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This list showcases the top United States based General Partner operating in the Venture Capital space. If you think a General 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.
Rashaun Williams
General Partner of Manhattan Venture Partners
Rashaun Williams is a former investment banker turned venture capitalist focused on tech, consumer products & media companies. With over 100 investments under his belt and over 20 exits, Mr. Williams is currently a general partner in the MVP All-Star Fund which is a late stage tech fund. Previously he founded venture capital fund Queensbridge Venture Partners where he invested in companies like Coinbase, Casper, Ring, PillPack, Lyft & Dropbox. Over the last 15 years he has been primarily responsible for bringing capital to emerging, diverse and alternative markets while working at Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, Wachovia Securities & Deutsche Bank. In 2007 he founded Dixsville Partners, a private equity fund investing in infrastructure development and mineral companies in West Africa. In 2014 he founded and raised capital for venture capital fund Queensbridge Venture Partners with partners including hip hop icon Nas. Mr. Williams has successfully started, invested in and exited several companies. With a passion for financial literacy and entrepreneurship Mr. Williams founded the Kemet Institute in 2001, a non-profit focused on providing free financial literacy, entrepreneurship and life skills classes to under-served communities and schools. In 2015 he was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Fisk University. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. and summa cum laude graduate of Morehouse College.
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About Manhattan Venture Partners, Morehouse College, MVP All-Star Fund, Value Investment Group: Principal investor and advisory solution to private venture backed technology companies and their shareholders.
Bill Lee
Co-Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures
Bill Lee was CEO and co-founder of Remarq, a Benchmark Capital-backed collaboration company. At Remarq, Bill guided the company in its development of a complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration platform. Before its acquisition by Critical Path in March 2000, the company developed high-volume messaging platforms for sites such as eBay, Sun, Novell, and Amazon. The company raised over $43 million in venture and debt financing. Bill has been appointed by the Mayor of San Jose to the Redevelopment Committee of San Jose. Bill also graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in accounting/finance and received a JD/MBA from UCLA.
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About Craft Ventures, West Coast Holdings: Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies.
Jeff Fluhr
Co-Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures
Jeff is co-founder and general partner at Craft. He has been a successful tech entrepreneur and investor for two decades. While at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Fluhr entered the annual business plan competition with the idea of creating a trusted and transparent marketplace where fans could buy and sell tickets for sporting events and concerts. Fluhr dropped out of school and co-founded StubHub in March 2000. By 2007, StubHub had over 400 employees, more than $600 million of gross merchandise volume and partnerships with many professional and college sports teams. Fluhr served as CEO of StubHub until it was acquired by eBay for $310 million in 2007.
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About Craft Ventures: Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies.
Ashton Kutcher
General Partner of Sound Ventures
Ashton Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist. Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s “New Establishment List,” which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies and entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.” Kutcher has been investing in technology for over a decade, both as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His fund portfolio includes Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, Bird, Airtable and Affirm among others. Kutcher is also the co-founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children (www.thorn.org). Thorn drives technology innovation to fight the sexual exploitation of children. Kutcher currently stars in the Netflix original series, The Ranch. He also serves as Executive Producer. Until 2015, Kutcher starred in the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men. The show ranked as the second most-watched comedy on all of network television. Kutcher first gained recognition as Michael Kelso on the Fox series That 70’s Show, and went on to star in a variety of box office hits on the big screen – including What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz, The Guardian with Kevin Costner, No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Car. Kutcher served as co-creator and producer of MTV’s hit series, “Punk’d,” and The CW’s reality series “Beauty and the Geek” and “True Beauty.” He has also produced films such as No Strings Attached, Killers and The Butterfly Effect. Additionally, Kutcher co-founded APlus, a digital media company devoted to spreading the message of positive journalism, a kind of storytelling that focuses on our shared humanity. In 2016, APlus was purchased by Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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About A Plus, A-Grade Investments, RechargeStore, Sound Ventures, Thorn: Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Alexis Ohanian
Founder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six
Alexis Ohanian, born April 24, 1983, is an entrepreneur and investor in Brooklyn, NY, best known as the co-founder and executive chair of reddit, a platform for online communities to share links and have discussions. While he learned his earliest lessons in leadership and web design from his high school Quake 2 clan and Everquest guild, Alexis continued his official studies at the University of Virginia, where he met his future co-founder Steve Huffman during freshman year move-in day. This would lead to the founding of reddit, which he recounted along with many lessons for entrepreneurs, in his national bestseller, Without Their Permission. At UVA, Alexis majored in business and history with a minor in German. Though he had originally planned to become an immigration lawyer, he experienced an epiphany in his junior year (while sitting in a Waffle House) that led him to the realization that he didn’t want to practice law. Instead he convinced his best friend Steve to start a company with him. The pair traveled to Cambridge, MA during their senior year spring break to hear Paul Graham give a talk titled “How to Start a Startup.” After the lecture, Alexis invited Graham out for a drink so he and Steve could pitch Graham on their business idea. Graham agreed, loved the idea, and suggested they apply to a new seed stage venture firm he’d launched called Y Combinator. Alexis and Steve’s original plan was to build an infrastructure that would allow people to order food from their cell phones. Though the idea was rejected, Alexis and Steve were invited to join the first class of Y Combinator, on the condition that they’d come up with a new concept. The next idea they pitched to Graham would become reddit.com.
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About breadpig, Seven Seven Six: Seven Seven Six is a venture capital firm that primarily seeks to invest in seed rounds.
