Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Early stage investor @ Felicis
Investment Partner at Innovation Endeavors, Product & Operations at Gigwalk, Investor at Bain Capital Ventures, Business/Tech Background
Co-Founder/Partner at @science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups - @photobucket, @billshrink, Color.
Always the first on the dance floor.
I run Webb Investment Network, seed fund of Maynard Webb (ex eBay COO, boards of Salesforce and Y!). Focus on enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, mobile.
Co-Founder @ Sideline
Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA
Founder and Partner with Artis Ventures. From the earliest stages, partnered, funded and supported YouTube, Nimble Storage, Quid, Practice Fusion, Stem CentRx, Bracket Computing and many more.
http://stuartpeterson.com/
Worked at
Finance, Biz Dev @microsoft.
Project Management @nintendo.
Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Miner.
Active Angel Investor.
1st startup out of high school. Strong business and ops background. founding member 2x startups.
VC @softtech-vc with @jeff and @chudson. Investing in next-gen commerce, SaaS, mobile services. Marketing, product & consulting in a former life.
http://www.stephpalmeri.com
Founder @dreamhost, Musician, Interested in talking to music startups, Investor @realitycap, @trov-3, @earbits-yc-w11
Partner at General Catalyst VC Firm. Managing Director @ Slow Ventures Seed Fund. First 10 employees at Facebook. Wall Street Journal Columnist.
Managing Partner @hillsven.
Seed Venture Capital in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Israel.
Co-founder of @ariba.
Analyst at Seraph Group. Alumnus of @dartmouth-college and Teach for America.
Partner at @y-combinator. Founded @wufoo (Acquired by @surveymonkey).
http://roundedbygravity.com
Founder of Scrum Ventures, early stage-focused fund. Serial entrepreneur background ( J-Magic(mobile), Neven Vision(software))
Director of Engineering at @facebook
@twilio
Entrepreneur & Investor. Founder @startup-studio-ventures. Board @avx-aircraft. Former @crocs
Early Stage Investor at @accel-partners. BA/MA from @stanford-university. Formerly at @opentable, @facebook & @yahoo-news
Co-founder & Managing Director of Fuel Capital. Prior launched Ignition Seed. Advertising @ Saatchi/Lexus, marketing @ Gear.com/Overstock, design @ Heckler Assoc./New Balance.
Founder of Cowboy Ventures, seed stage-focused fund; and longtime partner at KPCB. Founding CEO of RMG Networks, an out-of-home digital media startup.
Managing Partner, @mhs-capital
CMO @partnered. Investor in edu startups (@learn-capital), writer (@change, @incmagazine + more), Live in the Mission, SF.
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, founder Safari Books Online, co-founder and partner O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
@sv-angel
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Investor - GP at Susa Ventures, 9 years at the Richemont Group
Founder, @spring-ventures-1; @brightmail ($370M to Symantec) and @freeloader ($38M); First Internet PM at AOL; @zynga board member
http://sunilpaul.posterous.com
Partner at @transmedia-capital and co-founder of @kicklabs accelerator in San Francisco. Focused on early stage digital media, cloud and social-enterprise companies.
Partner at @start-fund
Founder @Forerunner Ventures. Partner to entrepreneurs leading the digital commerce revolution by bringing dynamic shopping experiences to life across online and mobile platforms.
Principal @launchcapital.
http://tom-egan.me/
http://www.tom-egan.me
Co-Founder of @learnsprout. Previously at @facebook as a PM, @deloitte-consulting, and @microsoft.
http://www.franklynchien.com
Principal & Investment Counsel @tomorrowventures
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
partner at @collaborative-fund
http://kanyi.tumblr.com
Operator iOS and Android @swell-radio, Investor @haystack-2
http://www.semilshah.com
Founded @exec and @justin-tv. Part time partner at Y Combinator.
http://justinkan.com
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of @slated . General Partner of @actarus-funds. Co-founder and Chairman of PalmStar Entertainment. Co-founder of @theglobe-com
Founded Baseline in 2006. 60+ investments since inception and have helped more than 30 founders sell their companies with great success.
Mobile Tech Seed Investor - Founding Partner @eniac-ventures. Two time entrepreneur @vlingo & @thumb
Partner at Evolve VC
http://www.kamal.co
Founder of Upside Partnership. Formerly a partner at First Round.
http://www.thecornice.com
Founding General Partner at @eniac-ventures
Partner at @sv-angel
Chief Firestarter @k9-ventures
http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/
Founding Partner, @first-round-capital; Founder @half-com (sold to EBay)
http://redeye.firstround.com
Sweat: @angellist , @venture-hacks @vast @epinions ; Money: @twitter @heyzap @snaplogic
http://startupboy.com/
General Partner at Vast Ventures.
