Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
VC @fontinalis-partners . Start-up and technology enthusiast.
Principal at Sentient Capital
Co-founder at @monkey-inferno. CEO/Founder of @bebo. Viral marketing/product guy.
General Partner Andreessen Horowitz, Counsyl Cofounder, Stanford Startup MOOC, Stanford Bitcoin Group, MIT TR35, F50, Stanford BS/MS/PhD EE & MS ChemE.
http://balajis.com
Founder @rothenberg-ventures • Investor @spacex @able @matterport @patreon-2 • Studied at @stanford-university, @harvard-business-school
http://rothenbergventures.com/video
Partner at General Catalyst VC Firm. Managing Director @ Slow Ventures Seed Fund. First 10 employees at Facebook. Wall Street Journal Columnist.
Partner at MESA+
Investor at NEA & formerly BVP, alum @stanford, personally co-invested alongside BVP or NEA in @pinterest @twilio @fiscalnote @angel-list-1 @snapdeal, Forbes 30u30
Partner at WiL, a venture capitalist to bridge US and Japan, ex-Digital Garage.
Investor at @lightspeed-venture-partners
Patrick is co-head of NEA’s Seed-stage investing practice and founding partner of NEA and Harvard’s Experiment Fund (www.xfund.com).
http://www.nea.com/blog/
Works at @greycroft-partners, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @stanford-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Poker professional turned venture capitalist. Likes card tables, tech start-ups, and inflection points. Partner @bullpencap. Founder @venture-scanner.
Managing Partner @P1 Capital, Formerly @nasdaq-private-market-1 and @sharespost , Investment Banker @deutsche-bank , MBA @university-of-southern-california-1
Partner @cowboy-ventures, Founding team @homerun (acq by @rearden-commerce), early @the-climate-corporation (acq by MON), angel investor & advisor, Board Member @united Way
Investment Partner at Innovation Endeavors, Product & Operations at Gigwalk, Investor at Bain Capital Ventures, Business/Tech Background
Partner and Co-founder at @founders-fund; Founding CFO @paypal; Studied at @stanford
General Partner @index-ventures
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/
Investor in early and growth stage technology companies across 5 continents. Cofounder of Endeavor.org. Entrepreneurship lecturer at Princeton.
Early Stage Investor at @accel-partners. BA/MA from @stanford-university. Formerly at @opentable, @facebook & @yahoo-news
Co-Founder and CEO at Benny; former Partner at MESA+
http://www.jacobbrody.me
Director @galvanize-ventures-1 and Angel Investor. Ex - @foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate & @BoulderBeta Producer.
Partner at @founders-fund.
http://www.geofflewis.org
Partner at @redpoint-ventures; Director of Platform at @twitter and early employee; Director of Consumer Product at @skyhook and early employee;
http://sarver.org
@zynga, Founding Team
@maveron, Venture Partner
@tribe-net , CEO (acq by Cisco)
@coremetrics, Co-founder (acq byIBM)
VC @crosslink-capital.
Partner @true-ventures • CEO @automattic • CEO @oddpost • VP @yahoo • Founder @sphere-surphace • CS @stanford-university
http://toni.org/
Investor in @tinfoil-security, @minted, @livingsocial, @simply-hired, RootMusic, @smartling, @vivox, @funzio, @telltale-games, @winster, @watchguard, @i2we, Double...
Co-founder & Managing Director of Fuel Capital. Prior launched Ignition Seed. Advertising @ Saatchi/Lexus, marketing @ Gear.com/Overstock, design @ Heckler Assoc./New Balance.
General Partner at Red Swan Ventures. Previously product at @drop-io + @hot-potato.
http://williampeng.com
Investor @ @bluerun-ventures. also: developer, product designer, founder and investor in mobile & consumer web start-ups.
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
Partner at @accel-partners
Co-Founder/Partner Monk's Hill Ventures. Recently CEO, Infocomm Investments. Ex-founder, early employee, sales-bus dev guy. Asia, US.
Active Venture Investor and all around Geek. Senior Director of Investments with Innov8 Ventures, Active Angel Advisor
Partner at @valar-ventures
Entrepreneur and Product Guy. Currently: VC at @greylock-partners. Co-founded @howcast.com. Formerly a PM on @google Apps and @google Video. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology EECS grad.