Justin Kan
General Partner & Co-Founder of Goat Capital
Justin Kan is the CEO and co-founder of Atrium, a technology company and corporate law firm providing fast, transparent, and price-predictable business and legal services to startups. As a founder of multiple companies and an investor in hundreds more, Justin involuntarily became a power user of corporate legal services. Justin’s mixed experiences with traditional law firms and billing practices inspired him to reimagine the delivery of legal services with a better client experience as his guide. At Atrium, Justin is chief visionary and leads a team of talented executives in developing a technology platform for legal professionals to meet client needs responsively, and rethinking and refining how services are packaged and priced so that legal spend is clear, transparent, and predictable for client legal budgets. The Atrium corporate law firm employs experienced startup lawyers who are attuned to the needs of Atrium’s client base of emerging companies. Prior to Atrium, Justin was a partner at Y Combinator, the preeminent startup accelerator. Justin was a co-founder of Justin.tv, which became Twitch, the popular video game streaming platform (acquired by Amazon in 2014); Exec, an on-demand errand service (acquired by Handybook in 2014); Socialcam, a mobile app for sharing video (acquired by Autodesk in 2012); and Kiko, the first Ajax web calendar. Justin is a prolific angel investor and mentor to startup founders. He is a graduate of Yale University.
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About Goat Capital, Zero-F: Goat Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Robin Chan
Co-Founder & General Partner of Goat Capital
Robin Chan joined Goat Capital Founder and General Partner in 2020.
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About Bird, Expa, Goat Capital, Operation Masks, Operator, Square: Goat Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Beth Turner
General Partner of SV Angel
Beth Turner is a General Partner at SV Angel. Prior to joining, Beth ran operations and invested with a family office focused on seed stage opportunities, investing in companies such as Clover Health, Flatiron Health, LifeLock, and Blue Apron. Prior to this, Beth was managing director of a consulting firm and worked with an international NGO with an operational focus in East Africa. Prior to this, Beth was an early employee at the ad-tech startup Adaptly and worked with one of Israel’s first startups, Netafim. She is a Siemens Westinghouse Scholar, has spoken at TEDx and The World Space Conference, the youngest person to ever record an asteroid occultation, and a musician (performing the national anthem for NBA/NFL, with the Houston Grand Opera, and on an album with Albany records). Beth graduated from MIT with a major in Civil and Environmental Engineering and minors in Physics and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).
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About SV Angel: SV Angel is an angel firm that helps startups with business development, financing, M&A, and other strategic advice.
Calvin Broadus
General Partner and Founder of Casa Verde Capital
For more than two decades, multi-platinum entertainment icon Snoop Dogg has raised the bar as a global entertainer and innovator. With more than 35 million albums sold worldwide, Snoop Dogg continues to pave the way in the entertainment industry, serving as a mentor to new and established artists. From his YouTube original series “GGN News,” to his investments in tech companies like Secret, Reddit and Robinhood, to his philanthropic work with the Snoop Youth Football League, Snoop’s successful ventures within music, film, fashion, television and technology set him apart as a cultural icon.
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About Casa Verde Capital, MERRY JANE: Casa Verde Capital is a venture capital firm specialized in seed investments.
Ted Chung
General Partner of Casa Verde Capital
Ted Chung is media entrepreneur and visionary based in Los Angeles, CA. Chung is Snoop Dogg’s business partner and co-investor in technology, media, film and entertainment ventures. An industry veteran, Chung is the Founder of Cashmere Agency, a lifestyle-marketing company specializing in identifying trends in popular culture, with a focus on multicultural millennials, and Founder of Stampede Management, an artist and producer management company. Ted graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Entertainment Marketing. He is an avid traveler and enjoys collecting music memorabilia and hot sauces from around the world.
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About Casa Verde Capital, Cashmere Agency, MERRY JANE, Stampede Management: Casa Verde Capital is a venture capital firm specialized in seed investments.
Matt Mazzeo
General Partner of Coatue
Matthew Mazzeo is the General Partner at Coatue Management.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Michael Gilroy
General Partner of Coatue
Michael invests in entrepreneurs building enterprise software and fintech companies. He is interested in talking to founders building the next generation enterprise tools and fintechs solving the structural issues in finance. Deeply passionate about building the entrepreneurial community in fintech, Michael launched Canaan’s FinTech Central in 2015, a quarterly event series covering trends in fintech. Previously, Michael advised technology companies with GCA Savvian and Matrix Capital. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Luca Schmid
General Partner of Coatue
Luca Schmid is the Partner at Coatue.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Caryn Marooney
General Partner of Coatue
Caryn Marooney is General Partner at Coatue Management. She sits on the boards of Zendesk and Elastic. Prior to Coatue, Caryn spent over 8 years in operating roles at Facebook where she oversaw communications for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus. Prior to Facebook, Caryn co-founded The OutCast Agency where she worked with companies of every size, from early stages onward, including Salesforce.com, Amazon, Netflix and VMware. Caryn is originally from New York City and holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Sebastian Duesterhoeft
General Partner of Coatue
Sebastian Duesterhoeft is working as a General Partner at Coatue.
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About Coatue, Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
David Schneider
General Partner of Coatue
David Schneider has served as ServiceNow’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services since June 2011. Prior to joining ServiceNow, Schneider served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales of the backup recovery systems division of EMC from July 2009 to June 2011. From January 2004 to July 2009, Schneider held senior positions at Data Domain, most recently Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to joining Data Domain, he served as Vice President of Alliances, Channel and OEM Sales for Borland Software from January 2003 to December 2003. From May 2002 to January 2003, Schneider served as Vice President of Western United States Sales for TogetherSoft Corporation (later acquired by Borland Software). From January 1999 to May 2002, he was Western Regional Manager at Iona Technologies, Inc., an infrastructure software company. Schneider holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Lucas Swisher
General Partner of Coatue
Lucas Swisher is the General Partner at Coatue Management.
