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New York City (NY) - Israel - San Francisco California - Boston Massachusetts - Los Angeles California - - Detroit (MI) - Ludlow Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Messaging • Mobile Apps • Investment Management • Online Social • Consumer
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Jonathon Triest is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ludlow Ventures. In 2011, he was awarded the Crain's Detroit Business award for 20 in their 20's. That same year, he co-founded Funded by Night, a vehicle to help internet startups launch and get discovered. Previously, he served as creative director for New York's Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched the Atlanta-based Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. In addition to his role at Ludlow, he is a mentor at The Brandery and a board member of The Trico Foundation, and Venture for America. previously creative director for New Yorks Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. He sits on the Board of the Trico Foundation and the Board of Investors for Venture for America.
London - Valley California - San Francisco, California - Austin (TX) - San Francisco (CA) - New York (NY) - Boston (MA) - Los Angeles (CA) - Toronto (Ontario) - Seattle (WA) - Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Most Interested In
B2B, SaaS, developer tools, API platforms, vertical industry solutions, applications of AI technologies to big problems. There must be a revenue model
Not Interested In
Consumer, traction-based thingies, science projects, advertising, games, bio, genomics.
Partner @softtech-vc. Co-founder @huddle. Angel @postmates, @bugsnag, @intercom, @pipedrive, @buffer, @secret-escapes + 30 more. Product, brand, go-to-market.
Cupertino, California - Palo Alto California ; California - U.S.A. - 650 - 408 - New York - CA - San Mateo - Sacramento - San Bruno - Kingston - Tampa, 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
Yun-Fang Juan is the Co-founder and serves 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.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park (CA) - West Hollywood, United States
IT (& TMT) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Mobile
Ajay Chopra serves as General Partner at Trinity Ventures. He was a Board Member at Stratim. Since joining Trinity Ventures in 2006, he has developed a reputation as an entrepreneur's coach. His passion is helping entrepreneurs execute their Big Idea. He has over 20 years of operating experience at the senior management and board level with start-ups, private companies and public companies. Prior to joining Trinity Ventures, Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems, a seminal media technology company that pioneered consumer generated media creation. During his tenure at Pinnacle, the company grew from start-up stage to a global $350M public company, won several Emmy awards and completed over a dozen M&A transactions before being acquired by Avid Technology. Previously, he was with Mindset Corporation, a computer graphics start-up. Before Mindset, he held various technical and management positions at Atari Corporation, a video games company, and Unisys Corporation, an IT services company. He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs, an active group providing support for entrepreneurs and is on the Board of Trustees of the Harker School in San Jose. He serves as Board Member at Green Throttle Games, CrowdFlower, White Sky, Fitstar, BirdEye and Dynamic Signal.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services)
Partner at A* | one, Chairman and Co-Founder of Eventbrite
Most Interested In
early, series A - extraordinary founder(s). any segment.
Not Interested In
competitive markets.
Seattle (WA) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY) - Los Angeles (CA) - San Francisco, California - Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Consumer
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Hong Kong - New York City (NY) - Tokyo Japan - San Francisco, California - Earth Texas ; ; Asia; Japan;, United States
Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Allison Baum is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Fresco Capital. She is involved in all aspects of investment and operations with a specific focus on the education sector. Previously, as Regional Director of Asia at General Assembly, she established and grew the company's first education programs for technology, business and design in Hong Kong. She originally joined the company during its early stages in New York where she developed and scaled their first long-form part-time and immersive courses. Throughout this process, Allison has worked with startups of all sizes across the San Francisco, New York, and Hong Kong communities. After earning a B.A. in Economics and a Secondary Degree in Film Studies from Harvard University, Allison worked in Equity Derivatives Sales & Trading at Goldman Sachs in New York and as an Associate Producer for the Microlending Film Project, a documentary about micro finance for women around the world. She continues to contribute to the cause for female empowerment through an education initiative called Arts and Enterprise for Women, which teaches business skills to refugee and asylum seekers in Hong Kong. She is also an active member of the Hong Kong Global Shapers Community, a social impact initiative of the World Economic Forum. She serves as a Board Member at Ardusat. She also serves as an Advisor at BridgeU.
New York City (NY) - Midland Texas - Denver, Colorado - Earth Texas ; ; Colorado ; Menlo Park California ; N, U.S.A.
Aerospace (& Defense)
Most Interested In
Space exploration.
Not Interested In
Late stage.
Angel investor and advisor in NewSpace. 10% of World GDP will be Space related by 2030. Ask me about the multi-trillion dollar data set.
Washington D.C - Toronto (Ontario) - New York (NY) - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Developer tools • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • SaaS
I've invested in 150+ pre-seed and seed stage B2B SaaS companies through Acceleprise
Most Interested In
SaaS, AI, Blockchain, SaaS enabled marketplace, B2B
Not Interested In
Consumer
Michael Cardamone serves as a Managing Director and General Partner at Acceleprise. He serves as Advisor at Lodestar Ventures. He was an early employee on the BD team at Box and more recently led BD and partner marketing at AcademixDirect. He has made several angel investments and is an advisor to a couple other startups. Michael has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University and a MBA from Columbia University.