Director with @physic-ventures
At Scrum Ventures (early-stage fund) from day one, responsible for sourcing and qualifying tech deals. First startup in Beijing.
General Partner at IVP
Co-founder @venture51. Co-founded @republic-project (acq. '13). Founding team @ Flypaper (acq. '11). Interact alum (ACT! & SalesLogix). Advisor @ Tony Hawk Fndn
http://www.venture51.com/blog
Managing Director at @sigma-west
http://www.greggretsch.com/
General Partner @googleventures. Previously @crunchfund, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, etc.
http://massivegreatness.com
General Partner at The Social+Capital Partnership. Early investor and board member at Box, @yammer, @castlight-health. Early advisor @yelp
Vice President @wi-harper-group ; focus on investing in seed stage companies in mobile, internet, gaming, e-commerce, software, cloud computing, big data space
VC @scale-venture-partners . Invest in high-growth technology companies with a focus on SaaS, Cloud, Mobile & Internet sectors. Strong passion for entrepreneurs & company building.
Managing Director at @physic-ventures, investing in health and sustainability. Prof of Entrepreneurship at Haas Berkeley. Founding CEO Republic of Tea
http://www.ideagarden.com
Investor at @intel-capital, focusing on consumer internet (advertising, location based services, social networks/media, gaming, etc.)
Principal @ @canaan-partners ('07-present)
Founder @lumia-capital • Worked at @focus-ventures @oracle-corporation, @ncr-corporation @siebel-systems • Studied at @wharton-school, @emory-university
http://lumiacapital.com/blog/
Principal at Polaris Ventures, and lead dog @dogpatchlabs. Spent 5 years at MSFT, part of Ray Ozzie's exec team in Bos. Split time between Boston and SFO.
http://gusweber.wordpress.com
Chief Business Officer @life360. Previously was an investor at @morgenthaler-ventures, Venture Partner at @upwest-labs. Startup advisor and investor
http://itamarnovick.com
Partner at Alsop Louie Partners
http://www.stewartalsop.com
Entrepreneur. Investor. Product Guy. Founder/CEO @conduit-labs. GM @zynga. Now a Venture Partner @spark-capital
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Current: Executive-in-Residence at Greylock, Independent Director at AutoNation (NYSE: AN)
Former: @facebook Mobile BD, Assc @general-atlantic, M&A, Goldman
VC @interwest-partners ,Co-founder @ Achex (sold to First Data), Product Director @google , Mentor @angelpad, Angel investor - BSEE, MSCS, MBA
partner at @collaborative-fund
http://kanyi.tumblr.com
Co-founder @venture51, Co-Founded @republic-project (which was acquired in 2013 by DGIT on Nasdaq), Father, Skier, Golfer, Surfer and Canadian.
http://www.ryanswagar.com
General Partner at @benchmark-capital
Angel & advsior @onefinestay, formerly VC @canaan-partners
X-Google product guy who is a partner of Bowery Capital (and does some angel investing on the side)
http://about.me/adamdouglassmith
Early-stage startups at @true-ventures. http://www.trueventures.com
http://www.lifeinbeta.org
Partner at @javelin-venture-partners. @stanford-university MBA, @stanford-university MS/BS/BA. Worked at DFJ. First employee at @ooma (VoIP start-up). Founder of @sayheyhey.
Managing Director at @bullpen-capital
https://medium.com/@duncandavi
Founder & CEO @ SignalFire. Ex: Venture Partner @general-catalyst-partners , VP @bessemer-venture-partners , Private Equity @bain-company , VP Product @skybitz
Partner at @shasta-ventures; Board member at @taskrabbit; Board member at @zefr.com
Investment Director / Head of Seed Program at Qualcomm Ventures
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Principal & Investment Counsel @tomorrowventures
Principal at New Enterprise Associates
CSO @getupsight, Venture Partner @e-ventures, COO @playhaven, Head of Mobile Apps Partnerships @google, BusDev @admob, Investor @triplepoint-ventures
Managing Director at @javelin-venture-partners
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Managing Director at @rtp-ventures. Three time founder and CEO, Venture Partner at Greycroft, technologist at heart now running a VC fund.