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About Coatue, UiPath: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Yan-David Erlich
General Partner of Coatue
Yan-David Erlich is the Founder & CEO of Parsable (formerly known as Wearable Intelligence), a Silicon Valley based company transforming the lives, productivity, and safety for the 70% of the global workforce whose jobs aren’t performed at a desk. Parsable is replacing paper & walkie talkies with Sera: a collaboration app for industrial teams. With it, enterprises can digitize their procedures and have their mobile workforce collaboratively execute them for the first time. Parsable is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and a handful of angels. Mr. Erlich is also a Managing Partner at Outlier Ventures (a micro seed fund), and a founding Venture Partner at MuckerLab, Los Angeles’ premier startup accelerator. Prior, Mr. Erlich was the Founder & CEO of ChoiceVendor, which was acquired by LinkedIn (LNKD) in 2010. He was also the Founder & CEO of Mogad, which was acquired by iSkoot (now a division of Qualcomm: QCOM) in 2008, and the Founder of Happiness Engines. Yan-David has been an Entrepreneur in Residence at Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Battery Ventures. He started his career with software engineering and product management roles at both Google and Microsoft and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (class of ’05). Yan-David enjoys advising other entrepreneurs and counts himself fortunate to have been involved since the early stages with companies including Mixer Labs (acq Twitter), Thumbtack, MasterClass, CircleUp, Twenty20, and Vidme. Mr. Erlich has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Fox, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
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About Coatue, MuckerLab, Outlier Ventures, Weights & Biases: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Alda Leu Dennis
General Partner of Initialized Capital
Alda is a General Partner at Initialized Capital. She brings over a decade of investing and legal experience to both Initialized and our portfolio companies. Prior to joining Initialized, she was a managing partner at 137 Ventures where she led investments in Planet Labs, Wish, Coupang, CourseHero, and Work Market (acquired by ADP). Additionally, she made personal early-stage investments in companies such as Maven, Common Networks, Legalzoom (acquired by Permira), SpaceX, and Osaro. Previously she was COO at Airtime, General Counsel at Founders Fund, Assistant General Counsel at Peter Thiel’s Clarium Capital Management, and practiced as a litigator for IP disputes at WSGR. She graduated from Stanford with BAs in economics and political science, and a JD from UCLA.
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About Initialized Capital: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Brett Gibson
General Partner of Initialized Capital
Brett brings a career of shipping software to venture. He co-founded the blog platforms Posthaven and Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and later wrote software for Y Combinator, building their essential internal software systems. He was also a founder of the social news platform Slinkset, which was funded by YC in Summer 2008, and DrawHere, a browser drawing startup acquired by DeviantArt in 2006. He graduated with a BA in philosophy from University of California, Santa Barbara.
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About Initialized Capital: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Ping Li
General Partner of Accel
Ping Li joined Accel in 2004 and focuses on investing in business software applications and cloud native technology platforms. He is the lead investor and board member at Jelly.ai, Split.io, Sysdig, Snyk and Trifacta. Ping is also active in cybersecurity as an investor at Code42, Illumio, Lookout Mobile Security, and Tenable Network Security (NASDAQ). He was responsible for numerous past investments with notable exits, including Arista (NASDAQ), Blue Jeans (acquired by Verizon), Cloudera (NYSE), Demisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Heptio (acquired by VMware), Nimble Storage (NYSE), RelateIQ (acquired by Salesforce), Semmle (acquired by MSFT/GitHub), and Sumo Logic (NASDAQ). Prior to Accel, Ping served as product line manager and director of corporate development at Juniper Networks. He started his technology career in Asia working for Singapore Telecom and Goldman Sachs Asia’s technology practice. Ping advises the Accel Scholars program at Stanford University, where he works with Ph.D. students learning about entrepreneurship. Ping is from New Jersey and graduated from Harvard and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Ryan Sweeney
General Partner of Accel
Ryan Sweeney joined Accel in 2009. He is the first outside investor and board member in a number of leading SaaS and enterprise software companies like Atlassian (TEAM), Qualtrics (acquired by SAP), Squarespace, PagerDuty, and Xero (XERO). Ryan is also active with innovative consumer startups like Bevy, GOAT, goPuff, and VSCO. He was also responsible for numerous investments with notable exits, including AirWatch (acquired by VMware), Braintree/Venmo (acquired by PayPal), Groupon (public), Lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn), Lightspeed (acquired by CPqD), OzForex (public), and Simility (acquired by PayPal). Ryan grew up in South Jersey, trusts the process, and graduated from Notre Dame and Harvard Business School.
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About Accel, Responsory: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Andrew Braccia
General Partner of Accel
Andrew Braccia joined Accel in 2007 and focuses on consumer-oriented mobile and web services companies. He was an early investor and on the boards of Slack (public), lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn), Squarespace, Vox Media, Cornershop (acquired by Uber), MyFitnessPal (acquired by Under Armour), Hotel Tonight (acquired by Airbnb), Cloudera (public), Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify), Gametime, and UserTesting. He also works closely with the teams at Braintree (acquired by PayPal), Etsy (public), Xero (public), and PagerDuty (public). Prior to joining Accel, Andrew spent close to a decade in a variety of executive positions at Yahoo!. Andrew is from Santa Rosa, California and graduated from the University of Arizona.
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About Accel, PagerDuty: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Richard Wong
General Partner of Accel
Rich Wong joined Accel as a partner in 2006. Rich led Accel’s investments and currently serves on the Boards of Atlassian (TEAM), Checkr, Instabug, Pyn, Qwilt, ServiceChannel, Tune and UiPath. Rich also serves on the National Venture Capital Association Board of Directors. Rich previously led Accel’s investments in AirWatch (acquired by VMware), Angry Birds/Rovio (ROVIO.HE), MoPub (acquired by Twitter), AdMob (acquired by Google), Dealer.com (acquired by Cox), Osmo (acquired by BYJUs), Parature (acquired by Microsoft), Sunrun (RUN), SwiftKey (acquired by Microsoft), and 3LM (acquired by Motorola). In non-profit and volunteer roles, Rich serves on The MIT Corporation Development Committee, the Corporation Visiting Committee for MIT’s Political Science Department, and the Advisory Board for the MIT Trust Center for Entrepreneurship. Rich previously worked as an operator as EVP/GM of Products for mobile pioneer, Openwave Systems and CMO of Covad Communications. Rich started his career as a brand manager at Procter & Gamble and at McKinsey. Rich grew up in Santa Rosa, California and has a Materials Science & Engineering degree and Masters in Management from MIT.