Founder, Managing Partner, @tekton-ventures (seed fund). Former entrepreneur, sold last co. to @formspring. Public servant to company builders.
http://jaichoi.blogspot.com/
serial entrepreneur: co-founder of @spinner, Brondell, Grouper. 4 kids. and now @freestyle-capital.
Investor in @birchbox, @chloe-isabel, @harry's, @kiwi-crate, @stellaservice, @doubledutch, @retailigence, @zozi, @peloton-cycle
http://mitchellcandrew.wordpress.com
@transmedia-capital, early stage in commerce and digital media. Avid cyclist, urban farmer, health & fitness junkie. Founder of The Last Mile
Angel investor and former GP at @googleventures. Investor in @optimizely, @parse, @firespotter-labs, @the-climate-corporation and @crittercism. Founded @google-analytics & @google-voice.
http://www.weschan.com/blog.html
Founder at @harrison-metal
Founding Partner @500startups. previous: @paypal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, @mint.com, SimplyHired. Geek, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, Sith Lord.
http://500hats.com/
Founder of @disruption-corporation & @crystal-tech-fund
http://www.disruption.vc/blog
Partner, @first-round-capital
http://billtrenchard.com/
General Partner at Bowery Capital
http://www.mikebrownjr.com
Investor in @truemoney, @freemyfriends, @tazup. Team member of @powerinbox.
http://blog.ylsne.com/
Worked at Apple, Activision, SGI, Microsoft. Have been helping seed stage companies since 1998
Founder, @fastforward-networks • Formerly at @accel-partners
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/parekh.html
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Partner, Venture Financing, Studio 9+. Operating experience at both startup and industry-leading tech cos. >17 yrs. VC / investing exp.
Partner at @andreessen-horowitz
YCombinator Summer 2010, Romotive alum. Formerly led hardware investments for Vegas Tech Fund. Seed stage investing in hardware.
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Co-founder, @dominatefund; Author, Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention (HarperCollins 2015); Previous: Co-Editor of Mashable; CNET
http://captivology.com
Former VP, Customer Experience & Product Marketing, IAC/Match.com, Channel Development & Publisher Development at Quantcast.com
Founder of @angelpad, Ex-@Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://angelpad.org/b/scoble-thomas-korte-2012/
http://www.thomaskorte.com/
Investor in @uber, @planet-labs, @gnip, @better-finance, @mint, @get-satisfaction, @xobni, @taskrabbit, @dnanexus, @yieldex. Team member of @first-round-capital.
http://permanentrecord.firstround.com/
Founder, Resolute Ventures. Professional seed investor for 14 years. Investments include Automattic, MessageMe, Homejoy, Barkbox, KISSmetrics, Quantcast
http://www.vcmike.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder Formation Data Systems @formation-data-systems-1 ; angel investments @stage-one-capital; Board Member @bottlenose;
http://www.ajenks.com
seed investor in @dropbox @lending-club @zoosk @zenpayroll @soundhound @path @homejoy @addepar @doordash @guardant-health @betterworks and +100 startups
Founder/CEO of Keep Truckin. Previously an investor at @khosla-ventures. And @admob, where I focused on international market development.
Brad Stephens is a Managing Partner of SIM and Crypto Currency Partners, LP.
Investor and Executive. Founder @arnold-capital. Former @appdirect and @McKinsey
http://paularnold.me
Senior analyst @chinarock-capital-management covering TMT, Business Services, Consumer, and Healthcare
Internet entrepreneur turned micro VC, investor in @zendesk, @geckoboard, @positionly, @freeagent, @clio, @unbounce, @momox, @mambu,...
http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/
Awarded SF Angel Investor of the Year
Equity Crowdfunding Leadership Award
Founder/CEO DreamFunded
Founder - SF Angels
Serial entrepreneur
TiE Angels- Stanford
http://www.sfangelsgroup.com/sf-angels-members.html
Managing Director / Founder, Right Side Capital Management (RSCM)
Tech VC at @e-ventures, Hacker, Entrepreneurial Mind - worked in Tokyo, San Francisco and Indonesia.
Board member and advisor to NewSchools Seed Fund which invests in education technology startups.
Investor in @motion-math, @balance Financial, @healthtap, @everloop, @pollenware, @intelligent-insites. Principal at @vformation.
VC at BV @e-ventures
Been in a startup, ran a seed fund and now a VC, but an entrepreneur at heart. A Canadian who lived in the Silicon Valley and took it back home with him.
http://onceabeekeeper.com
Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.
