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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Partner operating in the Enterprise Software 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.
Marc Leibowitz
Global VP – Partnerships & Strategic Growth Initiatives of Adobe
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan O’Neil Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Bryan O’Neil Hughes is the Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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Lisa Maki
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Health Next of Microsoft
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Health Next at Microsoft.
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Anila Baseel
Sr. Partner Programs Manager of Microsoft
Responsible for driving horizontal and industry scenarios through Partner-to-Partner (P2P) Go-to-Market engine, including P2P Collaborative Platform optimizing through existing and new partnerships. Over 15 years of specialized experience across multiple marketing organizations including Field Marketing, Lead Generation, Account Base Marketing, Strategic Account Management, Small Business Marketing, Channel Programs, User Groups and Alliances.
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Lauren Holland
WW Partner Marketing Advisor of Microsoft
Lauren Holland is a Partner Marketing Advisor in Worldwide OCP dedicated to driving Go-To-Market strategies with select global channel partners. Her current mission is to guide partners to differentiate with innovative “better together” solutions and launch offers in market in the GTM “fast lane.” With 7+ years in the technology industry and Microsoft partner ecosystem, Lauren has built and implemented global programs for accelerated growth and scale. Her experience spans across Microsoft’s three clouds- Modern Workplace, Azure, and Dynamics- with disciplines including Go-To-Market strategy, enablement, integrated digital, content, and creative ideation. Lauren is from Corona del Mar, CA, graduated from Duke University, and is currently working with global indirect provider partners around the world.
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Steve Sullivan
Partner & General Manager, Mixed Reality Capture Studios of Microsoft
Steve Sullivan serves as a Partner and General Manager of Mixed Reality Capture Studios at Microsoft.
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Steven Abrahams
Partnerships for Teams in Education, Healthcare, Financial Services and Government. of Microsoft
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Scott Mauvais
Director, AI and Global Partnerships, Microsoft Philanthropies of Microsoft
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Richard Borenstein
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships of MURAL
Richard Borenstein is the SVP of Strategic Partnerships at MURAL, a digital workspace for visual collaboration. He has over 25 years of experience in technology and is responsible for accelerating MURAL’s revenue growth and market penetration, forming deep, integrated partnerships with enterprise brands, and leading a highly skilled sales team bringing visual collaboration to the enterprise collaboration toolkit. A SaaS veteran with a passion for recruiting and team building, Richard has built an extensive, worldwide executive network and has a proven track record of creating mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships. He recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Highfive (acquired by Dialpad), where he led the sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Previously, he held sales management positions at RingCentral, Zong (acquired by PayPal), Baynote Inc., and Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird). He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University.
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About MURAL: MURAL is a digital workspace that provides a visual collaboration platform that enables teams to work remotely and efficiently.
Sherrick Murdoff
Vice President, Partner Investments of Salesforce
Sherrick Murdoff is the Board Observer of AllCloud.
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Elizabeth Maxson Martinet
Sr. Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships of Salesforce
Elizabeth Maxson is a Senior Director on the Strategic Technology Partnerships team at Salesforce. As a marketing veteran with over 13 years of experience, Elizabeth leads strategy for the top technology partners with specific focus on the Salesforce & Google relationship. Prior to joining the Strategic Technology Partnerships’ team, Elizabeth spent four years in Salesforce Corporate Marketing with focus ranging from strategic events to corporate messaging and content. Elizabeth is passionate about story telling and bringing technology to life through creating engaging experiences.
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Jennifer Carolan
Co-Founder & General Partner of Reach Capital
Jennifer started her career as a classroom teacher in Chicago where she taught for 7 years in traditional district schools. She moved to the Silicon Valley in 2000 to attend Stanford University and was inspired by all of the entrepreneurs working on their ideas. She found a way to use her teaching experience to support edtech founders while at NewSchools Venture Fund where she worked for 9 years learning the craft of venture capital under Brook Byers, Joanne Weiss, John Doerr and Ted Mitchell. She also co-created and taught the popular course Innovations In Teaching at Stanford University for 3 years. She co-founded her first fund NewSchools Seed Fund in 2011 and co-founded her second, Reach Capital I in 2015 and Reach II in 2018. These funds have backed more than 100 amazing entrepreneurs who are passionate about bringing cutting edge technology to education. The Reach portfolio of companies are creating new opportunities for people everywhere who might think of themselves as underdogs due to background or other challenges. Jennifer currently sits on the boards of Outschool, Nearpod, Ellevation, Desmos & FreshGrade.
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Shauntel Garvey
Founder & General Partner of Reach Capital
Shauntel Garvey is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Reach Capital, an early stage venture firm, where she provides startup capital and support to education technology companies focused on issues of access and opportunity in education. Prior to Reach, Shauntel was a Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund and invested in over 40 early stage edtech companies through the NewSchools Seed Fund. Shauntel was previously a Senior Engineer at Procter and Gamble where she developed product innovations, designed supply chains, and managed technology partnerships for the global laundry business. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University.
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Jomayra Herrera
Partner of Reach Capital
Jomayra has experience working with early and growth-stage companies both as an investor and an operator. She is incredibly passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs to help grow and scale their companies. Prior to Cowboy, she spent nearly 3 years as an investor at Emerson Collective. As an early hire on the investing team, she played an important role in creating internal processes, building key investment theses, and helping to grow the team. During her time here, she worked on a diverse range of investments, including traditional venture investments and buyouts, and developed a special interest in companies tackling issues related to the Future of Work. Before Emerson Collective, she worked at BloomBoard, an early-stage education technology company, where she focused on customer success and growth. As a Florida native, Jomayra loves to get away to the beach whenever she can. She has lived in the Bay Area for almost 9 years and has degrees from Stanford University.
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Esteban Sosnik
General Partner of Reach Capital
Esteban is an entrepreneur passionate about leveraging play in education. He is the Executive Director at co.lab, an accelerator for startups at the intersection of games and learning. Before working in education Esteban co-founded and led two gaming studios, both successfully acquired by Vivendi and DeNA respectively. Before that he was the CEO of Penguin Holdings, an early stage seed fund for Latin American startups and an M&A analyst at JP Morgan.
