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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Director operating in the Finance space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Seibel
Managing Director and Partner of Y Combinator
Michael Seibel is a Partner at YC and CEO of YC’s startup accelerator. He was the cofounder and CEO Justin.tv and Socialcam. Socialcam sold to Autodesk in 2012 and under the leadership of Emmett Shear, Justin.tv became Twitch.tv and sold to Amazon in 2014. Before getting into startups, he spent a year as the finance director for a US Senate campaign and in 2005, Michael graduated from Yale University with a BA in political science.
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About Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Dalton Caldwell
Partner and Managing Director of Y Combinator
Dalton Caldwell is a Partner and the Head of Admissions at Y Combinator. He was the cofounder and CEO of imeem (acquired by MySpace in 2009), and the cofounder and CEO of App.net. He has a BS in Symbolic Systems and a BA in Psychology from Stanford University.
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About Mixed Media Labs, Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Stephanie Simon
Director of Admissions of Y Combinator
Stephanie Simon is the director of admissions at Y Combinator.
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About Rex, Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Elizabeth Akman
Batch Director of Y Combinator
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About Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Verena Prescher
Director of Finance of Y Combinator
Verena is the Director of Finance at Y Combinator. Prior to joining Felicis, Verena was a tax manager in PwC’s asset management practice where she provided tax compliance and consulting services to investment partnerships with a primary focus on the venture capital and real estate industries. Verena received her B.S. in accounting and economics from NYU’s Stern School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in California and New York. A native of Germany, Verena speaks German and English.
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About Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Nischal Piratla
Director, Strategy & Innovation of Deutsche Bank
• Versatile hands-on leader, with 15-plus years of expertise in Innovation, Product Strategy, Entrepreneurship and People Management. • Extensive experience in building Local and Global Teams (North America & EMEA), with development of new products from scratch that contributed to new revenue of 20+ millions USD. • Expertise in products based on Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Business Process Automation, Design Thinking, and Data Networking, which also led to 33 patent filings (18 Issued Patents & 15 pending), and to several highly cited journals and conferences publications.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Zachary Jarvis
Director of Deutsche Bank
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Rahul Kishore
Senior Managing Director of Coatue
Rahul Kishore is a Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management, which he joined in 2015. He leads the firm’s investing efforts in fintech across both public and private investment funds. Prior to Coatue he was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he advised media and technology companies on growth strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kishore holds a degree in computer science and economics from Cornell University.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Thomas Laffont
Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder of Coatue
Thomas Laffont is the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management. He is currently the Member, Board of Directors at Tipping Point Community. Mr. Laffont is a former Agent & Agent Trainee at Creative Artists Agency. Thomas graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of science in Computer Science and Economics.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Charles Holloway
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Kleiner Perkins
Charles A. Holloway, an expert in entrepreneurship, manufacturing strategy and technology, was appointed to the SRI International Board in 2003. Holloway has been a faculty member of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University since 1968 and has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 1990, he founded the Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing (formerly Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association), a cooperative venture of the Graduate School of Business, School of Engineering, and industrial firms. He is a founding co-director of the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and his research has contributed to the Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum. Holloway is also co-chair of the Stanford Commission on Graduate Education. He serves on the boards of Annuity Systems, Freedom Financial Corporation, and Neato Robots. Prior to his career in education, Holloway was assistant to the technical director of the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission and a senior engineer at Bechtel Corporation. Holloway is a co-author of numerous business publications. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About : Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
Anna Lo
Director, Americas of SoftBank Vision Fund
Anna Lo is a manager and co-founder of Softbank’s Bodhi fund, focusing on early-stage companies in China, India and selected Southeast Asia geographies. Lo relocated to the Bay Area in 2013 to be project director of SB Product Group, joint procurement arm for SoftBank Mobile and Sprint (yes I know my mobile phones). She is currently covering global investment activities of SoftBank Group International + Vision Fund. Anna Lo is a pseudo-trans-Pacific commuter but mainly based in the Bay Area.
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About Softbank China & India Holdings, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Kristin Bannon
Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
Kristin Bannon is an Investment Director at SoftBank Vision Fund.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Linda Yu
Vice President & Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
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About SoftBank Group, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Ted Fike
Director, Americas of SoftBank Vision Fund
Ted Fike is an investment director with the SoftBank Investment Advisers based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ted focuses on investments in consumer technologies and real estate. He is a SoftBank board representative for Wag, and Plenty. (A full list of portfolio companies can be found here.) Ted has held a variety of investing and operating roles during his career. Prior to joining SoftBank Investment Advisers in 2017, he led corporate development and strategy initiatives at Airbnb, which had acquired Tilt, where he was CFO and board director. Before Tilt, Ted was a founding principal of CapitalG, Google’s growth equity investment arm. Earlier at Google, Ted was responsible for acquisitions and investments as part of the corporate development team, as well as a number of Google’s largest technology and telecommunications client relationships within its sales organization. Prior to joining Google, Ted worked in strategy and operations at WebMD, in credit investing at Bain Capital, and in strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group. Ted graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in economics and concentrations in finance, marketing, and management.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Daniel Kochis
Director of Global Business Development of SmartContract
Energetic self-starter with experience in business development, corporate development, strategic partnerships, account relationship management, and product management. Specialties: Sourcing strategic partnerships and M&A; evaluating partnership and acquisition opportunities; diligence and issue resolution, business case development; partnering with cross-functional teams; negotiating multi-million dollar contracts and partnerships; maintaining and managing multi-million dollar partnerships.
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About SmartContract: Smart Contracts verify an execute themselves by monitoring external data sources.
Jeff Chung
Managing Director of AME Cloud Ventures
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About AME Cloud Ventures: AME Cloud Ventures invests in seed to later-stage tech companies that build infrastructure and value chains around data.
Ali Rowghani
Partner and Managing Director of Y Combinator Continuity Fund
Ali Rowghani is the CEO of YC Continuity. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Twitter, Inc. from 2012 to 2014, where he was in charge of Twitter’s product, design, business development, developer platform, and media teams. He was hired as Twitter’s first Chief Financial Officer and served in that role from 2010 to 2012. For the 9 years prior to his time at Twitter, Ali served in several roles at Pixar Animation Studios, Inc., including as Chief Financial Officer and as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning. Ali holds a BA and MBA, both from Stanford University. Ali is on the Board at Checkr, Lob and Restoration Hardware (NYSE: RH), and is a Board observer at LendUp.
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About Y Combinator Continuity Fund: Y Combinator Continuity is an investment fund dedicated to supporting founders as they scale their companies.
