Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Angel/VC/PE,founder. Prev Soros Fund affil, @modulus-video. @yale-university CS, @harvard-business-school. Inv in @invite-media, iTriage, FTNT, SLTC. Acq by GOOG, GRPN, AET, CSCO, MOT, AMCC, SCMR
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Currently @ Greylock. Was 2nd in at @angellist (managed dealflow through 8K startups), @oxford-university MBA, Cambridge Eng.
http://www.quora.com/Brendan-Baker
CEO and Cofounder of @mattermark
http://www.daniellemorrill.com
Founder of Upside Partnership. Formerly a partner at First Round.
http://www.thecornice.com
Founder of Etherpad, Partner in YCombinator, programming enthusiast.
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
FinTech & Alt-Lending as COO @inventure. Previous: VP, @saymedia. Built, led & sold @dogster. Engineer turned entrepreneur. Seed investor and advisor
http://tedr.tumblr.com
Internet Entrepreneur
General Partner, Structure. investors in Uber, SurfAir, Boatbound, Pogoseat, Breather, +60 more. founded and sold companies. Under-utilized assets.
http://structurecapital.wordpress.com/
Patent Attorney. Professor at Stanford Law School. First investor in @twilio and @tactus-technology.
Experienced operator and angel investor now investing through a fund, @subtraction-capital.
2020 Ventures. 20+ years building & investing in consumer software & web companies in US & China.
Founder @heyzap, YC/Cantab Alum. Portfolio: @zenpayroll @transcriptic @indinero @bugsnag @angellist @videopixie @zesty-1 @benchling @Ginkgo @matterfab @bloc
http://www.judegomila.com
Co-founder of @tripit, sold to CNQR for $120m. Previously on @launch team of @hotwire, sold to EXPE for $680m. Stanford MBA.
Working hard at Caffeinated Capital. Passionate about ff, meaningful innovation, cycling and caffeine.
Founder of @angelpad, Ex-@Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://angelpad.org/b/scoble-thomas-korte-2012/
http://www.thomaskorte.com/
Founder of Eleven Two Capital • Worked at @dfj, @Ecoplast, @microsoft, @nasa • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-missouri
VP @pch-access , Previously Program Director @media-camp , Sr. Director @turner-broadcasting-system , @apple (17 years, Sr. Director), Pilot
http://www.mediacamp.com/blog
Investor/Lead Partner behind Vformation -- Series A investor. Focus on Healthcare IT and Financial Services. B2B focus with interest in select B2C platforms.
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
London NY; investor @fundersclub @yourmechanic @life360 @jawbone @beep @spatch @equityzen @airhelp @vastrm , mentor@Techstars BarclaysAccel @fundersclub panel
World explorer and founding partner @golden-gate-ventures. My motivation is Southeast Asia's startup scene.
Co-founder @adespresso & before @pick1 + 4 more non-tech companies. Resilient mind, team leader, fast learner, execution focused. Also, former Radio Speaker.
https://medium.com/@armandobiondi/latest
VC at TMT Investments, convicted serial entrepreneur, investor, teacher (@university-of-california-berkeley, @new-york-university, @stanford-university, @university-of-california-san-francisco), chairman at HappyFarm incubator
Entrepreneur and Seed Investor. Named Top 100 Angel Investors by CBInsights. 1st Internet Exit in 2000. As CEO guided Public Company growth and exit in 2008.
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor @sierramaya360 @full-color-games @igenapps @paradine @ecampus-ventures @kydaemos @matchpoint-2 @skycatch @fnd
http://www.theamishshah.com
Private Equity & Seed Investor • VP @TSCP • Worked at @bodley-group @goldman-sachs IBD • Studied at @stanford BA/MA/Football @Wharton MBA • Panel @fundersclub
Chair/Found @tinker, CEO/Found @wize, Pres. @nextag, EIR Mayfield, SVP @markettools, P&G, PeopleSoft,HBS , Board Dale Carnegie, Angel/Advisor Kixeye,IDG....
http://tpatterson.typepad.com/tp/
General Partner Rubicon VC, Co-Chairman @gtownangels, Worked at @citigroup, @overseas-private-investment-corporation-opic, Studied at @georgetown-university, @boston-university
http://www.rubicon.vc/blog
AngelList-raised funds investing in AngelList Syndicates.
FAQ (investors-only): https://angel.co/help/syndicates-fund
Contact @af for more.
living the dream
Partner at @googleventures, formerly co-founder of @milk, founder of LaidOffCamp, and BizDev at @simplegeo.
Founder, CEO at @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Formerly at @zynga, @hiptype, @google, @chartboost, @carnegie-mellon-university-2. Investor at @coin-2, @zenefits.
http://sohailprasad.com/
Currently working on a new consumer healthcare platform. Was founder @prescreen; Principal @lightbank; Founding Member & VP of BD @groupon; Founder @capally.
Partner @havoc VC (@silicon-valley + @earth ). Founder & fmr. CEO @colingo. Advisor @angellist Mentor @500startups. Before BD @comcast / @plaxo. Grad @upenn.
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
Co-founder & CEO @hint-health | Investor in @relateiq-2 @aptible @amour-vert @aloha @wellnessfx @zesty-1 | Stanford MBA
http://zakholdsworth.com
Ops and finance at @livefyre; Venture Associate at @greycroftvc; former strategy consultant and engineer; @dukeu alum; lover of the interwebs
Helping hardware startups at PCH Intl & making rockstars at Ignite
Executive - Business development/Project Management/Sales. Successful Early Stage Investor(avg 3.6x ROI) - Experienced Fund raiser, plugged into SV ecosystem
Works with Unilazer Ventures (PE/VC);
Past: Telegraph Hill Capital (VC firm); Deloitte; KPMG;
MBA (IESE) and B.Sc. in Computer Science (U of Arizona);
Founder @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Previously Co-Founder @streem (Acquired by Box), Engineering @asana, @livemagic. Studied @berkeley EECS
President & CEO @timeline, VC @newbury-ventures-1 , Mentor @wearable-world-labs and @techwadi-org. Global nomad with endless appreciation and respect for people and technologies that change the world. Entrepreneur, investor, & loyal human.
