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This list showcases the top San Francisco based Partner operating in the FinTech space. If you think a Partner 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.
Tim Draper
Founder and Managing Partner of Draper Associates
Timothy Draper is founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Tim’s original suggestion to use “viral marketing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and other web-based email providers and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. Tim launched the DFJ Global Network, an international network of early-stage venture capital funds with offices in over 30 cities around the globe. Tim founded or co-founded DFJ ePlanet (global), Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham (NYC), Zone Ventures (LA), Epic Ventures (Salt Lake City), Draper Atlantic (Reston), Draper Triangle (Pittsburg), Timberline Ventures (Portland), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), DFJ Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), DFJ Vina Capital (Vietnam), Draper Nexus (Tokyo), and DFJ DragonFund (Shanghai). Tim recently launched “Six Californias,” a statewide initiative to create six new states and dissolve a failed one in California. Previously, Tim served on the California State Board of Education. In November of 2000, Tim launched a statewide cyber-initiative on school choice for the California General Election. Tim was a Member of Singapore’s International Economic Council and Ukraine’s Orange Circle. Tim was on the Board of U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Tim was ranked 52 on the list of the 100 most influential Harvard Alumni, and seven on the Forbes Midas List. Tim was named Always-On #1 top venture capital deal maker. Tim was awarded the Commonwealth Club’s Distinguished Citizen Award for achievements in green and sustainable energy. To further encourage entrepreneurship, Tim started BizWorld.org, a non-profit for children to learn entrepreneurship, Draper University of Heroes, a school for entrepreneurs 18-28 and he leads SixCalifornias, an initiative to improve the governance of California. Tim has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Bancor, DDF, DFJ DragonFund, DFJ VinaCapital, Draper Associates, Draper Athena, Draper Dragon, Draper University Ventures, ePlanet Capital, Gotham Ventures, SpeedUPAfrica, Threshold, VenturesLab, Zone Ventures: Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies.
Hans Tung
Managing Partner of GGV Capital
Hans Tung is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital.
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About GGV Capital: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Billy Deitch
Partner of Oak HC/FT
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Leah Scanlan
Partner of Oak HC/FT
Leah Scanlan is an operating partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with entrepreneurs and advises portfolio companies on executive search strategy, leadership and talent development. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Leah was a partner at Daversa Partners, a leading executive search firm for high-growth, cutting edge technology companies. While there, she worked with the firm’s consumer Internet, healthcare and enterprise software practices. Leah also led and launched Daversa’s CFO practice, working with some of the most influential CFOs across the globe. Throughout her career, Leah has contributed to building high-performance executive management teams at companies including Uber, Twitter, Square, Dropbox, Airbnb, Yelp, Snapchat, AOL, Instacart, DocuSign, ZocDoc, Shazam, Lending Club, RelateIQ and Lithium Technologies. Earlier in her career, she ran marketing and e-commerce for a children’s publishing company. Leah holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree in business administration from Fairfield University. She also is a passionate supporter for various philanthropic organizations including T.E.A.L. and the Caron Foundation. In her free time, Leah enjoys playing tennis, running and practicing yoga.
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Meyer Malka
Managing Partner of Ribbit Capital
Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnership focused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website. Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets. In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years. In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million. In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany. In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Jordan Angelos
General Partner of Ribbit Capital
Jordan Angelos is Head of M&A and Investment for Stripe. Previously, Angelos joined Accel in 2013 and focuses on software, security and consumer investments. Jordan helped lead Accel’s investments in BetterCloud, UserTesting, Campaign Monitor, QMC and WorldRemit. Before Accel, Jordan worked at Goldman Sachs in New York, covering technology. Jordan is from Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Brigham Young University.
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About Ribbit Capital, Stripe: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Nicholas Huber
Principal and Partner of Ribbit Capital
Nick Huber is a General Partner at Ribbit Capital.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Cindy McAdam
Partner & General Counsel of Ribbit Capital
Cindy McAdam focuses on security, finance and legal matters. She served as General Counsel of Postini, negotiating its sale to Google for $643m. Most recently, she worked as COO and General Counsel of mobile payments companies Bling Nation and Lemon Wallet, which were acquired in 2013 for $50m
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Ben Paull
General Partner of Ribbit Capital
Ben Paull is a General Partner at Ribbit Capital.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Karen (Appleton ) Page
General Partner of B Capital Group
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About B Capital Group, Forum Ventures: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Robert Mittendorff
General Partner and Head of Healthcare of B Capital Group
Robert brings to NVP more than a decade of operational and medical experience. Based in NVP’s Palo Alto office, Robert focuses on investing capital in venture and growth opportunities in the healthcare sector. Prior to NVP, Robert was the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Hansen Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: HNSN). During his tenure, he launched multiple products, including the Magellan and Sensei X robotic systems, and was involved in leading products from concept to first commercial shipment. As a corporate officer, Robert also led the Company’s partnerships with GE, Siemens, Philips and St. Jude Medical and executed transactions totaling over $100M. He created the Scientific Advisory Board and participated in two public financings. Prior to Hansen Medical, Robert worked in the device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries with experience at a number of companies, working in strategic, business development and marketing capacities. Robert is also a board certified emergency physician who completed his residency training at Stanford. Robert received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He received his B.S. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University where he played on the soccer team. He has completed fellowships under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (neuroscience), MIT Sloan School of Management, and Harvard Business School.
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About B Capital Group, Health Catalyst, Kaiser Permanente: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Rashmi Gopinath
General Partner of B Capital Group
Rashmi is a General Partner at B Capital leading growth-stage enterprise investments. Previously, she was a Managing Director at M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund and led investments for the fund globally in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, devops, AI/ML, and enterprise SaaS. She brings a combination of strong venture capital and startup operating experience. Previously, Rashmi was an Investment Director at Intel Capital focused on investing in cloud infrastructure, and big data companies. She also led global business development for high-growth startups Couchbase and BlueData. Prior to that, she held product development positions at GE and Oracle. Rashmi has an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai in India.
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About B Capital Group: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Sheel Mohnot
Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures
Sheel is co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures and GP of 500Fintech, investing in pre-seed and seed stage fintech companies. His own startup experience includes 2 successful FinTech exits – a payments company and a high-stakes auction company.He also co-founded the startup podcast called The Pitch. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his FinTech career at the non-profit p2p lender Kiva.
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About 500 Fintech, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), The Pitch, Thistle: Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) is an early stage fintech focused fund that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed-stage companies globally
Jacob Gibson
Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures
Co-founded NerdWallet. Without any outside funding, helped it grow from 2 guys into a world-class, mission-driven team, working to build the future of personal finance. I stepped down in early 2014 and am now using that experience to help other entrepreneurs and small businesses in any way I can.
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About Better Tomorrow Ventures: Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) is an early stage fintech focused fund that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed-stage companies globally
Jay Simons
General Partner of Bond
Jay Simons was the former president of Atlassian, an award-winning enterprise software company that helps teams collaborate, build software and serve their customers better. More than 43,000 large and small organizations – including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing and technology such as Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola, Gilt Group, Proctor & Gamble, BMW and NASA – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time. Jay joined the company in 2008 as vice president of sales and marketing to lead Atlassian’s pioneering efforts to develop a high-velocity, low-touch sales model. He’s overseen the company’s global expansion, introduction of its Starter License program (a disruptive approach to “freemium” where the company donates all proceeds to a charitable cause), and its growing worldwide customer community and programs. In 2011 Atlassian introduced its cloud-based offering Atlassian OnDemand, an evolution of its fast-growing SaaS platform. Jay has more than 15 years of experience in the software industry. He began his career at Plumtree Software where he held a variety of senior marketing and sales roles. Significantly, Jay oversaw the company’s expansion throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. When Plumtree was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005, Jay became vice president of marketing for BEA Systems, which was later acquired by Oracle in 2008. Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in political and environmental science from the University of Washington.
