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