General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital (formerly Georgetown Angels) Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital @romansventures
http://rubicon.vc/blog/
Partner at Greylock. Former Entrepreneur.
http://www.ansanelli.com
startup veteran at @facebook, @livingsocial, and many more. @northwestern-university engineer, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business mba.
Investor, Entrepreneur, Developer, @StartupChile Judge, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology CS Econ Math, @wharton-school MBA, @harvard MPA
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Founder @ando-media • SVP @draftkings • problem solver, thinker, gamer, angel, terrible chef.
Digital Initiatives Lead at @golden-state-warriors. Former VC at @highland-capital-partners. Previously ran BD at @ribbon. Founded @teens-in-tech-labs.
http://www.danielbru.com/blog
Founder @brainient • Investor @stylitics, @blend-1, @digital-catalyst-fund, @kahla-1
http://emigal.com
Work @issuu Worked @google, @admob, @criteo • Studied at @iu @cal • Investor
Focussed on early stage companies in social, video, mobile and all cutting edge tech.
Founder, investor and managing partner @innovation-nest
http://pw.innovationnest.co
$1.5 Billion in exits, 20 startups: @tubemogul @rafter @cafepress @bookrenter @rxmatch @intellisync : Ex-CEO @rafter , Ex @cafepress : UC Berkeley, Stanford
Founder @edeo-minomonsters • Investor @dailybooth, @beyond-games
worked at Airtime and several investment funds
GM/VP Product at @godaddy, previously Founder/CEO of @locu (acquired by @godaddy), formerly Goodplates, @morgan-stanley, @mckinsey-company. MIT alum.
http://rsquaredblog.com
Investor @ Techstars / BTV in Boulder, CO. Formerly founder/CEO of Filtrbox (sold to Jive) + 15 years of experience as startup exec/founder.
http://arinewman.com
co-founder OpenMail, former President/COO of @demand-media (NYSE: DMD), founder Hotkeys, Investor in @rssgraffiti, @scopely, @jawbone, State.com
Co-founder of Meraki (acquired by Cisco). On-leave from Ph.D. program at MIT, Stanford undergrad.
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
Investor @lux-capital
Stanford Philosophy & CS, Adjunct Lecturer
Cofounder, Fountainhop
Data Scientist, Discovery Engine
Data Driven Nihilist
http://beardedbrownman.com
Co-founder of Premise Data Corporation. Founding CEO of Metamarkets. Agoniste.
CEO @waterfall-3, angel/advisor @ startups, ex-VC, conservationist/advisor @global_wildlife
Investor at Atomico. Angel.
Founder @mod-n-labs-2 MD@First Step Fund • Studied at @university-of-pune
http://www.thebusinessofvc.com/
Investor, Board Member, Advisor • VP @udemy • @rock-health-v5-fund • @estimote @skykick @faraday-bicycles @stowaway-cosmetics @tapulous @selfieclub
CMO @heroku • Worked at @apple, @salesforce, @sencha • Investor @socialpandas, @catapulse
@pick1 CEO "Know Your Customers" part of @startupchile @500startups - Polyhedric Human Network Router & Serendipity Innovator believing in Exponential Growth
http://paoloprivitera.com
CEO / Founder @springleap;
CoFounder evly (acquired);
Designed 16 mobile phones (acquired);
M&G Top 200 South Africans;
Old Mutual top 36 Entrepreneurs
http://www.startuphat.com
FOUNDER.org is an investor and company building program for student entrepreneurs who are solving big problems.
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Partner @bootstraplabs, Coach, Startups, Strategic Biz Dev, Funding, M&A expert, software eats the world, windsurfer, snowboarder, husband, father of 2.
Product @myfitnesspal . Founder @sessions-2 (Acq. '13) & @we-are-hunted (acq. Twitter '11). @rock_health '12. Team @ @boxee & @startmate-exploration-fund .
http://nickcroocker.tumblr.com
Founding Partner at @nxtp-labs
http://gonzalo-costa.tumblr.com/
Founder @playdom • Investor @kitchit • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
VC @ Innovation Works: US/China
5 yrs Software Engineer @ Google Ads: US
3 yrs in Publishing
MS/BS in CS @ UCSB: Graduated at 21
MBA @ INSEAD: France/Singapore
http://blog.rickykinwong.com
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Founder @ngmoco, CEO of ngmoco 2008-2012, working on Next. Investing with best friend & ngmoco founding partner Bob Stevenson, through LLL Capital
CTO @fountain @onekingslane @twelvefold-media @blogrovr • VP Engineering @mint • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Investor @boxbee, @canva, @treasure-data
http://www.sini.net
Co-Founded SpeedDate and grew to 20M users. Now running new startup and advising companies. Previously at Stanford, Columbia, and IBM
Founder of @relevad, @wheelhouse, @imsecure. Investor in @fotolog, @mixbook, @pixoart, @wheelhouse, @qpod, @acrodea, @infinity-venture-partners, @ultris.
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Managing Partner, Matter. Accelerating media entrepreneurs. Kauffman Fellow. Built Runway at Innovation Endeavors. Stanford d.school & MBA. FRONTLINE. UNC.