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About Bond: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Juliet de Baubigny
General Partner of Bond
Juliet de Baubigny is a General Partner at Bond and focuses on emerging technology companies in the U.S. and Europe. She is actively involved with investments in Spotify, Omio, Brex, FabFitFun, and Spotahome. Prior to joining Bond, Juliet was a Senior Partner at Kleiner Perkins. Over an 18-year career she worked closely with a broad number of companies including Amazon, Google, Nest, Bloom Energy, Chegg, and Beyond Meat. She has advised founders and CEOs on company building, leadership development, and strategic partnerships. Juliet is a passionate champion of innovation and philanthropy. She is a member of the board of Product (RED) and most recently co-founded Beyond Type 1, an organization focused on finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Juliet holds a Bachelors degree in Business from the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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About Bond: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Noah Knauf
General Partner of Bond
Noah Knauf joined KPCB in 2016 and focuses on investments in the firm’s digital growth practice, targeting high-growth consumer and enterprise Internet companies that have achieved strong adoption and scale. Before joining KPCB, Noah worked for nine years at Warburg Pincus, where he led investments in technology-enabled businesses and helped deploy $1.8 billion of equity capital across 18 companies. His investments ranged from early-stage companies to large growing enterprises with thousands of employees. Noah also led the firm’s successful investments in Constitution Medical (acquired by Roche), Lutonix (acquired by Bard), and JHP Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Par). He recently led the formation of Helix, a partnership with Illumina to build a digital consumer genomics platform. Noah served on the boards of innovative companies such as Outset Medical, Specialists On Call, ComplexCare Solutions, Silk Road Medical, Accriva Diagnostics, and Singular Bio. Earlier in his career, Noah was an investor at Parthenon Capital and a consultant at Bain & Company. Noah received a B.S.B.A in Management Information Systems and Operations Management from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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About Bain & Company, Bond, Parthenon Capital Partners: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Daegwon Chae
General Partner of Bond
Daegwon Chae joined Kleiner Perkins in 2016 and focuses on investments in high-growth consumer internet and software companies. Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Daegwon worked in the Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs, where he invested in a variety of growth-stage companies as a member of the Private Capital Investing team. While at Goldman, his investment focus centered on companies in the technology, healthcare, and logistics industries. Daegwon graduated from Dartmouth College (AB) with a modified major in Economics and Computer Science, magna cum laude.
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About Bond: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Mood Rowghani
General Partner of Bond
Mood Rowghani joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner in 2011. He focuses on investments in the firm’s digital practice, targeting high-growth Internet companies that have achieved strong adoption and scale. Before joining KPCB, Mood worked for five years at Summit Partners, where he led the firm’s Internet and digital media practice in North America. Mood was actively involved across Summit’s Internet portfolio, including serving as a director at Announce Media, where he helped lead the take-private acquisition of Answers Corp. (Nasdaq: ANSW). Earlier in his career, Mood was with Highland Capital Partners, where he was actively involved with Vistaprint (Nasdaq: VPRT) and Coremetrics (acquired by IBM). He also spent two years at McKinsey & Co., where he served Global 1000 clients in the high-tech industry. Mood has a B.A. degree from the University of Texas and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Bond: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Paul Vronsky
Operating Partner of Bond
Paul Vronsky is Operating Partner at Bond. He helps oversee firm strategy and management, including fund administration, compliance, audit, and tax. Prior to that, he was a partner and general counsel at Vy Capital and Kleiner Perkins. He began his career as an attorney at Gunderson Dettmer. Paul holds a BS in economics from the University of Washington; an M.Phil. degree in economics from the University of Oxford; and a JD from Stanford Law School.
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About Bond: Bond is a venture capital firm that supports visionary founders throughout their life cycle of innovation and growth.
Yubo Ruan
Founder & Partner of 8 Decimal Capital
Yubo is the founder of 8 Decimal Capital, one of the leading blockchain investment firm in Silicon Valley. Yubo is the co-founder of Skylight Investment, an early stage tech investment firm, backed by Taiyou Fund and New Oriental(NYSE:EDU). Previously, Yubo started two highly successful companies, held 4 national patents and won the 2017 AACYF 30 under 30.
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About 8 Decimal Capital, Parallel Finance, Skylight Investment: A multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment
Alireza Masrour
Managing Partner of Plug and Play Tech Center
Alireza is General Partner at Plug & Play Investment Arm a place where he led more than 100 investments for the firm since 2008. • Plug & Play representative and works closely with the management teams as advisor or investor • Founding Partner of Plug and Play Startup Camp Founding General Partner of PnP Scale Fund . “Alireza Masrour is the General Partner at Plug & Play. He has led more than 200 investments out of 20,000 plus startups for the Venture firm since 2008. Some investments led by him are CreditSesame, HealthPocket which acquired by Health Insurance Innovations, Matcha which acquired by Apple, PasswordBox which acquired by McAfee/Intel, TrustGo which acquired by Baidu, GNS3 which was acquired by Solarwind, Flyr, FiscalNote (unicorn, first check), Shippo (unicorn, first check), Trulioo (unicorn), BigID (unicorn), Kustomer (unicorn) which was acquired by Facebook, and N26 (unicorn) to name a few. Alireza has been selected as a Silicon Valley 40 under 40 in 2018 as well as recognized by BusinessInsider as a 100 rising-star VC who represent the future of venture capital. . Prior to Plug and Play, he was Founder and CEO at NekaTel, one of the largest Internet Airtime Distribution Networks, with over 800 retailers and millions of subscribers. Alireza grew NekaTel’s revenue from $0 to over $45M in less than 2 years. He was also Founder of VidaTel, offering mobile airtime distribution technology and sold the technology in 2007. He has prior Engineering and Management background. Alireza published “Crossing the Digital Divide: What’s Next” in Information Technologies and International Development Journal published by Harvard Business School for UN’s World Summit on the Information Society.”
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About Plug and Play Tech Center, Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Omeed Mehrinfar
Managing Partner, Middle-East of Plug and Play Tech Center
Omeed is a Regional Director of Plug and Play FinTech in Europe. He joined Plug and Play in August 2014 and, alongside Scott Robinson (VP and Global Head of FinTech), were tasked in launching a program targeted towards the financial sector. Since the launch of the program in January 2015, Omeed has worked in 5 different accelerator classes with a total of 117 FinTech startups, as well as a list of over 30 corporate partners (BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, to name a few).Now based in Paris, Omeed acts as the Program Director of BNP Paribas / Plug and Play; a partnership between the two entities, targeted towards finding the best FinTech and InsurTech startups that can innovate and disrupt different sectors of the financial market; while simultaneously evaluating investment opportunities in Paris and the larger Eurozone.
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Lisa Nestor
Director of Partnerships of Stellar Development Foundation
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About Stellar Development Foundation, Stellar Development Foundation: Stellar Development Foundation supports the development and growth of Stellar, a blockchain network that connects financial infrastructure.
Gary Benitt
General Partner of Social Leverage
Gary is a seasoned serial entrepreneur, having been a part of four founding teams in both consumer and B2B companies over the past 18 years. Most recently, he spent 3 years as COO of Desk.com after his company, Assistly, was acquired in 2011 by Salesforce.com. Previously, Gary was with AOL after his company, Goowy Media, was acquired in early 2008. Gary has managed various technology and go-to-market teams including business operations, customer service, client implementation and success, engineering, and quality assurance. He brings broad knowledge across all facets of growing a business from startup into a mature organization. Gary has been an active investor in early stage companies since 2011, with over 20 investments including Getaround, Hello Inc, Stitch Labs, and ZenPayroll.