Ravi Mhatre
Founder and Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ravi is a Partner of Lightspeed and focuses on investments in enterprise IT, mobility, and Internet and cloud-based services and applications. Ravi has 17 years of venture capital experience and before entering venture capital he ran a product management group at Silicon Graphics and also worked in management consulting at Booz Allen and as a software engineer for BDIS, a Silicon Valley biotech instruments manufacturer. His current investments include Nutanix, Appdynamics, Natera, Mulesoft, Sailpoint, Edgespring, TheFind and Kixeye. He has also served as a board member or board observer for numerous successful venture-backed companies including net.Genesis (NTGX), Verio (VRIO), Riverbed (RVBD), Lifeminders (LFMN), Kosmix (acquired by Walmart), TutorVista (acquired by Pearson), Virsa (acquired by SAP), Waveset (acquired by Oracle), Rapsphere (acquired by Appsense), Masergy (acquired by Abry) and Webspective (acquired by Inktomi), and has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List of top venture capital investors. Ravi has also served on the Board of Directors of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs Forum) in Silicon Valley, as a VC advisory board member to DeVenCI, the Department of Defense’s start-up technology acquisition forum, and as a judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Ravi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Clever, Influitive, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Natera, Nutanix, Qubole: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Dylan Love
Director, Executive Talent of Lightspeed Venture Partners
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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Joe Hurd
Global Managing Director, Corporate Development of SOSV
Joe Hurd runs marketing, business development and corporate engagement efforts for HAX and IndieBio in San Francisco, working with key companies, investors, academics and startups to benefit SOSV’s portfolio. He also helps with SOSV’s San Francisco-based operations. Joe is also a Non-Executive Director of Goco Group plc, a London-listed financial services, utilities and home services comparison company. He is a Venture Partner with Good Growth Capital (female-led investment fund) and an advisor to numerous startups, including Pactio (paid social local journalism), RydeOn (in-cab media platform), and DynoVC (autonomous vehicle technology fund). A seasoned executive, Joe built his career leading strategic business development and sales teams at Facebook, Gannett, AOL/TimeWarner, Friendster and VideoEgg. Earlier, Joe served as a senior political appointee in the U.S. Commerce Department during President Obama’s first term (2009-2012), advising Secretaries of Commerce Locke and Bryson on international trade policy. Committed to public service, Joe is the Chairman of the Board at Bullis Charter School and a Director of the American Swiss Foundation. He is a current member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the American Bar Association, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. Joe grew up in Wellesley Hills, MA and graduated from Harvard Law School, Columbia University, and Harvard College. He currently lives in Los Altos, CA with his wife, daughter and two sons.
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About SOSV: SOSV is a global VC firm with $1B AUM and 1,000+ investments, that operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, and dlab.
Jason A. Kreuziger
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Jason Kreuziger is a member of the Growth Equity Investing Group within the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) at Goldman Sachs. He is responsible for leading the private equity investments of high-growth businesses in the Software, Business Services and Healthcare sectors in North America. Jason joined Goldman Sachs first in 2008 as a member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking Group, and returned to Goldman Sachs in 2014. He now serves as a Managing Director in the Growth Equity Investment Group. Prior to re-joining the firm, Jason was a member of the private equity investment team at Summit Partners where he focused on investments in the communications technology and software sectors. Before that, he worked as an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Canada and as a management consultant at ZS Associates. Jason is a CFA charterholder, and holds both Series 7 and Series 79 securities licenses. Jason earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2008, and a BBA with honors degree in (i) Finance, Investment and Banking, and (ii) Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2002. Outside of work, Jason is an outdoors enthusiast, enjoying distance running, triathlons, hiking, cycling, snowboarding, skiing, and sailing. He also enjoys international travel and collecting local currency from countries he visits.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Joe Porter
Managing Director – Tech Investment Banking of Goldman Sachs
Joe Porter is a Managing Director – Tech Investment Banking at Goldman Sach. He was a managing director in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Group and the Merger & Acquisitions Group within the Investment Banking Division (IBD). Before moving to San Francisco and his current role, he worked in the Executive Office in New York City from 2012 to 2013 with the firm’s executive leadership to develop and execute strategic and client initiatives. Earlier in his career, Joe was a member of the Global Consumer Retail Group in IBD from 2007-2012 and a member of the PSI Group from 2005-2007. He joined Goldman Sachs as an analyst in 2005 and was named Managing Director in 2017 Joe earned a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University in 2005.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Mark Midle
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Mark Midle joined Limelight’s Board of Directors in June 2015. Midle is a Vice President in Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Merchant Banking Division, where he oversees investments in growth stage, technology-driven companies. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Midle spent over a decade investing in technology and technology-enabled services companies while at firms including Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group. Previously, Midle was a consultant at McKinsey & Co., and he began his career in Morgan Stanley & Co.’s Investment Banking Division. Midle has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Mark Winkelman
Senior Director of Goldman Sachs
Mark is an independent Board member. Born in 1946, he is a citizen of the Netherlands and holds a Degree in Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a trustee and chairman of the Penn Medicine Board. He served as a Management Committee member of Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1988 to 1994, where he is now a Senior Director. Before joining Goldman Sachs & Co. in 1978, he served at the World Bank for four years as a senior investment officer.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Ryan Limaye
Managing Director, Co-head Global Technology Investment Banking of Goldman Sachs
Ryan Limaye is a Managing Director, Co-head Global Technology Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
John Goldstein
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs, Imprint Capital: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Marcus Chan
Director of Content of NerdWallet
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About NerdWallet: NerdWallet develops a financial platform to help people find the right credit cards and mortgage rates.
Samir Kaul
Founding Partner and Managing Director of Khosla Ventures
Samir is a founding partner and managing director at Khosla Ventures, where he focuses on health, sustainability, food, and advanced technology investments. Samir led the firm’s investments in Cadre, Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Impossible Foods, Mojo Vision, NanoH2O (acquired by LG Chem), Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), Oscar, Quantumscape, and Ultima, among others. Prior to co-founding Khosla Ventures, Samir spent five years at Flagship Ventures where he started and invested in early-stage biotechnology companies. While there, he was involved in co-founding Helicos BioSciences (IPO), a leader in developing single-molecule sequencing instruments to revolutionize personalized medicine, along with Stan Lapidus and Steve Quake of Stanford. Samir was also founding CEO of Codon Devices, where he raised their Series A financing, built the technical and advisory teams, and booked significant revenues in the company’s first year of operations. His other investments include Epitome (acquired by Millipore), LS9 (acquired by REG), and Morphotek (acquired by Eisai). Previously, Samir led the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative at Craig Venter’s Institute for Genomic Research. Under his direction, the project was completed early and cost-efficiently, culminating in a historic publication in the scientific journal Nature in December 2000. Samir is active in philanthropy and has been a longstanding member of the leadership committee of the Tipping Point Community. He is also a board member of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and on the Board of Trustees for the US Ski and Snowboard Association. In his spare time, Samir enjoys golf, skiing, tennis, meditation, reading, and traveling. He is an avid sports fan with undying loyalty to the Michigan Wolverines, Washington Redskins, and Boston Red Sox.