Early Stage Investing
Seed Stage Investor in SaaS, Digital Media and Business Software
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/
I'm an entrepreneur working on the problems of education, geeking out on tech and practicing agile software and customer development.
http://grockit.com
Investor @theorem-ventures, EVP and tech practice lead at Grayling. Formerly co-founder & CEO Atomic, acquired by Grayling.
http://www.theoremventures.blogspot.com
Worked at @seraph-group • Investor @life360, @wakemate
http://fieldobservations.com
Founding Partner @lemnoslabs • Worked at @arizona-diamondbacks • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Founder @x-ventures, @biggeorge-s-holding • Investor @realty-mogul • Studied at @london-business-school, @nottingham-trent-university MBA, MSc Re, Serial entrepreneur, investor.
Founder @inovia-capital, @sit-europe • Worked at @telesystems-ltd, @msbi-inc • Studied at @university-of-laval
http://chrisarsenault.wordpress.com
Co-founder of @standard-treasury, worked at @stripe, investor in @keychain-logistics, @true-link-financial, @fuze-network-2 , @wevorce, school at @new-york-university, @brown-university
Current: @sparked-1. Past: President, LeaseStar and SMB Division at @realpage, Founder @propertyware to @realpage, CRM @Oracle and early team @salesforce.com
Visionary Punk, Founder of @haxlr8r ; Partner @sosventures-1. Most prolific investor in hardware (70+). Sometimes cowork w/ coconuts.
Been starting and/or investing in both online & offline businesses for almost 20 years.
Multiple startups, all SaaS, latest Huddle.com. (w/ Andy Mcloughlin). Also founded & run DrinkTank events. Can advise in Product Marketing, Sales, GTM Strategy
I love creating products: @kiip, @eightbit, @followstyle, and mobile apps. Previously was hacking at @digg. I enjoy exploring SF and snowboarding.
CEO, Founder at TidePool. Previously at @zynga, @ebay, @paypal and @yodlee.
Founding Partner @greenstart, a seed fund for digital innovations that improve the world. Former: CEO @JumpstartAuto
Founder @phacility • Worked at @facebook, @microsoft
Founder @rainforest-la; Vice President Tech Coast Angels @ Los Angeles
Managing Director at Zynik Capital Corp. • Founder & Executive Chairman at @noble-iron & Texada Software Inc. • Studied at @harvard-university University & @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Founder & Chief Mentor of 9+ Incubator. Founded YouWeb Incubator 2007. Serial Entrepreneur turned parallel entrepreneur. Guest Columnist Techcrunch, WSJ Blogs.
Principal at @oatv. Former trader at Jane Street Capital.
Our team consists of entrepreneurs and business professionals who’s strategic outlook and global expertise may help innovators create market leading projects.
CEO of Gaia Interactive. Previously Founder of (fluff)Friends (acquired by SGN) and Tech Lead on Gmail at Google. BS/MS Computer Science/HCI from Stanford.
President, Board Director, Sand Hill Angels
Member, Health Tech Capital
Founded numerous private investment syndicates
Advisory Council, Tepper Business School, CMU
Angel Investor, real estate develop/design/build firm, art collector/curator/consultant
Founder & managing partner of Cherubic Ventures. A "Top 20 under 40" angel/early investor by Cyzone in 2013 & 2014. Matt was also a top-ranked ITF world junior tennis player
Web-scale Infrastructure expert. Worked at @friendster, @facebook, and @twitter.
In 22nd year of venture and growth investing. Invested in the US, Asia and Europe. Multiple IPOs and trade sales. Focused on tech and tech-enabled cos.
http://www.ramanan.com
Founder, Greenstart. Investor + Former Chairman, Quirky. Founder + CEO, Jumpstart Automotive Media.
Founder of @arbinet, @groundlink, @transit-wireless, @comgates, @elematics. Investor in 61 startups. $350m raised for 7 startups over $1b in exits to date.
http://www.governingdynamics.com/blog.html
Investment Banking Director in the Life Sciences sector, with career spanning over 10 years. Have executed over 30 lead managed capital raises and M&A transactions, totaling over $35bn in aggregate value.
Investor and entrepreneur. Managing Partner @Centralway-AG . Co-founder @Sandbox-Network and Solosso. @lse
Sr Dir of PM @yahoo. Previous: mobile ads @google, founded @jump-ventures, design+strategy consulting, CS+HCI @stanford
http://somethingventured.me
CEO & Co-Founder, @apartment-list
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id659694038?map
Stuff @AdTech Startup. Stuff @bernays-angel-fund. Student @middlebury.
http://loganrandolph.com
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
CMO of Phonio. 8x+ serial entrepreneur. Computer Science UC @berkeley. Experienced Search Engine Marketer: personally managed $100M+ in advertising spend.