San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco, California - , U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech
Shruti Gandhi is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Array Ventures. She is an Angel Investor. Shruti brings a strong mix of operating and investing experience. Previously, Shruti was an early stage venture capital investor at True Ventures, Samsung Electronics, Lightbank, HighBAR Partners, and the i2A Fund. Shruti started working with Machine Learning algorithms while working on her master's thesis in computer science from Columbia University on understanding user behavior on instant messaging platforms. While at IBM she worked on self learning algorithms that detected user location based on IP addresses, which she later incorporated into the Lotus Sametime product. Later, her company Penseev helped users make better connections with their friends based on social data. When not investing, she is hacking on some app or thinking about ways she can be in many places at one time. Shruti also has an MBA from the University of Chicago, where she polished her finance skills before making the switch from engineer/founder to investor.
New York City (NY) - Los Angeles California - Helena Montana - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • DeepTech • Online Social • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Dave Morin is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Slow Ventures. He previously was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director at Path. Morin was a Senior Platform Manager at Facebook and a Mentor at TechStars. Morin is a visionary entrepreneur, technologist, and businessman. Previously, he held positions at Apple, including a Manager of Creation and Collaboration and a Manager of Student Marketing. Morin also founded a design focused technology and internet software company called DM Design Studios in college. He has appeared in publications such as The Economist, Wired, CNN, BusinessWeek, Money, Business 2.0, TechCrunch, CNET, Silicon Alley Insider, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, and others. Morin is a passionate and well received speaker and has delivered keynotes and participated in events worldwide such as South by Southwest, Future of Web Apps, Web 2.0 Expo, Le Web, SNAP Summit, Microsoft MIX, O'Reilly Foo Camp, Facebook f8, and the worldwide syndicate of Facebook Developer Garages. His focus on innovation, vision, and technology strategy has involved extensive interaction with the global market at large. He also serves as a Board Member at Eventbrite and Dwell Media. Morin received a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Menlo Park California - Palo Alto, London, Dublin, Munich - San Francisco Bay Area, United States
FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Robotics
David Lam serves as General Partner at Atlantic Bridge Capital. He also serves on Board of Swrve. He currently serves on the boards of Movidius, FieldAware, Accuris, Novaerus and Swrve Mobile. David has spent over a decade in cross-border technology investing between China and Western markets. Prior to Atlantic Bridge, he was Managing Director at WestSummit Capital, a leading US-China cross-border technology investment firm, where his board involvement included Twitch (Acquired by Amazon), Maginatics (Acquired by EMC), Mirantis, 3D Robotics and Nexenta. Previously, David was Managing Director at WI Harper Group, a pioneering US-China technology venture capital firm, and led the firm's investments in Quixey and Innovation Works China. Before WI Harper, David was Vice President at The Carlyle Group where his investments included eScreen (Acquired by Alere), and prior to that, he headed business development for Panasas, a Carlyle portfolio company in the data storage industry. David's operating experience also includes marketing, business development and corporate development roles in leading enterprise technology companies ONI Systems, CIENA, Cisco and Proxim. David is a Board Member, past President and past Chairman of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA), which is the oldest and largest pan-Asian, cross-border technology executive network in Silicon Valley. He also serves on the board of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM). David holds a BS and an MA from Stanford University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Valley California - Austin Texas - Menlo Park (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Life Science • Mobile
Executive/Venture Investor @renren-com • Co-Founder @appsurdity & @lemon-1 • Worked at @chegg, @bling-nation, @etrade • Studied at @santa-clara-university
Berlin, Germany
Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Consumer
Jens Hilgers is a Co-Owner of G2 Esports. He is also a Co-Founder of Dojo Madness and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he Owned and Co-Founded Turtle Entertainment and served as its Chairman. Jens Hilgers served as the Chief Executive Officer of Geewa. He also served as Chief Executive Officer at GIGA Digital Television. He holds a degree from Bildungszentrum fuer Informationsverarbeitende Berufe.
Jerusalem Israel - Tel Aviv Israel, Israel
Businesses Solutions • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Consumer
Most Interested In
Out of the box ideas
Not Interested In
adtech, general enterprise
Michael Eisenberg is an equal partner at Aleph. Aleph is an early stage venture capital focused on serving Israeli entrepreneurs who want to build scalable, global businesses. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a general partner at Benchmark Capital which he joined in July 2005 and continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on Internet investments since 1995 and has invested in and sat on the board of Israel’s leading companies and start ups, such as Shopping.com (Nasdaq SHOP, acquired by EBAY), Conduit, SeekingAlpha, Gigya, WeWork, Wix (Nasdaq WIX), Answers.com (Nasdaq ANSW), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Picturevison (acquired: EK).
Oakland, California - Oakland (CA), United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Human Resources • LegalTech • Mobile
Most Interested In
Great enterprise software teams.
