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Leo Polovets

Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles California - Mountain View California - San Francisco California - New York - Portland Oregon, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)

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Most Interested In

We focus on companies with strong long-term competitive advantages (network effects, proprietary data, economies of scale, etc). Mostly b2b.

Not Interested In

We're open to any company with good moat potential. We do a lot of b2b investing. On the b2c side, we typically look for companies that monetize users directly rather than through ads.

Leo Polovets is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Susa Ventures. In 2003, Leo was the 2nd non-founding engineer at LinkedIn, where he helped build many core features like LinkedIn Jobs and LinkedIn Groups. After LinkedIn, he developed payment fraud detection systems at Google, then spent four years building much of the core data processing infrastructure at Factual. Leo left Factual in late 2012 to join Susa Ventures and focus on venture capital. He's also an angel investor in companies including DataFox, Lumoid, and Momentum Machines. Leo holds a BS with Honors degree from Caltech, and in 2002, he was one of three members of Caltech's world finalist ACM International Programming Contest team.

Kara Nortman

San Francisco Bay Area - Santa Monica California - Los Angeles California - Austin - Washington - Palo Alto, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Logistics (& Distribution)

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Most Interested In

Security, future of work, engineering tools that enable the future of work, marketplaces with strong SaaS elements.

Not Interested In

D2C brands, media

Partner Upfront Ventures, co-founder/chairman Seedling ; Worked at Urbanspoon/Citysearch/IAC M&A; Princeton Undergrad, Stanford MBA

Binh Tran

San Francisco Bay Area - Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam - San Francisco California - Mountain View, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile • Online Social • Restaurants

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General Partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures

Most Interested In

Tech companies solving emerging market problems

Not Interested In

Idea stage companies

Rouven Dresselhaus

Berlin - Blockchain, Germany

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

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Most Interested In

Founders who are pursuing daring projects. Big vision & able to deliver on the nitty gritty parts. Currently AI/ML, big data, process innovation.

Not Interested In

(e/m) commerce companies, pure adtech plays, hardware only firms

Rouven Dresselhaus serves as Co-Founding Partner & Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. Dresselhaus serves as Managing Director at Voltage Ventures. Prior to Voltage Ventures, Rouven has invested in more than 35 companies worldwide. He is the go-to guy for our portfolio companies whenever they need strategic advice, input on their product, network and fundraising. Rouven's academic career ended when he dropped out of WHU's Ph.D. program in order to pursue his passion in Venture Capital.

Howard Morgan

New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Philiadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

Businesses Solutions • Consumer

Description

Howard Morgan is co-founder and partner in First Round Capital, a seed stage venture capital investment firm specializing in information technologies. He began working with Idealab in 1996 and serves on their board. He has more than 30 years of experience with more than two hundred high-tech entrepreneurial ventures. He serves on the boards of Fab.com, Single Platform, GumGum, Energy Innovations and other private companies. Howard was Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Computer Science at the Moore School for almost 15 years. He a Trustee of Cold Spring Harbor Labs and Math For America and is a respected author. He received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1997. Howard received his Ph.D. in operations research from Cornell University in 1968 and his B.S. from the City University of New York in 1965.

Satya Patel

New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Valley California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park California - Lake City Utah - Las Vegas Nevada - San Francisco California - Human capital, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Real Estate (& Construction)

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Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.

Jason Pressman

San Francisco California - Valley California - Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Local commerce

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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.

Mike Walsh

San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Online Social

Description

Mike Walsh is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Structure Capital. Mike has designed missile defense systems, designed and sold air and water pollution control systems and was an early angel investor in Salesforce.com. After a decade of software sales and sales management, Mike successfully founded and sold an enterprise social networking company, while attending business school at Haas and Columbia University. Following the sale of Leverage, Mike focused his efforts on investing and was a first round investor in Uber. Leveraging his early investment success and love for helping early stage companies, Mike launched Structure Capital in June of 2013 and invested in 50 companies during the first year of business.

Patrick Lor

Quebec - Toronto Ontario - Montreal Qc - Calgary Ab, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Food & Beverage • Payments • Online Social

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Patrick Lor serves as Managing Partner at Panache Ventures. Lor also serves as Partner at 500 Startups Canada. He helped pioneer the microstock industry, as co-founder of iStockphoto, the world's first crowd sourced stock photography community. Upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually, and was sold to Getty Images for US$50 million in 2006. Most recently, he was head of North American operations for Fotolia, a stock photography community backed by private equity firm KKR. Patrick is also active in the technology startup ecosystem as an advisor, mentor, angel investor, teacher, and community leader. Organizations he contributes to include: thea100.org, thec100.org, democampcalgary.com, University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Highline, and FounderFuel. He also served as Advisor at iNovia Capital.