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About Social Leverage: Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries.
Dana Stalder
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Dana Stalder currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Poynt as the Board of Directors.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Patrick Malatack
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Patrick Malatack currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Twilio Inc. as the VP of Product.
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About Applied Intuition, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Matt Brown
Partner of Matrix Partners
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About Bonsai, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Jake Jolis
Partner of Matrix Partners
Jake Jolis currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Zeno Ventures as the Entrepreneur.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Ilya Sukhar
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Ilya Sukhar currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Y Combinator as a part-time partner.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Andrew Verhalen
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Andy Verhalen joined Matrix Partners in 1992. Since then he has led Matrix’s involvement in dozens of successful companies, including Unwired Planet (Openwave), which went public in 1999; SiTera, which sold to Vitesse; and Alteon Websystems, which listed its shares on Nasdaq before being acquired by Nortel Networks. Before joining Matrix, Andy helped start Grand Junction Networks, an Ethernet switch business which is now a major division at Cisco. Previously he worked for 3Com, where he built a new division focused on network adapters and hubs. Prior to that, Andy managed marketing for Intel’s flagship microprocessor, the 8086. Today Andy is working with several young companies: Ambarella provides HD video and image processing solutions; Cyphort secures enterprises against advanced cyber-attacks; Framehawk delivers fast secure mobile access to enterprise applications; Panzura provides enterprise cloud storage controllers; Sila Nanotechnologies is developing advanced battery materials; Skyfire optimizes video in the cloud for mobile operators; and SpiderCloud Wireless makes enterprise mobile broadband systems.
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About Ambarella, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Diana Kimball Berlin
Partner of Matrix Partners
Diana Kimball Berlin currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. She previously worked at Quip as the VP of Product.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Igor Ryabenkiy
Managing Partner of AltaIR Capital
Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.
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About AltaIR Capital: We manage funds that invest in the world’s most promising companies with disruptive ideas and great return potential.
Omar Hamoui
Partner of Mucker Capital
Omar Hamoui is a partner at Mucker Capital, where he focuses on partnering with early stage companies. Prior to Mucker, Omar was a partner at Sequoia Capital. Before becoming an investor, Omar founded and ran several companies in mobile software and services. At the time, he was frustrated by the lack of available options when it came to promoting and monetizing mobile products. While working towards his MBA at the Wharton School, Omar began to think more seriously about the untapped potential of mobile advertising, and created AdMob to address this growing opportunity. Omar served as AdMob’s CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors from January 2006 through the company’s acquisition by Google in May 2010. During his time at Google, Omar was a VP of mobile ads, responsible for the development and innovation of Google’s mobile advertising products. After Google, Omar founded Churn Labs to incubate new startup teams and ideas. One of the teams which emerged from Churn Labs formed Maybe, Inc., a company focused on helping people make better decisions. This team became a part of LinkedIn in 2013.
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About Clutter, Mucker Capital: MuckerLab is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, pre-seed, seed, startup, early-stage, and Series A investments.
Wesley Chan
Managing Director, General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Wesley Chan is a Managing Director and General Partner at Felicis Ventures. He founded Google Analytics and Google Voice, built Google’s early advertising system, built Google Venture’s early investment team, and holds 17 US patents for his fundamental contributions in designing many of Google’s most widely-used services. Wesley is an investor and coach to some of the world’s most successful startups. He led investment rounds and holds board or observer seats in Canva, Guild Education, Turvo, CultureAmp, Okera, Hyperscience, Guideline, and Dialpad. He also led investments in Ring (exited for $1B+ to AMZN), Flexport, Carta, Checkr, Gusto, ZipLine, Orca Bio, Whole Biome, Skip the Dishes (exited to Just Eats/JE), and YES (exited to TWTR). Wesley was also one of the earliest General Partners at GV (Google Ventures), where he built the investment team, led many of GV’s investments and held board or observer seats in Angelist, Aptelligent (exited to VMWare), iPerian (exited to BMS), and Dialpad. Wesley was also one of the first checks into Plaid, RobinHood, Gusto, Optimizely, HelloSign (exited to DropBox), DataPad (exited to Cloudera), Freshplum (exited to TWTR), Namo Media (exited to TWTR), and Parse (exited to FB). He is a recipient of Google’s Founders Award–the company’s most prestigious recognition–for leading the development of Google’s early client efforts, which led to the creation of Google Chrome. Wesley worked at HP Labs as a senior software engineer and as a sponsored fellow at Microsoft Research. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT where he completed his graduate thesis at the Media Laboratory. Technology Review magazine featured Wesley as a “Top 35 Under 35” innovator. Wesley’s accomplishments have been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Fortune, and his story as a product founder is featured in Steven Levy’s best-selling Google book, “In The Plex.”
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Niki Pezeshki
General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Niki Pezeshki is a Partner on the investment team at Felicis Ventures. At Felicis, Niki has sourced and continues to work closely with the firm’s investments in Guild Education, Guideline, Trusted Health, Modus, Cleo, Octave, FarmWise, DoNotPay, and SentiLink. Prior to joining Felicis, he was on the investment team at Summit Partners, a tech-focused growth equity firm in Menlo Park. Before Summit, Niki lived in Austin, TX and was on the investment team at Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses. He also had a brief stint at the Climate Corporation (a former Felicis portfolio company), where he focused on sales strategy and operations. Niki received a BS in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Southern California. He continues to be actively involved with the USC Value Investing Group.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Viviana Faga
General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Viviana Faga is the General Partner at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Dasha Maggio
Partner & Head of Founder Success of Felicis Ventures
Dasha Maggio is the Partner and Head of Founder Success at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Victoria Treyger
General Partner and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures
Victoria is passionate about building great brands and scaling revenue through innovative sales and marketing. She joined Kabbage because she loved the opportunity to leverage technology and data to transform how financial services are delivered to customers.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Alexis Abrams
Partner and General counsel of Felicis Ventures
Alexis Abrams is the Partner and General Counsel at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures, General Catalyst: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Steve Reale
CFO & Venture Partner of Ulu Ventures
Steve Reale joined Ulu Ventures as CFO and Venture Partner in 2019.
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About Aria Systems, Kauffman Fellows, Madison Bay Capital Partners, Midwestern Bioag, ShotSpotter, Ulu Ventures: Ulu Ventures provides early-stage investments to enterprise cloud and smart data companies.
Eric Bahn
General Partner & Co-Founder of Hustle Fund
Eric Bahn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in software startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing founders who exhibit great execution and high velocity (aka, hustle). Previous to Hustle Fund, Eric was an angel investor and partner at 500 Startups. And prior to becoming a professional investor, he spent over a decade as an operator (Facebook, Instagram) and entrepreneur (Beat The GMAT, The Hustle). Eric draws from his product and growth experience to advise his founders in scaling their own enterprises. Eric is a native of Detroit, Michigan and first arrived to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford University (BA, MA), which launched his career into software and startups. Eric is happily married with two kids.
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About Hustle Con, Hustle Fund: Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups.
Elizabeth Yin
Co-Founder & General Partner of Hustle Fund
Elizabeth Yin is co-founder and CEO of LaunchBit. She frequently speaks at conferences and events and has previously spoken at Women 2.0 partner events, Web 2.0, Lean Startup events, TechStars, MIT, Stanford, Yale, and Babson among others. Prior to LaunchBit, she built profitable niche websites and previously worked as a product marketing manager at Google. She holds a BS in electrical engineering from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
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About Hustle Fund: Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups.
Shiyan Koh
Managing Partner of Hustle Fund
Shiyan leads NerdWallet’s Personal Financial Management products. Before NerdWallet, she was an investment professional at Bridgewater Associates. Shiyan was also a Senior Investment Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, and began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at JPMorgan, serving technology and healthcare clients. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.