http://blog.thansys.com
Partner at Vast Ventures. Formerly UX engineer, military intelligence, and 2x entrepreneur. Love frighteningly ambitious ideas....NYC/SF.
http://www.omg.vc
Partner at a16z. PM vet from @google, @youtube, @netflix, & @linkedin. Co-founder of @sniply. Mentor at Code for America.
http://www.zalzally.com
VC at @crv-1. Previously: Founding CEO of @learnboost (acq. WordPress), formerly at @rentjuice (acq. Zillow) and @hubspot ($HUBS)
Managing Partner of @blumberg-capital
Managing Director at @horizon-partners and angel investor @palantir-technologies and other startups
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.
Partner at IDG Ventures. I like to back exceptional entrepreneurs in consumer Internet, ad infrastructure, and SaaS. 15 years in VC. Coded to pay for college.
Partner @googleventures. Board member at Tony Hawk Foundation. Previous: Founder of @digg. Co-Founder of @revision3. Founder/CEO of @milk.
http://kevinrose.com
General Partner at @Crosslink Capital. Founder of @alpha (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
Partner at @transmedia-capital and co-founder of @kicklabs accelerator in San Francisco. Focused on early stage digital media, cloud and social-enterprise companies.
CEO of NatureBox. Ex-early stage VC at General Catalyst
http://www.gautamg.com
Currently Partner @ Homebrew; Previously @youtube, @google, @second-life, Conan O'Brien. Builds things in San Francisco. Wishes he knew magic tricks.
http://www.hunterwalk.com
VC @ Lightspeed
http://lsvp.wordpress.com
Rethinking seed funding @maiden-lane-ventures. Venture partner @atlas-venture. Founded and killed Social Swipe. Retail + SMB in my DNA.
David Wu is a Partner- @maveron, Angel Investor, Vice President - @intuit, Homestead.com COO&CFO, @band-of-angels, father of 2, bass player, Mississippi Rafter
http://davidwu.brandyourself.com
Investor @ a16z. Cofounder @ Hunch and SiteAdvisor.
http://cdixon.org/
Partner at SPA Investments
Consumer Internet Venture Fund (stage agnostic)
Lead US seed program for @index-ventures
http://www.trohan.com
Partner at @softtech-vc (with @jeff), CEO and Co-Founder of @bionic-panda-games. BD roles at @serious-business (now part of @zynga), @google, and Gaia Online
http://www.charleshudson.net
Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010, 2011 (Top 100 VCs). @stanford-university MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
http://www.blackmahal.com
Founder of @collaborative-fund: Investor in, @kickstarter, @reddit, @taskrabbit, @lyft, @codecademy, and @blue-bottle-coffee
http://www.cshapiro.com/
Managing Director RPM Ventures
http://greatlakesvc.com
Co-President of @harvard-business-school Angels. Venture Partner at Emergence Capital. Former VP of BD at @cornerstone-ondemand and @wageworks (both had IPOs).
http://www.emcap.com/people/sean-jacobsohn
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
Partner at @founders-fund; Engineering Manager at @google; Software Engineer at @google; Software Engineer at There, Inc
MD at SHV, Early WebLogic eng, EIR at Accel & Benchmark, Founder of @gauntlet-systems (acq), Chief Technologist at @yahoo, Founder of @bagcheck (@twitter acq)
http://www.javarants.com
General Partner at @spark-capital
http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/
VC @bessemer-venture-partners - focused on consumer web, mobile, and developer platforms
http://www.ethankurzweil.com
Early-stage-leaning investor at @IntelCapital. Venture Advisor @500Startups, Board Advisor to @startx. Tribal kitchen goddess and @calista's mom.
http://christine.net/
SVP Digital Product @espn. Principal at @polaris-partners-1. Formerly: @ebay, @berecruited (founder), Flite / @widgetbox.
http://www.ryanspoon.com/
Angel investor (Consumer, Mobile, Media, SemTech); @intel-capital; Investor in dots before they become lines; Plot/execute daily assaults on conventional wisdom
http://www.quora.com/eghosa-omoigui
Founder and Managing Director, @lowercase-capital
Product at @pinterest. Formerly VP at @bessemer-venture-partners.
http://www.adventurista.com/
General Partner at Vast Ventures.
