakland - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Woman Focused • Productivity
Dr. Brian Dixon serves as Venture Partner at Elm Street Ventures. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of BioRelix, Inc. Prior to joining BioRelix in October 2007, Dr. Dixon served as Vice President with Bayer HealthCare in West Haven Connecticut. In that position, he led a multi-disciplinary organization of up to 130 employees that delivered state-of-the-art expertise in oncology biomarker discovery, new lead discovery, research drug formulation, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism to Bayer's global R&D business. In addition, he held leadership roles in R&D licensing initiatives, strategic alliances and cross divisional collaborations in translational medicine. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Dixon directed Bayer drug discovery efforts in both the Osteoporosis and Oncology therapeutic areas. He serves as a Director of BioRelix, Inc. Dr. Dixon was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed post-doctoral training at Harvard University.
New York, U.S.A. - France
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Alven
Seed & Series A VC in Europe focus on marketplaces, fintech, SaaS
Seattle - New York - Vancouver - Toronto (Ontario) - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
I focus on consumer marketplaces and transactional businesses, particularly those that provide a 10x experience to consumers and save them money.
Not Interested In
Businesses that would basically be the same w/o software.
Sarah Tavel serves as General Partner at Benchmark Capital. She serves as a Board Member at Chainalysis. Tavel also served as Investment Partner at Greylock Partners prior to Benchmark Capital. She also served as an Advisor at SignalFire. Previously, she served as a Manager, Products at Pinterest. Prior to Pinterest, she was Vice President of Bessemer Venture Partners. Sarah Tavel, a senior associate in the Menlo Park office, joined Bessemer in 2006. Working with Jeremy Levine, she focused on the software and Internet sectors and has been closely involved in investments with consumer internet company Pinterest; Microsoft SharePoint migration solutions provider Metalogix; leads-generator Yodle; learning-and-talent-management company Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO); e-commerce site Onestop; energy-management company CPower (acquired by Constellation Energy); SaaS online-marketing company Convertro; business-software company MindBody Solutions; and leading Russian e-commerce company KupiVIP. She also works with Bessemer company eEye Digital Security and worked with Quidsi (operator of Diapers.com and Soap.com), acquired by Amazon.com, and classifieds-provider OLX, acquired by Naspers.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
Charles Moldow serves as General Partner at Foundation Capital. He serves as Member of Board of Directors at LendingHome, States Title and CoverWallet. He served as Board Member & Advisor at BTCJam. He has a background in general management, sales, marketing, product management, and business development. Before coming to Foundation Capital, he was part of two teams that successfully built companies from early start-up through greater than $100 million in sales and exits near or above a billion dollars. Charles has made fourteen investments since joining Foundation, of which five have been acquired: PowerSet to Microsoft; Xoopit to Yahoo!; Adwhirl to Google; Weblistic to Spot Runner and Therative to Phillips. Charles' current portfolio includes: BancBox, CloudOn, Copious, Everyday Health, Fanhood, Utah Street Labs, HomeRun, Adroll, Motif Investing, Revel Touch, and SunRun. Prior to Foundation, Charles spent five years with Tellme Networks and was a member of the founding executive team. While there, he led Tellme in raising one of the largest private financing rounds in the country post-Internet bubble, adding $125 million in cash to the company balance sheet during tough market conditions in August, 2000. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $760 million. Prior to Tellme, Charles was a member of the founding team of Internet access provider Home Network. In 1996, he established the @Media division and over the ensuing three years helped establish Media as the leading broadband media provider. In 1997 the company went public. A year later, Charles assisted in the $7 billion acquisition of Excite Network. Prior to that, Charles spent three years in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Merrill Lynch. Charles holds a BS degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Harvard University. He serves as an Advisor at VSL Partners. He also serves as a Board member at Grabr.
Sunnyvale - Mountain View - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Online Social • Woman Focused
Partner at @imagine-k12. Partner at @Ycombinator. Former CEO of music startup @lala (acquired by @apple); Former Chief Product Officer at @yahoo
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Online Social • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Seed-stage Internet Software investments. Opportunistic.
Not Interested In
No Hardware.