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About Hustle Fund: Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups.
Aditi Maliwal
Partner of Upfront Ventures
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About Upfront Ventures: Upfront Ventures is the venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies.
John Helm
Partner and Managing Director of RET Ventures
John Helm is the founder and a current Partner at the proptech-focused VC firm RET Ventures. Prior to founding RET Ventures in 2017, John was a Venture Partner with DN Capital in Munich, Germany. Before that, John ran and successfully exited two venture-backed real estate tech startups, was CFO of Marcus & Millichap, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. You can find John on his skis or mountain biking around Park City or—his favorite thing—spending time with his wife, son, and daughter.
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About RET Ventures: RET Ventures is an industry backed early-stage VC helping build the real estate industry’s cutting edge technology providers.
Christopher Yip
Partner and Managing Director of RET Ventures
Christopher Yip currently serves as Partner at the proptech-focused VC firm RET Ventures. Prior to RET, Christopher spent twelve years at the global private equity firm TPG, where he led growth investments in tech-enabled companies and partnered closely with CEOs and entrepreneurs. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Christopher has an MBA from the Stanford GSB, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, as well as an AB in Economics and an SM in Computer Science from Harvard University. You can find Christopher flying between Park City and San Francisco, trailing the RET team on the snow, or driving anything with four wheels.
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About RET Ventures: RET Ventures is an industry backed early-stage VC helping build the real estate industry’s cutting edge technology providers.
Charles Moldow
General Partner of Foundation Capital
Charles joined Foundation Capital in 2005, with a background in general management, sales, marketing, product management, and business development. Before coming to Foundation Capital, he was part of two teams that successfully built companies from early start-up through greater than $100 million in sales and exits near or above a billion dollars. Charles has made thirteen investments since joining Foundation, of which four have been acquired: PowerSet to Microsoft; Xoopit to Yahoo!; Adwhirl to Google; and, Weblistic to Spot Runner. Charles works closely with his current portfolio, which includes: AdRoll, Bancbox, CloudOn, Copious, Everyday Health, Fanhood, LendingClub, Motif Investing, Pixazza, Refresh, RevelTouch, and SunRun. Prior to Foundation, Charles spent five years with Tellme Networks and was a member of the founding executive team. While there, he led Tellme in raising one of the largest private financing rounds in the country post-Internet bubble, adding $125 million in cash to the company balance sheet during tough market conditions in August, 2000. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $760 million. Prior to Tellme, Charles was a member of the founding team of Internet access provider @Home Network. In 1996, he established the @Media division; and over the ensuing three years helped establish @Media as the leading broadband media provider. In 1997 the company went public. A year later, Charles assisted in the $7 billion acquisition of Excite Network. After the merger, he became General Manager of Matchlogic, the $80 million division focused on interactive advertising. Charles’ entrepreneurial penchant dates back to 1989 when he co-founded OnTime Guide which replaced the OAG Pocket Flight Guide as the must-have resource for frequent business travelers and PrimeTime Partners, which attempted to establish a new category of self liquidating promotions on behalf of advertisers and direct marketers. Prior to that, Charles spent three years in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Merrill Lynch. Charles holds a BS degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Harvard University. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and four children.
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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.
Bill Elmore
General Partner and Founder of Foundation Capital
With a combinationof venture and operating experience that cultivated a deep understanding about the challenges an organization faces on a daily basis, Bill founded Foundation Capital in 1995 with the purpose of helping entrepreneurs build strong organizations from the ground up. He has always operated on the belief that substantial, sustainable companies are the result of matching insight—whether about technology or market opportunity—with the right entrepreneurand management team. Prior to Foundation, Bill spent eight years as a General Partner at Inman & Bowman. Previous roles include president of Visual Engineering, as well as a variety of marketing management positions, at Hewlett-Packard. As former director and past presidentof the Western Association for Venture Capitalists, and past director of the National Venture Capital Association, Bill continues to be actively involved in defining, serving, and representing the interests of the venture capital and private equity industries. Equally passionate about his philanthropy work, Bill serves on the Advisory Council at Stanford Business School and is a board member of the Eastside College Preparatory School. Bill currently sits on the board ofdirectors of Biz360, CloudShield, Helpstream, Quartics, SpringCM, TeaLeaf Technology, Venafi, and XMOS Semiconductor, and was previously on the boards of Atheros Communications and WindRiver Systems. Bill holds a BSEEand MSEE from Purdue University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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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.
Joanne Chen
General Partner of Foundation Capital
Joanne Chen is a General Partner at Foundation Capital.
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About Foundation Capital, Quilt Data, Simppler: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Steve Vassallo
General Partner of Foundation Capital
In his wallet, Steve Vassallo carries around the business card from his childhood snow-blowing business, a constant reminder that entrepreneurship is about grasping opportunity where you find it, even if your hands get cold and numb in the process. Of more recent vintage is the business card that identifies Steve as a venture capitalist at Foundation Capital, where he works with companies in the areas of cleantech, consumer, and software & services. Steve serves on the board of directors of SunRun, Akiban, and Sentient Energy, and he is actively involved with eMeter, EnerNOC, and Serious Materials. Steve also serves on the board of the Nueva School and advises the Aquaya Institute, a nonprofit research and consulting firm focused on bringing safe water innovations to vulnerable populations. Before joining Foundation Capital in 2007, Steve helped launch Ning, a consumer Internet service where anyone can create their own social network for any passion, any cause, anything.Prior to Ning, Steve was Director of Mechanical Engineering at Immersion [IMMR], which pioneered the field of tactile feedback and human touch technology.Prior to Immersion, Steve was a project leader and design engineer at IDEO, where he developed more than a dozen successful products for market leading companies including Cisco, Nike, BMW, Steelcase, McDonalds, and Caterpillar. An entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of business, technology, and design, Steve’s innovations have won him over 28 patents and several design awards, including the Business Week Design of the Decade Award, red dot 2009, IDEA99 Gold and Bronze Awards, NeoCon Gold and Most Innovative New Product Awards.Steve earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.When Steve is able to break away from brainstorming the next big idea, he enjoys building Lego robots with his three children and bicycling through the Palo Alto foothills with his wife and best friend, Trae.
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About Abstract, Foundation Capital, Framer, Runtime, The Nueva School: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Paul Koontz
General Partner Emeritus of Foundation Capital
Paul Koontz is a General Partner, Emeritus having joined Foundation Capital as a partner in 1995. He currently serves on the boards of Financial Engines, where he has been chairman since 2004, and ForUsAll, a private company delivering turnkey 401(k) solutions. Paul is on the Smithsonian Institution National Board and has been Board Chair of Summit Charter High School, named by Newsweek as one of the 10 most transformative high schools in the country. Paul is also active in other community organizations. He occasionally lectures at Stanford and has degrees from Princeton and Stanford.
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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.