Veteran Entrepreneur & Investor: @signiavc @plyfe @haulerdeals @4info etc | Philanthropist: @palindromeadv climateX @asasafterschool @unfoundation @sfspca
GP at @atlas-venture; founder of TUGG/Veracode/Maiden Lane; board of AngelList; boston syndicates champion; dad
Chief Firestarter @k9-ventures
http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/
Internet entrepreneur turned micro VC, investor in @zendesk, @geckoboard, @positionly, @freeagent, @clio, @unbounce, @momox, @mambu,...
http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/
Founder @about-me, Sphere; @true-ventures Automattic (WordPress), MakerBot, Typekit, Blue Bottle Coffee; Serious Parking @karma & Drip Coffee Skills
Partner at @balderton-capital (formerly Benchmark Europe)
Partner at @detroit-venture-partners Partners. Sold ParentsClick to A&E. Ex-Drupal dev. @cornell-university Engineering alum. Tech pioneer leading startup renaissance in Detroit.
http://tedserbinski.com/52-startup-lessons.html
General Partner at Bowery Capital
http://www.mikebrownjr.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/
Investor in @hipmunk, @blekko, @luminate, @jobvite, @Airtight, @triporati, @revinate, @luminate, @zignal-labs, @beatsme, @launchpad-central, @hightower-advisors, @krave, @change-org
General Partner at @matrix-partners; Founder & Director at @betfair.com; Entrepreneur and Investor. Gambler, guy who knows how to do a lot of things.
http://www.joshhannah.com
General Partner at Azure Capital Partners
Partner at @andreessen-horowitz
Brad Stephens is a Managing Partner of SIM and Crypto Currency Partners, LP.
Partner at Comcast Ventures.
Founder/CEO of Keep Truckin. Previously an investor at @khosla-ventures. And @admob, where I focused on international market development.
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Investor at @founders-fund and early employee at @spacex. Studied at @stanford-university and @cornell-university.
Managing Partner @500startups. Deep experience in media/content, sales, & business development. Past lives included stints in media, investment banking, law, and non-profit. Proud law school drop-out. Also served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer.
Co-founder, @dominatefund; Author, Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention (HarperCollins 2015); Previous: Co-Editor of Mashable; CNET
http://captivology.com
Managing Director for nearly ten years at early stage venture fund. Formerly CIO of Cisco.
Entrepreneurial VC with truly global exposure
Partner at Bloomberg Beta. Investor at Bessemer and Trinity. Invested in Crowdflower, Twilio, LifeLock, OpenCandy. Ex-BCG and software developer.
Founder @deep-fork-capital, Founder Vintrust, Wharton MBA
In: @trulia, @songza, @oodle, @weplay, @dataminr @digital-artists, @delectable RMG Networks, +
Senior analyst @chinarock-capital-management covering TMT, Business Services, Consumer, and Healthcare
Managing Director at @blumberg-capital
General Partner at @mohr-davidow-ventures
Partner at Accel
Early-stage investor in IT infrastructure for web and enterprise. Founder of @amplify-partners. Previously GP @battery-ventures. School @georgetown-university
VC/Angel - DBL Investors
T5 Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage innovative and disruptive technology companies.
Worked at @csfb-technology-group, @lucent-technology-bell-labs
Founder of @chubbies-shorts-1, the most radical shorts company on planet Earth - potentially even the universe.
http://thinkintom.tumblr.com
Venture Partner @500startups. Code + BD @pivotal Labs. Code @placesite. Hoarding data @internet-archive. Digital copyright stuff @uc-berkeley iSchool.
Partner @mohr-davidow-ventures with interests in applied analytics, particularly in retail, finance, and ad-tech
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
Founder & Partner at @e-merge a Brussels based investment company with 30+ early-stage investments up to date, mainly as lead investor
Tech VC at @e-ventures, Hacker, Entrepreneurial Mind - worked in Tokyo, San Francisco and Indonesia.
Investor @silverton-partners. Looking for killer software deals. Personally into gardening, soccer, SUP and good books.