Ameet Shah

Toronto Ontario - Vancouver - Montreal, Canada - U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile

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Ameet Shah serves as Partner at Golden Ventures. He is also a Board Member at Inkbox. An entrepreneur with a successful exit to Zynga, he has focused his career on mobile products. He is an active angel investor, and a well-respected member of Toronto's start-up community. Ameet was previously the Managing Director of the Zynga Toronto location. Prior to that, he co-founded Five Mobile, a premier mobile application development firm, which was sold to Zynga in 2008. He also was one of the first employees at Tira Wireless and became the Director of Systems Engineering and Strategic Accounts. In Toronto, he is a mentor and advisor to the community. He has advised Social Deck (acquired by Google), Jet Cooper (acquired by Shopify), HackerYou, Hurrier, Elevate and PopTalk (acquired by Zynga). He's also an angel investor in Care Guide, Joist, Relay (acquired by Kik) and Umano. Prior to his time at Tira Wireless, he worked as a mobile software engineer at both IBM and Grey Interactive. He has a dual BSc in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Toronto.

Dror Berman

Palo Alto California - San Francisco Bay Area - Tel Aviv - with additional offices in New York City, United States - U.S.A. - Israel

Investing In

BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Robotics

Description

Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors

Dror Berman is a Co-Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a Board Member of Vicarious Surgical. He is also a Board Member of Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products with Yahoo, spearheaded an R&D team at NICE Systems, and led business development for an Israeli CE retailer. Berman has an MBA from Stanford, and graduated cum laude in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Staffan Helgesson

Stockholm - Social mobile, Sweden

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • Online Social

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General Partner at Creandum

Staffan Helgesson serves as General Partner at Creandum. Helgesson serves as the board member at Edgeware, KnCMiner, itslearning, Epidemic Sound, Vigour.io. Previously he served as Managing Partner at Startupfactory. He also has extensive international management experience from McKinsey & Company, Procter & Gamble and IKEA, in Europe, USA and Asia. Staffan was previously founder and Managing Partner of Startupfactory and started Creandum in 2003. He serves as Advisor Board Member at SUP46.

Alon Lifshitz

Tel - Aviv - San Mateo, Israel

Investing In

Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Web Security (& Privacy)

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Founding Partner, Hanaco Ventures

General Partner at Hanaco Ventures


Mr. Alon Lifshitz is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Hanaco Venture Capital. He also serves as Board Member at EasySend, Reveal Security, and Namogoo. He is an Angel Investor. He is the founding partner of Hanaco Ventures, a $400M fund with offices in Tel Aviv and NY. He is based in the Tel Aviv office and is primarily focused on investing in companies disrupting the Cyber, Fintech, Marketing-tech, and Enterprise software sectors.

Joe Medved

New York City - Newton Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Investing In

Media • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Online Social

Description

Joe Medved serves as Partner, SoftBank Capital at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. He served as Partner at SoftBank Capital. Joe joined SoftBank Capital in 2005 and has been investing in digital media companies for over nine years, from seed through growth stage. He focuses on supporting primarily Seed and Series A stage companies with special interests including consumer and enterprise mobile, gaming, and social marketing. Prior to joining SoftBank Capital, Joe was an Associate with Constellation Ventures, a media and communications venture capital fund under Bear Stearns Asset Management. Prior to Constellation Ventures, he was an Associate and Analyst for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group with JPMorgan Investment Banking. In 2011, Joe was selected by the Boston Business Journal for its 40 Under 40 class. He is Co-Founder of the Digital Media VC/Corp Dev Connection, a group that brings together active investors and corporate development professionals from large corporations focused on digital media. Joe is also Chairman Emeritus of the New England Venture Network (NEVN), one of the largest venture capital organizations on the East Coast. Joe received a Bachelor of Science, with honors, from Boston College's Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, and completed The General Course at the London School of Economics.