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Chian Gong
Partner of Reach Capital
Chian is excited for technology’s role in increasing educational opportunity. At Reach, Chian focuses on pipeline, due diligence and management assistance for the portfolio. Previously she worked on the Data & Technology team at Aspire Public Schools and in strategy consulting with Parthenon as well as ZS Associates. Chian holds a B.S. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She enjoys spending time outdoors, climbing, and otherwise adventuring.
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Wayee Chu
General Partner of Reach Capital
Wayee Chu is a Partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early stage education technology start-ups. Prior to Reach, Wayee was the co-founder of the NewSchools Seed Fund; a fund focused on early stage education technology companies with potential for a big impact in K-12 education. She was also a former associate partner at NewSchools Venture, where she focused on sourcing and supporting early stage education technology entrepreneurs. During her eight-year tenure at NewSchools, she also led the NewSchools EdTech Entrepreneurship Lab, in partnership with Teach For America and the Stanford d. school as well as led NewSchools’ field-building work. Prior to joining NewSchools, Wayee worked as an equity research analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York, where she covered the financial services sector. She also served as finance director for a magazine publishing firm. Wayee started her career in 1997 as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley. Wayee also spends her time as an angel investor supporting many consumer and education technology startups. She is a current board member at Wishbone.org which matches low income high school students with high-quality enrichment and summer programs. Wayee graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
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Jennifer Wu
Venture Partner of Reach Capital
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James Kim
Partner of Reach Capital
James Kim is the Partner at Reach Capital.
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Jim Lobdell
Venture Partner of Reach Capital
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Carina Namih
Partner of Episode 1
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Matt Ocko
Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of DCVC
Matt has nearly three decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operating executive and venture capitalist, with over 20 patents granted or pending in areas as diverse as hardware systems and social games. He still reads C++ code but admits to occasional struggles with Erlang. Matt is a cofounder of Data Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. During his venture capital tenure, he has invested in and/or helped grow a variety of companies including XenSource (CTRX), Zynga (ZNGA), Impermium, Verisign (VRSN), Facebook (FB), Virtuata (CSCO), Akimbi Systems (VMW), Cotendo (AKAM), Tango.me, MetaWeb (GOOG), FlashSoft (SNDK), DataMirror (IBM), UltraDNS (NSR), Kenshoo, Metamarkets, Fortinet (FTNT), SupportSoft (SPRT), Alantro (TXN), CouchBase, Spool (FB), BranchOut, On-Ramp Wireless, and many others.
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James Hardiman
Partner of DCVC
James has more than five years of experience advising both Fortune 50 and pre-revenue healthcare and biotech companies on their sales and marketing strategy. Previously, he was a consultant at ZS Associates where he advised management teams using insights gained from the analysis of large amounts of healthcare data. Most recently, while at Booth, James worked with technology executives during a stint in The Blackstone Group’s M&A Advisory Practice. James holds a BS in Engineering Physics from the University Of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School Of Business.
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John Hamer
Managing Partner of DCVC
John is a Managing Partner at DCVC Bio. Prior to DCVC Bio, John was an Investment Director for Monsanto Growth Ventures. Monsanto is a leading global, agricultural company providing products to growers worldwide. Monsanto Growth Ventures, through investment and partnership encourages entrepreneurs, and innovative start-up companies, to take on the challenge of a more sustainable future for world food production. John Hamer’s career spans more than three decades of research, senior management and investment experience in the life sciences. Prior to joining Monsanto, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence and later Managing Director and General Partner at Burrill & Company, a San Francisco-based life sciences merchant bank with activities in venture capital, merchant banking and media. John Hamer led investments in numerous of Ag-related start-ups in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to joining Burrill, John Hamer was the CSO and later CEO of Paradigm Genetics/ICORIA, a leading genomics and ag-biotechnology company that completed its IPO on NASDAQ in 2000 and was later acquired by Monsanto. John Hamer received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California at Davis and was a Visiting Scientist in Dupont’s Central Research & Development Group. He later joined Purdue University and rose to the rank of full Professor and was the recipient of several national awards including the David Lucille Packard Award, and The National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship. At Purdue, John Hamer’s research focused on crop diseases, where he pioneered molecular approaches to disease management and control and worked with numerous international agencies in China, the Philippines and South America. John Hamer lectures widely on innovation, agriculture and venture capital and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and serves on the Board of Directors for Golden Pine Ventures, a microVC fund in RTP, North Carolina. He is a passionate believer in new growth opportunities that are emerging in the agricultural value chain in food, health, energy, materials and chemicals.
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Alan Cohen
Partner of DCVC
Alan Cohen Is The Partner at DCVC.
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Bruno Bowden
Equity Partner of DCVC
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Michael Driscoll
Founding Partner of DCVC
Mike Driscoll founded Metamarkets in 2010 after spending more than a decade developing data analytics solutions for online retail, life sciences, digital media, insurance, and banking. Prior to Metamarkets, Mike successfully founded and sold two companies: Dataspora, a life science analytics company, and CustomInk, an early pioneer in customized apparel. He began his career as a software engineer for the Human Genome Project. Mike holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Boston University.
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Armen A. Vidian
Partner of DCVC
For the entire length of his career, Armen has worked at the intersection of data and decision-making, primarily in Product Marketing roles. He has a long track record of successfully launching first-in-class products globally and accessing new markets. Armen has an M.S. in Management Science from Stanford University, and an S.B. in Applied Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in French Language and Literature from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also advises numerous technology startups in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Kiersten Stead
Managing Partner – DCVC Bio of DCVC
Kiersten is a Managing Partner at DCVC Bio. Prior to DCVC Bio, Kiersten was an Investment Director at Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the Venture Capital arm of Monsanto, which was one of the most active investors globally in agriculture. Kiersten has over 15 years of experience in Biotechnology. Prior to joining MGV, Kiersten worked at Burrill & Company, which invested broadly in Life Sciences and Industrial Biotechnology. Kiersten is a co-founder and Director of Pairwise, is on the Board of Atomwise, Farmlead, Plant Response Biotech, VitalFields (acquired), Understory Weather and Blue River Technology (acquired). She is also a member of the Investment Committee of Genome Canada GAAP, The Keystone Symposia Scientific Advisory Board, and the EULC, a sport-not-for-profit.