Technology/Digital Media Entrepreneur
Managing Partner of Raine Ventures
A founder of Astro Gaming (acquired by Skullcandy) and Rave Digital Media (acquired by AMC Entertainment)
Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
http://280.vc
Founder & Partner, @coyote-ridge-ventures & @the-hatchery-1. Former 3x Entrepreneur with 3 successful exits.
VC at Emergence Capital, inventor, wanderer, concerned citizen
http://emergence.afinesite.com/thoughts/
Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.
Private seed investor. Managing Partner at @summit-partners for 20+ years. Invest in consumer internet, mobile applications and e-commerce platforms.
Partner at @googleventures. Work with @womply and @transcriptic at night. PhD in Bioengineering from @stanford-university. @duke engineering.
SVP Technology and Business Development
Partner at Foundation Capital.
Investment Professional at Institutional Venture Partners
VC with Azure Capital (investor in @tripit, Open Road Media, @get-satisfaction, @education-com, ezRez, @blogher); Entrepreneur with H.E.R.O. for Children, Inc.;
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.
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
CEO of @tempo-ai; Mobilist!
http://www.rajansingh.com
Founder @inovia-capital, @sit-europe • Worked at @telesystems-ltd, @msbi-inc • Studied at @university-of-laval
http://chrisarsenault.wordpress.com
VC at BV @e-ventures
Founder @urbanindo • Worked at @hercules-technology-growth-capital
Investor in @infospace, @stubhub, @serious-materials, @evite, @seagate, @spinner, @livebid. @squaretrade @angel-list-1, @splunk, @automattic @volaris @appvance
Investor at @broad-beach-ventures
Founder @x-ventures, @biggeorge-s-holding • Investor @realty-mogul • Studied at @london-business-school, @nottingham-trent-university MBA, MSc Re, Serial entrepreneur, investor.
Partner/Investor at @crv-1
Principal at Forerunner Ventures
VC Partner @Telegraph Hill Group Worked at @coda-automotive, @3i-group • Investor @claveo, @oonair • Studied at @insead-1, @esade
Founding GP at @commerce-ventures. Formerly at Highland Capital. Focus on Mobile, Commerce, Payments, Retail.
Early stage investor at Battery Ventures. Former entrepreneur.
Founding Partner @lemnoslabs • Worked at @arizona-diamondbacks • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Investor in @motion-math, @balance Financial, @healthtap, @everloop, @pollenware, @intelligent-insites. Principal at @vformation.
Ravi Belani is Fenwick & West Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Stanford University, and Managing Director of the Alchemist Accelerator, an enterprise seed accelerator backed by Cisco, DFJ, Khosla Ventures, Salesforce, SAP Ventures, and USVP.
Our team consists of entrepreneurs and business professionals who’s strategic outlook and global expertise may help innovators create market leading projects.
VC at NEA
Founder @granite-ventures • Worked at @hambrecht-quist • Investor @auditude @smule • Studied at @stanford-university
Venture Partner at @polaris-partners-1. Formerly Co-Founder & CEO at @spindle (acquired by @twitter) & @microsoft
Investor @genomera @retrofit @ringadoc @seedcamp @teledoctor @medevo @voximplant
Director @microventures-1, seed-stage funding • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-california-santa-barbara
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
Principal at @oatv. Former trader at Jane Street Capital.
Founder, @riviera-partners, 15 years of search/recruiting experience
Director, Technology Investment fund, @amalfi-capital, Venture Partner, @southern-cross-venture-partners. @skype, DFJ, Wedgetail Communications, Allen & Buckeridge
VC at @bain-capital-ventures, investing in early and growth stage SaaS companies in marketing tech and other enterprise applications.
http://indyguha.com/
Investment Manager at Ecosystem Ventures, Shark Hunter extraordinaire and CEO of @gladiator-entertainment
Managing Director at DFJ
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
Investor in @dogster, @carwoo, @pulpo-media, @sidereel, @klicknation, @peanut-labs.