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Nancy G. Brown
General Partner of Oak HC/FT
Nancy G. Brown, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for McKesson Technology Solutions, has more than 25 years of experience in clinical research and automating clinical information systems, combining management, consulting and information technology skills. At McKesson, she is responsible for helping the company develop, acquire and apply new capabilities that position it to lead the industry and accelerate its Better Health 2020™ strategy, helping healthcare networks reduce costs, coordinate care, assume more risk and manage complex payment models.
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About Boston Children’s Hospital, Oak HC/FT, Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Nancy Brown
General Partner of Oak HC/FT
Nancy Brown (HC), a General Partner at Oak HC/FT, joined the firm in 2014 and focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare. Nancy currently serves on the Board of Axial Healthcare, Cricket Health, Maven, and Unite US. She is also a Board Observer at Limeade. Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Nancy was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for McKesson Technology Solutions. Previously, Nancy was Chief Growth Officer at MedVentive, which was acquired by McKesson in 2012. Before joining MedVentive, she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development as well as Senior Vice President of Clinical Service of athenahealth. Prior to joining athenahealth in 2004, she was a Senior Vice President at McKesson Corporation, focused on marketing and strategic planning. She joined McKesson in 1999 when it acquired a company she co-founded, Abaton.com, a provider of internet-based clinical solutions for the ambulatory market. Earlier, she spent eight years at Harvard Community Health Plan where she held several senior management roles. Nancy is also on the New England Capital Association Board of Directors and is a mentor for MassChallenge. Nancy received a Bachelor of Science at the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from Northeastern University.
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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.
Ted Schlein
General Partner of Kleiner Perkins
Ted Schlein currently works as the General Partner for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers He previously worked at Symantec as the Vice President, Enterprise Solutions.
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About Kleiner Perkins: Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
Beth Seidenberg
General Partner of Kleiner Perkins
Beth Seidenberg is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers focused on life science investing. She works with entrepreneurs to develop companies with breakthrough technology for treating patients and improving health. Since joining KPCB in 2005, Beth has incubated five companies and serves on the board of directors of 3-V Biosciences, Armo Biosciences, Atara, Auxogyn, Breathe Technologies, Epizyme, iPierian, Redbrick Health and TESARO. Before joining KPCB, Beth was senior vice president of development and chief medical officer of Amgen, Inc. Earlier in her career, she was a senior executive in research and development at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co., Inc. Under her leadership, 10 innovative products were developed and marketed globally and achieved more than 40 regulatory approvals. Beth received her B.S. degree from Barnard College and her M.D. from the University of Miami. She completed her post-graduate training at Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University and the National Institutes of Health.
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About Kleiner Perkins, Westlake Village BioPartners: Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth 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.
Nick Shalek
General Partner of Ribbit Capital
Prior to Ribbit, Nick served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Aspire Public Schools, where he incubated Schoolzilla, a cloud-based educational data management and analytics platform. Earlier in his career, Nick was a Director at Verne Global and a Senior Analyst at Yale Investments, where he contributed to over $800 million in new investment commitments across a diversity of asset classes, including U.S. public equities, venture capital, and natural resources. Extending his energy to service in the public sector, Nick was also elected to New Haven’s Board of Alderman —the city council— where he focused his efforts on the city’s economic development and education policy.
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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.
Ted Maidenberg
Co-founder & General Partner of Tribe Capital
Ted Maidenberg joined Tribe Capital as Co-founder and General Partner in 2018.
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About Tribe Capital: Tribe Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on recognizing and amplifying early stage product-market fit.
Darian Shirazi
General Partner of Gradient Ventures
Darian is a Partner at Gradient Ventures. At the age of 15, he interned at eBay as a code tester working on the third version of Sell Your Item. In early 2005, he joined Facebook as a Software Engineer reporting to Mark Zuckerberg as one of the company’s first outside hires. At Facebook, he contributed to several components of the social network’s products and the early versions of its mobile products. After Facebook, Darian studied Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley for nearly two years before dropping out to work full-time on startups. After leaving Berkeley, Darian began advising and investing in many startups including becoming the first investor in Udemy, the online education marketplace. He then founded Radius, the leading B2B Customer Data Platform, and served as the company’s CEO for more than seven years, growing the company to more than one hundred employees, raising more than $100MM of venture capital from top tier firms, and serving dozens of Fortune 500 customers. In addition to these accomplishments, Darian is an early investor in the following companies: Lyft, Lending Club, Carbon Health, Palantir, Osaro, Casetext, Alloy.ai, Loft, and many others. In 2012, he was recognized as one of Forbes’ top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 at the age of 24 and has been a guest of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Forbes’ Braintech at the Aspen Institute, Web Summit, and several other well-known conferences and events. Darian lives in San Francisco with his wife and two cats and enjoys skiing, kitesurfing, and Civilization VI.
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About Gradient Ventures: Gradient Ventures helps founders build transformational companies.
Gaurav Ahuja
General Partner of Thrive Capital
Gaurav Ahuja is a Managing Director and Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations at ChrysCapital. He joined the firm in August 2004 and previously served as a Director at the firm. Gaurav Ahuja left in July 2005 to pursue his M.B.A. at INSEAD and rejoined the firm in July 2006. Previously, he served in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lazard Freres and Merrill Lynch. Gaurav Ahuja received a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Economics from University of Virginia.
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About Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.
Jared Weinstein
General Partner of Thrive Capital
Jared Weinstein is Partner of Thrive Capital. He worked in the White House between 2002 and 2009 and for three years served as President George W. Bush’s body man.
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About Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled 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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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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Gabe Greenbaum
General Partner at B Capital of B Capital Group
Gabe Greenbaum is the General Partner at B Capital Group.
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Sami Ahmad
General Partner of B Capital Group
Sami Ahmad serves as a General Partner at B Capital Group.