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Zachary Bogue
Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of DCVC
Zack has over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, lawyer, angel investor and advisor for big data startups. Zack is a cofounder of Data Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. Zack also is a cofounder and managing partner of Founders Den, a shared workspace for experienced technology entrepreneurs. He was previously an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a law partner at Virtual Law Partners, where he worked with numerous start-ups and their founders, and developed expertise in technology law and Silicon Valley business practices.
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Chris Boshuizen
Operating Partner of DCVC
Dr. Chris Boshuizen is an Operating Partner at DCVC.
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Gloria Lau
Equity Partner of DCVC
Gloria Lau joined Alpha Medical as Cofounder/CEO in 2017.Gloria Lau is the cofounder of Unity Medical, which brings AI to healthcare for improved clinical workflow. Previously, she headed up data products at Linkedin, and was VP of Data at Timeful which was acquired by Google. She is also a consulting faculty at Stanford.
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Ali Tamaseb
Partner of DCVC
Ali Tamaseb is a partner at Data Collective (DCVC), a highly reputable early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with about $2 billion under management. He holds several leadership and board positions at companies across the U.S. and globally. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Ali was a successful entrepreneur. He holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London and studied General Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ali was an honoree of the British Alumni Award of 2018 by the British Council, and Imperial College President’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Ali and his work has been featured in BBC, Guardian, Forbes, The Telegraph, among others, and he has given talks and appeared on panels at major events and conferences, including two TEDx talks. He lives in San Francisco Bay Area.
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Kelly Chen
Partner of DCVC
Kelly’s interest has always been how to use data and optimization to push boundaries, faster. From her career running a fixed income trading desk to building out a new quant product line for a global investment bank, she has focused closely on building the best models, structuring, and sales teams to optimize outcomes. At DCVC, she enjoys working on problems arising from fundamental population and labor driven shifts. She spends the majority of her time in hardware, where she believes we will see a massive transformation in the next 5-10 years. She is especially excited about teams building revolutionary tech in AI, robotics, manufacturing, and future of work. Kelly received a joint BS/MS in Financial Engineering and Operations Research with honors from Columbia University and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Wharton, where she served as President of the Entrepreneurship Club.
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Todd Papaioannou
Equity Partner of DCVC
Todd Papaioannou is one of the co-founders of portfolio company Continuuity, a result of his tenure as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Battery, where he worked alongside the Enterprise IT investment team to evaluate investments in Big Data, Analytics, and Cloud Computing infrastructure. Todd has more than 15 years of Internet and Enterprise software experience covering a variety of senior leadership roles in R&D, product and corporate strategy, marketing and professional services. Prior to joining Battery, Todd was most recently VP, Distinguished Fellow and Chief Cloud Architect for Yahoo!. There, he was responsible for driving the technical and strategic direction of the Yahoo! Cloud and Hadoop teams, and was identified as one of the Top 10 Cloud Computing Leaders of 2011 by TechTarget. Additionally, Todd was responsible for leading and defining the overall Yahoo! corporate technology strategy. Prior to Yahoo!, Todd held a series of increasingly senior leadership roles at Teradata including CTO, Client Software and VP, Architecture and Emerging Technologies. Over the course of five years he was responsible for transforming the Teradata client software portfolio, conceiving and launching the overall Teradata Enterprise Analytics Cloud computing program, and played an instrumental role in evolving Teradata’s corporate product and M&A strategy. Earlier in his career, Todd was an early employee at Greenplum Inc. (formerly Metapa Inc.) serving as Chief Architect and Director of Engineering, where he initially built and led the early Engineering team before running the Field Services group. Before that, Todd was Co-Founder and CEO of DALi, Inc, an early stage distributed social gaming company. Todd holds a PhD in artificial intelligence and distributed systems.
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Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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Andrew Gershfeld
General Partner of Flint Capital
Andrew Gershfeld is the General Partner at Flint Capital.
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Dmitry Smirnov
General Partner of Flint Capital
General Partner at Flint Capital investment fund
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Adam D’Augelli
Partner of True Ventures
Adam is a partner at True Ventures. He previously worked with True portfolio company B-Stock, an online marketplace for liquidating excess inventory, and initially joined the True Ventures team as an analyst in 2010. Adam graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in finance. As an undergraduate, he launched and ran an independent, donation-based record label and later created “Digital Frontiers,” a course exploring how the internet and technology are changing the global business landscape, which he taught at the University of Florida. He shares his thoughts on his blog, Life in Beta.
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Adam D’Augelli
Partner of True Ventures
Adam is a partner at True Ventures. He previously worked with True portfolio company B-Stock, an online marketplace for liquidating excess inventory, and initially joined the True Ventures team as an analyst in 2010. Adam graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in finance. As an undergraduate, he launched and ran an independent, donation-based record label and later created “Digital Frontiers,” a course exploring how the internet and technology are changing the global business landscape, which he taught at the University of Florida. He shares his thoughts on his blog, Life in Beta.
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Toni Schneider
Partner of True Ventures
Toni is a partner at True Ventures. From 2006-2014, he was CEO of True portfolio company Automattic, where he helped WordPress.com become a top 10 global internet destination with close to a billion monthly visitors. His career in technology began during his software engineering days at Crystal River Engineering where he built 3D audio simulators for NASA. Later, he was the vice president of technology at Aureal Semiconductor (acquired by Creative Labs). He originally joined the startup ecosystem when he co-founded Uplister, a venture-backed music recommendation startup. However, it was his CEO role at Oddpost that impacted his career path most significantly. Yahoo acquired Oddpost in 2004, forming the basis of Yahoo Mail, which was then used by more than 250 million people around the world. When Toni joined Yahoo’s executive ranks, he created the Yahoo Developer Network. After joining True and while still leading the team at Automattic, he started blog search engine Sphere (acquired by AOL) with now fellow True partner Tony Conrad. Voted Startup CEO of the Year at the Crunchies, Toni’s leadership style is commended by many of those who have worked for and with him. When he’s not running a company or advising another, you can find him in his VW van exploring the U.S. with his family, coaching San Francisco Little League baseball, or tinkering with old cars.