Chief Strategy Officer at Xapo
http://www.vc-brazil.com
Founder @phacility • Worked at @facebook, @microsoft
Venture Partner @sigma-west , 4th @odesk, cofounder / board @rev, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
investor @formation-8. Claremont McKenna graduate. Originally from Iowa City, IA
http://formation8.com/resources/the-conventionalization-of-big-data/
Team builder, technology enabler and venture investor at Kleiner Perkins
@context-relevant : all things, #machinelearning, #predictiveanalytics, #datascience.
Previously early stage Enterprise-focused VC based in Silicon Valley
http://www.mutteringsontech.com
Helping startups grow.
Managing Partner @founderfuel & @real-ventures.
Was: Senior Developer Advocate @twitter, CTO & co-founder at @needium , @praized, @interstructure , @messagia.
http://afroginthevalley.com/
Investor at @matrix-partners; Previously with Scale Venture Partners; Worked at Merrill Lynch and @apple.
Venture Partner @maveron • Investor in @saymedia, @altius-education, @threadsy, @mozes, @livemocha, @latimer-education.
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
Tech VC at BV Capital in SF. Cheeseburger connoisseur. Globetrotter. Founder.
Serial entrepreneur. Currently looking at opportunities in Big Data (especially around next gen marketing) and mobile apps. I enjoy working on product, marketing, and deals.
http://www.vcdave.com
Investor at Bain Capital Ventures
http://sahilgupta.org
Partner at NEA. Previously investor at North Bridge Venture Partners, Product Designer by background.
http://daynagrayson.com
Founder @webassist • Worked at @meltwater-foundation-mest @rustic-canyon-partners, @webmethods • Studied at @duke-university
Creating, developing, and investing in new businesses
Associate at @new-enterprise-associates (NEA)
Managing Partner @cyberagent-ventures-u-s • Worked at @DOCOMO Capital• Investor @evernote @urx @vidora @valetanywhere
VC @ Claremont Creek Ventures • Investor @palantir-technologies, @badgeville, @snappytv, @flipswap • Founder @orbit-commerce • Worked at @rre-ventures, @in-q-tel, @bina-technologies
Founder, Investor @true-ventures
http://www.philblack.me
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);
Investor in @bit-ly, @gooddata.
http://www.tonymak.com
CEO @exitround, former VC at @shasta-ventures, entrepreneur, bon vivant
http://about.me/jacobmullins
Partner at Foundation. Started @twitter ad platform from scratch. First @twitter PM. Product at Overture, @yahoo. Cofounder PlanetHealth. Cornell. Engineer.
VC at Battery Ventures. http://mikekatz.com
http://www.mikekatz.com/blog
Lead BBVA's corporate venture practice. Veteran in financial services industry in both start-ups and large corporations.
Founder @ChangeTip, Partner @bitcoin-syndicate, Geek [on a plane], team builder, creationeer, morale officer, mentor, zip line builder
VC @shasta-ventures
http://www.shastaventures.com/team/nikhil_basu_trivedi
Partner at Google Ventures. Founded Ember (acq by Silicon Labs), CTO of Tendril and Adura (acq by Acuity Brands), embedded engineer for Zipcar. MIT EECS.
Founder @ambition-vc | Sweat @venturebeat @accredible @nct-ventures @i/o ventures | Investor @accredible @drchrono @vidiq @videopixie @venturebeat @emberlight
VC @ @pacific-community-ventures
Chief Strategy Officer at @emc. I also run @emc Ventures. Formor CTO at @emc responsible for acquisitions. Hold 8 patents in Storage technology.
http://marksblog.emc.com
stage agnostic investor
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Investor and entrepreneur. Managing Partner @Centralway-AG . Co-founder @Sandbox-Network and Solosso. @lse
Investor in @mediamath, @medpage-today, @servicechannel, @fieldview-solutions, @ryla, and @preclick, Vital Farms and Yieldbot
http://www.webenhanced.org/
Partner at @cmea-capital
http://www.cmea.com/blog/
Managing Director at @heavybit. Advisor at REV.
Physician Engagement @grand-rounds. Former Principal @dfj , helper bee @angellist. PhD in chemistry and computer modelling. Love building orgs for success.
Co-founder Relevance Capital & 4Ignition Enterprises. Board member SIGNiX, Agilum, Cortac, Consensus Point, Opti-Logic.