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Cliff Holekamp
Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner of Cultivation Capital
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Brian Matthews
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Brian Matthews is a Co-founder and a General Partner at Cultivation Capital. In addition, he is a General Partner and mentor at SixThirty FinTech accelerator, as well as, a founder of River City Internet Group (www.rcig.net). River City Internet Group is an Internet holding company that focuses on software, Internet access, and hosting products. Brian is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded and assisted in the sale of the following technology companies: Primary Network to Mpower Communications (MPWR) in 2000, Primary Webworks to Perficient (PRFT) in 2001, CDM Fantasy Sports to Liberty Media (LCAPA) in 2006, and IntraISP to Clearwire Communications (CLWR) in 2007. Brian continues to focus on investments in early stage companies and sits on the boards of Perficient, LockerDome, NoonLight, S4, SimpleRose, TopOpps, Aisle411, Hatchbuck, Tunespeak, SixThirty, Hostirian, and non-profit boards GlobalHack, Givable, Friends of T-REX.
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Kyle Welborn
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Kyle is a co-founder and General Partner at Cultivation Capital where he focuses on making AgriFood Tech investments through the Yield Lab. He serves as the board chair at NanoGuard Technologies, and a board member at Eiwa Ag and Ascribe Bioscience. He is also a board observer representing the firm’s investments in Notch and Hydrosat. Prior portfolio board service includes Label Insight which was sold to NielsenIQ in 2021. Before joining the AgriFood Tech investment team, Kyle led Cultivation’s operations team. In 2012, he founded an angel investment group in St. Louis called FinServe Tech Angels, which later became a part of the St. Louis Arch Angels. Kyle graduated from Loyola University Chicago where he studied political science.
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John True
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
John True is the General Partner of Cultivation Capital.
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William Schmidt
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Bill has over 20 years experience in the medical device, healthcare IT and pharmaceutical sectors, and is a founding Partner of LDM Group. LDM is a successful healthcare technology company and leader in targeted, behavior based messaging for both patients and providers at the point of sale and point of care. As a founder of LDM Group, Bill served many different roles. Specifically, over the last 10 years Bill has spent time in business development, sales management, marketing, operations, IT, finance, and is currently serving on its Board of Directors. Prior to LDM, he held various executive leadership positions, most notably at United States Surgical Corporation (now Covidien) and Catalina Marketing’s Health Resource division. Bill is also a Limited Partner in Cultivation Capital Technology Fund, participates as a mentor in the Capital Innovators accelerator program, and is an angel investor himself. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin. Bill was also a torchbearer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and lives in St. Louis with his wife and 3 children.
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Peter Esparrago
General Partner and Co-Founder of Cultivation Capital
Peter Esparrago co-founded Cultivation Capital. and Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of FinLocker in 2001
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Chris Danforth
General Partner – Life Sciences Fund of Cultivation Capital
Chris is a Limited Partner and Investment Committee member of the Cultivation Capital technology fund,
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Dean VandeKamp
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
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David Smoller
General Partner – Life Sciences Fund of Cultivation Capital
Dr. David A. Smoller, General Partner of Cultivation Capital
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Heather Wood
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
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Taha Jangda
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Taha started his journey at the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the world’s largest medical center. During his time with TMC, he took part in the creation of the TMC Innovation Institute which is comprised of a healthcare and life science startup accelerator/incubator, Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center for Device Innovation and JLABS, and AT&T Connected Health Foundry. Haven seen firsthand how a lack of integration hinders patient care, Taha followed his entrepreneurial spirit and later joined Redox as the Director of Strategic Partnerships to help digital solutions get into the hands of care providers faster. Beyond tackling today’s most challenging healthcare issues and advising innovation communities across the country, Taha spends his free time reading books on leadership development and staying true to his Texas roots – BBQ and football.
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About Cultivation Capital, HealthX Ventures: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
Bobby Sandage
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Dr. Sandage most recently was President and CEO and member of the board for Coronado BioSciences, Inc. (CNDO) from March 2011 to April 2013. Previously, he was vice president of Covidien (Mallinckrodt) Pharmaceuticals’ oncology research and development program from March 2010 to March 2011. From 1991 until 2009 (when Endo Pharmaceuticals acquired Indevus), Dr. Sandage was the Chief Scientific Officer and executive vice president of research and development, quality and manufacturing at Indevus Pharmaceuticals. He previously held senior drug development positions at DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, DuPont/American Critical Care, Merrell Dow and Dow Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Sandage received his Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmacy from Purdue University and his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas. Dr. Sandage is also a registered pharmacist.
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Elise Miller
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Elise Miller Hoffman is a Principal at Cultivation Capital. Prior to this position, she served as an Analyst, performing due diligence for Cultivation Capital’s Tech Fund II. After graduating cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011, Elise served as Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at WashU. She went on to pursue an MBA at Washington University’s Olin Business School, graduating in 2016. As an MBA student, Elise served as president of the Washington University InSITE Fellowship, and performed numerous consulting projects for entrepreneurial organizations, both locally and internationally. Though originally from Texas, Elise now considers herself a proud St. Louisan, and serves on the boards of St. Patrick Center, New Leaders Council – St. Louis, and the St. Louis Young Democrats.
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Rick Ryan
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Rick Ryan is the General Partner of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences.
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Marc Hirshman
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Marc Hirshman is the President, Principal, and Co-Founder of Twain Financial Partners. Marc is also a General Partner at Cultivation Capital.
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Timothy Stern
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Tim is a General Partner at Cultivation Capital. Tim attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Nihal Mehta
Founding General Partner of Eniac Ventures
Co-Founder at The100kPledge. Founding General Partner at ENIAC Ventures & India Internet Group.