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Toni Schneider
Partner of True Ventures
Toni is a partner at True Ventures. From 2006-2014, he was CEO of True portfolio company Automattic, where he helped WordPress.com become a top 10 global internet destination with close to a billion monthly visitors. His career in technology began during his software engineering days at Crystal River Engineering where he built 3D audio simulators for NASA. Later, he was the vice president of technology at Aureal Semiconductor (acquired by Creative Labs). He originally joined the startup ecosystem when he co-founded Uplister, a venture-backed music recommendation startup. However, it was his CEO role at Oddpost that impacted his career path most significantly. Yahoo acquired Oddpost in 2004, forming the basis of Yahoo Mail, which was then used by more than 250 million people around the world. When Toni joined Yahoo’s executive ranks, he created the Yahoo Developer Network. After joining True and while still leading the team at Automattic, he started blog search engine Sphere (acquired by AOL) with now fellow True partner Tony Conrad. Voted Startup CEO of the Year at the Crunchies, Toni’s leadership style is commended by many of those who have worked for and with him. When he’s not running a company or advising another, you can find him in his VW van exploring the U.S. with his family, coaching San Francisco Little League baseball, or tinkering with old cars.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Om Malik
Partner of True Ventures
Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures. In 2014, he graduated to partner at True where he continues to invest in promising networking and internet infrastructure technologies. Om regularly writes for The New Yorker and provides commentary on tech trends to broadcast channels including Bloomberg West, NPR, and BBC television and radio. Om started writing about tech in the early 1990s at Quick Nikkei News before joining the founding team at Forbes.com. After a short stint at H&Q Asia Pacific as an investment manager, he then returned to the media world as a senior writer for Red Herring and later at Business 2.0. He published his first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, in 2003. Born and raised in New Delhi, he is now happily situated in Northern California. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College where he graduated with honors. His grandfather once told him, “Do not bank money. Bank people.” This advice remains core to Om as he considers new opportunities.
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Om Malik
Partner of True Ventures
Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures. In 2014, he graduated to partner at True where he continues to invest in promising networking and internet infrastructure technologies. Om regularly writes for The New Yorker and provides commentary on tech trends to broadcast channels including Bloomberg West, NPR, and BBC television and radio. Om started writing about tech in the early 1990s at Quick Nikkei News before joining the founding team at Forbes.com. After a short stint at H&Q Asia Pacific as an investment manager, he then returned to the media world as a senior writer for Red Herring and later at Business 2.0. He published his first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, in 2003. Born and raised in New Delhi, he is now happily situated in Northern California. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College where he graduated with honors. His grandfather once told him, “Do not bank money. Bank people.” This advice remains core to Om as he considers new opportunities.
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Jon Callaghan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Ventures
Jon is an early stage venture capitalist and co-founder of True Ventures. He has been in the venture capital business since 1991 and built three companies of his own. His first was Mountain Bike Outfitters, Inc., which he created at age 18. Jon started his venture career as an associate at Summit Partners and then joined Greenhouse, AOL’s venture capital investment group and incubator. He entered the internet market early by joining CMGI’s @Ventures group in 1996. Before founding True, Jon was a managing director at Globespan Capital Partners. First as a founder and now as an investor in early-stage technology companies, Jon’s direct startup experience has allowed him to see the world through an entrepreneur’s eyes. Jon’s career has been driven by a deep belief in the power of human creativity to improve our world. Jon received a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He was recently the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. When he is not empowering the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, you can find him talking about airplanes or hanging out with his wife and four boys.
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Jon Callaghan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Ventures
Jon is an early stage venture capitalist and co-founder of True Ventures. He has been in the venture capital business since 1991 and built three companies of his own. His first was Mountain Bike Outfitters, Inc., which he created at age 18. Jon started his venture career as an associate at Summit Partners and then joined Greenhouse, AOL’s venture capital investment group and incubator. He entered the internet market early by joining CMGI’s @Ventures group in 1996. Before founding True, Jon was a managing director at Globespan Capital Partners. First as a founder and now as an investor in early-stage technology companies, Jon’s direct startup experience has allowed him to see the world through an entrepreneur’s eyes. Jon’s career has been driven by a deep belief in the power of human creativity to improve our world. Jon received a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He was recently the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. When he is not empowering the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, you can find him talking about airplanes or hanging out with his wife and four boys.
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Jeffrey Veen
Design Partner and Head of Platform of True Ventures
In Jeff’s role as design partner, he helps the True portfolio create better products and advises early stage founders on how to leverage design thinking as they lay the groundwork for their companies. Jeff was the vice president of design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was one of the founding partners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at Google, he redesigned Google Analytics and led the UX team for Google’s apps. Much earlier, Jeff was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, where he helped build HotWired, Web Monkey, Wired News, and more. He’s authored two books, HotWired Style and The Art and Science of Web Design. When not working with the True team or recording his design-focused podcast, Presentable, Jeff enjoys time with his partner and three energetic children.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Jeffrey Veen
Design Partner and Head of Platform of True Ventures
In Jeff’s role as design partner, he helps the True portfolio create better products and advises early stage founders on how to leverage design thinking as they lay the groundwork for their companies. Jeff was the vice president of design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was one of the founding partners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at Google, he redesigned Google Analytics and led the UX team for Google’s apps. Much earlier, Jeff was part of the founding web team at Wired Magazine, where he helped build HotWired, Web Monkey, Wired News, and more. He’s authored two books, HotWired Style and The Art and Science of Web Design. When not working with the True team or recording his design-focused podcast, Presentable, Jeff enjoys time with his partner and three energetic children.
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Puneet Agarwal
Partner of True Ventures
Puneet Agarwal is a Partner at True Ventures.
