Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
Founder of Eleven Two Capital • Worked at @dfj, @Ecoplast, @microsoft, @nasa • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-missouri
Founder of @angelpad, Ex-@Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://angelpad.org/b/scoble-thomas-korte-2012/
http://www.thomaskorte.com/
Working hard at Caffeinated Capital. Passionate about ff, meaningful innovation, cycling and caffeine.
Experienced operator and angel investor now investing through a fund, @subtraction-capital.
Founder of Upside Partnership. Formerly a partner at First Round.
http://www.thecornice.com
FinTech & Alt-Lending as COO @inventure. Previous: VP, @saymedia. Built, led & sold @dogster. Engineer turned entrepreneur. Seed investor and advisor
http://tedr.tumblr.com
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
Internet Entrepreneur
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.
General Partner, Structure. investors in Uber, SurfAir, Boatbound, Pogoseat, Breather, +60 more. founded and sold companies. Under-utilized assets.
http://structurecapital.wordpress.com/
Currently @ Greylock. Was 2nd in at @angellist (managed dealflow through 8K startups), @oxford-university MBA, Cambridge Eng.
http://www.quora.com/Brendan-Baker
Founder of Etherpad, Partner in YCombinator, programming enthusiast.
Patent Attorney. Professor at Stanford Law School. First investor in @twilio and @tactus-technology.
VP @pch-access , Previously Program Director @media-camp , Sr. Director @turner-broadcasting-system , @apple (17 years, Sr. Director), Pilot
http://www.mediacamp.com/blog
CEO and Cofounder of @mattermark
http://www.daniellemorrill.com
2020 Ventures. 20+ years building & investing in consumer software & web companies in US & China.
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Currently working on a new consumer healthcare platform. Was founder @prescreen; Principal @lightbank; Founding Member & VP of BD @groupon; Founder @capally.
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
Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor @sierramaya360 @full-color-games @igenapps @paradine @ecampus-ventures @kydaemos @matchpoint-2 @skycatch @fnd
http://www.theamishshah.com
London NY; investor @fundersclub @yourmechanic @life360 @jawbone @beep @spatch @equityzen @airhelp @vastrm , mentor@Techstars BarclaysAccel @fundersclub panel
Investor/Lead Partner behind Vformation -- Series A investor. Focus on Healthcare IT and Financial Services. B2B focus with interest in select B2C platforms.
AngelList-raised funds investing in AngelList Syndicates.
FAQ (investors-only): https://angel.co/help/syndicates-fund
Contact @af for more.
World explorer and founding partner @golden-gate-ventures. My motivation is Southeast Asia's startup scene.
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Partner at @googleventures, formerly co-founder of @milk, founder of LaidOffCamp, and BizDev at @simplegeo.
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
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
Partner @havoc VC (@silicon-valley + @earth ). Founder & fmr. CEO @colingo. Advisor @angellist Mentor @500startups. Before BD @comcast / @plaxo. Grad @upenn.
living the dream
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
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/
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.
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
Private Equity & Seed Investor • VP @TSCP • Worked at @bodley-group @goldman-sachs IBD • Studied at @stanford BA/MA/Football @Wharton MBA • Panel @fundersclub
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/
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 @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Previously Co-Founder @streem (Acquired by Box), Engineering @asana, @livemagic. Studied @berkeley EECS
Focussed on early stage companies in social, video, mobile and all cutting edge tech.
startup veteran at @facebook, @livingsocial, and many more. @northwestern-university engineer, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business mba.
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.
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Partner at Greylock. Former Entrepreneur.
http://www.ansanelli.com
General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital (formerly Georgetown Angels) Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital @romansventures
http://rubicon.vc/blog/
Investor, Entrepreneur, Developer, @StartupChile Judge, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology CS Econ Math, @wharton-school MBA, @harvard MPA
Founder @brainient • Investor @stylitics, @blend-1, @digital-catalyst-fund, @kahla-1
http://emigal.com
Founder @ando-media • SVP @draftkings • problem solver, thinker, gamer, angel, terrible chef.