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Tim Young
Founding General Partner of Eniac Ventures
Tim Young is a Founding General Partner at Eniac Ventures with two exits as an entrepreneur and over 20 years of experience advising and investing in 100+ early stage startups. Tim has been fascinated by technology since his mother taught him to code in Fortran at the age of 10. He went on to study engineering and become a patent attorney and tech entrepreneur. Prior to founding Eniac in 2009, Tim founded Bridge, an enterprise software company focusing on corporate training in Beijing, China, which he led to an 8-figure exit. Prior to Bridge, Tim led product at Quoteship, a B2B marketplace for logistics, which exited to Logistics.com (NASD: ICGE). Tim also spent time coding at ExxonMobil, managing product at BAE Systems, and advising startups on Patent and other IP issues at MoFo. During downtime, you can find Tim exploring the mountains and oceans. He has surfed on six continents and plans to sail to Hawaii in the upcoming Pacific Cup. Tim is also passionate about combating climate change and sits on the board of the Institute for Energy & Climate Strategies (IECS). Tim received his BSE in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received an award for cancer research from Bristol-Myers Squibb. He also received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Tim is a member of the State Bar of California and is a US Patent and Trademark Office registered attorney. @timy0ung
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Vic Singh
Founding General Partner of Eniac Ventures
Vic Singh is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor as a founding GP of Eniac Ventures. Vic has a deep passion for building product experiences that scale. He previously founded 3 venture-backed startups in mesh networking, communications and developer platforms. Most recently Vic was founder and CEO of Kanvas, which he led to a successful exit by AOL, where he served as GM and steered Kanvas through its ultimate transition into the leading developer platform for creative self-expression. Vic previously founded Tracks, a venture-backed consumer social network for collaboration around experiences and NearVerse, a platform for proximity-based mesh networking. Before he was a founder, Vic was a venture capitalist at RRE Ventures where he focused on consumer, cleantech, deep tech and fintech. He started his career building large scale enterprise systems as a full stack developer at the height of the dot-com boom. Vic holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance from Columbia Business School where he was a Robert Toigo Foundation Fellow and a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania where he earned the National Science Foundation Fellow for his work in Micro-electro Mechanical Systems.
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Hadley Harris
Founding General Partner of Eniac Ventures
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Ullas Naik
Founder & General Partner of Streamlined Ventures
Ullas Naik is the Founder & General Partner at Streamlined Ventures.
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About Streamlined Ventures: Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm focusing on Data Science, APIs, Blockchain/Web3, AI, and Software Automation.
Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner of SOSV
Entrepreneur, venture capitalist. Cyril is a General Partner at SOSV and the founder/MD of HAX. He is a board member/advisor to a few startups including Formlabs, Collaborate (ACQ: CISCO), Hackster (ACQ: AVNET), Adoreme and Breather. He is one of the most experienced investor in the hardware space (260+) and has invested globally. Cyril wrote dozens of articles and publishes regularly on topics such as technology, robotics, health and crowdfunding, and has been featured in The Economist, Popular Mechanics, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Wired, BBC and more.
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About AYLIEN, HAX, Kindara, SOSV: SOSV is a global VC firm with $1B AUM and 1,000+ investments, that operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, and dlab.
Sean O’Sullivan
Managing General Partner of SOSV
Sean O’Sullivan is Managing General Partner of SOSV in 1994, the pioneering venture capital firm that is a world leader in running vertical startup accelerator programs. His first company, MapInfo, grew to a $200 million public company with over 1,000 employees, and popularized street mapping on computers. His first internet company, NetCentric, developed many concepts in internet computing, and he is credited as the cocreator of the term “cloud computing”. Sean founded JumpStart International, a leading humanitarian organization in conflict zones, in the 2000s, where he oversaw over 3,500 staff at the height of the organization in the Iraq conflict. He was co-founder and managing director of Carma, a 35-person real-time carpooling company. SOSV founded and runs accelerators such as HAX, IndieBio, Food-X, Interface, and Chinaccelerator. As of 2016, SOSV has $300m in assets under management and is in the top 5% of venture capitalists globally based on return an investment (returns over 19 years average 36% net). He received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Fine Arts in Film Production from the University of Southern California. He is also an initial and continuing primary supporter of such organizations such as Coderdojo (a global network of coding clubs that 50,000 kids attend every week) and Khan Academy (used by 15 million students to learn every month). He’s on the board of Rensselaer, Khan Academy, and Coderdojo, and a number of private companies.
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About Food-X, SOSV: SOSV is a global VC firm with $1B AUM and 1,000+ investments, that operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, and dlab.
Shawn Broderick
General Partner of SOSV
Shawn Broderick has more than twenty years of experience creating value in software companies as individual contributor, entrepreneur, intrapraneur, manager, investor, and leader. Shawn has extensive experience in business development, sales, and partnering, with repeated success in developing products from concept to customer. Shawn brings an exceptional track record of sourcing, hiring, and retaining stellar employees to SOSV. He prides himself on identifying both diamonds-in-the-rough as well as young talent – and grooming and extracting the best from both. Being adept at managing business teams, technical teams, and creative teams, it’s no surprise that Shawn has broad experience raising institutional and angel funds for businesses and in sourcing LPs for investment vehicles.
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About AYLIEN, dlab, Food-X, SOSV: SOSV is a global VC firm with $1B AUM and 1,000+ investments, that operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, and dlab.
Howard Lindzon
Founder & General Partner of Social Leverage
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Gary Benitt
General Partner of Social Leverage
Gary is a seasoned serial entrepreneur, having been a part of four founding teams in both consumer and B2B companies over the past 18 years. Most recently, he spent 3 years as COO of Desk.com after his company, Assistly, was acquired in 2011 by Salesforce.com. Previously, Gary was with AOL after his company, Goowy Media, was acquired in early 2008. Gary has managed various technology and go-to-market teams including business operations, customer service, client implementation and success, engineering, and quality assurance. He brings broad knowledge across all facets of growing a business from startup into a mature organization. Gary has been an active investor in early stage companies since 2011, with over 20 investments including Getaround, Hello Inc, Stitch Labs, and ZenPayroll.
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About Social Leverage: Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries.
Tom Peterson
Co-Founder & General Partner of Social Leverage
Tom is a General Partner and Co-Founder of Social Leverage. Tom and Howard were recognized by Institutional Investor as one of the “super angels,” where they were depicted as helping to reorganize early-stage investing with disciplined capital, uniform investing rules, and a sense of community that traditional venture capital took notice of. As an angel investor and fund manager for over a decade, Peterson has closed 100+ investments. He manages the day-to-day business of Social Leverage and assists portfolio companies in need with operational and corporate development expertise. He has a strong fiduciary presence with experience as President & COO of NASDAQ ($NTRL) prior to leading the privatization of the company.