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About Ausra, Calera, Cogenra Solar, Khosla Ventures, Khosla Ventures, NanoH20, PRAJ Industries, Segetis, Stion, Transonic Combustion: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
David Weiden
Founding Partner & Managing Director of Khosla Ventures
David is a Founding Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, where he focuses on Internet software and services. A number of his investments have led to significant exits, including AppNexus (acquired by AT&T), Climate Corporation (acquired by Monsanto), Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), RingCentral (NYSE: RNG) and Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST). David has also been recognized by Fortune and Forbes as one of the top technology investors. Prior to Khosla Ventures, David spent five years at Tellme Networks as VP of marketing and business development. Using the quantitative decision making framework, RIFLE, the company drove revenue to over $100 million, and was ultimately acquired by Microsoft for more than $700 million. Previously, he led AOL’s communications, community and instant messaging product divisions as they surpassed 50 million users worldwide. In 1995, after being told by his employer Morgan Stanley that email would never be used for business, David jumped at the chance to join Netscape, where he learned many lessons in product management. David’s career began in door to door sales, where one sales pitch led to his new career in technology via McCaw Cellular, now AT&T. David holds a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude with highest honors in organizational behavior and economics from Harvard University.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Sven Strohband
Partner & Managing Director of Khosla Ventures
Sven is a Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, and led the firm’s investments in Berkshire Grey, GitLab, and Rocket Lab, among others. An engineer at heart, Sven is passionate about technologies that forge new industries and enable novel user experiences. Sven spent six years at Mohr Davidow Ventures where he led technical diligence for the infrastructure IT and sustainability practices. He also worked with the firm’s companies, recruiting technical talent, running product-market fit experiments and crafting fundraising strategies. Previously, Sven was a project manager for the Electronics Research Lab of Volkswagen, where he led technical projects for Volkswagen brands ranging from LED front lighting, electro chromic glass, and driver assistance systems and robotics. Sven also served as lead engineer and project lead for the Stanford racing team’s autonomous car, Stanley, which went on to win the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Now on display at the Smithsonian Museum, Stanley became the foundation for the Google self-driving car project. He also co-founded AI company Metamind and served as CEO. Metamind is now part of Salesforce and a key component of Salesforce Einstein. Sven sits on the boards of numerous companies, including Berkshire Grey, Fulfil, Openwater, Rocket Lab, Velo3D, Vicarious, Voyage, and Uhnder. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, as well as a Ph.D. in mechanics and computation from Stanford. In his spare time, Sven enjoys teaching his kids to code, flying autonomous drones and cycling.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Peter Buckland
Partner, Managing Director, & COO of Khosla Ventures
Peter is a Partner, Managing Director and COO at Khosla Ventures. Peter has spent the last 20+ years advising founders and entrepreneurs through the full lifecycle of their companies. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Peter was a Partner at WilmerHale LLP, where he led the firm’s emerging growth technology practice and was responsible for building their West Coast corporate practice. During his time there, he grew the practice by 3X, completed hundreds of financing transactions and, mostly importantly, developed deep and long term relationships with amazing entrepreneurs and their teams. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of San Francisco. In his spare time, Peter enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters, skiing, sailing, mountain biking and reading.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Ted Maguire
Director, Executive Search of Khosla Ventures
Ted Maguire currently works as the Director, Executive Search for Khosla Ventures. He previously worked at Uber as the Executive Search.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Avisha Mehra
Director, Executive Talent of Khosla Ventures
Avisha Mehra currently works as the Director in Executive Talent for Khosla Ventures.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Eric Ward
Creative Director of NFX
Born and raised in Lake Tahoe, Eric developed a sense of adventure at an early age. He quickly moved into a creative mindset and followed his passion of filmmaking to Chapman University’s acclaimed Dodge College of Film & Media Arts. He created commercials and creative visuals for multiple tech companies during his collegiate years that generated a high density network in Silicon Valley, leading him to relocate to San Francisco after graduation. Eric’s mission at NFX is to innovate content surrounding the venture capital industry by utilizing high quality film production, design, and animation through a creative approach to strengthen our brand, team, and audience.
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About NFX: NFX operates as a pre-seed and seed stage VC that is transforming how true innovators are funded.
Brian Dunlap
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Brian Dunlap is the Sector Lead for Technology, Media & Telecommunications for The Rise Fund and is based in San Francisco. Prior to joining TPG, Brian worked at General Atlantic and JMI Equity, where he led investments in enterprise software / SaaS, consumer internet, financial technology and financial services in the U.S. and Latin America. Brian received a B.A., and M.A. from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Brian speaks Spanish and Portuguese and serves on the Boards of Directors at EverFi, HotSchedules, Noodle AI, and Resultados Digitais.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Paul Morrissey
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Paul joined Battery as an Associate and focuses on later stage investments, including growth equity, buyouts, rollups, PIPES and take-privates. Prior to Battery, Paul spent time with Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division focusing on the technology, media & telecom sectors. While Paul was at Goldman, he worked on a variety of debt and equity financings, M&A transactions and strategic advisory assignments. Paul graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a BS in Economics.
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About Battery Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Kelley Morrell
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Kelley Morrell is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. She is responsible for leading the evaluation and execution of a wide range of strategic initiatives, including large-scale strategic mergers and acquisitions, as well as for partnering with senior leaders across the organization to develop the Company’s strategy and execute its strategic priorities.
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About Blackstone Group, CIT Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Ivan Brockman
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group, FIGS: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Steven Mayer
Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Private Equity of Cerberus Capital Management
Steven Mayer is Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Private Equity, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Steven Mayer is the managing director of Cerberus California, LLC and predecessor entities since November 2002. Likewise, Steven Mayer is a member of the boards of directors of BlueLinx Holdings, Inc., Starrus Holdings Limited, TransCentra Inc. and YP Holdings LLC. Steven Mayer received his AB, cum laude, from Princeton University and his JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
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About Cerberus Capital Management, The Gores Group: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Daniel Friedland
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Goldcrest Capital
Daniel Friedland is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Goldcrest Capital.
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About Goldcrest Capital: Goldcrest is a venture capital fund that invests in private technology companies.
Ashkan Marsh
Partner & Director of Research of Cota Capital
Ashkan Marsh joined Cota in 2019 as a Principal, where he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring of public investments. Prior to Cota, Ashkan was an Investment Partner at Crimson Investment Partners making private equity investments in founder-led companies to accelerate growth through digital transformation and corporate processes. Prior to CIP, Ashkan was a public equity Investment Analyst at Newbrook Capital, a $1+ billion long/short equity fund. Previously, Ashkan was an Investment Analyst and Investment Associate at Goldman Sachs in private equity at the firm’s Special Situations Group, a $25 billion proprietary investment fund. Ashkan was Founder and CEO of SilverIP Communications, which became the leading gigabit internet service provider in Illinois and exited to private equity. Ashkan received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.
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About Cota Capital: Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies.
Ashley Mitchell
Director of Marketing of New Enterprise Associates
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Shanna Hendriks
Director, Portfolio Services – Business Development of New Enterprise Associates
Shanna joined NEA as a Director, Portfolio Services – Business Development in 2014. She focuses on communications and marketing support for the portfolio which includes supporting the PR needs of early-stage companies, acting as a resource to later-stage companies, and developing educational programs and events at NEA for portfolio companies of all levels of growth. She also supports the portfolio through business development and executive briefings. Shanna brings more than eight years of PR agency work at some of the leading PR agencies in the Bay Area to her role with NEA. She was one of the first hires at LaunchSquad where she learned the ropes of emerging tech PR. She then worked with a boutique firm where she represented some of the most well-known winter sport brands doing consumer PR. Realizing that she missed crafting the story that has become so important for technology companies, she went on to join Hill & Knowlton’s tech practice working with Fortune 500 companies such as Qualcomm, HP, and Yahoo!. Shanna then transitioned in-house to communications at Shutterfly working on corporate communications and the company’s photobooks and share site products. In 2012, Shanna joined Tesla Motors where she among other things, launched Model S, the Supercharger network, and provided comms support to the company’s retail rollout. Shanna moved to the Bay Area from Canada in 2004. Prior to that move, Shanna worked in PR at Ottawa’s famous Fairmont Chateau Laurier. She attended Algonquin College for Public Relations in Ottawa, Ontario.
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Philipp Stauffer
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fyrfly Venture Partners
Philipp Stauffer is a co-founder and managing director at Fyrfly Venture Partners.
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About Containn, Fyrfly Venture Partners, Gmelius, rready: Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with a focus on data and intelligence.
Karan Mehandru
Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital of Steadfast Financial
Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital at STEADFAST FINANCIAL LTD.
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About Cohesity, Lucid, Steadfast Financial, Zapier: Steadfast Financial invests in companies in the technology, telecom, and media sectors.
Esther Tricoche
Director of Investments of Kapor Capital
Esther Tricoche is an Associate Partner on NewSchools’ Tools & Services team. Prior to joining NewSchools Venture Fund, Esther was a founding team member, Program Manager and Acting Vice President at the Laura & John Arnold Foundation, where she led the Foundation’s education team and directed over $130 million in grants to sustainable, scalable, and transformative initiatives in K-12 Public Education. Prior to that, Esther worked as a policy researcher for a Fortune 500 company focusing on international human rights and corporate sustainable development. She also served as a cultural affairs policy researcher through a partnership with the Houston Mayor’s Office and is a former member of a Rice University research team that focused on memory and cognition in relation to learning. As an inaugural Pahara Institute NextGen Fellow, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans National Scholar, and community volunteer, Esther brings deep passion to the NewSchools Venture Fund to transform the United States’ public education system. Esther holds a degree in Cognitive Science from Rice University, with a concentration in Neuroscience.