Brad Svrluga

New York City - ‌, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Mobility

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Co-Founder & General Partner at Primary Venture Partners

Rodolfo Gonzalez

San Francisco Bay Area - Boston Massachusetts - San Francisco California - Palo Alto California - Menlo Park, U.S.A.

Investing In

FinTech (& Financials services) • Online Social • Consumer

Description

Partner at Foundation Capital

Dan Rosen

San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park California - Seattle Washington - Oakland California - Berkeley California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Advertising • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Payments

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Founder & General Partner at Commerce Ventures

Most Interested In

Interested in technology-based, digital innovations that will help shape the future of Retail and Financial Services.

Julie Lein

San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile • Mobility

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Startups shaping the future of cities. Investing at the pre-seed & seed in a variety of verticals, including: - Transportation - Future of work - Real estate tech - Energy & water - Business & fintech services - Food - Health & public safety - Govt & civic tech - Arts & recreation

Julie is a co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund. The Urban Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative urban technology. It provides seed capital and regulatory expertise to entrepreneurs solving our toughest urban challenges – helping them grow into tomorrow’s most valued companies. Previously, Julie co-founded Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. During the last three years, Tumml has incubated 33 startups, who have raised $37M+ in funding and launched products/ services for over 2.2M people. Her work in urban entrepreneurship has been featured in numerous press outlets, including CNN, TedX, Forbes, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. Julie has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Stanford.

James Cham

New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Valley California - Palo Alto California San Francisco California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Investment Management • Online Social

Description

Early stage VC investing in the new world of work

Charles Moldow

Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area - Palo Alto California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Consumer

Description

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.

David Waxman

Los Angeles California - San Francisco, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)

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3X founder + 10 year VC - most comfortable among nerds

Gary Vaynerchuk

New York (NY), U.S.A.

Investing In

Businesses Solutions • Online Social

Description

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.

Dustin Rosen

Santa Monica California - Los Angeles California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobility • Consumer

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Dustin Rosen is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Wonder Ventures. He also serves as the Board Member at Shippabo. He also is an Angel Investor. Since he began his career, he's been on every side of the business, from running and selling his own technology start-up to investing in dozens of others, as well as using this expertise to advise numerous entrepreneurs. In 2010, Dustin co-founded Pose and served as its Board Member. In 2012, Apple named it one of the best apps of the year, and at the end of 2013, Dustin guided Pose through an acquisition before beginning Wonder Ventures. Prior to Pose, Dustin worked at the Mailroom Fund, an LA-based venture capital group comprised of the William Morris Agency, Accel Partners, Venrock, and AT&T. There, Dustin focused on discovering and funding high-impact and innovative companies in the internet consumer arena. Before this, he worked at the William Morris Agency, getting his start in the infamous Mail Room. He received a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.

Ullas Naik

San Francisco California - Palo Alto (CA) - Streamlined Ventures is a seedPalo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools

Description

Ullas Naik is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. Naik founded Streamlined Ventures with a vision of building a thought leading investment platform rooted in the philosophical belief that founders of companies are the true heroes of entrepreneurial value creation in our society. Streamlined Ventures invests in and supports visionary founders working on transformational application and business infrastructure software companies for the Mobile Web, Social Web, Web and Enterprise markets. Ullas is a seasoned venture capitalist, angel investor and entrepreneur with over two decades of entrepreneurial and early stage investment experience across 300 companies. Prior to founding Streamlined Ventures, he co-founded investment firm Cota Capital. Prior to that, Ullas was a senior member of the investment team for 12 years at Globespan Capital and helped build the firm. He has also been an active angel investor over the last 21 years during which he invested in over 60 companies spanning Internet 1.0, Web 2.0, mobile web, social web, enterprise computing as well as disruptive technologies in other domains such as robotics and wearable computing. Before his institutional investing career Ullas was a top ranked Wall Street research analyst at FAC Equities/First Albany. He was recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine as a Wall Street All Star. Prior to that, Ullas received an MBA degree after starting a chemicals trading business in India. He also has a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry. He is also an Angel Investor.

Keval Desai

Menlo Park California - San Francisco Bay Area, United States - U.S.A.

Investing In

Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Consumer

Description

Investing in inspiring founders building awesome companies. In Silicon Valley since 1991 as Engineer/PM/Co-Founder/VC.

Investing in inspiring founders building category leading companies. 30+yrs. in Silicon Valley as Engineer/Product/Entrepreneur/VC.