Jesse Draper serves as Founding Partner at Halogen Ventures. Draper is the Founder of The Valley Girl Show and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer. She is also an Angel Investor. She is the Advisor at Youngry. She is also the creator and host of the television series The Valley Girl Show. Previously a Nickelodeon star, Draper has used her comedic talents to bring an approachable feel to the technology world, has produced and distributed over 300 interviews with some of the greatest minds in technology and beyond (including; Ted Turner, Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Jessica Alba, MC Hammer and Eric Schmidt) and was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the '50 Most Connected Women in America'. USA Today called the show "Must see startup TV". Draper is a contributor to Marie Claire, SV Magazine, Mashable, Forbes.com, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including 'The Katie Couric Show', Fox's 'Good Day LA', CNBC's 'Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor?' & Freeform'sStartup U. She proudly sits on the board of directors of Werk, the advisory board of Bizworld and is on the Chairman's board of SurfAir. Draper supports the Parkinson's Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA's female entrepreneurship community. She is a new mom, a graduate of UCLA and a Kappa Kappa Gamma.Previously a Nickelodeon star, Draper has used her comedic talents to bring an approachable feel to the technology world, has produced and distributed over 300 interviews with some of the greatest minds in technology and beyond (including; Ted Turner, Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Jessica Alba, MC Hammer and Eric Schmidt) and was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the '50 Most Connected Women in America'. USA Today called the show "Must see startup TV". Draper is a contributor to Marie Claire, SV Magazine, Mashable, Forbes.com, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including 'The Katie Couric Show', Fox's 'Good Day LA', CNBC's 'Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor?' & Freeform'sStartup U. She proudly sits on the board of directors of Werk, the advisory board of Bizworld and is on the Chairman's board of SurfAir. Draper supports the Parkinson's Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA's female entrepreneurship community. She is a graduate of UCLA and a Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Josh Kopelman
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Jean Ray:
(Seed Round)
• Candid Health:
$29000000 (Series B)
• Candid Health:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Vitable Health:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Vitable Health:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Pomelo Care:
$46000000 (Series B)
• Pomelo Care:
$33000000 (Series A)
• Eigen Therapeutics:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Merlin Labs:
$110000000 (Series B)
• Merlin Labs:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Merlin Labs:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Boulder Care:
$36000000 (Series B)
• Boulder Care:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Canonic Security:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Pinwheel:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Pinwheel:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Pinwheel:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Mythic Therapeutics:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Kandji:
$100000000 (Series C)
• Kandji:
$60000000 (Series B)
• Kandji:
$21000000 (Series A)
• Kandji:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Kandji:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Vital:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Vital:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Root AI:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Root AI:
$2000000 (Seed)
• RenoFi:
$6000000 (Series A)
• RenoFi:
$750000 (Seed)
• Snackpass:
$24000000 (Series A)
• Snackpass:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Notion:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Notion:
(Angel)
• Whose Your Landlord:
(Seed)
• Athenascope:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Spring Discovery:
$18000000 (Series A)
• Spring Discovery:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Gregor Diagnostics:
$900000 (Seed)
• Swivel:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Upserve:
(Series Unknown)
• Upserve:
$20000000 (Series C)
• Upserve:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Upserve:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Upserve:
$880000 (Angel)
• Houwzer:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Upstart:
$33000000 (Series D)
• Upstart:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Upstart:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Upstart:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Grokker:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Grokker:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Grokker:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Clover Health:
$160000000 (Series C)
• Clover Health:
$35000000 (Series B)
• Clover Health:
$100000000 (Series A)
• Zodiac:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Curalate:
$28000000 (Series C)
• Curalate:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Curalate:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Curalate:
$750000 (Seed)
• The Black Tux:
$25000000 (Series B)
• The Black Tux:
$10000000 (Series A)
• The Black Tux:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Drop:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Drop:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Drop:
$1000000 (Seed)
• ModCloth:
$15000000 (Series C)
• ModCloth:
$25000000 (Series C)
• ModCloth:
$20000000 (Series B)
• ModCloth:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Jelli:
$21000000 (Series B)
• Jelli:
$9000000 (Series Unknown)
• Jelli:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Jelli:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Boxed:
$25000000 (Series B)
• Boxed:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Zoomin:
$8000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zoomin:
$12000000 (Series Unknown)
• Zoomin:
$850000 (Seed)
• Flatiron Health:
$130000000 (Series B)
• Flatiron Health:
$8000000 (Series A)
• OnDeck:
$77000000 (Series E)
• OnDeck:
$42000000 (Series D)
• OnDeck:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Monetate:
$8000000 (Series C)
• Monetate:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Monetate:
$600000 (Seed)
• PandoDaily:
$3000000 (Seed)
• SavingStar:
$9000000 (Series D)
• SavingStar:
$9000000 (Series C)
• SavingStar:
$7000000 (Series B)
• SavingStar:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Mashery:
$10000000 (Series Unknown)
• Mashery:
$11000000 (Series D)
• Mashery:
$6000000 (Series C)
• Mashery:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Mashery:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Mashery:
(Seed)
• Gumroad:
$1000000 (Seed)
• tlee.com:
$1000000 (Series Unknown)
• AppNexus:
$50000000 (Series C)
• AppNexus:
$5000000 (Series B)
• AppNexus:
$8000000 (Series B)
• AppNexus:
$3000000 (Seed)
• BigDeal:
$5000000 (Series Unknown)
• Aster Data Systems:
$17000000 (Series B)
• Aster Data Systems:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Aster Data Systems:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Bazaarvoice:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Bazaarvoice:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Feedster:
(Series A)
• Adchemy:
$1000000 (Series A)
• InstaMed:
$800000 (Seed)
• Delicious:
(Seed)
• LinkedIn:
$5000000 (Series A)
• TurnTide:
$750000 (Series A)
• IronPort Systems:
$17000000 (Series B)
• Boomi:
$900000 (Angel)
• Liveops:
$1000000 (Series A)
Josh Kopelman
San Francisco Bay Area - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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.