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Partner of Foundation Capital
Rodolfo, who joined Foundation Capital in June 2013, is fascinated by financial disintermediation, peer-to-peer funding, and bringing transparency and simplicity to the consumer experience. As a kid, he wanted to be a professional soccer player or movie actor; but he grew into an adult with a passion for promoting economic growth and inclusion through innovation in financial services. The best part of his work is: Working with/for ambitious, talented, and extremely driven entrepreneurs who are bent on changing the world for the better! He was 17 when he co-founded his first startup, Mexplosion, to host the Mexican qualifiers for the World Cyber Games e-gaming competition in 2001. His second and more recent entrepreneurial venture was a crowdfunding platform for social enterprises called YouVest. As part of McKinsey’s Latin America Financial Institutions Group, Rodolfo worked with clients across a spectrum of financial institutions, including banks, insurers, asset managers, and payments processors. He also participated in economic development projects and financial literacy promotion, and developed cross-country methodologies to measure financial inclusion for SME’s and individuals in the region. Rodolfo is the co-author of several different knowledge perspectives on retail banking, payments, and SME banking in Latin America. During the summer of 2012, Rodolfo worked with Open Capital Advisors in Nairobi, Kenya, where he worked with clients in renewable energy, agribusiness, and private health care delivery to raise capital. Best advice he ever got: “Work hard, and when things are going well, do everything you can to bend the universe your way!” Profile: Rodolfo geeks out on movies, philosophy, history, travel and coffee. He is an avid traveler, and has lived in Mexico City, North Carolina, Orlando, Melbourne (Australia), Boston, Nairobi, and Bangkok. He is now based in San Francisco, where he is on a quest to find the best espresso in the city. “I often travel alone and often end up being saved by complete strangers with whom I can barely communicate.” Training: MBA from MIT Sloan’s School of Management with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship. Degrees in Marketing from ITESM and International Relations from UNAM Mexico.
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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.
Josh Manchester
Venture Partner of Foundation Capital
Josh loves studying companies or trends which have touch points with governance or with large industries or parts of society that are off the Silicon Valley radar. He previously founded Champion Hill Labs, which performed consulting services for venture firms and hedge funds, and through which he invested in SpaceX, Flexport, and Rigetti Computing. Before that he cut his teeth in the venture industry during six years on the team at TrueBridge Capital Partners, committing about $1 billion to venture capital firms globally as an LP, and leading the team’s investments in several mid-stage companies. He began his career in finance at USAA Real Estate Company. Before becoming an investor, Josh spent about six years as an officer in the US Marine Corps, in infantry and combat engineering roles, and has led three different platoons ranging from 10-60 Marines. In his last role he led a reinforced rifle platoon and was responsible for the security and civil development of a city of 10,000 people along the Euphrates River. He graduated from Duke University. When not chasing his young kids he enjoys Alan Furst novels and any time spent in the great outdoors.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Foundation Capital: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Sid Trivedi
Partner of Foundation Capital
Growing up across Asia, Sid enjoyed a front row seat as the mobile phone transformed the entire planet. His dad worked for Nokia during the early 2000’s when Nokia was one of the most valuable brands in the world, which allowed Sid’s dad to bring home a new phone for Sid to test each week. The increasing speed and impact of each innovation was enough to get him hooked, and Sid pursued a career in the tech sector. Sid’s experience has run the gamut from public to growth to early-stage, affording him a unique perspective on how brand leaders are built and sustained. He started on Wall Street at Barclays Capital, advising on tech, media and telecom companies and spending time on both the buy-side and sell-side of major deals, from mergers and takeovers to corporate debt and equity financings. He then worked as an investment professional at Symphony Technology Group, a Palo Alto-based private equity firm investing in software, technology-enabled and data analytics companies. Before arriving at Foundation Capital, Sid was an investor at Omidyar Technology Ventures where he invested in and counseled early-stage enterprise software companies. Sid has a Bachelors (Honors) in Economics and Biological Sciences from Cornell University, where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Outside of work, Sid serves on the advisory council for Entrepreneurship at Cornell and serves as a board member of the Cornell Venture Capital Club, which he co-founded during college.
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About Cornell Venture Capital, Foundation Capital: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Ashu Garg
General Partner of Foundation Capital
Ashu Garg is a General Partner at Foundation Capital, focusing on startups in Marketing Technology (MarTech), Analytics, and SaaS applications. Board Member at Skyflow, Fortanix & Cohesity.
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About Fortanix, Foundation Capital, Opas AI Inc: Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
Jonathan Ehrlich
Partner of Foundation Capital
Jonathan is a Partner at Foundation Capital. Jonathan joined Foundation Capital as an EIR in January, 2013. Prior to Foundation, Jonathan co-founded Utah Street Labs, a Foundation portfolio company. Mr. Ehrlich was previously the Director of Marketing at Facebook. From November 2003 until 2007 he was the Executive Vice-President, Online at Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSE: IDG), Canada’s largest book retailer, where he was responsible for that company’s Online business. Prior to joining Indigo, Mr. Ehrlich was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mosaic Venture Partners and before that was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for MobShop Inc, a pioneer in Online eCommerce. MobShop was funded by GE Capital, Visa International, Mayfield Fund and Marc Andreessen. His previous business experience also includes several years at CYBERplex interactive media and MacLaren McCann advertising. He holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.
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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.
Zach Noorani
Partner 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.
Apoorva Pandhi
Partner 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.
Mike Schuh
General Partner of Foundation Capital
Before joining Foundation Capital in 1998, Mike Schuh was CEO, co-founder, and chairman of the board of Intrinsa Corporation, a software applications company that was acquired by Microsoft. Mike helped to create and establish two leading software companies: Computervision in the CAD/CAM market, and Cadence in the EDA market.
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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.
Rob Leclerc
Founding Partner of AgFunder
Rob is the cofounder of AgFunder, a venture capital platform investing in agtech and foodtech. Rob is a Forbes contributor and has also been published in TechCrunch, Harvard Business Review, Financial Post, and twice in Nature journals (>400 citations across both publications). Rob has been invited to chair, speak, and keynote at dozens of global conferences on food & agriculture, technology, and fintech. In 2014, Forbes Magazine named Rob to their list of ‘Up-And-Comers’, and the White House has extended special invitations to White House sponsored events. He’s a judge for the National Ag Innovation Prize, the Verizon’s $6M IoT Award for 2015, and sits on the advisory committee of the Ag Innovation Showcase, the world’s first and longest-running AgTech conference. Rob has been interviewed by Bloomberg TV, CNBC (TV), Wall Street Journal, Forbes, LA Times, Entrepreneur, FastCompany, and Reuters. He has five degrees, spanning Philosophy, Computer Science (AI/Virtual Robotics), and Computational Biology, including a PhD from Yale University.
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About Aerobotics, AgFunder, Alpha Foods, Atomo Coffee, Bear Flag Robotics, Black Sheep Foods, Brightseed, Chinova Bioworks, DeHaat, FieldIn, Forbes Magazine, Greenlight Biosciences, ImpactVision, Integriculture, Intelligent Growth Solutions, Jüsto, Kula Bio, Phylagen, Root AI, Sentera, SIMULATE, Solinftec, Stem, Trace Genomics, TRAY, Verdant Robotics, Wefarm: AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world’s food system.
Michael Dean
Founding Partner of AgFunder
Michael Dean is a co-founder of AgFunder and brings over 20 years of legal, business management and project development experience to the team. Michael oversees operations and all deal origination and execution on the AgFunder platform. Prior to starting AgFunder, Michael founded and operated SeedRock Africa Agriculture, an African agribusiness. He managed all development activities in West Africa including the implementation of farming operations; the construction of the company’s edible oil processing facility; the launch of the “Africa Gold” sunflower oil brand and the granting of official leaseholds to over 43,000 hectares of agricultural land. A qualified lawyer, Michael previously advised many of Australia’s largest development and investment corporations on the acquisition and development aspects of their property, agribusiness, resources, renewable energy, construction and associated investment activities. He has substantial experience of large-scale projects incorporating complex development and structuring issues. Michael holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney.
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About AgFunder: AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world’s food system.
Martin Gedalin
Founder & Partner of Lumia Capital
Martin is Founder of Lumia Capital, an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging markets and forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Previously, Martin was one of five investment professionals at Focus Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm in Palo Alto with ~$850M under management and ~110 expansion-stage investments across three funds. Prior to Focus, Martin was a Product Manager at Oracle Corp., where he was responsible for core components of Fusion CRM, Oracle’s next generation CRM strategy, and a $1B+ product line. Prior to these roles, Martin was a management consultant for both Siebel Systems (Customer Strategy Team) and, post acquisition, Oracle (Insight Group), where he provided strategic recommendations across people, process and technology domains to Oracle/Siebel’s top global customers. Martin began his career in Corporate Strategy at NCR Corporation. Personally, Martin is also an adviser to a number of private companies and funds.