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About Kapor Capital, National Immigration Forum: Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups.
Cliff Worley
Senior Director of Portfolio Growth Marketing of Kapor Capital
Cliff Worley, Chief Digital Officer at Shark Branding, a branding consultancy firm created by renowned mogul Daymond John, the CEO and Founder of FUBU and TV personality on ABC’s business reality show, Shark Tank. In his first year at Shark Branding, Cliff launched the Daymond John Academy and built the entire CRM platform for the consultancy from the ground up. Cliff currently manages various Shark Tank projects, as well as Daymond’s two leading educational projects: The Daymond John Center For Entrepreneurship and The Daymond John Academy. Cliff especially enjoys consulting and helping small businesses and entrepreneurs find success in their personal and professional endeavors.
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About Kapor Capital: Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups.
Tiffany Foo
Senior Director of Talent of Kapor Capital
Tiffany Foo currently works as the Senior Director of Talent for Kapor Capital. She previously worked at Mindful Life as the Director of Culture and Team Experience.
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About Kapor Capital: Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups.
Karla Fornell
Sr. Director, Growth Marketing of Credit Karma
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About Credit Karma, Credit Karma: Credit Karma offers a range of tools and personalized recommendations designed to help customers make the most of their money.
Ash Coleman
Senior Director, Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion of Credit Karma
Ash focuses her efforts within technology on bringing awareness to inclusion of women and people of color, especially in the Context Driven Testing and Agile communities. Though technology and inclusion have her heart today, engineering was not her first love. A former chef, Ash crafted her software approach through the learnings of hospitality. After 16 years, she put recipes aside when she began her career in software development, falling back on her skills in engineering she acquired as a kid building computers with her brother. An avid fan of matching business needs with technological solutions, you can find her doing her best work on whichever coast is the sunniest. Having helped teams build out testing practices, formulate Agile processes and redefine culture, Ash, formally Engineering Manager in Quality, now serves as Head of Diversity & Inclusion for Credit Karma. She continues testing and consulting based out of San Francisco
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About Credit Karma: Credit Karma offers a range of tools and personalized recommendations designed to help customers make the most of their money.
Simon Wu
Investment Director of Cathay Innovation
Simon Wu is an Investment Director at Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on software, fintech, and consumer investments. Prior to joining Cathay Innovation, Simon spent almost four years at VMware in the Strategy & Corporate Development team which was responsible for leading acquisitions, investments, and strategy. As a Manager, he was involved in numerous transactions focusing on a number of enterprise software sectors. Before joining VMware, he was at UBS in the investment banking division as part of the technology, media, and telecommunications group. During his time at UBS, Simon advised on equity and debt capital raises, corporate strategy, and M&A for companies in the technology sector. Simon holds both a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Operations Research and Management Science from University of California, Berkeley.
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About Cathay Innovation: Cathay Innovation is a global multi-stage venture capital firm investing in startups impacting the world.
Tom Dare
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Science
Tom has over 20 years of experience building and managing Internet companies through startup, growth, funding, and exit stages. Tom is the co-founder and managing director of Science, Science Ventures Fund II, and Science Partners, a Santa Monica based incubator, accelerator, and funder of early stage companies. Science manages an active roster of pre-Seed and funded companies, and has multiple incubated company exits including Dollar Shave Club (sold to Unilever), Hello Society (sold to NY Times Co), and Famebit (sold to Google). Prior to Science, Tom served as the VP of Business Intelligence for Myspace, responsible for user engagement and monetization analytics for +100 million monthly users, and participated in the business unit divestiture. Prior to joining MySpace, Tom was the co-founder, CFO, and COO of Tsavo Media (exit to CyberPlex, Toronto:CX.TO) an online publishing network of over 400 owned and operated sites. Tom spent four years with Spark Networks (AMEX:LOV), an online personals and social networking provider, in charge of strategic development. Prior to Spark, Tom was part of the founding management team at Move (NASDAQ:MOVE), an online real estate listing service serving consumers and brokers. Tom’s career in online media started with The Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company) where he developed online classified businesses and partnerships within the newspaper industry. Tom received his Bachelor of Science from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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About Science: Science partners with founders to develop and fund disruptive tech-based companies.
Greg Gilman
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Science
Greg Gilman has over 15 years experience as an executive, entrepreneur, investor and attorney. Immediately prior to co-founding Science, he was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of RxVantage, the leading online practice platform connecting pharmaceutical and medical vendors with healthcare professionals. Prior to RxVantage, Greg was a Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he designed and taught courses in Intellectual Property Law and Licensing. Prior to joining the full-time faculty, he practiced law at Gilman/McFadden LLP in Los Angeles, CA, where he was head of the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, and Business Transactions practices. Greg has represented a number of recording artists, producers, independent record labels, songwriters, screenwriters, and directors, including Billboard, Grammy, Cleo and Tony award winners. He served as corporate counsel for Userplane, and represented the founders of the company during the acquisition by AOL. Additionally, he has represented numerous leading technology businesses, both nationally and internationally, and has consulted for businesses across all stages of development – from startup to public- among them World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE). Greg has also served as advisor or director of numerous venture-backed companies, including Hello Society, DocStoc, Music180, Tsavo, and FunBits Interactive. He currently serves on the board of directors of a myriad of companies including Ellie Fashion Group, Playhaven, ReFame and Delicious. He is licensed to practice before all California state courts, as well as the United States Federal District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2004. Greg earned his JD from the University of Southern California Law School, where he was a member of the prestigious Southern California Law Review, and earned his BA from Tufts University.
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About Science: Science partners with founders to develop and fund disruptive tech-based companies.
Peter Pham
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Science
Peter Pham is the co-founder and Managing Director of Science an incubator where they co-build these companies with founders in Santa Monica, CA as well as a $76M fund. They were behind Dollar Shave Club ($1B exit to Unilever), DogVacay (merged w/ Rover) & currently 3 of the top 100 apps in iOS app store (Wishbone, Yarn, Arena). The companies they’ve built has had over $700M in follow on financing with additional acquisitions from NY Times & Google. As an operator, Peter was on the founding team of Photobucket which become the largest photo sharing site in 2007, exiting to Myspace for $300M. Repeating that success he did it again as co-founder & CEO of BillShrink which was acquired by Mastercard for $60M. He has been an angel investor in companies like Kabam (Acquired $1/B) Ustream (Acquired $130M) , Ring (Acquired >$1B) & Nextdoor and more recently invested thru Science in companies like Medium, Wealthfront, & Bird.
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About Science, Science Blockchain: Science partners with founders to develop and fund disruptive tech-based companies.
Michael Jones
Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Director of Science
Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor, and strategic advisor. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful company in college and since then has founded, built, and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. As the co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Science, Inc., Mike brings together the best talent, resources, and financing through a centralized platform to build and invest in technology businesses. In 2016 alone, three of Science’s portfolio companies saw big exits — HelloSociety was acquired by The New York Times, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever, and FameBit was acquired by Google. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency, resulting in over $2.6B in successful investor outcomes. Prior to Science, Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. In this role, Mike oversaw global business strategy and operations for Myspace, Myspace Music, and Myspace Mobile, which included board and strategic roles with joint venture partners in Myspace China and Myspace Japan / Softbank. During his tenure, he was responsible for the relaunch of Myspace, one of the most high-profile turn-around challenges in the industry
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About Science: Science partners with founders to develop and fund disruptive tech-based companies.