Silicon Valley Investor with solid business and product management track record (@highland-capital-partners, McKinsey, @microsoft, IBM). Wharton MBA. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Comp Sci
Founder @barstool • Worked @signia-venture-partners @new-world-ventures, @warner-bros @rothschild • Studied at @oxford-university, @london-school-of-economics , @kellogg-school-of-management
Founder @shift • Worked on Product @videology • @bcg • Startup investing @comcast-ventures • Studied @stanford Graduate School of Business , @stanford
CEO of Codenvy. VC at Toba Capital. 2 profitable exits. Board at WSO2, Exo Platform. Investor at InfoQ, ZeroTurnaround, Cloudant.
Principal at Inventus Capital. Worked at Google, Newscorp and WineGlobe
http://manurekhi.wordpress.com/
Managing Director @ Vandaele Capital
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Associate @ Foundation Capital
West Coast Clean Tech seeks venture investments in early stage clean technologies. WCCT acts as an Limited Partner and Direct Investor.
Partner @atlas-venture
Early-stage Investor at Benchmark
Founder @red-herring, @rojo-networks • Worked at @six-apart, @tpg-capital • Investor @zozi
http://calden.tumblr.com
Senior Associate at @norwest-venture-partners
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital
Link Capital is a stage-agnostic venture firm investing in the most innovative companies of North America.
Business Development Director @grishin-robotics
Managing Director at @persefon-ventures
http://blog.marcmeyer.com
EIR at @500startups. Founded @postrocket. Tech Entrepreneurship and Design at @babson-college College. Lifetime student in building companies.
http://www.timchae.com
Proprietor @Buckaroo. Formerly VC @aberdare & @Acacia. Investor @omada-health-1 @jiff @elation AB @princeton.
Venture Partner and the US representative for Global Brain, a Japan based venture capital.
Director of Dorm Room Fund at @first-round-capital
Did the Startup thing, then the corporate thing, then the Google (Android) thing and now doing the VC thing
Investor @ Motion Technology Partners, former investor @ Clearstone Venture Partners. Operational / Founder experience in software and entertainment industries.
http://clearstone.com/content/html/about-team-profile.htm?a=12
Founder @new-cycle-capital, @akkadian-ventures • Worked at @maveron, @rosewood-capital • Investor @angel-list-1, @opower • Studied at @cornell-university
Investor in @omniture, @voltage-security, @baynote, @sliderocket, @mulesoft, @aria-systems.
http://www.larsleckie.blogspot.com
Investment Director bei T-Venture of America, Inc.
VC @flybridge-capital-partners, formerly Business Dev @learnvest, @behance.
Partner @googleventures. Founder & CEO @sim Ops Studios/ Wild Pockets, spin off @carnegie-mellon-university, acquired by @autodesk.
Ethical Investor, Angel, Startup Mentor, Past-Life Operations guy, World Wanderer
Founder @miller-gold-partners-ltd, @ibc-international-bag-corporation-status-stores • Worked at @flycast-communications, @federated-department-stores-macy-s
http://millergoldpartners.wordpress.com/
"Sprout Stage" VC & angel investor @walden-venture-capital, founding investor @pandora @soundhound @aarki @bandpage @boombotix @jukely @lessthan3 +
http://wvcblog.blogspot.com
Investor and startups advisor in USA and Europe. Entrepreneur. Founder and Managing Partner of @startcaps-ventures
http://techandstartups.com/
Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1
Managing Director at @granite-ventures
Europe @angellist, Co-founder @what-s-in-my-handbag, Team member of @eden-ventures. Team member @m-pesa
VC focused on early stage (seed/series A) in Cloud, Commerce, Mobile. High-engagement model. Can make seed investments as angel.
Founder, Developer, Angel investor
http://www.rupertralston.com
Currently an Engineer @google. Previously @yahoo @tivo @shopkick I invest in cool ideas and teams.
Partner @ IPV Capital.
Past: Founder/CEO @ SW-Linux, Co-Founder of IServiz.com, SWP.
Trustee @singularity University I like building infrastructures: mobile, media, wireless, broadband, internet, health, synthetic biology; silicon valley veteran
http://www.google.com/profiles/reesejones1
General Partner at @trinity-ventures
Tech-optimist, wireless solutions hunter, cultural translator, PE investor. Long-time member of the Investment Team at Sasson Capital.