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About Lumia Capital: Expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth.
John Hamm
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
John Hamm‘s career spans 35 years in technology executive (CEO) leadership, venture capital, and advisory work with CEOs and Executive Teams. John is actively engaged with a diverse group of CEOs from a variety of market segments on matters of strategy, leadership, and managing teams, change, and growth. He has coached and advised over 75 CEOs in the last decade. Previously, John served as CEO of Accept Software which he guided to acquisition by Artemis. Prior, John was a Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures and a GP at VSP Capital in San Francisco. John was also a Partner with Geoff Moore at Chasm Group Advisors, a leading technology market strategy firm. John was CEO of Whistle Communications, funded by IVP and Mayfield. Whistle was acquired by IBM in June, 1999. John’s best-selling book, Unusually Excellent, (Wiley 2010) is available worldwide and his timeless article, The Five Messages Leaders Must Manage, was the lead feature in the May, 2006 issue of The Harvard Business Review. Hamm also authored Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Scale, for HBR in December 2002, which is used in many MBA programs worldwide. John holds a BS degree in Engineering from Purdue University in Engineering Physics and Engineering Management.
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About Octopus Ventures, VSP Capital: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Zach Finkelstein
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Class 5 Global
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About CargoX, Class 5 Global, Luminous Computing, Nomad Homes, Notable Labs: Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.
David Fisher
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of 9Yards Capital
David focuses on investments in the enterprise and consumer segments. Previously, David worked at the private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners and the investment bank JP Morgan & Chase. He is an alum of Stanford GSB, and graduated summa cum laude from The University of Pennsylvania.
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About 9Yards Capital: 9YC is a global investment firm that invests in tech enabled consumer and enterprise fintech and logistics companies at the growth stage.
Theo Osborne
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of 9Yards Capital
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About 9Yards Capital: 9YC is a global investment firm that invests in tech enabled consumer and enterprise fintech and logistics companies at the growth stage.
Adam Carson
Operating Partner of Point72 Ventures
As part of the Global Technology Strategy & Partnerships Team, Adam is focused on assisting with digital strategy and facilitating strategic and emerging technology relationships. Areas where he is currently focused include digital customer experience, digital marketing, digital payments, partnerships with Digital companies and engagement with the FinTech ecosystem. Adam joined JPMC in 2012 from eBay, where he led strategy and business development on the Global Shipping Team. Prior to eBay, Adam worked with Bain & Company as a Consultant focused on the internet and ecommerce sector. Adam started his career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley and transitioned into a technology role leading the firm’s internet strategy. Adam has an MBA from Tuck School of Business where he was a Tuck Scholar and a Center for Digital Strategies Fellow, and a B.S.E. in mechanical engineering from Duke University.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Dave Matter
Operating Partner, FinTech Ventures of Point72 Ventures
Dave Matter is an Operating Partner on Point72 Ventures’ FinTech team, supporting investment activities and portfolio companies in financial services technology. He is based in San Francisco. Prior to joining Point72 Ventures, Dave was the Chief Product Officer at Marqeta, a global payment card issuing platform, where he helped lead the product and business as it grew into a multi-billion dollar company serving some of the best brands in the world. Previously, Dave held product and technology leadership roles in investments and mortgages with Citadel Investment Group and Quicken Loans as well as digital banking pioneer ING Direct. Dave is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and enjoys snowboarding, golfing, and cooking. He studied Business Computer Information Systems at St. Cloud State University.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Noah Carr
Partner of Point72 Ventures
Noah joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2013 and focuses on venture and growth-stage opportunities in software. He enjoys working with passionate entrepreneurs to help grow their companies. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Noah was an analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank focused on helping software companies raise capital and explore strategic alternatives. During Noah’s time at Deutsche Bank he worked closely with the Eloqua, Bazaarvoice and Tangoe management teams on their IPOs. Noah graduated from Hamilton College with degrees in Computer Science and Economics. While at Hamilton, he was an active leader for the campus outing club and competed in C4 canoe races in the Adirondacks. Noah also spent a semester backpacking on New Zealand’s South Island. An avid hiker and photographer, Noah has brought back thousands of photographs from multi-week backpacking trips in Alaska, Norway, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and on Baffin Island.
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Reid Christian
General Partner of CRV
General Partner at CRV, early stage venture capital investor
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About CRV: CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage investments in technology companies.
Dylan M. Morris
General Partner of CRV
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About CRV, Integrated Plasmonics: CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage investments in technology companies.
Kristin Baker Spohn
General Partner of CRV
As the SVP of Business Development and Commercial Strategy, Kristin brings over ten years of experience at the intersection of technology and healthcare. Kristin is focused on building the company’s strategic relationships across the healthcare ecosystem, believing that improving quality and reducing cost in healthcare is a team sport. Prior to joining Collective Health, Kristin spent over four years with Castlight Health. During her time at Castlight she led a number of functions including Business Development, Financial Planning and Investor Relations. At Castlight, Kristin developed partnerships with health plans and pharmacy benefit managers for a number of years before moving roles to work on the company’s initial public offering in 2014. Previously, Kristin was with Goldman Sachs, & Co. in the Healthcare Investment Banking Division, working with clients in various healthcare sectors including medical device, life sciences, and healthcare services and IT. Kristin received her BA from Middlebury College and MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She lives in San Francisco, CA with her family.
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About CRV: CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage investments in technology companies.
Matthew Garratt
General Partner of CRV
Matt Garratt currently serves as the Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, the strategic investment arm for Salesforce with over 275 portfolio companies across 17 countries. While at Salesforce, Matt has completed over 50 Investments and Acquisitions in leading enterprise SaaS companies including companies such as DocuSign, Mulesoft and Twilio.
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About CRV, Salesforce, Salesforce Ventures: CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage investments in technology companies.
Jaime Jerusalmi
Head of Partnerships & Business Development of Varo Money
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About Varo Money: Varo is a digital bank that offers innovative, premium banking services wrapped in inclusive design.
Christian V. Bergmann
Vice President of Partnerships of Migo
Christian V. Bergmann is the VP of partnerships at Migo.
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About Migo: Migo is a cloud-based platform that allows customers to use loans, make purchases, and withdraw cash without the need for plastic cards.
Daniel Ahn
Founder & Managing Partner of Clearvision Ventures
Dan enjoys working with early stage companies and entrepreneurs to create their business plans and Go To Market strategies to disrupt existing markets and create new ones. Dan focuses on enterprise software and infrastructure, around the convergence of SaaS, big data and cloud computing. He has extensive experience in venture capital investing, portfolio company management and technology entrepreneurship.He serves on the boards of AutoGrid, where he was the founding VC, ChargePoint, ClearCare, Vidder, Placecast and Wise.io for Voyager. Prior to Voyager, Dan was a partner and managing director at Woodside Fund, an early stage venture capital firm, for nine years. At Woodside, he led the firm’s investing in core technology and infrastructure companies, and led the creation, development and investment in numerous successful companies, including companies such as Analogix and Berkeley Design.Prior to Woodside Fund, he was an associate at the Foster Management Company, a venture capital firm that invested in and consolidated fragmented service companies. Prior to that time, Dan was the co-founder and president of a successful technology startup company, Endpoint Technologies, Inc., which developed and sold real-time manufacturing control systems for semiconductor device production. He was responsible for the company’s product management, business development, and finance functions. The company was acquired by Applied Materials.Prior to that activity, Dan was with the venture capital group at CS First Boston, where he worked with information technology companies. Outside of work, Dan enjoys spending time with his family and is a classical violinist.Dan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.