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Puneet Agarwal
Partner of True Ventures
Puneet Agarwal is a Partner at True Ventures.
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Tony Conrad
Partner of True Ventures
Having founded about.me and Sphere (both acquired by AOL), Tony brings founder and startup leadership expertise to his partner role at True. Early in his career, Tony spent a decade abroad in India, France, and Indonesia with Groupe Danone where he focused on brand extension opportunities through mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Tony grew up in a small Indiana farming community. He’s worked a lot of jobs not listed on his resume, including short stints as a baseball umpire, basketball camp counselor, pharmacy stock person, high school sports reporter, book bindery glue machine operator, janitor, college newspaper ad salesman, and yogurt merchandiser, to name a few. When he is not seeking out new opportunities for investment, you can find him communicating en français, making drip coffee, traveling, or getting lucky with his enviable good parking karma. He holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a minor in business from Indiana University. He is also a proud board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation.
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Tony Conrad
Partner of True Ventures
Having founded about.me and Sphere (both acquired by AOL), Tony brings founder and startup leadership expertise to his partner role at True. Early in his career, Tony spent a decade abroad in India, France, and Indonesia with Groupe Danone where he focused on brand extension opportunities through mergers and acquisitions in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Tony grew up in a small Indiana farming community. He’s worked a lot of jobs not listed on his resume, including short stints as a baseball umpire, basketball camp counselor, pharmacy stock person, high school sports reporter, book bindery glue machine operator, janitor, college newspaper ad salesman, and yogurt merchandiser, to name a few. When he is not seeking out new opportunities for investment, you can find him communicating en français, making drip coffee, traveling, or getting lucky with his enviable good parking karma. He holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a minor in business from Indiana University. He is also a proud board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation.
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About about.me, HODINKEE, PullString, Quarterly, True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Rohit Sharma
Partner of True Ventures
Rohit Sharma is a partner at True Ventures. He began his career as founder and CTO of ONI Systems, which pioneered the use of optical switching and real-time signal processing technologies in optical networks. ONI Systems was acquired by Ciena, where Rohit served as SVP and CTO of Metro Networks Group. Rohit holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from India’s National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He also holds Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical engineering from University of Alberta, Canada, where he endowed a professorship in digital communications in 2004. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the President of India at NITK’s 50th anniversary convocation. Rohit is fascinated by many aspects of innovation and technology. He believes all rabbit holes, especially across technology and society, are worth exploring. He is also a keen student of the many ways in which startups evolve into thriving companies. Rohit firmly believes that the “people part” of a startup is just as, if not more, critical to a company’s success than the technology piece of the business.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Rohit Sharma
Partner of True Ventures
Rohit Sharma is a partner at True Ventures. He began his career as founder and CTO of ONI Systems, which pioneered the use of optical switching and real-time signal processing technologies in optical networks. ONI Systems was acquired by Ciena, where Rohit served as SVP and CTO of Metro Networks Group. Rohit holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from India’s National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He also holds Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical engineering from University of Alberta, Canada, where he endowed a professorship in digital communications in 2004. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the President of India at NITK’s 50th anniversary convocation. Rohit is fascinated by many aspects of innovation and technology. He believes all rabbit holes, especially across technology and society, are worth exploring. He is also a keen student of the many ways in which startups evolve into thriving companies. Rohit firmly believes that the “people part” of a startup is just as, if not more, critical to a company’s success than the technology piece of the business.
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Dovi Frances
Founding Partner of Group 11
Dovi Frances is a financial services entrepreneur and the founding partner of Group 11 (f.k.a. SGVC), a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of his career, Dovi has invested over $500 million in some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive financial technology companies, including TripActions, Next Insurance, Papaya Global, Addepar, Tipalti, Homelight, Sunbit, EquityBee, and Lili to name a few. Prior to launching Group 11 in 2012, Frances worked for nearly a decade in the financial services industry; having managed an independent financial advisory firm, as well as having served as Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG Private Bank (NYSE: DB). Frances currently serves on the Board of Tipalti, Homelight, Papaya Global, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, Venn, Masterschool, Sorbet, SMBX, Insurights, and Fintastic. He is also an Advisor to TripActions and Addepar, a member of the Advisory Council of Leumi Bank U.S., and serves on the Steering Committee of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON). Frances earned an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business and a BA in Management and Psychology from Ben-Gurion University.
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Devon Morris
Partner of Group 11
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Alex Salazar
Partner of Neotribe Ventures
Alex Salazar Before starting Stormpath, Alex was a senior sales executive at IBM where he managed $30M+ accounts at ESPN, Viacom, Bloomberg, NBC/Universal, and Government. Prior to IBM, Alex was an enterprise software developer. He has a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Stanford.
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About Neotribe Ventures: Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
David Silverman
Partner of Crosslink Capital
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Eric Chin
Partner of Crosslink Capital
Eric joined Crosslink Capital in 2010. He focuses on Internet, Software, and Cloud Infrastructure companies. In addition, Eric leads the Crosslink Capital Seed Program. Eric brings over 20 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and venture investor. Prior to Crosslink, Eric was a Partner at Artiman Ventures and Bay Partners focusing on Internet & Software investments, some of which include Opsource (NTT), Invensense (INVN), InterAct and Dropcam. Eric’s startup experience includes co-founding the Internet server software company WebSpective (INKT), and co-founding TelASIC Communications (MTI). In addition, his operating experience includes business development at Mainspring (IBM) and at MILCOM (Military Commercial Technologies) where he focused on finding and commercializing next generation technologies out of the military, aerospace and Defense Labs. Eric is co-founder and president of alpha, the entrepreneurial networking club for more than 500 Founders and CEOs. Eric Chin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Phil Boyer
Partner of Crosslink Capital
Phil joined Crosslink in 2014 and focuses on investments in enterprise applications, infrastructure, vertical software, and frontier technology. Phil brings over a decade of experience as a technology investor with deep sector expertise within enterprise and vertical software (AI, cloud, developer tools, SaaS, security). He is passionate about serving as a partner with early-stage founding teams, with an eye towards helping strong technical teams build category-defining companies. At Crosslink, Phil’s investments include Armory, Descartes Labs, Iron Ox, Molekule, Verodin (FEYE), Weave, and Yotascale, among other companies. Prior to Crosslink, Phil was an investor with NYC-based venture capital firm Tenfore Holdings, with early investments in Optoro and Trulioo during his tenure. Before beginning his venture capital career, Phil wrote and published research on the technology sector at Credit Suisse and RBC, where he covered companies such as Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, eBay, Priceline, Yelp, and many others.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Matt Bigge
Partner of Crosslink Capital
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About Aliro Technologies, Crosslink Capital, Strategic Social, Yotascale: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Michael Stark
Founder & General Partner of Crosslink Capital
Michael co-founded Crosslink Capital. He oversees all the Firm’s investment activities. Michael also serves as Portfolio Manager for the Partners and Emerging Growth Long/Short funds and all of the Firm’s Crossover Funds. Michael joined Robertson Stephens in 1983 where he served as Director of Research and equity analyst covering the semiconductor and software industries. Prior to that he was at Intel Corporation.
