Jason Pressman is a Co- Founder and serves as Managing Director & Partner at Shasta Ventures. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as the Board of Directors at Deep Sentinel. He leads the enterprise practice at Shasta Ventures and invests across a range of sectors including enterprise software, SaaS, cloud and consumer services. A company builder who played an integral role in the development of one of today's largest online businesses, Jason acts as a thought partner, advocate and counselor to entrepreneurs looking to take their companies from initial proof of product-market fit to industry dominance. As a partner at Shasta, Jason has been an active investor in cloud computing, with an emphasis on next-generation applications, systems management and open source software. His previous investments include Makara (acquired by RedHat) and iConclude (acquired by Opsware). Jason currently serves on the boards of application performance management startup Crittercism, Scala open source software platform Typesafe and SaaS subscription billing company Zuora, as well as local social guide Nextdoor and mobile platform Smule. Prior to joining Shasta in 2005, Jason was Vice President, Strategy and Operations at venture-backed Walmart.com, where he took the online retailer from zero to large scale revenue in five years. His experience growing that business into one of largest retailers online informs his understanding of how to thoughtfully scale fast-growing businesses, as well as how to use software to improve operations. Previously, Jason worked as an investment banker to venture-backed companies at Alex.Brown. Jason earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance from University of Maryland.
Hayley Bay Barna
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Hayley Barna is a Venture Partner at First Round Capital based in New York. Prior to joining First Round she co-founded Birchbox, the leading beauty and grooming retailer seed funded by First Round in 2010.
She served as Co-CEO at Birchbox for five years from conception and launch to growing the business to over a million monthly subscribers. She raised over $70M in venture capital, expanded the business internationally and launched new businesses and channels like men's and retail stores. Hayley oversaw key functions including marketing, operations, strategy and technology.
Before launching Birchbox in 2010, Hayley received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in New York. She also spent time at two very different ends of the retail spectrum through her roles in strategy at Christie’s in Hong Kong and product management at Amazon in Seattle.
In addition to her current role at First Round, Hayley is a board member at Birchbox, RAB Lighting and Madison Reed.
Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility
Description
Partner at Index Ventures
Martin Mignot serves as a Partner at Index Ventures. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at TheFamily. He specialises in SaaS, marketplaces, bitcoin and mobile. He worked on 50+ transactions to date, including Assistly, Auxmoney, BaseCRM, Cloud.com, Codecademy, DimDim, Factual, Farfetch, Flipboard, Funding Circle, Gluster, HouseTrip, Just Eat, Lookout, Nasty Gal, Notonthehighstreet, onefinestay, PeoplePerHour, TrustPilot, Soluto and SoundCloud. He is actively looking after Index's investments in Algolia, Capitaine Train, Drivy, Rad and Swiftkey. Prior to joining Index, Martin was in the TMT team at UBS Investment Bank and cofounded the beauty subscription business Boudoir Prive (acquired by Joliebox/Birchbox) and a student web radio service.
Kirsten Green
Investing in Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A. - Canada
Previous Investments
• Chloe+Isabel:
$3250000
• The Insider:
$5200000 (Seed Round)
• The Insider:
$1500000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Real:
$37000000 (Series B)
• Real:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Real:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Pie:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Daydream:
$50000000 (Seed)
• Duckbill:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Tally Health:
$10000000 (Seed)
• Balance:
$56000000 (Series B)
• Zeera:
$37000000 (Series B)
• Zeera:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Zeera:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Kale:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Homebound:
$75000000 (Series C)
• Homebound:
$35000000 (Series B)
• Homebound:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Faire:
$600000000 (Series G)
• Faire:
$260000000 (Series F)
• Faire:
$170000000 (Series E)
• Faire:
$150000000 (Series D)
• Faire:
$60000000 (Series C)
• Faire:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Faire:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Faire:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Curated:
$75000000 (Series C)
• Curated:
$22000000 (Series A)
• Moment House:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Moment House:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Revel:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Revel:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Glossier:
$80000000 (Series E)
• Glossier:
$100000000 (Series D)
• Glossier:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Loupe:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Calibrate:
$23000000 (Series A)
• Calibrate:
$5000000 (Seed)
• The Yes:
$30000000 (Series A)
• Neighborhood Goods:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Neighborhood Goods:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Neighborhood Goods:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Neighborhood Goods:
$5800000 (Seed Round)
• Modern Fertility:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Rockets of Awesome:
$20000000 (Series C)
• Rockets of Awesome:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Rockets of Awesome:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Ritual:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Ritual:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Ritual:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Hims & Hers:
$100000000 (Series C)
• Hims & Hers:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Hims & Hers:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Prose:
$18000000 (Series B)
• Prose:
$5000000 (Series A)
• The Inside:
$5000000 (Seed)
• The Inside:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Cleo:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Cleo:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Cleo:
$2400000 (Seed Round)
• Outdoor Voices:
$34000000 (Series C)
• Outdoor Voices:
$13000000 (Series B)
• Outdoor Voices:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Faire (formerly Indigo Fair):
$12000000 (Series A)
• Faire (formerly Indigo Fair):
$3400000 (Seed Round)
• Lumi:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Alchemy 43:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Alchemy 43:
(Seed)
• Stockwell:
$3000000 (Seed)
• M.Gemi:
$16000000 (Series C)
• M.Gemi:
$18000000 (Series B)
• M.Gemi:
$14000000 (Series A)
• INTURN:
$23000000 (Series B)
• INTURN:
$10000000 (Series A)
• INTURN:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Packagd:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Stadium Goods:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Birchbox:
$15000000 (Series C)
• Birchbox:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Birchbox:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Dollar Shave Club:
$91000000 (Series D)
• Dollar Shave Club:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Dollar Shave Club:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Dollar Shave Club:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Draper James:
$10000000 (Series B)
• BloomThat:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Cricket's Circle:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Cotopaxi:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Cotopaxi:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Shuddle:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Shuddle:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Into The Gloss:
$8000000 (Series Unknown)
• Into The Gloss:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Glossier, Inc.:
$8400000 (Series A)
• PS Dept.:
$5000000 (Series Unknown)
• Retention Science:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Retention Science:
$750000 (Seed)
• Retention Science:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Bonobos:
$55000000 (Series D)
• Bonobos:
$30000000 (Series Unknown)
• Bonobos:
$16000000 (Series Unknown)
• Bonobos:
$19000000 (Series B)
• Bonobos:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Chloe + Isabel:
$15000000 (Series C)
• Chloe + Isabel:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Darby Smart:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Darby Smart:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Chime:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Wanelo:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• HotelTonight:
$4000000 (Series A)
Kirsten Green
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Kirsten Green is the Founder and serves as a Managing Director & General Partner at Forerunner Ventures. She also serves as the Board Member at Rockets of Awesome, Draper James, Glossier and Outdoor Voices. Kirsten Green is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Forerunner Ventures. Previously, she was an adviser to TSG Consumer Partners. Before founding Forerunner Ventures, Kirsten was an analyst in the equity research department at Banc of America Securities (Montgomery Securities). Prior to that, she was an associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Kirsten graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Business Economics, and she holds a CPA license and a CFA certification. Kirsten serves on the board and executive committee of the Full Circle Fund.
Motti Vaknin
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Founding Partner at @io, @golden-gate-ventures, @savannah-fund, & @presence Capital. Previously CEO of @lefora, @meetro & paragon5
Tony Corbin
Investing in BioTech • Businesses Solutions ...