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About Clearvision Ventures, Envision Ventures: Clearvision Ventures is a a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs build category leading companies.
Jason Stoffer
Partner of Maveron
Jason Stoffer currently works as the Partner for Mavero. He previously worked at MedBridge as the Board Member.
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About Maveron: Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
Anarghya Vardhana
Partner of Maveron
Anarghya Vardhana currently works as the Partner for Maveron. She previously worked at Rothenberg Ventures as an Investor.
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About Maveron: Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
David Wu
Partner of Maveron
David Wu Is The Partner At Maveron.
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About Maveron, Modern Fertility: Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
Raj Mashruwala
Partner Emeritus of Prime Venture Partners
Mashruwala serves on the board of Syntel (SYNT), DeltaID Inc., Healthifyme and Covair. Mashruwala is mentor/advisor to several early startup ventures. Raj Mashruwala retired from TIBCO Software Inc. as an Executive Vice President in the office of CEO. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer at TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Software, based in Palo Alto California, was founded in 1997 and did its initial public offering in July of 1999 (NASDAX: TIBX). For the fiscal year ending October 2014, TIBCO Software had annual revenue of over one billion. Since the founding of TIBCO, Mr. Mashruwala built and led the worldwide sales and marketing operations. As Chief Operating Office, Mr. Mashruwala was also responsible for engineering, professional and support services. Prior to joining TIBCO, Raj Mashruwala co‐founded YieldUp International, a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company, Media Computer Technology Inc., an ASIC design house and Consilium Inc., a Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software provider. Mr. Mashruwala led Consilium’s R &D and professional services operations since company’s inception.
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About Prime Venture Partners: Prime Venture Partners is a natural destination for the startups targeting global markets
Chelsea Stoner
General Partner of Battery Ventures
Chelsea focuses on growth equity and buyout investments, with a specific emphasis on SaaS and Healthcare IT. She is currently on the boards of Avalara, Brightree, and Data Innovations, and is involved with Glassdoor and Marketo (IPO). Her earlier investments include Groupon (IPO), Guidewire (IPO) and RealPage (IPO).Prior to Battery, she was an Associate at the private equity firm Key Principal Partners. Earlier in her career, Chelsea was a manager at Accenture, where she led technology and strategy projects. She has also held positions with Merrill Lynch Equity Research in Hong Kong, and with Classified Ventures, where she completed strategic planning and marketing projects as a Kauffman intern. She received a BS with honors in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Dharmesh Thakker
General Partner of Battery Ventures
Dharmesh Thakker focuses on Cloud Infrastructure, Big Data and Embedded Software investments and led Intel’s investment in 10gen, DynamicOps (acquired by VMware), ElasticBox, Enlighted, and Guavus Analytics. He joined Intel Capital from Advanced Technology Ventures where he supported Enterprise Software and Cleantech investments, including Omneon Storage (Harmonic), Qumu (Rimage), Nuventix, and Actifio. Dharmesh brings strong entrepreneurial and operating experience in cloud software and SaaS to support his portfolio companies. At Keynote Systems (KEYN), he launched performance management solutions for many of the world’s leading video, mobile and web apps, and helped grow recurring SaaS revenue from 0 to $20mm in 2 years. He was also an early team member at InterNetwork (acquired by FinePoint) and Peakstone (acquired by Entrust) leading OEM and channel sales with HP, Exodus, and IBM. He received his MBA from Wharton and a BS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is on the Advisory Board for The University of Texas Commercialization Office as well as other industry groups including TiE Angels and VentureBeat.
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About Battery Ventures, Databricks, JASK, Matillion: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Roger Lee
General Partner of Battery Ventures
Roger invests in great entrepreneurs building innovative companies across the software and consumer landscape. His current portfolio companies include 6Sense, Blue Jeans Network, BrightEdge, Coinbase, Entelo, Gainsight, Gen.G, Joya Communications, Live Intent, Lotame, Narrative Science, Narvar, Niantic Inc., PrimeRevenue, StockX, Trip.com, Vera & Wag!. His previous investments include Angie’s List (IPO), BlueKai (acquired by Oracle), FreeWheel (acquired by Comcast), Groupon (IPO), HotelTonight (acquired by Airbnb), Insitu (acquired by Boeing), Neoteris (acquired by NetScreen), Platfora (acquired by Workday), SafetyWeb (acquired by Experian), Send the Trend (acquired by QVC), TrialPay (acquired by Visa), Trip.com (acquired by Ctrip) and World Golf Tour (acquired by TopGolf). Before joining Battery, Roger spent 10 years as an entrepreneur and operator, facilitating the first ever retail transaction on the internet at age 22. Most recently, he was a co-founder of Corio, a leading managed-service provider that was acquired by IBM. Prior to Corio, Roger was the manager of internet products at Edify Corporation. Roger was also the co-founder and president of NetMarket, an online consumer internet service that was acquired by Cendant Corporation. Roger has been named to the Forbes Midas List and graduated with distinction from Yale University with a BA in political science.
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About Battery Ventures, SMART: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Chris Gottschalk
General Partner of Mouro Capital
Chris is a General Partner Mouro Capital, he is based in San Francisco. Chris brings more than 16 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, operational executive and investment banker within the technology space. Prior to Mouro, Chris was a Principal at Blumberg Capital for nearly seven years. Before Blumberg, Chris was an investor with Menlo Ventures where he pursued investment opportunities in mobile, Internet, gaming, software, and e-commerce. He has held board or board observer positions at technology startups including Bento, Blender, Earnup, Easyknock, Fundguard, Jassby, Lendio, Parsely, Roam Analytics, Sharegain, Simply Credit, Yotpo and Katapult. Before joining Menlo Ventures, Chris served as the director of corporate development & analytics at PlayPhone. In this role he was responsible for M&A sourcing and execution, strategic partnerships, and improving operational metrics. Chris also worked as an investment banking analyst in the TMT group at Cowen and Company where he completed a number of M&A and equity transactions in the digital media and communications equipment sectors. Chris began his career at Intel as an operations financial analyst within the Flash Products Division. In addition, Chris has consulted for several technology startups including Gilt Groupe and ngmoco. Chris holds a B.A. with a double major in economics and political science from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona. Chris was selected as a Kauffman Finalist in 2012.
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About Mouro Capital: Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of financial services.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya
General Partner of Canaan Partners
Joydeep invests in SaaS-enabled software including mobile-first enterprise solutions. His experience in SaaS is rooted in the founding days of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Lync Online) where he ran cross-functional teams including R&D, IT Operations and Customer Support. He was awarded two patents for his work on the platform architecture. Prior to Canaan, Joydeep was with Shasta Ventures where he led investments in the enterprise SaaS space. Beyond software, Joydeep has a deep rooted passion in shaping rural welfare. He helped set up a goat farming business in India aimed at improving the livelihood of millions of rural households practicing animal husbandry. He is also fascinated by the confluence of culture and history, living his passion by travelling the ancient Silk Road. He has covered around 6000 miles of the route on local buses, trains and (sometimes) even camels! Joydeep earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where he was a CRTI fellow, and a BE degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University.