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About Crosslink Capital, Northwestern University, University of Michigan: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
McLain Southworth
Partner of Crosslink Capital
McLain joined Crosslink in 2017 and focuses on Internet, Financial Technology, and Software as a Service. McLain has 12 years of experience working with early stage technology companies as an entrepreneur, leader and investor. Prior to Crosslink, McLain was an early employee at Currenex which was acquired by State Street Bank (STT) in 2007. After the acquisition, McLain worked in State Street’s e-Exchange group, which oversaw all financial technology-related innovations and initiatives within the bank.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Gary Hromadko
Venture Partner of Crosslink Capital
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About Crosslink Capital, Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Maureen Offer
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Crosslink Capital
Maureen has been with Crosslink since 2005. As Controller Maureen is responsible for the preparation of both fund and investment level financial statements, performance reporting and Crosslink Capital, Inc. accounting. Maureen joined Crosslink as a Venture Fund Accountant. In her years at Crosslink, Maureen has acquired in-depth knowledge of Crosslink’s public and private funds and investors. Prior to joining Crosslink, Maureen was a Finance Associate with Wells Fargo Financial.
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About Crosslink Capital, Wells Fargo Financial: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Tom Bliska
General Partner of Crosslink Capital
Tom is a portfolio manager for the Firm’s public equity investing activities. In addition, he focuses on investments in the Communication Services & Infrastructure sector. Tom joined Crosslink in 1999. From 1992-98, Tom was a technology portfolio manager at West Highland Capital, a $700 million Bay Area hedge fund. Prior to that, he was with Emerging Growth Management, a small-cap hedge fund manager. He spent two years in investment banking with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and five years in equity research and institutional sales at Robertson Stephens.
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About Crosslink Capital: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Sanjay Katyal
Global Vice President, Business Development and Partner Sales, Integrated Systems Business Unit of VMware
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About Druva, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Matthew Weiner
Director, Technology Partner Engagement Services of VMware
Matthew Weiner is an 8 year veteran at VMware and the leader of the Technology Alliance Partner program (TAP), the VMware PKS Solution Competency and the Master Services Competency – Cloud Native.
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Marcus Phipps
Director, Partner Go-to-Market and Sales Acceleration of VMware
Marcus Phipps serves as director of partner sales acceleration at VMware.
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Alain Debost
Director, Global Partner Development Funds of VMware
Alain Debost is the Director of World-Wide Development Funds at VMware. He is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in global IT companies in Finance, Marketing, Go-To-Market, Partner Sales roles to bring disruptive products and solutions, both hardware and software, and Programs to market.
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Frances Wong
Cloud Partner Solution Architect of VMware
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Kendra DeCoste
Director, Global Partner Marketing of VMware
Kendra DeCoste serves as director of global partner marketing at VMware.
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Kendra DeCoste
Director, Global Partner Marketing of VMware
Kendra DeCoste serves as director of global partner marketing at VMware.
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Bob Goldsand
Senior Staff Partner Enterprise Architect of VMware
Bob Goldsand is a senior staff partner enterprise architect at VMware.
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Sri Chandrasekar
Partner of Point72 Ventures
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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.
Scott Barclay
Partner of Point72 Ventures
Scott Barclay joined Point72 Ventures as Partner in 2020. Scott is a Silicon Valley innovator and angel investor with a passion for clinical analytics to power the next generation of healthcare tools and service models that drive better outcomes and lower costs. Scott is a hypothesis-driven innovator with an interest in new service models of care, new forms of interoperability, the acceleration of “omics” to the front-lines of care, and opportunities to better address elder care and all forms of mental and behavioral health. Recently, Scott lead strategy, innovation, and product for Surescripts, the nation’s e-Prescribing network, and before that led eHealth for CVS Caremark where he also ran iScribe, a successful mobile e-Prescribing company. Previously, Scott worked for the Boston Consulting Group, Banc of America Securities, and graduated with an MBA from Insead and a bachelor of arts in history from the University of Virginia.
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About Point72 Ventures, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund): Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
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.
Daniel Gwak
Partner of Point72 Ventures
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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.
Kevin Berardinelli
Operating Partner of Point72 Ventures
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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.
Bobby Lent
Managing General Partner of Hillsven Capital
Bobby Lent is the Managing Partner at Hillsven.
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About Cyhawk Ventures, Hillsven Capital, Livefyre, Threadbox: Hillsven Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on startups based in Silicon Valley and Israel.
Boris Putanec
Managing Partner of Hillsven Capital
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About Hillsven Capital: Hillsven Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on startups based in Silicon Valley and Israel.