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Andrew McCormack
Founding and General Partner of Valar Ventures
General Partner at Valar Ventures.
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Jessica Verrilli
General Partner of GV
Jessica is an investor and operator who has built her career partnering with founders building hyper-growth startups. She is on the Board of Digits, Lambda School and The Wing. She is also a co-founder of #ANGELS, an investment collective she started with five other women who built their careers together at Twitter. Previously, Jessica spent nearly a decade at Twitter helping scale the company from 34 employees to several thousand. As the VP of Corporate Development and Strategy, she oversaw dozens of acquisitions and played a critical role in catalyzing Twitter’s new product, technology, and business initiatives. She brought dozens of executives into the company along with products like Vine, Periscope, TweetDeck and many more. Jessica is a Stanford University graduate, where she was a Mayfield Fellow and varsity lacrosse player. She is on the board of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and loves to trail run—including an occasional ultramarathon—in the Marin headlands. Jessica grew up in Seattle and currently lives in the Bay Area but is happy to get on a plane to meet entrepreneurs across the world.
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Erik Nordlander
General Partner of GV
Erik is a general partner at GV, where he manages GV’s operations in New York and is part of the enterprise investing team. Erik has over a decade of technical experience as an engineering leader with expertise in building first-class teams and scaling massive systems. He has interests in developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. Prior to joining GV in 2010, Erik led the development of Google’s next generation display ad serving system. He helped with the acquisition and technical integration of DoubleClick (DCLK) and led a team that built statistical and machine learning models for Google’s ad businesses. Erik was also a developer on Google’s core infrastructure, creating a distributed file system that Google.com and Gmail rely on today. Erik studied computer science and engineering at MIT. He completed his graduate research at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory where he focused on unique data extraction and disk forensics. Erik is an avid runner and an expert in television game show theory.
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M.G. Siegler
General Partner of GV
M.G. Siegler is a general partner at Google Ventures, where he primarily focuses on early-stage investments. He has been deeply involved in the startup space since 2005, first as a web developer, then as a writer, and most recently as an investor and advisor. Having spent the past year in London helping to get Google Ventures’ European organization up and running, M.G. is now back in the Bay Area, working mainly out of Google Ventures’ San Francisco office. Before joining Google Ventures, M.G. was a founding partner of CrunchFund, an early-stage investment fund. Prior to that, he reported on the startup world as a writer for both TechCrunch and VentureBeat. M.G. still writes a column for TechCrunch on top of writing on his own sites and from time-to-time doing movie reviews in haiku. Originally from Ohio, M.G. graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before moving out west to work in Hollywood. One day, he will write that killer screenplay.
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David Schenkein
General Partner of GV
Dr. Schenkein joined Agios in August 2009 as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors and has been a hematologist and medical oncologist for more than 20 years. He currently serves as an adjunct attending physician in hematology at Tufts Medical Center and is a member of the board of directors for the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the world’s largest biotechnology trade association, a position he has held since 2012. Prior to joining Agios, from March 2006 to July 2009, Dr. Schenkein was the senior vice president, clinical hematology/oncology, at Genentech, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for numerous successful oncology drug approvals and leading the medical and scientific strategies for their BioOncology portfolio. While at Genentech, he served as an adjunct clinical professor of medical oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Genentech, he served as the senior vice president of clinical research at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited), overseeing the clinical development and worldwide approval of Velcade®, a first-in-class cancer therapy now approved to treat multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He currently serves on the board of directors of Foundation Medicine, Inc., bluebird bio, Inc., and Blueprint Medicines Inc. Dr. Schenkein holds a B.A. in chemistry from Wesleyan University and an M.D. from the State University of New York Upstate Medical School.
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Tyson Clark
General Partner of GV
Tyson is a general partner at GV. He spent his career in enterprise technology, focusing on companies in the SaaS application and data center infrastructure spaces. Prior to joining GV, Tyson was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he was on the corporate development team and advised enterprise portfolio companies. He led acquisitions in the enterprise SaaS space for Oracle’s corporate development group, and worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he oversaw IPO and M&A transactions for a variety of cloud companies. Tyson spent six years in the United States Navy, serving on submarines as both as a nuclear propulsion officer and Navy scuba diver. Tyson holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford (with honors) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Andy Wheeler
General Partner of GV
Andy brings over a decade of startup experience to his role, most recently serving as chief technology officer of Adura, where he led the company’s development of energy management systems for commercial buildings. Prior to joining Adura, Andy served as chief technology officer for Tendril Networks, helping consumers better understand and manage their energy usage. He co-founded Ember Corporation, the leading provider of ZigBee network software and system-on-chip devices. Under Andy’s leadership, the company delivered multiple industry firsts, including shipping the first ZigBee system-on-chip, which is now in millions of the smart meters being deployed around the world. He began his startup career at Zipcar. Anyone who has used the car-sharing service has used the embedded wireless in-car technology that Andy developed. Andy got his start in wireless and embedded technologies at the MIT Media Lab where he deployed large scale sensor networks under a DARPA grant. He was selected for the Technology Review 100 Top Innovators Under 35 award in 2003, and has multiple granted and pending patents in the fields of wireless networking and energy management. Andy received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.
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Karim Faris
General Partner of GV
Karim is a partner at Google Ventures. He initially joined Google’s corporate development team in 2008, the group responsible for all Mergers & Acquisitions. His primary areas of focus include Internet services, mobile and digital media. Prior to Google, Karim was a venture capitalist at Atlas Venture, where he worked on investments in software and Internet infrastructure. Previously, he was Director of New Ventures at Level 3 Communications, responsible for evaluating new business opportunities and has led product development for the company’s voice services. Earlier in his career, Karim held various product and marketing roles at Intel, initially on the i486â„¢, and later as product manager for the Pentium® Processor. He started his career at Siemens as a software engineer working on the first vehicle navigation system for BMW. Karim holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Computer Engineering from Brown University where he published several papers on Neural Networks.