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
@freestyle-capital . Prior: @simplehoney and @soompi.com (Softbank funded; acquired 2011). MIT Media Lab Directors Fellow. Recovering attorney.
Co-founder @harbor-pacific-capital, VC, Angel Investor
Investor in @groupon, @playhaven, Pulse (alphonso Labs), @yume, @angieslist, @kaufda-de, @myfab-com, @experteer, Friendbuy, @xango, @9flats, @sapato, @fastlane, @teamo...
Works at DoubleRock (www.doublerock.com)
http://bit.ly/121Heuw
Managing Director and Global Head of M&A at VantagePoint
Partner at Khosla Impact Fund, previously worked at Sequoia Capital, Engineer @IIT Bombay, Stanford GSB grad
Tech entrepreneur and investor
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
Venture Partner at XG Ventures
Advisor to start-ups
Former DLA Venture Pipeline
Former Investment Banker (Lazard)
Schooling at @berkeley
Private Wealth Manager
@imprint-capital, an impact investment firm
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
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
Entrepreneur turned investor @structure-capital
VC and tech / sports geek
Founder & Managing Partner, Illuminate Ventures. Prior founder/CEO Vivant (EVLV/ORCL) and VP Marketing Scopus (IPO)
Current Zynga PM, Ex-McKinsey Consultant, ex-VC Associate, Harvard MBA, Computer Engineer, Consumer Tech Enthusiast
Specialized in technologies. Investment and incubation, product management, and engineering.
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Investor in @imvu, @proofpoint, @xactly, @cortina-systems, @rypple, @dayforce.
Cofounder/Managing Partner @twinfocus-capital-partners Cofounder/President @BridgeBostonCharterSchool
Principal at Maverick Capital
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Managing partner @questvc, venture fund for internet startups in China. Co-founder @55tuan-com, social e-commerce in China.
http://www.crunchbase.com/person/james-tan
Seed stage investor $50-250k. Managing Director at Darling Ventures, focused on young entrepreneurs taking a mobile native approach.
Managing Partner at Strive Capital (fka Kii Capital)
http://ngpedro.tumblr.com
VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup
Investment Director at @starfish-ventures
Founding partner of China fund and incubator. Used to lead HP Ventures, and Cisco Software Investment with M&A, built and sold my own company
VC Investor @romulus-capital & Student @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
Work @second-century-ventures • Worked @google, @tabula and @xilinx. Studied @carnegie-mellon-university and @kellogg-school-of-management-1
Associate at Javelin Ventures
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
@tomorrowventures
Investor @redpoint-ventures • Worked at @foursquare, @golden-gate-capital • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Building Dev Marketing Programs @AmazonPayments. Formerly Platform @yelp, Freestyle Capital & Deloitte Tech Consulting. Duke MBA & Cal Poly Engineering Alum.
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Investor in @playground-fm, @fivestars, @mig33, @vindicia
Angel investor
Talent Partner @highland-capital-partners • Help Highland companies build exceptional teams
Investor @origami-logic, @zscaler
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
VC @comcast-ventures. Previously in Strategy, BD & Corp Finance @comcast-interactive-media & @sony-pictures-entertainment . Former I-Banker @lehman-brothers.
Principal at @comcast-ventures. Targeting disruptive companies in the consumer internet, eCommerce, and digital media sectors.
early stage tech junkie at @trueventures, taco aficionado, ex-tallykeeper, on demand GPS, fledgling QSer
http://www.fourlamps.com
I wrote @bitbucket-1. Now the lead architect for it. Travel a lot.
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!
Investor in @feastery. Team member of @norwest-venture-partners.
Strong startup background with an unmatched work eithic - Worked at @twitter, @expensify, started @tutormatching • Studied at @university-of-florida
http://www.omaral-agely.com
HBS/Harvard Angels, Selection Committee Member
Founder & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
General Partner @benchmark-capital • Studied at @stanford-university
Founder/CEO, entrepreneur, investor and Advisor.
Entrepreneur, CEO of Webfirm, Founder of @adslot and @hitwise
Founder @bayes-impact , Former VC @thomvest-ventures