Jan Bouten
Investing in AgroTech • Logistics (& Distrib...
Memphis - Tennessee, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Restore Medical Solutions, Inc.:
(Debt Financing)
• Restore Medical Solutions, Inc.:
$250000 (Debt Financing)
• Restore Medical Solutions, Inc.:
$1600000 (Series A)
• Restore Medical Solutions, Inc.:
$375000 (Venture Round)
• Restore Medical Solutions, Inc.:
$1000000 (Series A)
• SOMAVAC® Medical Solutions, Inc.:
(early stage)
• TrakLok Corporation:
(early stage)
• Innova Memphis:
• StrikeIron:
(early stage)
• Retail Aware:
$1000000 (Seed)
• OpsCompass, Inc.:
$1500000 (Seed)
• CompanyCam, Inc.:
$1000000 (Seed)
• CoreLeap, LLC:
(Seed)
• TAGG, LLC:
(Seed)
• LeverageRx:
$540000 (Seed Round)
• Fourstarzz Media:
$1000000 (Seed)
• opendorse:
$1800000 (Seed Round)
• ThroughPut.ai:
$130000 (Pre Seed Round)
• iYOTAH Solutions:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Rantizo:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Rantizo:
(Convertible Note)
• Rantizo:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Rantizo:
$500000 (Convertible Note)
• Rantizo:
$500000 (Convertible Note)
• SwineTech:
$1000000 (Convertible Note)
• SwineTech:
$1000000 (Convertible Note)
• SwineTech:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Glanris:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• Glanris:
(Convertible Note)
• Glanris:
(Convertible Note)
• Glanris:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Glanris:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Glanris:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Glanris:
$800000 (Seed)
• Shurpa:
(Seed)
• Shurpa:
$300000 (Seed)
• Shurpa:
$120000 (Seed)
• Shurpa:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Shurpa:
$250000 (Seed)
• Cast21:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Cast21:
$550000 (Seed)
• Cast21:
(Seed)
• Cast21:
(Seed)
• Cast21:
$800000 (Seed)
• Cast21:
$25000 (Seed)
• PATH EX:
$3000000 (Convertible Note)
• PATH EX:
$620000 (Seed)
• PATH EX:
(Seed)
• PATH EX:
$25000 (Seed)
• PATH EX:
(Series Unknown)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
(Convertible Note)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
$3000000 (Seed)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
$500000 (Seed)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
(Seed)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
(Seed)
• SOMAVAC Medical Solutions:
$25000 (Seed)
• TradeLanes:
$4000000 (Seed)
• TradeLanes:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• SweetBio:
$550000 (Convertible Note)
• SweetBio:
$900000 (Convertible Note)
• SweetBio:
$930000 (Seed)
• SweetBio:
$820000 (Convertible Note)
• SweetBio:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• SweetBio:
$100000 (Seed)
• MedHaul:
(Seed)
• MedHaul:
(Convertible Note)
• MedHaul:
(Series Unknown)
• Preteckt:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Preteckt:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Entac Medical:
$3000000 (Series B)
• Entac Medical:
(Series A)
• Entac Medical:
$520000 (Series A)
• Entac Medical:
(Series A)
• Entac Medical:
$250000 (Seed)
• Hera Health Solutions:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Hera Health Solutions:
(Seed)
• Soundways:
$500000 (Seed)
• Lineus Medical:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Lineus Medical:
(Series Unknown)
• Lineus Medical:
$850000 (Seed)
• Lineus Medical:
$25000 (Seed)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
(Series Unknown)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
(Debt Financing)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$250000 (Debt Financing)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$2000000 (Series A)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$380000 (Series Unknown)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$1000000 (Series A)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$250000 (Series Unknown)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
(Convertible Note)
• Restore Medical Solutions:
$25000 (Debt Financing)
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.
Daniel Recanati
Investing in FinTech (& Financials services) &bul...
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Future Of Work • LegalTech • Mobility • Consumer • Woman Focused
Description
Most Interested In
We invest in promising, capital efficient, post-revenue startups raising Seed or Series A rounds. More info here: http://www.forefrontvp.com
Not Interested In
This article provides some insights about why we choose not to invest in certain companies: https://goo.gl/ZoZwtz.
Co-Founder, Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners. Founded Florida Asset Financing Corp. in 1990. Founded Gulfstream Internet in 1999. Funders Club Angel Panel.
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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