James Hicks
Managing Director of Science
James is the Managing Director, Science Incubation. He has pulled 12 plus years of experience working with startups and growth sector businesses serving as co-founder and managing over 10 businessess across e-commerce, marketplaces and mobile in the last four years that have raised over $60m from top-ties VCs. James is a former investment banker who managed over 30 IPOs for technology, consumer and health care companies.
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About Science: Science partners with founders to develop and fund disruptive tech-based companies.
Dustin Currie
Director of Engineering of RealtyMogul
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About RealtyMogul: RealtyMogul is a marketplace for real estate investing, connecting borrowers, and sponsors to individual and institutional investors.
Mark Mullen
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures
Mark Mullen has added 20 years of investment banking experience and relationships in investing and raising capital. He launched his second fund in early 2012, Double M Partners LP. The fund currently has 14 investments as of December 31, 2012. The fund focuses on early stage investments in Southern Cal.
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About Bonfire Ventures, Double M Partners: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Brett Queener
Partner & Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures
Brett is a Partner at Bonfire Ventures. His entire career has been focused on growing software companies — fast. From 2013-2016, Brett served as COO at SmartRecruiters, where he partnered with the founder to work through the ‘hard things about hard things” and converted a pre-revenue company into the fastest growing and highest rated enterprise player in the recruiting technology space. Prior to SmartRecruiters, Brett spent a decade at Salesforce.com where he served in a variety of senior leadership roles in Sales, R&D, and Operations focused on driving the company growth and expansion across market segments and product categories. Select titles held at Salesforce included VP of Field Operations, SVP Operations, SVP Products, EVP/GM of Data Cloud, and EVP/GM of Marketing Cloud. Prior to Salesforce.com, Brett held senior marketing and business development at Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle). Brett is an active seed investor and advisor to numerous software entrepreneurs and serves on the board of SmartRecruiters, Pendo, Lytics, Invoca, ClearedIn, SpekIt, and Aforza. Other angel investments include MOAT (acquired by Oracle for $850mm), Guru, Outreach, Postie and Trackstreet. Brett has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University.
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About Bonfire Ventures: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Jim Andelman
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures
Jim is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving the firms’ investment activities, as well as the firm’s operations. Jim is in his sixteenth year as a VC. Previously, Jim led software investing at Broadview Capital Partners, a $250 million expansion-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Before BCP, Jim was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown & Sons (and its successor, Deutsche Bank Securities). There, he concentrated on equity private placements and initial public offerings for software companies. Jim began his career with Symmetrix, a boutique management consulting firm founded by a Bain & Co. founder, which helped to create strategic advantage through the application of technology. At Symmetrix, Jim specialized in strategy formulation and economic modeling. Jim received his MBA with highest distinction (first in his class) from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and his BS in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jim serves on the Boards of Directors of Campus Explorer, Conversion Logic, Keen IO, Mobcrush, Rentlytics, Rainforest QA, Steelhouse, TaxJar and Tradesy. He previously served on the Boards of Cadforce (acquired by Neilsoft), Packet Island (acquired by BroadSoft), Burstly (acquired by Apple), DataPop (acquired by Criteo), and Shift (acquired by Brand Networks). In addition, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue and the Los Angeles Venture Association, on the Advisory Board of the Douglas Family Preserve.
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About Bonfire Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
William McGlashan
Managing Director of TPG Growth
Bill is a founding Partner of TPG Growth, the growth equity and smaller buyout investment platform of TPG, the global private investment firm. With more than $2 billion under management, TPG Growth targets investments in technology, life sciences, renewables and consumer companies utilizing growth equity, public equity and leveraged buyout structures. Prior to joining TPG in 2004, Bill was the Chairman and CEO of Critical Path (NASDAQ: CPTH). He joined Critical Path in April of 2001 to undertake a major financial and operational restructuring of the company. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Vectis Group, a venture corporation that capitalized and built companies in emerging markets, in partnership with leading U.S. technology businesses. Bill also co-founded and served as President of Pharmanex Inc., a leading phyto-pharmaceutical and dietary supplement company with annual sales of approximately $500 million in 20 countries and significant operations in the People’s Republic of China. The company was sold to NSE (NYSE: NUS) in 1999. Prior to Pharmanex, he was a senior associate with Bain Capital and Information Partners. Bill earned a BA with honors from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Young Presidents’ Organization in the San Francisco Barbary Coast chapter, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Yale School of Management as well as the Boards of XOJet, David’s Bridal, AgraQuest, SuccessFactors, Elevance, the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Backroads.
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About TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Fred Paulenich
Partner, Managing Director -Human Capital Partner of TPG Growth
Mr. Paulenich is a Human Capital Partner based in San Francisco. He is responsible for actively leading a highly collaborative process with the investment and operating professionals and the portfolio companies to help evaluate, build and improve the key human capital elements required for profitable growth. Prior to TPG, he was Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Walmart’s high growth, $10B global eCommerce business. He was one of the original and key leaders involved in architecting this business unit which develops strategies, platforms and applications that combine the latest in online innovation with physical stores to create a unique, seamless shopping experience for customers. He also served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Levi Strauss & Co., a leading global apparel company with over $4B in sales in more than 110 countries. He was an integral part of the leadership team credited with restoring the company’s financial strength, restructuring its competitiveness across all business dimensions and revitalizing the brand around the world. He began his career at PepsiCo where he held a series of increasingly senior human resources positions over 15 years, culminating in his assignment as Vice President, Human Resources for Pepsi-Cola North America. In that role, he led a complete redefinition and integration of the go-to-market process and organizational structure post the spin off and IPO of the company-owned bottling operations.
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About TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Ambar Bhattacharyya
Managing Director of Maverick Ventures
Ambar Bhattacharyya currently works as the Managing Director for Maverick Capital. He previously worked at Collective Medical as the Series A Investor and Board Observer.
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About Artemis Health, Centivo, Cityblock Health, Hims & Hers, Maverick Ventures: Maverick Ventures is a registered investment advisor managing private investment funds for qualified investors.
Prateesh Maheshwari
Managing Director of Maverick Ventures
Prateesh Maheshwari serves as a Managing Director at Maverick Capital.
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About Maverick Ventures: Maverick Ventures is a registered investment advisor managing private investment funds for qualified investors.
Dipender Saluja
Managing Director of Capricorn Investment Group
Dipender Saluja is Partner and Managing Director at Capricorn Investment Group. Dipender oversees investments in energy technology, clean tech, and IT. Prior to Capricorn, Dipender was Chief of Staff at Cadence, a global market leader in electronic design, where he built and managed businesses that worked closely with the leading electronics companies around the world. Dipender is also President and CEO of Automatiks Inc, a Capricorn portfolio company developing electronic connectivity platforms for electric & hybrid vehicles, storage and smart grids. He is an electrical & computer engineer by training, and attended UND, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford.
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About Capricorn Investment Group: Capricorn Investment Group invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, and real assets markets.
Sang Ngo
Director of Content of Foundation Capital
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About Foundation Capital: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Holly McKay
Sales Director of Figure
Holly McKay was the Co-Founder and CRO at Kindest. She currently serves as a Sales Director at Figure.
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About Figure: Figure is a financial services company leveraging blockchain technology.