Scott Coleman
Partner of Ignition Partners
Scott joined Ignition as Business Development Partner to help our portfolio companies identify and win customers and partners on a global scale. Scott has spent 20 years working at the intersection of technology and finance and has worked with startups and large companies on partnerships, go-to-market, acquisitions, and investments. Scott’s prior roles have placed him at the forefront of how software-defined infrastructure, devops, advanced analytics, cyber, and digital transformation are changing our notion of the tech stack and how enterprises source and consumer solutions. Prior to joining Ignition, Scott led Microsoft Startup Growth Partners, was responsible for Microsoft’s global accelerator program and brought together colleagues across the company to drive engagement and partnership with the start-up and venture capital ecosystem. Before Microsoft, Scott led the Technology Innovation Portfolio team at Bank of America. The team’s mission was finding innovative solutions to emerging business and technology opportunities by partnering with the technology community, including venture capital firms, and their portfolio companies. Prior to Bank of America, Scott ran Technology Business Development at Morgan Stanley where his responsibilities included technology strategy and partnering with the banking and equities businesses to drive revenue for the Firm. In this role, Scott created a structured innovation practice that cultivated relationships with VCs, technology entrepreneurs, CEOs, CTOs and other leaders at both large and small technology companies. Prior to his role in Technology Business Development, Scott spent 10 years in equity research at Morgan Stanley, covering the networking and communications equipment sector, and before that Scott ran finance at Covista, a publicly-traded telecom company.
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About Ignition Partners: Ignition Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity.
Shirish Sathaye
General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Shirish Sathaye General Partner Shirish Sathaye focuses on investments in next-generation enterprise software, cloud-based software, wireless and wireline networking, storage infrastructure and systems. Prior to Cervin, Shirish was a General Partner at Formation 8. He was also a General Partner at Khosla Ventures from 2010 to 2013 and a General Partner at Matrix Partners from 2001 to 2010. Shirish’s prior investments include Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:ARUN), Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX), Grandis (acquired by Samsung), Solidcore Systems (acquired by McAfee), Aviatrix, and Vectra.AI. Shirish’s investing career was preceded by a long operating career at technology companies. He helped build two venture-backed companies, FORE Systems (NASDAQ:FORE) and Alteon Websystems (NASDAQ:ATON), and led the design and development of their core products. Both companies pioneered important new product categories and had very successful IPOs. Shirish ran the Engineering Group at FORE Systems, a pioneer in ATM Switched Networks. FORE went public in 1994 and was eventually sold to Marconi for $4B. In 1997 Shirish joined Alteon Websystems, which created the server-load-balancer product category, as its VP of Engineering and later, its CTO. Alteon went public in 1999 and was acquired by Nortel for $7.8B. Shirish began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation first in the Semiconductor group and then in the Network Architecture & Software Group.
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About Cervin Ventures, Formation 8: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Preetish Nijhawan
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Preetish Nijhawan is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Preetish was Chief Financial Officer for Neon Enterprise Software. Before that, Preetish was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at NeoEdge Networks, a video game advertising company. Preetish was also Vice President, Portfolio and Program Management for BMC Software. Prior to BMC, he was Vice President, Operations of iVita Corporation, an asset management software startup he helped found. Preetish has advised senior executives in hardware, software and telecom industries for McKinsey and Company. He co-founded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) in 1998, He also worked for nearly six years in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) division at Intel in various engineering and program management roles. Preetish earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Southern California, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Cervin Ventures, QuanticMind, Replay Technologies: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Samir Shah
Operating Partner of Cervin Ventures
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About Cervin Ventures: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Neeraj Gupta
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Neeraj Gupta is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Neeraj was a member of the executive team at Patni, a publicly listed IT services company where he led global sales and marketing with top line responsibility for ~$700M. Prior to that, he was a General Manager with responsibility for telecom, media, and growth industries. Neeraj founded Cymbal Corporation, an IT services company focused on telecom operators which he led as CEO from its inception to successful exit to Patni Computers (NYSE: PTI). In his earlier career, he held engineering and product management positions at Octel (acquired by Lucent) and Genesys (acquired by Alcatel). Neeraj has had significant global experience including stints in UK and India. Neeraj has a Bachelors in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Punjab University in India and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.
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About Cervin Ventures, QuanticMind, Replay Technologies: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Richard Moley
Venture Partner of Storm Ventures
Richard Moley is a founding venture partner at Storm Ventures. Richard Moley was born and raised in England where he received a BSEE from Manchester University. He worked as an electrical engineer and software developer for a U.K. computer company and a U.S. company on the East Coast before coming to California in 1966. He earned his BSEE from Stanford University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. Between 1966-1973, he worked at Hewlett-Packard and held various positions in Software Development and Marketing. In 1973, he joined ROLM Corporation to lead their Diversification into the telecommunications business. He held the position of Group Vice President before the company was acquired by IBM in 1984. After staying with IBM for 1 1/2 years, he left to join StrataCom. As Chairman, CEO, and President of StrataCom Inc., he pioneered ATM and Frame Relay technology. StrataCom grew through an IPO in 1992 to a revenue run rate of $380/annum in 1996, when the company was acquired by Cisco Systems. He stayed as a senior VP and Board Member of Cisco before resigning in August 1997 to become a private investor in companies. He currently serves on the board for such companies as Linear Technology, Inc., CMC Industries, Inc., CIDCO Inc., Echelon Inc., Netro Inc., and Nefeour Systems, Inc. He is also on the Board of Trustees for Santa Clara University
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About Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Frederik Groce
Partner of Storm Ventures
Frederik Groce is a Principal at Storm Ventures where he focuses on AI enabled b2b SaaS products. He is also the co-founder of BLCK VC, the largest black venture community in the US.
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About BLCK VC, Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Arun Penmetsa
Partner of Storm Ventures
Arun Penmetsa is a Principal at Storm Ventures where he invests in early stage Mobile and SaaS companies. He has extensive experience building enterprise software solutions. At Oracle, Arun helped build the data management platform for Enterprise Manager where he focused on software and product development. Prior to Oracle, he was an early member of the Google Apps for Business team at Google. Arun is passionate about entrepreneurship and focuses on working with founders to create innovative solutions. Arun was born in India. He has earned an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and served on the school’s Academic Committee. He has a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he was the recipient of the Terman fellowship.
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About 4me, Asian Institute of Gastroentology, Asian Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Lexigram, Scripted.com, ShoCard, Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Pascale Diaine
Partner of Storm Ventures
Pascale Diaine is a Partner at Storm Ventures.