Menlo Park , San Fran..., U.S.A. - Israel - 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, Malta, Icelan
Previous Investments
• Vayyar Imaging:
$109000000 (Later stage VC)
• VDOO:
$57000000 (Later stage VC)
• Cloudleaf:
$26000000 (Later stage VC)
• Fakespot:
(Series A)
• Fakespot:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Sumatra:
$2000000 (Seed)
• MRGN:
(Pre Seed)
• MRGN:
(Pre-Seed)
• Ash Wellness:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Ash Wellness:
(Seed+)
• AppliedXL:
$4000000 (Seed)
• AssetDash:
(Pre Seed)
• Tabula:
$3000000 (Pre Seed)
• Naya:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Thorium Data:
$100000 (Pre Seed)
• OpenAxis:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• CACTIVATE:
(Pre Seed)
• Grin Gaming:
(Seed)
• Grin Gaming:
(Seed)
• Docket:
(Seed)
• Ask Vera:
(Seed)
• UrsaLeo:
(Seed+)
• Cactivate:
(Pre-Seed)
• Clearforce:
(Seed)
• Paragon Intel:
(Seed+)
• Intrro:
(Seed)
• Bazze:
(Pre-Seed)
• Asset Dash:
(Pre-Seed)
• Extend:
$16000000 (Series A)
• OneCell Diagnostics:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Finicast:
$13000000 (Seed)
• Very Good Ventures:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Very Good Ventures:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Prellis Biologics:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Prellis Biologics:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Biomason:
$65000000 (Series C)
• Home Delivery Service (HDS Global):
$5000000 (Series Unknown)
• Rizzle:
$17000000 (Convertible Note)
• EnTribe:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Atonarp:
$50000000 (Series D)
• Atonarp:
$2000000 (Series B)
• Atonarp:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Boom Supersonic:
$50000000 (Series C)
• Extend, Inc.:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Quartic.ai:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Globality:
$27000000 (Series B)
• Globality:
$10000000 (Series A)
• BangDB:
(Seed)
• Reaction:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Reaction:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Shipster:
(Seed)
• H2O.ai:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Trove:
$5000000 (Series A)
• FUTR Corp.:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Yellowsmith:
$850000 (Seed)
• Printi:
$1000000 (Series A)
• GoPro:
$88000000 (Series A)
Tony Corbin
Menlo Park - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel - 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, Malta, Icelan
Riverwood Capital is a globally-focused private equity firm that invests in high-growth businesses in the technology and services industries, across a variety of verticals and geographies. Riverwood has offices in Menlo Park, CA and New York, NY and currently has more than 20 investments in North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm's current fund has $780 million of committed capital. The final fund close was in April 2011. Riverwood invests in mid-market technology and technology enabled products and services. The firm defines mid-market as approximately $100-$500 million in revenue for product companies, and approximately $25-$150 million in revenue for software and services. Riverwood occasionally invests outside these ranges. Riverwood invests on a global basis, having already invested in the U.S., Israel, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The firm's normal investment size ranges from $25-75 million.
Simon Murdoch
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Dr. Simon Murdoch is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Episode 1 Ventures. Currently he is also Board Member at Triptease. He sold his first company, BookPages, to Amazon in 1998 after which he reported to Jeff Bezos as VP Europe of Amazon.com. In early 2000, Simon founded and ran Chase Episode 1, an early stage European technology VC fund backed by JP Morgan Chase. After the fund Simon became a full-time angel investor. His angel portfolio includes/included investments in Shazam, Zoopla, LoveFilm (sold to Amazon 2011), Natural Motion, Covestor and Shutl. In addition, from 2010 to 2012, Simon worked at Octopus Ventures in portfolio development. Simon has a BA in Physics from Cambridge and a PhD in Computer Science and Expert Systems. He serves as Chairman at SubHub. He also serves as the board member at Profitero. He also served as aboard member at SwiftSwift. He holds the board position at Global App Testing, SimplyCook, Triptease and Passfort. He served as board member at ParamountZone.
How to connect with Angel Investors in the Retail industry?
In the Retail & E-Commerce industry, angel investors such as Chris Sacca, Alexis Ohanian, and Peter Thiel are prominent figures. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions in online retail, e-commerce platforms, and digital marketplaces. Chris Sacca, known for his early investments in Twitter and Uber, looks for disruptive retail solutions with strong growth potential. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, invests in startups that leverage technology to improve the retail experience. Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies, seeks out companies that provide scalable and efficient e-commerce solutions. To connect with these investors, attend retail tech conferences, e-commerce expos, and networking events such as Shoptalk, Retail Innovation Conference, and NRF Retail’s Big Show. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your retail or e-commerce solution addresses key challenges, such as improving customer experience, enhancing operational efficiency, or optimizing supply chains. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as partnerships with retailers, user growth, or positive feedback from customers. Building relationships through initial informal meetings or discussions at industry panels can help establish trust with these investors. Demonstrating the impact of your technology through case studies or user testimonials can also add credibility. Personalize your outreach by referencing the investor’s previous investments and explaining how your venture aligns with their interests. Demonstrating a sustainable business model with clear revenue streams, such as product sales, subscription fees, or service contracts, will further strengthen your pitch. Leveraging endorsements or case studies from retail or e-commerce experts can also enhance your credibility.
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