San Francisco Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Brian Martinez
Founder/COO at @madesolid (@y-combinator W14) Previously Founder/CEO at @tioki. B.A. Business/Entrepreneurship - UC Santa Barbara. Worked at @adroll and @cbiz
http://blog.madesolid.com
Carl Fritjofsson
Investor
Founder @wrapp, @adprofit • Worked at @creandum, @bearingpoint • Investor @leap-transit, @onbeep • Studied at @uppsala-university, @university-of-melbourne
Jonathan Tam
Investor
Investor @superfly, @locality-1, @crowdmob, @down-by-bang-with-friends , @netplenish, @vandal-games,
http://www.jtam.hk
Simon Yoo
Investor
Founder and Managing Partner of Green Visor Capital, a FinTech focused investment group.
Roy Andrew Ng
Investor
COO Cloud @sap, BizOps @successfactors, Head of West Coast Software Investment Banking @goldman-sachs, Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Victor Ghitescu
Investor
Venture Hacker at @angellist. Previous startup experience with @topguest. Worked at @goldman-sachs and @ubs. @university-of-sydney-1 Finance & Law
Lukas Biewald
Investor
I'm the founder of CrowdFlower/Dolores Labs.
http://lukasbiewald.com
Guy Barbaro
Investor
Top-notch financial executive with broad experience - specializing in start-ups. CPA, MBA with 25+ years experience.
David Cooper
Investor
West Coast Clean Tech seeks venture investments in early stage clean technologies. WCCT acts as an Limited Partner and Direct Investor.
Rachel Pike
Investor
Physician Engagement @grand-rounds. Former Principal @dfj , helper bee @angellist. PhD in chemistry and computer modelling. Love building orgs for success.
John Houston
Investor
Think 'Hand of the King' but with more operations/sales/hugs and less intrigue/violence. Head of Sales Operations & Strategy @sunrun.
Derek Brown
Investor
Versatile leader, immersed in consumer / Marketplace / e-commerce Internet sectors for +15 years; I thrive on connecting dots that others don't see and finding meaningful opportunity / challenge where others see little -- all in the name of growth.
http://oneblindsquirrel.blogspot.com/
Dave Liu
Investor
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
Zach Noorani
Investor
Associate @ Foundation Capital
Norman Rohr
Investor
Head APAC SMB Acquisition Mktg, @google
PAST:
Global Finance Lead b2b Mktg, @google
Head Finance & Operations, @svox (acquired by Nuance)
Scott Sage
Investor
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Wes Selke
Investor
Managing Director and Founder of @better-ventures
Rob Wang
Investor
Worked at
Finance, Biz Dev @microsoft.
Project Management @nintendo.
Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Miner.
Active Angel Investor.
Cameron Newton, CFA
Investor
Co-founder Relevance Capital & 4Ignition Enterprises. Board member SIGNiX, Agilum, Cortac, Consensus Point, Opti-Logic.
Leore Avidar
Co-founder @lob. Worked at @aws, @citigroup, @google , @motorola • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Andry Haryanto
Investor
Founder @urbanindo • Worked at @hercules-technology-growth-capital
Mana Aynechi
Investor
Insikt Ventures --> Square -- > Visa
Paul Veradittakit
Investor
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital
Ben Levi
Investor
Founder at @incloudcounsel, @tembo and @dashmob. Lawyered at @kirkland-ellis-llp. Schooled at @yale-university & @harvard-law-school. Mostly pleasant.
Dave Lu
Investor
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
Jeff Pinksa
Investor
MD Private Securities Group @sharespost; worked @wells-fargo, @stifel-nicolaus-weisel, @canaccord-adams; attended @university-of-colorado-boulder
David Smith
Investor
Investment Principal at @dg-incubation, ex- @gree-inc In Tokyo 6 years, on my way back to CA. Excited to help companies looking to change the world!
Nick Strachan
Investor
Originally from Georgia, transplanted to Chico to join Build.com
Luis Arbulu
Investor
VC Director @samsung-electronics MD at @hattery. Prev head of @google.org investments; BoozAllen consultant. @wharton-school MBA; Fulbright and Kauffman fellow. Food (mostly cheese) and tech geek
Laurel Reitman
Currently VP of Business Operations at @joyent. Was VP of Product. Worked at Microsoft and Adobe.
Crystal M. Allison
Business Operations Leader and handy-woman who helps startups get their sh*t organized, who manages acquisitions and supports growing pains for scalability.
Philip Moon
Investor
Currently an investment professional at Empyrean Capital Partners, a LA-based event driven hedge fund. Previously part of the investment team at TPG
Frank Mastronuzzi
Founder, CPA, MBA. 15+ years in the online dating space including Match.com. CFO/COO/Business Development Expertise. Help grow business in a healthy way!
Peter Thomson
Tech Exec & BizDev... At 23, developed CaseTrack software for legal • Founded 2 Startups and worked in Finance w/ Merrill Lynch • @carnegie-mellon-university-2
http://www.contractroom.com
Nathan Beckord
Investor
Founder of Foundersuite, VentureArchetypes, StartupBD.com and and StartupExits.com; Consultant / Advisor / Investor in 13 funded startups with 5 exits.
http://www.seedstagecapital.com
Sze-jun Tsai
Investor
Angel & Real Estate Investor. Worked @google @healthnet. Dad. SF Bay Area native. Can often be found on the court in my beat up Kobes.
Konstantin Popov
Founder @biart-company, @cappasity-inc
Bart Myers
Investor
Founder and CEO @countable - Direct Democracy
Sold @sidereel to Rovi Corp • Worked at @ibm • Angel Investor and startup Advisor
http://www.bartolah.com
Nate Mihalovich
VP of Biz Dev @buildingconnected, Founder of @vektr-io, Studied at @berkeley, started @rock-to-relief at 16 that generated $100K for non-profits.
Richard Won
My last three companies completed successful IPO's. Large and small public company experience and focused the last nine years in building strong accounting teams and accounting procedures at early to late-stage start-ups. I entered Yelp as the first accou
Montgomery Kosma
Investor
Innovator on business models, marketing & discovery in noisy long tail markets.
Robert Parker
Investor
Renewable Energy @google, CFO at @nudgerx; previously SVP for Energy/Power late-stage private equity firm; @booth-school-of-business MBA.
Justin Jarman
Investor
Co-Founder @youbetme (Social Bet, Inc.), Advisor @keen-home, Advisor @kinvolved, Entrepreneur In Residence @nyupoly-incubators
Roger Dean Huffstetler
Founder @zillabyte • Former sales at @twilio, former @usmc • Studied at @harvard-business-school School
http://essays.zillabyte.com
Brian Truong
Investor
Currently @rothenberg-ventures. Previously @bessemer-venture-partners and @downtime. Studied Biology/CS @harvard-university.
Shuja Keen
Investor
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management