Work @issuu Worked @google, @admob, @criteo • Studied at @iu @cal • Investor
Ops and finance at @livefyre; Venture Associate at @greycroftvc; former strategy consultant and engineer; @dukeu alum; lover of the interwebs
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);
Helping hardware startups at PCH Intl & making rockstars at Ignite
Co-founder & CEO @hint-health | Investor in @relateiq-2 @aptible @amour-vert @aloha @wellnessfx @zesty-1 | Stanford MBA
http://zakholdsworth.com
Executive - Business development/Project Management/Sales. Successful Early Stage Investor(avg 3.6x ROI) - Experienced Fund raiser, plugged into SV ecosystem
Founder @mod-n-labs-2 MD@First Step Fund • Studied at @university-of-pune
http://www.thebusinessofvc.com/
Investor @lux-capital
Stanford Philosophy & CS, Adjunct Lecturer
Cofounder, Fountainhop
Data Scientist, Discovery Engine
Data Driven Nihilist
http://beardedbrownman.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
Investor at Atomico. Angel.
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
Co-founder of Meraki (acquired by Cisco). On-leave from Ph.D. program at MIT, Stanford undergrad.
@pick1 CEO "Know Your Customers" part of @startupchile @500startups - Polyhedric Human Network Router & Serendipity Innovator believing in Exponential Growth
http://paoloprivitera.com
Investor, Board Member, Advisor • VP @udemy • @rock-health-v5-fund • @estimote @skykick @faraday-bicycles @stowaway-cosmetics @tapulous @selfieclub
Founder @edeo-minomonsters • Investor @dailybooth, @beyond-games
CEO @waterfall-3, angel/advisor @ startups, ex-VC, conservationist/advisor @global_wildlife
GM/VP Product at @godaddy, previously Founder/CEO of @locu (acquired by @godaddy), formerly Goodplates, @morgan-stanley, @mckinsey-company. MIT alum.
http://rsquaredblog.com
Founder, investor and managing partner @innovation-nest
http://pw.innovationnest.co
CMO @heroku • Worked at @apple, @salesforce, @sencha • Investor @socialpandas, @catapulse
worked at Airtime and several investment funds
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
Co-founder of Premise Data Corporation. Founding CEO of Metamarkets. Agoniste.
$1.5 Billion in exits, 20 startups: @tubemogul @rafter @cafepress @bookrenter @rxmatch @intellisync : Ex-CEO @rafter , Ex @cafepress : UC Berkeley, Stanford
co-founder OpenMail, former President/COO of @demand-media (NYSE: DMD), founder Hotkeys, Investor in @rssgraffiti, @scopely, @jawbone, State.com
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
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/
CTO @fountain @onekingslane @twelvefold-media @blogrovr • VP Engineering @mint • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Investor @boxbee, @canva, @treasure-data
http://www.sini.net
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Partner @bootstraplabs, Coach, Startups, Strategic Biz Dev, Funding, M&A expert, software eats the world, windsurfer, snowboarder, husband, father of 2.
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
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.
Founder of @relevad, @wheelhouse, @imsecure. Investor in @fotolog, @mixbook, @pixoart, @wheelhouse, @qpod, @acrodea, @infinity-venture-partners, @ultris.
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Managing Partner, Matter. Accelerating media entrepreneurs. Kauffman Fellow. Built Runway at Innovation Endeavors. Stanford d.school & MBA. FRONTLINE. UNC.
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Founder @ngmoco, CEO of ngmoco 2008-2012, working on Next. Investing with best friend & ngmoco founding partner Bob Stevenson, through LLL Capital
Co-Founded SpeedDate and grew to 20M users. Now running new startup and advising companies. Previously at Stanford, Columbia, and IBM
Founder @playdom • Investor @kitchit • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley
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