Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Description
Partner, First Round Capital
Founding Partner, @first-round-capital; Founder @half-com (sold to EBay)
Linked In Description:
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.
Clint Chao
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Palo Alto - California, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Viptela:
$75000000 (Later stage VC)
• Tegile Systems:
$33000000 (Later stage VC)
• World View Enterprises:
$15000000 (Later stage VC)
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.
Patent Attorney | Investor
Patent Attorney. Stanford Professor. First investor @twilio. Early investor @cruise-automation.
Linked In Description:
Purpose :: Over the last 20 years, I have supported 10 early stage nonprofits, funded 100 early stage startups, crafted patent applications for 500 early stage startups, taught 750 engineering students at Stanford University, and advised the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan which provides experiential learning for 1000s of engineering students. It took me an embarrassingly long time to connect all of these dots, but I now understand that my purpose on this planet is quite simple: to empower entrepreneurs. Gratitude :: I am incredibly grateful to Diana Lin (my partner in Schox Patent Group), Reilly Brennan (my partner in Trucks Venture Capital), and Kate Schox (my partner in — literarily — everything). ---------------------- Bio :: Jeffrey Schox is the founder of Schox Patent Group, a boutique patent firm focused on startups, and a general partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation. Previously, Jeff worked as an engineer on the original electric vehicle at General Motors and as a patent attorney for two of the largest patent law firms before starting his own law firm. Schox Patent Group has prepared and filed 1000+ patent applications and has guided 500+ startups through the due diligence process (resulting in $5B+ raised from venture capital). Trucks Venture Capital, which is now on their second fund, has made 30+ investments, including nuTonomy (acquired), Nauto, Zendrive, Starsky Robotics, May Mobility, SkyRyse and Joby. Jeff has made 100+ angel investments in startups, including Twilio (first investor, IPO) and Cruise (early investor, acquired by GM for a reported $1B). As a Lecturer for Stanford University, Jeff teaches the course "Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs.” He is also the Advisory Board Chair for the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan.
Will Price
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Denver , Salt Lake Ci..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Section.io:
$5500000 (Early stage VC)
• Advisr.io:
$5200000 (Early stage VC)
• OptioSurgical:
$3300000 (Early stage VC)
• Element Finance:
$32000000 (Series A)
• Aumni:
$50000000 (Series B)
• DELV (Formerly Element Finance):
$32000000 (Series A)
• Astria:
$13000000 (Series Unknown)
• PolyAPI:
$4000000 (Seed)
• VirtualZ Computing:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Mirage:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Bridger Photonics:
$55000000 (Series Unknown)
• CoWSwap:
$23000000 (Initial Coin Offering)
• Tagboard:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Advisr:
$6000000 (Series Unknown)
• Advisr:
$5000000 (Seed)
• DELV:
$32000000 (Series A)
• Nansen:
$12000000 (Series A)
• The Defiant:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Emmersion:
$6000000 (Series B)
• Parsec Finance:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Bonusly:
$9500000 (Series A)
• Getro:
(Seed)
• CLEARAS Water Recovery:
$4000000 (Series B)
• HubPages:
$6000000 (Series B)
• HubPages:
$2000000 (Series A)
Will Price
Denver - Salt Lake City - Boise City - Boulder - Lehi - Reno - Las Vegas - Tucson - Bozeman - Montana, U.S.A.
Interested in any high-growth companies based in the state of Nebraska! I also help run an early-stage AgTech fund that invests primarily in the Midwest.
Alan Jones
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Future Of Work • Impact • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Woman Focused • Film Production (& Distribution)
Description
Startup founder coach
Startup founder coach
Most Interested In
Raising a first fund right now, pre-seed and seed focus, looking at world-class product and technical teams out of Australia and New Zealand when the fund comes online. See http://m8.ventures
Not Interested In
Anything relying on an addictive pathway to build growth, engagement or sales.
Growth at @BlueChilliGroup • founder @TheNewAgencyAU • Worked at @yahoo, @microsoft • Charter investor in @startmate @pollenizer @blackbird-ventures
Automotive Tech, Car Subscription , Oil and Gas, Motorsport , Fintech
David Murray-Hundley serves as Technology Investment Director at IW Capital. He serves as Angel Investor at David Murray-Hundley. He serves as Advisor at Wagonex. Previously, he co-founded at Drinks4-You and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. He also serves as the Chairman at E Fundamentals. He brings over 20 years of technology and start-up experience to the team. Some previous wins were Internet firsts (the first B2B procurement solution), Commerce One IPO ($22bn) and a number of personal Tech exits in the last 10 years. He specializes in early seed stage to Series A growth with companies that use technology as an enabler or key focus to the business both in the B2B and B2C space. He is Chairman at Resooma.