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About LiftIgniter, Passage AI, Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Archana Chattha
Partner and VP of Network of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Jack Smith
Partner of Amino Capital
Mr. Jack Smith is a Partner at AMINO Capital and co-founded Hotmail in 1996, acquired by Microsoft. Jack is currently an Advisor at Airkast, Inc. Since 2007, Mr. Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Proximex Corporation, acquired by ADT. He was a co-founder of Valley Inception, LLC. Mr. Smith also co-founded Windows Live Hotmail in 1996 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. His earlier background includes semiconductor design and various technical positions at Apple Computer and FirePower Systems, a subsidiary of Canon Computer Systems. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Smith seed-funded, advised, and/or directed early-stage tech startup companies.
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About Amino Capital, VeriFyle: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Huican Zhu
Managing Partner of Amino Capital
Dr. Huican Zhu is a Founder and Managing Partner at AMINO Capital. Huican joined Google in 2000 and was responsible for many significant Google research. He was a pioneer of Google’s image search and the first Senior Chinese Engineer and Senior Manager at Google. In 2010, he left Google and joined Tencent as the Chief Architect and General Manager of Infrastructure. Dr. Zhu has received high praise for his excellent computer vision research capability. Huican has a strong academic reputation, and his research results have over 12,000 citations. He is currently a board member of MaxFun, Weee, Yiqixie, and Evertoon, and has over 10 years of experience in investing in fast-growing companies like AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF). He completed his B.E. degree at Sun Yat-sen University, M.S. degree at the National Academy of Science, and PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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About Amino Capital, CloudIn: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Sue Xu
Managing Partner of Amino Capital
Dr. Sue Xu is a Managing Partner at Amino Capital, and her focus areas of investment include data-driven solutions and blockchain web3.0 protocols. She was interim CEO of CandyHouse and Databeyond. Since 2012, she has involved with more than 140 investments, including Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), GrokStyle(acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan/Tencent), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Yiqixie (Acquired by Kuaishou/Tencent), Voyage, AIFI.io, Vicarious, Paperspace, Skycatch, Skuchain, Webflow, and Grail. We are also early backers of next-generation blockchain protocol since 2014 and led the seed and A round of String Labs, which incubated one of the most anticipated public chain, DFINITY. We participated in the investment of OASIS, DFINITY, Kadena, TrustToken, NuCypher, Kyber, 0x, and OmiseGo, which later became known as the first blockchain unicorn in 2017. Dr. Sue Xu began her early-stage entrepreneurship when she was the founding scientist of GlycoMira (also involved in undergrad and Ph.D. laboratory spin-offs). She has three patents and over 20 journal publications, and previously was a Postdoc fellow at Stanford University.
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About Amino Capital: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Larry Li
Managing Partner, Co-Founder of Amino Capital
Larry Li is a Founder and Managing Partner at AMINO Capital. He serves on the boards of String Lab (incubated Dfinity, and Phi), SkuChain, Candy House, Battlefy, etc. and leads investments in companies with successful exits or growth, such as Assemblage (acquired by Cisco), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon), Ozlo (acquired by Facebook), Woomoo (acquired by Priceline), Contastic (acquired by Sugar CRM), Mobike (acquired by Meituan), Evertoon (Acquired by Niantic | PokemonGo), Human Longevity Inc, Skycatch, Skuchain, Webflow, and Grail. He has backed next-generation blockchain protocol since 2014 and led the seed and A round of String Labs, which incubated one the most anticipated ICOs in 2018, DFINITY, and also participated in pre-sales and ICO of DFINITY, NuCypher, Kyber, 0X, Grid+, OmiseGo, which later became known as the first ICO unicorn. Larry also co-founded TAF (invested in ZOOM) in 2010, and currently serves on the board of TEEC. Larry completed his B.E degree from Tsinghua University, attended Tsinghua Graduate School of Economics and Management in 1987, and completed his M.E degree at the University of Florida. As a successful investor, Larry also actively gives back to society by contributing to many nonprofit communities. He is a founding contributor of Tsinghua 100 Education Fund, Vice Chairman of TEEC North America, and Vice President of Tsinghua Business School Alumni Association at US West. He also serves on the board of UCAHP. Larry is a frequent speaker at international investment conferences, and a mentor for incubator programs, such as StartX at Stanford University. Larry was appointed as the Visiting Professor for Zhejiang University Business School in 2017.
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About Amino Capital: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Max Ibel
Managing Partner of Amino Capital
Max worked for Google Inc (with a 4 year stint at Google Switzerland) from 2000 to 2017, and has worked on many areas, from crawling and searching the web to building Google search appliances to leading the identity managemnent and account security team. Max holds a Diploma in Mathematics/CS from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Max has co-authored more than 10 patents.
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About Amino Capital: Amino Capital focusing on data driven startups, and blockchain powered next generation protocols.
Lorrie Norrington
Operating Partner of Lead Edge Capital
Lorrie Norrington has over 30 years of operating experience in technology, software, and internet businesses. Norrington currently serves as an Advisor and in an Operating Partner capacity for Lead Edge Capital. Lead Edge is a growth equity firm that partners with world-class entrepreneurs and exceptional technology businesses. Prior to Lead Edge Capital, Norrington was the President of eBay Marketplaces and led all eBay businesses in 39 countries. Previously she served as President and COO of eBay Marketplaces and President of eBay International, in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining eBay, Norrington was the CEO of Shopping.com Inc., an online shopping comparison site acquired by eBay in 2005. Prior to eBay, Norrington was an officer at Intuit, Inc., where she led the Quicken and QuickBooks brands and later became an Executive Vice President in the Office of the CEO. She also led a variety of businesses at General Electric Company over a twenty-year period in a broad range of industries, including her last position as an officer of GE and CEO of GE FANUC. Norrington has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS degree from the University of Maryland. She also serves on the board of DIRECTV and HubSpot. Previous boards include Shopping.com, McAfee, TaskRabbit and Lucasfilm.
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