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About Ascend.io, Canaan Partners: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Eric Young
Partner and Co-Founder of Canaan Partners
Since co-founding Canaan Partners in 1987, Eric has helped launch a multitude of market-leading technology companies from inception to IPO or acquisition. An active investor in the communications and enterprise technology sectors, Eric has generated numerous positive outcomes from startups such as Argon Networks, Capstone Turbine, Copper Mountain Networks; Diffusion Software, Enpirion, Frame Technology, International Network Services, Kalpana, ONI Systems, SandForce, Spectrian and Visigenic Software. Prior to Canaan, Eric was a Senior VP of GE Venture Capital, where he led successful investments in companies such as Nellcor and Octel Communications. Eric also held a variety of sales, marketing and operations management positions at GE in two power-related industrial product businesses. Eric currently sits on the boards of EnStorage, a developer of grid-scale energy storage systems; Cortina Systems, a leading supplier of highly integrated communication devices; Ebates Shopping, number one in online shopping loyalty programs; Lancope, the global leader in network behavior analysis for security, and Xirrus, an innovator in high performance enterprise Wi-Fi systems. Eric earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a MBA from Northwestern University. He is a member of the Advisory Council of Cornell University’s entrepreneurship initiative, Entrepreneurship@Cornell, as well as a frequent speaker to university students at Cornell and Stanford on the transformative power of entrepreneurship.
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About Canaan Partners: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Hrach Simonian
General Partner of Canaan Partners
Hrach joined Canaan in 2007 and focuses on both the consumer and enterprise sectors. He currently sits on the board of Cargomatic, CompStak & Realty Mogul.
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About Canaan Partners, Instacart: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Deepak Kamra
General Partner of Canaan Partners
Deepak has been with Canaan Partners for over 20 years, focusing on investments in software and marketplaces. Deepak has wide-ranging interests, and thrives on risk. He led Canaan’s early investment in DoubleClick (DCLK), the Internet’s first and leading online advertising solution, as well as our investments in Acme Packet (APKT), a leading network security and virtualization company, Skybox Imaging (acquired by GOOG),a micro-satellite company, and SuccessFactors, (SFSF), a pioneering cloud software company for human resources management. Deepak currently sits on the boards of World View, Zoosk, Turo, ON24, and Talena. Prior to joining Canaan, he was part of the startup team at Aspect Communications, a pioneer in call center software, where he helped lead the company to a successful IPO in 1990. Today the company is called Aspect Software and employs over 2000 people. Prior to Aspect, Deepak held strategic roles at ROLM Corp. and TRW Datacomm International. Deepak received a BA from Carleton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was included on the Forbes Midas List in 2008 and 2009. He was a member of the board of the National Venture Capital Association from 2008 to 2012. In his spare time, he is involved in several microfinance initiatives to spur economic growth in developing nations and has served as Chairman of the Investment Committee at Deutsche Bank’s Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium.
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About Aspect Software, Canaan Partners, Capella Space, Kickpay, ROLM Corporation: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka
Partner of Canaan Partners
With engineering roots, Rayfe brings technical knowledge to Canaan, focusing on deep tech investments including AI / ML, IoT, Space and Robotics, as well as enterprise and infrastructure software. Rayfe previously worked as a Senior Associate on Cloud and IoT projects at Keystone Strategy. Prior to that, he was a ML engineer for Wolverine Trading and ASIC designer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. Rayfe earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
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About Canaan Partners: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Wende Hutton
General Partner of Canaan Partners
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About Canaan Partners: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Nina Kjellson
General Partner of Canaan Partners
General Partner at Canaan & Board Member at Essential Access Health.
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About Blueprint Health, Canaan Partners: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Maha Ibrahim
General Partner of Canaan Partners
General Partner at Canaan Partners. Board Member of Deckers Brands, Lily AI & Forte.
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About All Raise, Broadway Angels, Canaan Partners, Stanford University: Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Duygu Oktem Clark
Founder & Managing Partner of DO Venture Partners
Duygu Oktem Clark is the Founder & Managing Partner at DO Venture Partners.
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About DO Venture Partners, European Commission, European Investment Fund: DO Venture Partners is an investment firm.
Justin Fishner-Wolfson
Co-founder, Managing Partner of 137 Ventures
Justin is the managing partner of 137 Ventures. He previously worked at Founders Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he was responsible for all aspects of the investment process and led the firm’s financial and operations functions. While there, he guided the investment in SpaceX, the first private company to develop a liquid fueled rocket to achieve Earth orbit. He also served on the boards of Inigral, Prior Knowledge and Social Gaming Network (SGN). Prior to that, Justin was the CEO of SSE, a conglomerate of businesses at Stanford University. He led SSE to the largest expansion of revenue and profitability in the organization’s history. Earlier in his career, Justin was the director of sales at Cellfire, a mobile promotional marketing service and worked as an engineer at Raytheon/Texas Instruments. Justin also served under Alan Larson, the Undersecretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department. He is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program, the leading educational fellowship in venture capital, in addition to being a Mayfield fellow, part of Stanford University’s Technology Ventures Program. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in management science and engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.
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About 137 Ventures: 137 Ventures is a growth stage venture fund with an innovative secondary investment structure.
Nicholas Procaccini
Investment Partner of 137 Ventures
Nick Procaccini is an investment partner at 137 Ventures. Previously, Nick was a senior analyst at UNC Management Company, where he worked on all aspects of the investment process for the $6 billion UNC Investment Fund. Nick holds a BS cum laude in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a CFA charterholder.
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About 137 Ventures: 137 Ventures is a growth stage venture fund with an innovative secondary investment structure.
Ashmeet Sidana
Founder, Chief Engineer and Managing Partner of Engineering Capital
Ashmeet is the Founder and Managing Partner of Engineering Capital. His experience includes managing venture capital funds, serving on multiple Boards of Directors, and helping build the industry leading products VMware ESX Server and Silicon Graphics WebFORCE. Before this last decade as a venture capitalist Ashmeet was an operating executive with hands-on operating experience as a CEO and Entrepreneur. Realized exits include Freewheel (acquired by Comcast), InQuira (acquired by Oracle), Altor (acquired by Juniper), Appurify (acquired by Google) and PrivateCore (acquired by Facebook). Previous investments and Boards of Directors (not yet realized) include Zetta.net, SimplyHired and Azure Power. Ashmeet came to venture from VMware, where he ran product management for their flagship product – ESX Server. Before VMware, Ashmeet was the Founder and CEO of Sidana Systems, Inc. He started his career at Hewlett Packard and Silicon Graphics as an engineer. Ashmeet received an MBA from Wharton, MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and a BS in Computer Science from USC. In his spare time he can be found planning his second trip to Mt. Everest.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Engineering Capital: Engineering Capital partners with great entrepreneurs driven by technical insights—before traditional venture firms are willing.
Colin le Duc
Partner of Generation Investment Management
Colin is a Founding Partner of Generation Investment Management and a Co-Head of the Growth Equity strategy. Previously, Colin worked for Sustainable Asset Management, Arthur D. Little, and Total. Colin received a BSc in International Management and Modern Languages from the University of Bath, UK, and speaks French fluently. Colin serves as a Board Director for M-KOPA.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Kathleen Utecht
Managing Partner of Core Innovation Capital
Kathleen is a Managing Partner at Core Innovation Capital. Previously, she was an EIR/ Investor at Comcast Ventures and an investor at WVP Ventures. Prior to her venture roles, Kathleen invested in and led Green Rock Entertainment, an online / offline commerce startup whose main product was Cahootie. Before her operational experience, Kathleen was an investment banker in the financial services group of Raymond James and a graduate of General Electric Capital’s Financial Management Program. Kathleen holds a bachelors degree from Babson College and an MBA from the Wharton School.
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About Core Innovation Capital, LOLA, MAZ: Core Innovation Capital is a venture capital firm investing in companies committed to empowering small businesses.
Lara Hood Balazs
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager, Strategic Partner Group of Intuit
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About Intuit, Ridge Ventures: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Felicia Wilson
Head of Product & Platform Partnerships of Intuit
Felicia Wilson is the Head of Business Development at Intuit.
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