CoFounder at Shuddle, CoFounder at Sidecar
Founding Partner @greenstart, Founder @arizonabay-technology-ventures, Founder @openauto-com, Partner, @QuillWines, 6th Employee @autoweb
Associate @illuminate-ventures, angel investor (@elepath, @fluidinfo, @transcriptic), ex-CEO/founder of social news start-up, ex-GOOG, ex-Omidyar Network, ex-AMZN, JD @uc-berkeley-2
Managing Director at @right-side-capital-management
Chief Product Officer at @hightail-2. Formerly VP of Consumer Experience at @aol & Sr. Dir. UED for Communications & Communities at @yahoo.
COO of @nodeprime, Co-Founder of @backplane, 1st Employee and Director of Operations @palantir-technologies
http://www.alexdmoore.com
Founder of the UX Agency @digital-telepathy and the web apps @hello-bar, @slidedeck and @filamentapp.
http://www.dtelepathy.com/blog
Managing Partner @founderfuel & @real-ventures.
Was: Senior Developer Advocate @twitter, CTO & co-founder at @needium , @praized, @interstructure , @messagia.
http://afroginthevalley.com/
Expert in mobile growth and monetization. Investor and advisor with several mobile startups.
Founder @barstool • Worked @signia-venture-partners @new-world-ventures, @warner-bros @rothschild • Studied at @oxford-university, @london-school-of-economics , @kellogg-school-of-management
Entrepreneur at heart. Passionate Technologist. Founder @dandelion . Previously @mojiva and @mocean-mobile (acquired), raised over $45 million
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/
Did the Startup thing, then the corporate thing, then the Google (Android) thing and now doing the VC thing
Entrepreneur: Founder/CEO NextAge (sold to Alcatel NYSE: ALU), Founder/CEO/Chairman Contactual (sold to 8x8 NASDAQ: EGHT). MS @stanford, BS @Northwerstern
Strategic partnerships @google, founder @mind-the-bridge, MTS Fund, angel investor
Managing Director and Founder of @better-ventures
#4 employee and Board member of GREE, founder and SVP of its US branch, GREE International. Product leader having Engineering background.
Managing Director, Founder at @start-capital
Managing Partner @ Plug & Play Ventures and Founding Partner @ Plug & Play Startup Camp.
Co-Founder of @pixie-scientific, inspired by two daughters • Co-founder of @infrasearch, acquired by @sun-microsystems • Studied Computer Science @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder @crunchyroll
Started @expensecloud (Sold to @trinet ) Worked at Aperture (Acq. by EMR), Systinet (Acq. by HP), webMethods (Acq. by SoftwareAG) & Forte (Acq. by Sun)
Angel investor and Founder/Managing Partner of Talent Equity Ventures, seed stage VC investing in HRtech and EDtech; Senior Partner, Ward Howell
Founder @sf-musictech-summit , Future of Money & Technology Summit, SF MusicTech Fund, Future of Music Coalition, San FranZiskGo!, Green Witch (sold to CMGI) ++
Technologist interested in companies with a unique solution to todays (and tomorrows) problems.
Investor @bisonwood . Founded @leaky (Acq 2013). @y-combinator alum, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology dropout . Former pro gamer, ultramarathon runner.
http://459pm.com
Director of Dorm Room Fund at @first-round-capital
Founder @phonegap-1 @robotreplay, @nitobi-software • Worked at @adobe-systems • Investor @groupiter, @toshl-finance • Ski Bum with a Job.
Link Capital is a stage-agnostic venture firm investing in the most innovative companies of North America.
MP of Anicca Ventures, BofD of Snibbe Interactive, xEIR of Inspirit Ventures, xCEO of Weatherista, xCEO of AdLocal (acquired by Yahoo JP), xVP Bizz Dev, Marcom
Venture Partner @500startups, IBD @merrill-lynch, @morgan-stanley, BSEE @university-of-california-berkeley, EMBA @tsinghua, @insead-1
COO Cloud @sap, BizOps @successfactors, Head of West Coast Software Investment Banking @goldman-sachs, Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Head of Data at @42floors (YC W12). Formerly at Founder Collective. MIT and Apple alum.
http://divvela.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
I am an 8 time Founder and I am passionate about startups. I coach over 50 Founders and have very strong relationships with over 150 top angel investors.
http://www.hightechexecblog.com
entrepreneur & angel investor, 9 yrs Semiconductor Industry, 14 yrs in Greater China, early investor in Wanelo
Entrepreneur focusing on early-stage technology companies.