Jesse Robbins
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A. - Israel
Previous Investments
• Particle:
$4200000 (Seed Round)
• Radar Networks:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Flanksource:
(Angel)
• Jeli.io:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Jeli.io:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Mobot:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Tailscale:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Tailscale:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Tailscale:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Tailscale:
(Seed)
• Tailscale:
(Series B)
• Kentik:
$40000000 (Series C)
• Eight Sleep:
$86000000 (Series C)
• MobileCoin:
$66000000 (Series B)
• LaunchDarkly:
$200000000 (Series D)
• LaunchDarkly:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Sanity:
$39000000 (Series B)
• Sanity:
$9300000 (Series A)
• Sanity:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Sanity:
(Series A)
• Sanity:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Sanity:
(Seed)
• Blockdaemon:
$28000000 (Series A)
• Blockdaemon:
$6000000 (Series Unknown)
• Blockdaemon:
$380000 (Seed)
• Omnitron Sensors:
$2000000 (Seed)
• SignalWire:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Caribou Biosciences:
$120000000 (Series C)
• Axiom Space:
$130000000 (Series B)
• Replicated:
$25000000 (Series B)
• TruSTAR:
$4000000 (Series Unknown)
• TruSTAR:
$5000000 (Series A)
• TruSTAR:
$10000000 (Series A)
• CircleCI:
$56000000 (Series D)
• CircleCI:
$31000000 (Series C)
• TESTIM:
$10000000 (Series B)
• TESTIM:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Orion Labs:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Orion Labs:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Orion Labs:
$500000 (Seed)
• Moesif:
$1000000 (Seed)
• TruSTAR Technology:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Snyk:
(Seed)
• Birdi:
(Series Unknown)
• Birdi:
$500000 (Convertible Note)
• Fastly:
$75000000 (Series D)
• Fastly:
(Seed)
• Beartooth:
$2000000 (Convertible Note)
• Conjur:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zephyrus Biosciences:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Zymergen:
$2000000 (Seed)
• PagerDuty:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Message Bus:
$11000000 (Series B)
• Chef Software:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Jeli:
(Seed)
Jesse Robbins
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel
I found, invest in, and help great teams build companies that change the world.
Jesse Robbins is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Orion Labs. He serves as Advisor of Instacart. He previously founded Chef Software, a leading cloud automation provider, where he served as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Community Officer. Prior to Chef, Robbins worked at Amazon with the title of Master of Disaster where he was responsible for website availability for every property bearing the Amazon brand. He has served as creator & founding co-chair of the Velocity Web Performance & Operations Conference. Robbins is a Venture Partner and Board Member at Heavybit, the leading Developer Tools & Infrastructure accelerator.
Yonatan Mandelbaum
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Andy White is an Angel Investor. White is the Founder of Millennial Technology. He served as a Partner at VegasTechFund. He holds a BS in Marketing from Southern Illinois University.
Mr. Alan Chiu is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Enya. He also serves as Venture Advisor at Istari Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Head of Data at Blockdoc. He serves as a Partner at XSeed Capital. He co-founded and served as Vice President of Products at Listo. His investment areas include mobile enterprise applications, next-generation data center stack, and data analytics platforms and applications. He serves on the Board of Directors of StackStorm and supports other portfolio companies including Lex Machina, AtScale, Dispatcher, Teapot, Pixlee, SIPX (acquired by ProQuest), Zooz, and BrainofT. He is currently Vice President for Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, an alumni association that seeks to strengthen Stanford's startup community by fostering relationships among entrepreneurs and alumni investors. He was previously Director of Product Management at Bycast (acquired by NetApp), an object storage software company with a global customer base that included some of the largest digital content repositories in the world. At Bycast, he and his team drove the product roadmap, managed OEM relationships with IBM and HP, and developed strategies to enter new vertical markets. Prior to Bycast, he served as an engineering manager at a network security start-up and helped develop the market-leading digital prepress workflow system at Creo, which was acquired by Kodak for $1B in cash. He holds a BASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, as well as an MS in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow focused on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions.
Jim Andelman
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
How to connect with Angel Investors in the Woman Focused industry?
In the Woman Focused industry, angel investors such as Sheryl Sandberg, Jessica Alba, and Anne Wojcicki are highly active. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions for women's health, empowerment, and lifestyle. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, invests in women-focused startups that promote gender equality and women's leadership. Jessica Alba, co-founder of The Honest Company, looks for companies that provide health-conscious and sustainable products for women. Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, seeks out startups with strong scientific foundations and significant impact potential in women's health. To connect with these investors, attend women-focused conferences, health expos, and networking events such as the Women’s Health Innovation Summit, Women 2.0, and the Women’s Venture Summit. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your woman-focused solution addresses key challenges, such as improving women's health, enhancing empowerment, or providing new lifestyle products. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as user growth, positive feedback from customers, or partnerships with women’s organizations. Building relationships through initial informal meetings or discussions at industry panels can help establish trust with these investors. Demonstrating the impact of your technology or product 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 women’s health or empowerment experts can also enhance your credibility.
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