Mitchell Kertzman
Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Mitchell Kertzman is a Managing Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He has over 30 years of experience as a CEO of public and private software companies. Most recently, Mitchell was Chairman and CEO of Liberate Technologies, a provider of platform software for the delivery of digital services by cable television companies. Before joining Liberate, he was chairman of the board and CEO of Sybase, Inc. Mitchell was founder and CEO of Powersoft, which merged with Sybase in February 1995. A former programmer, Mitchell founded Powersoft in 1974 as Computer Solutions. He renamed the company and became a member of the Hummer Winblad family in 1991 when Hummer Winblad invested in the company, which became the leading provider of client-server development tools with its flagship product, PowerBuilder. The merger with Sybase in 1995 was, at the time, the most valuable in the history of the software industry. Mitchell served as President of the Massachusetts Software Council from 1994 to 1996 and was 1990 chairman of the American Electronics Association. He is founder and former chairman of the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), a think tank focused on issues related to the standard of living and quality of life of America’s middle class. He served on the New York State Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and chaired its task force on industrial policy. Mitchell was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He currently sits on the Boards of AspireIQ, Blissfully, 6connect and Symbium.
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About 6connect, Blissfully, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, MassINC: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage enterprise software companies.
Aaron Tolson
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Rob Wolfson
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Kevin Van Culin
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Andrew Freeman
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Sunil Kurkure
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Sunil is a Managing Director at Intel Capital driving early-venture and growth-equity investments in the Software and Security Sector across cloud infrastructure, big data, security and next-generation enterprise applications. He is actively involved with Intel Capital portfolio companies Kaltura, Eclypsium, Synack, SecurityScorecard, Vectra Networks, Fortanix, Lightbend, Preempt Security, Catalytic, Capsul8 and ZeroFox. Prior to joining Intel Capital, Sunil worked as an enterprise-focused venture capitalist at Mirador Capital, Greenspring Associates and Charter Ventures; and product strategy in the Client Computing Group at Intel. Sunil has held board or advisory roles at Ellie Mae (NYSE: ELLI), Deem, Sumo Logic, Snowflake Computing, Xensource (NASDAQ: CTXS), Clear Standards (NYSE: SAP), Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK), DATAllegro (NASDAQ: MSFT), Solidcore (NASDAQ: INTC), TeleNav (NASDAQ: TNAV), Winery Exchange, and SysteamUS. Previously, Sunil spent several years at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse in M&A and equity financing, working with leading technology companies including Cisco, Yahoo, HP, Oracle, and Applied Materials among others. Sunil holds a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Sunil is actively involved in several youth sports organizations including AYSO and NJB, and previously served as a regional board member of BUILD, an organization that uses entrepreneurship to help children in under-resourced communities.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Nick Washburn
Senior Managing Director, Intel Capital of Intel Capital
Nick Washburn is a Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital located in Santa Clara, CA. He joined Intel Capital in 2014. Nick is a voting member of Intel Capital’s investment committee and co-manages Intel Capital’s cloud investment domain. He focuses on early-stage investments in cloud-native infrastructure, applications, developer tools and data platforms. Nick currently serves as a director or observer on the board of Amenity Analytics, Augtera Networks, Tetrate, Verica and two additional early-stage investments not yet announced. He also works closely on Intel Capital’s investments in Anyscale and Upbound. In addition, he currently serves as a director on the board of the National Venture Capital Association. Nick is a member of the Kauffman Fellows, Class 25, and he previously served as a Managing Counsel and a Senior Attorney for Intel Capital. He is an avid lover of all things outdoors, including skiing, mountain biking and rock climbing.
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About Intel Capital, Kauffman Fellows: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Mark Lydon
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Mark Lydon is a Managing Director at Intel Capital and leads investments in the IOT, Edge Computing and Autonomy sectors. Mark joined Intel Capital in 2000 and brings over 30 years of experience in venture capital investing, business development, engineering and operations spanning both high tech startups and Fortune 100 companies. Prior to Intel Capital, Mark held a variety of management positions in engineering, business development, sales and marketing at Dialogic Corporation, helping the company grow from a startup to a worldwide leader in telecommunications technology. Mark began his career as an engineer at IBM, where he contributed to the development of the industry’s first integration of computer systems and telecom private branch exchanges. Mark invested in and managed exits for a number of companies including XEVO (acquired by Lear), Fibocom (IPO on SHE), Vocera Communications (IPO on NYSE), Rapid Bridge (acquired by Qualcomm), Skyhook Wireless (acquired by Liberty Media), Bocom (acquired by BGTC), Continuous Computing Corporation (acquired by Radisys Corporation), China ITS (IPO on HKSE), IPTego (acquired by Acme Packets), Crossbeam (acquired by Blue Coat Systems) and Telera (acquired by Alcatel). Mark has a BS in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Trina Van Pelt
Vice President, Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital
Trina Van Pelt is Vice President & Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital; Vice Chair of its Investment Committee; and Chair of its diversity & inclusion investing initiative. She focuses on investments in artificial intelligence, autonomous things, mobility management, sports technology, and data centric business models. Trina currently serves on multiple, early to growth stage, portfolio company boards (Cognitive Scale, GoodData, Mighty Networks, Moovit, Paxata). In February 2019, she was named to the Power 200 list of the world’s most influential data economy leaders. She is a sought out advisor to Intel’s executive team on transformational growth strategies for Intel’s data centric businesses. Van Pelt has more than 23 years of experience in technology investments, M&A, strategic planning and business development. She has led more than 85 technology acquisitions and investments worth >$50B over the course of her career, spanning the computing, communications, software, IoT and mobile industry segments. She has built, developed, led, inspired and managed large teams of investors and strategic business development professionals negotiating equity and complex buy-and sell-side transactions and partnerships. Before joining Intel in 2004, Van Pelt was a director of corporate development at CNET Networks and an investment associate at TA Associates. She began her career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Ernst & Young’s financial advisory services group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and earned a master’s degree in management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Ranjeet Alexis
Investment Director, United States of Intel Capital
Ranjeet’s current focus is in in the health, genomics and life sciences sector to identify disruptions through technology. He joined Intel Capital in 2000. He started his investment career with a successful investment Sirf Technologies in 2000 and since has invested in perceptual computing, (emotion recognition, gesture recognition and eyetracking), VR, AR, 3D and robotics companies in silicon, systems and software. Ranjeet currently serves as a member or observer on the board of Savioke, Occipital, Worldviz and Witricity. He has invested and managed exits including Sirf Technologies (IPO), Tobii ( IPO), Omek (acquired by Intel) Mobile 365 (acquired by Sybase), Sychip (acquired by Murata), Sasken (IPO), Jamdat (IPO), Techfaith (IPO), Azure (acquired by Subex), Integrant (acquired by Analog devices) and LGC (acquired by Andrews) to name a few. Prior to Intel Capital, he spent several years in senior operating roles at Intel. Ranjeet led the team that designed and manufactured the earliest non-volatile memory solutions for the cellular market. In his subsequent strategic role he launched the stacking memory solution for mobile that evolved into a $1 billion revenue business for Intel. He has authored over 10 patents covering various solutions for mobile. He is a winner of the Lewis W. award for technical excellence at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in 1993. Ranjeet has Masters in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Srini Ananth
Investment Director of Intel Capital
Specialties: Venture Investing, Corporate and Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Product Marketing Areas of Interest: Urban Air Mobility, IoT, Deep Tech, Autonomous Systems / Mobility, AI Applications, Edge Computing
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About Intel, Intel Capital, Kauffman Fellows: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Arun Chetty