Belmont - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Local commerce • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social • Consumer • Productivity
Raj Kapoor serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Lyft. He is also the Head of Business for Lyft's self-driving division. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mayfield portfolio company fitmob, a mobile company that is re-inventing the gym through social/local workouts. He serves as board advisor at ClassPass. He also currently serves as Venture Advisor & Managing Director to Mayfield Fund. He has been working in the internet/mobile/interactive space for 21 years. He started in interactive TV at Bell Atlantic, founded the internet club at Harvard Business School, was an early employee at @Home, and later ran e-commerce services at Excite@Home. He co-founded Snapfish in 1999 as CEO and then sold the company to Hewlett Packard for $300 million. His next venture took him to Mayfield, where he invested in 12 companies including Lyft, Qunar, Red Beacon/Home Depot, and Rubicon Project.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer
Partner at Primary Venture Partners
Seattle / Portland - Minneapolis - New York - Los Angeles / Southern California - Midwest - Chicago - Illinois, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Real Estate (& Construction) • Consumer
Founding Partner at Starting Line
Most Interested In
I am looking to lead rounds where founders have identified a market dislocation that they're successfully attacking - whether that is for economic reasons, data reasons, or generational reasons. I have invested in popular culture (Cameo), food (Hungryroot), mobility (Spothero), recreation (Catch Co), real estate (Flyhomes/Havenly), finance (Sunbit/M1Finance) and more.
Ezra Galston is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Starting Line. He serves as Investment Committee Member at Bold Coast Capital. Galston is an Angel Investor of Ezra Galston. He served as Principal at Chicago Ventures. He focuses on all facets of the firm's consumer facing and marketing tech investments and is actively involved with Blitsy, BloomNation, Kapow Events, Luxury Garage Sale, Shiftgig, SpotHero, and Zipments. Ezra's thoughts on startups, gaming, e-commerce and bitcoin have been published in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Re/code. Ezra joined Chicago Ventures in March, 2012 and prior was a Young Entrepreneur at Foundation Capital. Before business school, Ezra served as the Director of Marketing for CardRunners Gaming - the parent company of CardRunners, Hold'em Manager and DraftDay - and before then earned a living as a professional poker player. He launched his first startup at age 13 and served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Buzz Marketing Group from 2003-2005 working closely with Midas Records, Sony Records and MTV. Ezra is a proud husband and father to a two year old boy. His varied interests have led him to launch a record label and produce a festival screened short film. He is a Kauffman Fellow, Class 18 and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a BA from New York University.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Online Social
Gary Vaynerchuk is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at VaynerMedia. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Vayner/RSE. He is also a Co-Founder of Brave Ventures. Gary is a member of the board at Faithbox, and serves as an Advisor at HubSpot. Gary rose to prominence in the late 90's after establishing one of the first ecommerce wine sites, WineLibrary helping his father grow the family business from 4 to 60MM in sales. Gary is also one of the most sought after public speakers alive today. He is a venture capitalist, 4-time New York Times bestselling author, and an early investor in companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo and Uber. Gary has been named to both Crain's and Fortune's 40 Under 40 lists. Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it's like to be a CEO and public figure in today's digital world. He is also the host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show online. He has a degree from Mount Ida College. He is an Angel Investor.
New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused • Productivity
Most Interested In
These days I'm focusing on platform plays, with a particular emphasis on PropTech/FinTech/SaaS. I'm typically part of the first money in, at "NY" valuations :)
Not Interested In
I tend to invest in a pretty limited area, so it won't be worth your while pitching me anything involving gaming, fashion, sports, food, life science, crypto, or media.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • HealthTech (& Fitness)
General partner at Battery Ventures investing in B2B SaaS companies in vertical markets
General partner at Battery Ventures investing in B2B SaaS companies in vertical markets
San Diego - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
HealthTech subsegment exclusively. See LinkedIn profile.
Not Interested In
Anything outside HealthTech subsegment defined on LinkedIn profile.
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
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Developer tools • Local commerce • Aerospace (& Defense) • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
eCommerce, Social Apps, Education, Transportation
Not Interested In
Enterprise, Security
San Francisco Bay Area - Atherton, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Online Social
Wing Venture Capital
Gaurav Garg serves as Co-Founding Partner at Wing Venture Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at Clear Labs and Espressive. He has led investments in a number of early stage technology companies and currently serves on the boards of Ruckus Wireless (NYSE: RKUS), FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), MobileIron (Nasdaq: MOBL), Jasper, Shape Security, Instart Logic, Cohesity, Apprity and previously Netscaler (acquired by CTXS). He has helped build Ruckus and FireEye over 10 years each from incubation into public companies, and he incubated Jasper and Instart Logic from concept stage. Gaurav was a partner at Sequoia Capital from 2001 to 2010, and a Special Limited Partner from 2010-2012. He worked extensively with Sequoia Capital's investments in Aruba Networks (Nasdaq: ARUN), Jawbone (aka Aliph), and RingCentral (NYSE: RNG). Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Gaurav founded Redback Networks (Nasdaq: RBAK) in 1996, and served as a board member and Senior Vice President of Product Management. Prior to Redback Networks, Gaurav held various engineering positions at SynOptics and Bay Networks. Gaurav holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Computer Science, all from Washington University in St. Louis. He also serves as a Board Member at Slash Next. He is also an Angel Investor.