Not Interested In
We do not invest in B2C/consumer Internet companies.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - Palo Alto, California - San Francisco, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Consumer
General Partner at Benchmark
San Francisco, California - 650 - 408 - Denver - Washington - Santa Monica - Los Gatos - Palo Alto - San Antonio - Berkeley, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Developer tools • Human Resources
Mr. Zachary Bogue serves as Board Member at Planet. He serves as Advisor at Upside. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Data Collective. He serves as Board Member at CH4 Global, Vium, Oklo and Recursion Pharmaceuticals. He is the Co-Founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Founders Den. He has over 12 years of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, lawyer, angel investor and advisor for big data startups. He serves as Advisor at Metabiota. He also is a co-founder and managing partner of Founders Den, a co-working space and community of experienced technology entrepreneurs. As an angel investor, he has invested in startups such as Square, AngelList, Uber and Metamarkets. Previously, he Co-founded Montara Capital Partners, a real estate private equity fund, where he was the managing partner. He has been an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a law partner at Virtual Law Partners, where he worked with numerous start-ups and their founders, and developed expertise in technology law and Silicon Valley business practices. He serves on the non-profit boards of the East Palo Alto Charter School, the Tipping Point Community and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He graduated with honors from Harvard University in Environmental Science and earned his JD with honors from Georgetown Law School, where he was executive editor for The Tax Lawyer. He also serves as Board Member at InVenture Capital.
San Francisco Bay Area (CA) - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto, California, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Mobile
General Partner at TCV
New York City (NY) - Washington (DC) - Boston (MA) - New York (NY), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Analytics • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Most Interested In
Technologies that convert analog workflow to digital and that are located in Boston, NY, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Not Interested In
We are sector agnostic but no life science or medical equipment.
Jeffrey Silverman is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Laconia Capital Group. Silverman served as Board Member at New York Angels. Silverman also is a Co-Founder at Operating Venture Capital. He has over 20 years of experience building early stage media and technology companies and has been involved in all aspects of business management. Silverman assists his entrepreneurs with all aspects of their business, including strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, and operations. Laconia's portfolio investments include TripleLift, Wymsee, ALICE and C3 Metrics. Prior to founding Laconia, Silverman spent seven years as the CEO and President of Integrated Color Solutions (ICS), a B-to-B software company which pioneered color accurate monitor proofing for the graphics arts industry, where Silverman was responsible for developing and implementing ICS's strategic and operating plans. During Silverman's tenure, ICS raised over $25 million in multiple rounds of financing from private equity investors and strategic alliances. Between 1997 and 2002, Silverman held several senior-level positions at DoubleClick, the leading provider of software tools designed for advertisers, markets, and web publishers to plan, execute, and analyze their marketing progra Silverman's positions included President of DoubleClick's Media Division for North America and VP of Global Sales and was also actively involved in identifying, evaluating, and selecting strategic business alternatives for DoubleClick's Media Division in the fast changing post Dot-Com Bubble marketplace. Silverman helped facilitate the successful sale of the Media Division to its competitor L90, which was later acquired by IAC. Silverman's early career included sales and marketing positions at TeleRep, CBS-TV, and Cover Concepts. Silverman received a BS in History from Tulane University and attended Columbia University's Executive Education Program. He is a member of Tulane's President's Advisory Council; a member of New York Angels, one of the country's leading angel investor organizations; the Vice-Chairman for the New York City-Southern NY Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis; a Board of Trustees member of the landmarked Park Avenue Armory, a nonprofit New York City cultural institution; a Board of Trustees member at Project Morry, a nonprofit year-round youth development organization. Silverman is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Connecticut grassroots environmental non-profit, Friends of the Lake.
San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA) - San Francisco California ; California - U.S.A. - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Online Social
Technology Leader, Advisor, Geek
Most Interested In
I invest across a broad range of companies via sourcing/vetting for Freestyle Capital as well as via my own angel and advisor investments. At the moment I have a particular interest in digital health, including digital therapeutics, ML/AI in healthcare, etc. I also have an interest in developer tools and enterprise SaaS companies leveraging deep learning for accelerated productivity.
Not Interested In
I'm not presently interested in companies that are primarily services based rather than software based.
Head of Engineering @virta-health , CTO @freestyle-capital. CTO & co-founder @cotweet (acquired by @exacttarget) , CTO @spinner-com-1 (acquired by @aol).
New York City, United States
Retail (& E-Commerce) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
invests in startups that are changing the world with code in the FinTech (& Financials services), e-commerce and frontier tech sectors + built Canaan’s investment thesis in insurance and passionate about companies that re-imagine how financial services products are purchased and sold
London - It was founded in 2006 - Barcelona (Spain) - Berlin (Germany), United Kingdom
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Partner at Molten Ventures
Santa Monica, California - Boston Massachusetts ; Los Angeles California ; California, U.S.A.
FinTech (& Financials services) • Consumer
Co-Founder @Digits & Angel Investor.