@freestyle-capital . Prior: @simplehoney and @soompi.com (Softbank funded; acquired 2011). MIT Media Lab Directors Fellow. Recovering attorney.
Co-Founder of VanceInfo (now Pactera after merger of equal with hiSoft)
Executive Director, Village Capital
Digital Strategist at Microsoft in Silicon Valley
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
Entrepreneur turned investor @structure-capital
Co-Founder at @lemnos-labs, Air Force Officer 2006 - 2010. I made Star Wars real (worked on the Airborne Laser). @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Course 2 '06.
Investor in @blink. Team member of @google, @youtube.
Founder Beehive Holdings • Studied at @harvard-business-school
Venture Partner at XG Ventures
Advisor to start-ups
Former DLA Venture Pipeline
Former Investment Banker (Lazard)
Schooling at @berkeley
Investor in @healthtap, @everloop, @pollenware, @intelligent-insites.
Currently an Engineer @google. Previously @yahoo @tivo @shopkick I invest in cool ideas and teams.
Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Partner @ IPV Capital.
Past: Founder/CEO @ SW-Linux, Co-Founder of IServiz.com, SWP.
Managing Partner, Matter. Accelerating media entrepreneurs. Kauffman Fellow. Built Runway at Innovation Endeavors. Stanford d.school & MBA. FRONTLINE. UNC.
VC Investor @romulus-capital & Student @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Founder @mita Ventures, • Worked @Silvergate Bank, @ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico) • Studied @harvard, Advisor @manattjones
CEO - Angel Fund @ Inversys. Market development and Technology background (Networking, Security,Mobile, 4G/LTE... Worked at Cisco, Motorola, @sprint, @apple..
Founder & Managing Partner, Illuminate Ventures. Prior founder/CEO Vivant (EVLV/ORCL) and VP Marketing Scopus (IPO)
Co-Founder, @neverblue-media., bootstrapped to mid 8 figures rev in 4 years then exited. Angel Investor.
VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup
SVP Global Sales at AdRoll. Founder of Kasa Indian Eatery. Worked at Google, Yodlee, SAP, Broadview. Stanford / Kellogg.
Chairman at World Financial Symposiums
Founder @south-ventures, @ig-business-angels-club-1 and @quanbit. Investor in +15 startups
http://sebastian.quanbit.com/
Angel investor in products and services that women tend to use, Ex-trade commissioner for Canadian Consulate, GROW conf, JD, Swiss, fluent in French & Spanish.
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Product Management executive with strong technical and business background. Worked at eBay, PayPal, Groupon & LivingSocial. Studied at IIT (BS), UMD (MS) & Berkeley (MBA).
Seed stage investor $50-250k. Managing Director at Darling Ventures, focused on young entrepreneurs taking a mobile native approach.
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
@tomorrowventures
co-Founder @circleup, explorer, rational optimist, husband, father
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Angel Investor
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Co-Founder @youbetme (Social Bet, Inc.), Advisor @keen-home, Advisor @kinvolved, Entrepreneur In Residence @nyupoly-incubators
Principal at SherpaVentures focused on internet, software and digital media investments.
Investor @instamotor @authy @zuli | Partner @CoteCapital | Founder @exajoule | M&A $TSRA | @stanford-university Ph.D., @westmont-college BS. I know patents!
Founder & CEO of Care Practice (http://carepractice.com) one the most innovative private clinic in the US. Aaron is an MD, health hacker, designer and dancer.
Business Owner. Angel. Seed Investor.
Director of Engineering @sidecar • Founder @appurify • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Founder Fresh VC • Worked at China's #1 VC firm @SCGC • Investor @fiscalnote, @vessel @eaze • 1100 lbs Club at @princeton
Co-Founder & CEO of two startups one in online reservations for restaurants, second Australias first group buying site sold to @yahoo 10 months later for ~$40M
Principal at Equilibrium Capital Group
Principal at 500 Startups
Investor @redpoint-ventures • Worked at @foursquare, @golden-gate-capital • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Investor @doctorbase, @gablit
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1.7 billion peak marketvalue)
Director of @zappos San Francisco office, Partner in VegasTechFund. Have done a bunch of consulting with start-ups and worked at @sapient and Yodlee
Founder & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
Angel investor
Founder & CEO @Quanergy Systems. Started, grew & sold 3 businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Optoelectronics PhD @columbia, Business @MIT @harvard @stanford.
Worked in startup companies for past 14 years - Help 2 Companies go from under 80 Employees to successfull IPO.
Cofounder/Managing Partner @twinfocus-capital-partners Cofounder/President @BridgeBostonCharterSchool