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Arun Chetty has been with Intel Capital since 2004 and focuses on investments in the wireless ecosystem covering the latest in 5G and wireless connectivity technologies, in Edge Compute/Intelligence, Sensors, HMI, Enterprise AI and conversational AI platforms, Gaming/Esports, and AR/VR in consumer and enterprise. Arun has led investments in Bluestacks, Avaamo, NextInput, Mindmeld, OnScale, Axonne, Telink Semiconductor, Espressif, Delta ID, AdHawk Microsystems, Babble Labs, VeriSilicon, Aicent, mFoundry, Insyde Software, LANDesk, and many others during his tenure with Intel Capital. Some of his successful exits include VeriSilicon (IPO), Telink (M&A), Espressif (IPO), Babble Labs (M&A), Mindmeld (M&A), Delta ID (M&A), Aicent (M&A), LANDesk (M&A), LGC Wireless (M&A), Circle Lending (M&A), and many others. Prior to Intel Capital, Arun spent several years as M&A Director at Intel, leading and executing over 15 M&A deals, and as a Controller in Intel’s Finance organization. Arun also worked as an engineer in R&D groups at GE, DuPont, and Brookhaven National Labs after his B.S.E. from Princeton and M.S. from MIT. Arun received an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Sean Doyle
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Sean is a Director in Intel Capital focused on manufacturing, semiconductor and supply chain investments for Intel’s core business and on new emerging silicon-related “adjacency” opportunities. From 1997 to 2001 he was a Sr. Treasury Manager responsible for financial due diligence and structuring of over 50 investments across a variety of sectors including media, content, enterprise computing and software. During this time period Sean also provided financial oversight of Intel 64 Fund operations and supported merger and acquisition transactions. In 2001 Sean joined Intel Capital as Sector Director, Technology and Manufacturing, to lead a team of investment managers supporting Intel’s global technology development and manufacturing operations. Notable investments by Sean’s team included ALIS, Clearshape, Epichem, Epion, Lotes, TriChem Labs and Xtreme Technologies. Sean’s transactional experience at Intel Capital ranges from seed stage venture financings to public company debt and equity investments with business development agreements worldwide. He has served as a lead investment manager on some of Intel Capital’s largest or most notable investments worldwide including ASM International, ASM Lithography, Elpida Memory, Ion Microfabrication Systems, Nikon Corporation, Pacific Biosciences, Photronics and Micron Corporation. Sean serves as board observer at several Intel Capital portfolio companies. Prior to Intel Capital, Sean worked in corporate finance for the investment bank Laidlaw Equities and was a marketing manager at Oracle Corporation. Sean holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from UCLA.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Sunil M. Sanghavi
Investment Director of Intel Capital
Sunil started with Intel Capital in 2015. He is an experienced technology executive with a long and proven record of adding value in both established companies & startups. He has been CEO of three start-ups and has held executive leadership positions in four other venture-backed companies. He has helped over a dozen companies and as an advisor and/or angel investor. He has also been an investor in two venture capital funds. Sunil has recently led investments in Syntiant, Airy 3D, Untether AI, Kyndi and Helpshift. He focuses on engaging with emerging technology companies in the Imaging, Speech, and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence arenas.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Andrew Fligel
Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital
Andy is a Senior Managing Director and a voting member of Intel Capital’s investment committee. Andy focuses on investments in enterprise software, cloud and datacenter technologies driving digital transformation. He currently serves as a Board Member of ScienceLogic and Maana and acts as a Board Observer of Mirantis and Immuta. Andy’s prior investments include Virtustream (acquired by EMC), LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM), Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), CoreOS (acquired by Red Hat), Prelert (acquired by Elastic), Joyent (acquired by Samsung), DynamicOps (acquired by VMware), JBoss (acquired by Red Hat), Managed Objects (acquired by Novell) among others. Prior to Intel Capital, Andy worked in the investment banking group at Robinson-Humphrey. Andy has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in Commerce and a minor in mathematics from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Eric King
Investment Director of Intel Capital
Eric is the Investment Director of Intel Capital’s Connected Healthcare and IoT Communications Sectors. Eric oversees all of Intel Capital’s equity investments in support of the company’s Digital Health, Healthcare IT and Medical Device focus areas. Eric initially joined Intel Capital in 2000. Eric has made investments in and currently serves on the Board of Medical Informatics Corporation, Exo Imaging and Retrace. He is also a board observer at Aerial Technologies. In addition, Eric invested and managed successful exits for Sychip (acquired by Murata), Techfaith (IPO), and Ovonyx (acquired by Micron). Prior to Intel Capital, he spent several years in senior Strategic Business Development roles for Intel’s Internet of Things Group (IOTG), Communications and Devices Group (iCDG), and Client Computing Group (CCG). Prior to Intel he has served as the VP of Sales and Business Development as well as the CFO of venture backed companies. Eric has an MBA from Brigham Young University and has served as the Mayor of Folsom, California.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Dave Johnson
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Dave joined Intel Capital in 2003, following 10 years in Intel’s Finance and Treasury organization where he held financial management positions supporting Intel’s microprocessor and manufacturing groups and was a founding member of Intel’s Treasury M&A group where he completed over a dozen acquisitions. Joining Intel Capital’s investment team in 2003, Dave invested in WiMAX, LTE, Connectivity, RF, wireless services / spectrum companies before joining the Edge Intelligence, 5G and Autonomous Systems group in 2015 where he is a Managing Director. Dave’s current investment focus areas include industrial systems, computer vision, robotics and autonomy, 5G and network infrastructure. Dave serves as a board member for Foghorn and K4Connect, and board observer for Keyssa. He is on the investment team for Matroid, Landing.ai, Cloudleaf and Cellwize. Dave was named #2 on Global Corporate Venturing’s Emerging Leader list for 2020. Before joining Intel, Dave held management positions with Procter and Gamble and Chevron Corporation. Dave has an MBA from Cornell University and a BA from Vanderbilt University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Don Faria
Investment Director of Intel Capital
Don Faria is an Investment Director for Intel Capital, where he manages investments for Intel’s (formerly Altera) FPGA technology, products and solutions. Don also is responsible for a variety of other Intel Capital portfolio companies, primary in Semiconductor, Communications, and Data Center end markets. Currently, He serves as a board observer for AnDapt, Bigstream, Element AI, Envoix, Falcon Computing, Inrix, Jariet, Lumita, Mocana, Nexant, rENIAC, Swarm64, Qnovo, and Zumigo. Don’s recent exit success include Luxtera (acquired by Cisco) and eBrisk (acquired by Intel). Don also led the acquisition of eASIC by Intel. Don joined Intel Capital in 2015 as part of Intel’s acquisition of Altera Corporation. He has 38 years of experience in the semiconductor and EDA industries, with 8 years in Equity and M&A. He is considered one of the pioneers of the FPGA industry. Previous to Intel Capital, Don has held senior and executive level management positions at Altera, Synopsys, QuickLogic, and Chip Express, where he was responsible for leading business units, corporate strategy, M&A and equity investments, as well as marketing and technical support functions. Don also is an Advisor for SK Telecom Innopartners incubator program.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Tammi Smorynski
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Tammi is a Managing Director in Intel Capital and since 2005 has been focused on emerging technologies, see General Interest. Tammi is a board member of Embodied, Savioke, and Silkroad and holds various board observer seats including Cubeworks, CY Vision, and OnDot. From 2000-2005, Tammi was a Treasury Manager supporting Intel Capital and responsible for financial due diligence and structuring of over 70 investments across a variety of sectors including wireless, sensors/RFID and software. Prior to Intel Capital, Tammi was with J.P. Morgan & Co., focused on leveraged buyout transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, she was an Audit Officer at J.P. Morgan & Co. covering a diverse set of investment banking operations from derivatives trading to global custody. She passed the CPA Exam in 1991. Tammi earned an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting/International Management from Georgetown University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Shahi Ghanem
Managing Director of WI Harper Group
Shahi Ghanem is a technology industry veteran, serial entrepreneur, and venture capital investor and advisor. Prior to joining BitTorrent, Shahi served as the president and CEO of STL, a digital media company that helps Fortune 500 companies manage, distribute and measure digital assets. He has also held similar roles at EmpowHER, a Health Media Company dedicated to female health and wellness, and Brickfish, an Internet advertising and social media company that delivers social media campaigns and metrics to clients in the fashion, sports, electronics and consumer products industries. Most notably, Shahi previously served as president of DivX, Inc., one of the world’s leading developers of video compression, digital rights management and media language technologies. During his tenure he helped grow the company from a pre-revenue startup into a profitable, multi-national, public company. Shahi was educated at Cal State Long Beach and the University of California at Irvine, where he majored in both economics and pre-med.
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About WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Jimmy Lu
Managing Director of WI Harper Group
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About WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Charles Wu
Managing Director of WI Harper Group
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About WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Derrick Hsiang
Director of WI Harper Group
Derrick Hsiang focuses on identifying, evaluating, investing and supporting WI Harper’s investments in the software & services, mobile, internet and digital media space. Derrick is actively involved with numerous portfolio companies including Quixey, a leading B2B functional search engine tailored for apps, Maxthon, the world’s #5 internet browser, and Innovation Works, a leading business creation platform led by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee. Derrick gained valuable operating experience at Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world’s largest IC packaging and test manufacturer, where he managed regional production and focused on business development initiatives. Prior to ASE, Derrick was at Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group.
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About Merrill Lynch, WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Anuj Mathur
Managing Director of Moelis & Company
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About Moelis & Company: Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base.
Richard Tapalaga
Director of Qualcomm Ventures
Director at Qualcomm Ventures.
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About Qualcomm Ventures: Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, the fund has over 150 active portfolio companies.
Peter Y. Chung
CEO and Managing Director of Summit Partners
Peter Y. Chung joined Summit Partners in 1994. Prior to Summit, he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Peter is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia. During his 19 years with Summit Partners, Peter has invested in more than 25 companies including 13 currently or formerly publicly-traded companies. His prior board seats and investment experience include E-TEK Dynamics (NASDAQ: ETEK, later merged with JDS Uniphase in a transaction valued at over $18 billion), AltoCom (acquired by Broadcom), Card Capture Services (acquired by E*Trade), Ditech Networks (NASDAQ: DITC, later acquired by Nuance Communications), Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR), GoldenGate Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation), iPayment (NASDAQ: IPMT), NightHawk Radiology Holdings (NASDAQ: NHWK, later acquired by Virtual Radiologic), SeaBright Insurance Holdings (NYSE: SBX, later acquired by Enstar Group Limited), Sirenza Microdevices (NASDAQ: SMDI, later acquired by RF Micro Devices), Splash Technology Holdings (NASDAQ: SPLH, later acquired by Electronics for Imaging) and Winshuttle Holdings. He is currently a director of Acacia Communications, Empower RF Systems, M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings (NASDAQ: MTSI), Trident University International, Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ: UBNT) and WebAction. Peter holds an AB in economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford University. He is currently a trustee of the California Academy of Sciences and a director of the Asian Pacific Fund. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Boards of the Friends of Harvard Football and the Salvation Army’s Golden State Division.
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About Asian Pacific Fund, California Academy of Sciences, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Andrew J. Collins
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Andrew Collins joined Summit Partners in 2008. Prior to Summit, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Banc of America Securities and ABN Amro Financial Services in Chicago. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Andrew is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America and Asia, and focuses primarily on the technology and healthcare sectors. His investment and board experience includes Cloudmark, Delphix, NetWitness (acquired by EMC Corporation), Philz Coffee, RiskIQ, Rocket Fuel, TeleSign Holdings, Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ: UBNT), Visier, WebAction, Wildfire Interactive (acquired by Google), Winshuttle Holdings and Wowza Media Systems. Andrew holds a BS in finance from Miami University. Andrew is a member of the Associates Board of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF), an organization that seeks funds to underwrite basic clinical research programs for the treatment of cancer
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Craig Frances
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Craig Frances joined Managing Director at Summit Partners in 2003.
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About HCPEA, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Greg Goldfarb
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Greg Goldfarb joined Summit Partners in 2002. Prior to Summit, he worked for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide where he was Director of E-Commerce and Director of Starwood’s Innovation Lab. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Greg is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia, and focuses primarily on the technology and healthcare & life sciences sectors. His board directorships and investments include Clearwater Analytics, Cloudmark, IntelliChem (acquired by Symyx Technologies), LiveOffice (acquired by Symantec Corporation), Philz Coffee, ProClarity Corporation (acquired by Microsoft), RiskIQ, Rocket Fuel, TeleSign Holdings, The Mutual Fund Store (acquired by Warburg Pincus), Tiny Prints (acquired by Shutterfly), Visier, Web Reservations International (acquired by Hellman & Friedman), Winshuttle Holdings, and Wowza Media Systems. Greg holds an AB, magna cum laude, in government from Harvard University.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Harrison B. Miller
Senior Advisor, Former Managing Director of Summit Partners
Harrison B. Miller first joined Summit Partners in 1988. After then attending business school, he was part of the founding management team at Lightspan, an online education company that completed its initial public offering in 2000. At Amazon.com from 1998 to 2003, Harrison was the founding VP and GM of Platform Services, a $180 million unit of the company developing and deploying Amazon’s technology infrastructure as a managed service for major retailers and other customers. Harrison rejoined Summit in 2003. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Harrison today co-heads the firm’s venture capital activities in North America, Europe and Asia, and focuses primarily on the technology and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Harrison’s directorships and investments include Autobase (acquired by Dominion Enterprises), Clearwater Analytics, Cloudmark, Delphix, LiveOffice (acquired by Symantec Corporation), NetWitness Corporation (acquired by EMC Corporation), Postini (acquired by Google), Software Spectrum (acquired by Level 3 Communications),Tiny Prints (acquired by Shutterfly), Wildfire Interactive (acquired by Google), AdvaCare (acquired by Medaphis Corporation), Diagnostic Hybrids (acquired by Quidel Corporation), and The Mutual Fund Store (acquired by Warburg Pincus). Harrison holds an AB in religion, cum laude, from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. He serves numerous nonprofit organizations in an advisory or board capacity, including Common Sense Media, Opportunity Fund and Worldreader.org.
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About Autobase, LiveOffice, Postini, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Jay D. Pauley
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Jay D. Pauley joined Summit Partners in 2010. Prior to Summit, he worked for GTCR Golder Rauner, Apax Partners and GE Capital. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Jay is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, and focuses primarily on the growth products & services sector. His investment experience includes Central Security Group, where he is currently a board director. Jay holds a BS, magna cum laude, in accountancy and finance from the Honors Business Program at the Ohio State University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Leonard C. Ferrington
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Leonard C. Ferrington joined Summit Partners in 2006. Prior to Summit, he worked for Celerity Partners and Baxter Healthcare International. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Len is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, and focuses primarily on the technology and education sectors. His board directorships and investments include Access Information Management, Heald College (acquired by Corinthian Colleges), RuffaloCODY, Trident University International and Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ: UBNT). Len received a BS in accounting from the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Peter A. Francis
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Peter A. Francis joined Summit Partners in 2011. Prior to Summit, Peter worked for Jefferies & Company and UBS Investment Bank. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Peter is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, and focuses primarily on the healthcare & life sciences sector. His investments include Solutionreach. Peter holds a BA in economics from Cornell University.
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About Jefferies, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Peter L. Rottier
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Peter L. Rottier joined Summit Partners in 2006. Prior to Summit, he worked for KSL Capital Partners, Stone Arch Capital and RBC Capital Markets. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Peter is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, and focuses primarily on the technology sector. His board directorships and investments include Answers, Help/Systems, Infor, ISH (acquired by PwC), Salient Partners, Snap Fitness, Solid State Equipment and Tivoli Audio. Peter received a BS in finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