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Dave Munichiello
General Partner of GV
Dave is a general partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures) who leads the team’s investments in data, platforms, and infrastructure. His investments include Slack, Segment, GitLab, Jet.com (sold to WMT), CoreOS (sold to RedHat), Lattice.io (sold to Apple), SambaNova Systems, and several others. Dave’s background prior to investing was in building and leading enterprise software sales and operations teams for highly-technical products, under pressure in rapidly-changing markets. As a senior executive at Kiva Systems, he helped grow the enterprise-enabling robotics and software platform to $120 million in annual revenue before it was purchased by Amazon. Dave’s career prior to Kiva included management consulting for The Boston Consulting Group and leading teams as a Captain in the U.S. military’s most elite units. His military leadership roles ranged from running a high-tech organization in Europe; to serving as an Aide de Camp to the Four Star General responsible for U.S. forces in Europe, Africa, and Afghanistan; to deploying with elite special operations teams worldwide, ensuring they were enabled by the world’s most advanced technologies. Dave is a combat veteran and former paratrooper who holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Emory University in math and computer science.
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Pete Flint
General Partner of NFX
Pete Flint is a Managing Partner of NFX, an early stage Bay Area based Venture Capital fund, focused on Network Effects. Prior to NFX, Pete founded Trulia, a leading online real estate company. He was its CEO and Chairman from inception to acquisition by Zillow for $3.5B. Prior to Trulia, Pete was part of the founding team at lastminute.com, a leading European online travel company that was acquired for over $1Bn. He is a founding Board member of New Story Charity, a technology platform focused on building sustainable communities globally, and also a founding board member of GBx, the leading British technology community in Silicon Valley. He received a Master’s and First Class Degree from the University of Oxford, and MBA from Stanford GSB.
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James Currier
General Partner of NFX
James Currier is one of Silicon Valley’s foremost experts in growth and network effects. James is a four-time CEO of VC backed companies, including Tickle (acq Monster), WonderHill (acq Kabam), Iron Pearl (acq PayPal) and Jiff (acq Castlight). James is a pioneer of user-generated models, viral marketing, A/B testing, crowdsourcing, and myriad other growth techniques that have since been adopted by nearly all technology companies, including LinkedIn and Facebook. In 2015, James co-founded NFX, a $425M early-stage venture capital firm focused on network effect businesses along with Pete Flint and Gigi Levy Weiss. You can read his world-leading analysis of network effects and growth at www.nfx.com/essays
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About Concept.io, NFX, NFX Bio, Ooga Labs: NFX operates as a pre-seed and seed stage VC that is transforming how true innovators are funded.
Morgan Beller
General Partner of NFX
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Jenny Lefcourt
General Partner of Freestyle
Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle, and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted.
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About All Raise, BetterUp, Crexi, Discord, Freestyle, Narvar, Well Health: Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.
David Samuel
Founding General Partner of Freestyle
David Samuel is an experienced executive, serial entrepreneur, and Internet pioneer in software & media. Today, Dave is co-founder of Freestyle Capital, an early-stage Internet & technology venture capital firm, with investments in over 66 companies. Prior to Freestyle, Dave co-founded Crackle.com in 2004 (acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment for $65 million in 2006) and founded Spinner.com in 1996 (acquired by AOL for $320 million in 1999). Dave graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical Engineering, is an SF Giants fan, enjoys both wake boarding and snowboarding, and lives in Marin with his 4 children.
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About Freestyle, Toi Labs: Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.
Julie Effron
General Partner of Elephant
Julie Effron is currently a General Partner at Elephant, a venture capital firm focused on consumer internet, mobile and software. Previously, she was an Investor at Insight Venture Partners. Julie also co-founded ALICE, a mobile first, hospitality operations SaaS platform that is re-inventing how businesses can use cloud technology to improve their customer service.
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About Elephant: Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.
Peter Fallon
General Partner of Elephant
Peter Fallon is currently a General Partner at Elephant, a venture capital firm focused on consumer internet, mobile and software. Previously, he was an Associate at Highland Capital Partners and an Investment Banking Analyst at America’s Growth Capital.
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About Elephant: Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.
Byron Alsberg
Founder and General Partner of Prefix Capital
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About 415, Prefix Capital: Prefix Capital is an early-stage, deep-tech VC that invests in foundational technologies.
Tiba Aynechi
General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners
Tiba Aynechi is a General Partner at Norwest. Prior to joining Norwest, Tiba spent over ten years at Novo Holdings A/S, one of the top life sciences investment firms, with offices in the US and Europe. Tiba attended the University of California Irvine where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with a Biomedical concentration. She also holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of California San Francisco, where she also did her Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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About Norwest Venture Partners, Novo Ventures: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Dave Zilberman
General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners
Dave joined Comcast Ventures in 2006, and is responsible for identifying, executing and managing new investments while supporting existing portfolio companies. His investment focus is on enterprise IT and digital media. Prior to joining Comcast Ventures, Dave was a business development manager at Flarion Technologies, where he played a pivotal role in the company’s fundraising activities and ultimate acquisition by Qualcomm. Prior to Flarion, Dave was a communications and media investment banking analyst and asset management associate at Lehman Brothers. Dave holds a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance from Binghamton University.
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Sonya Brown
General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Casper De Clercq
General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners
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About Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Ryan Harris
General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners
Ryan brings to NVP more than twenty years of healthcare experience, a decade of which was as a growth equity and buyout investor. Combining deep medical knowledge and extensive strategic business experience, Ryan focuses on growth equity investments in the healthcare sector in NVP’s Palo Alto office. Areas in which he invests include healthcare services, healthcare IT, medical devices, and specialty pharma. Ryan’s most recent investment is Capsugel, the world leader in hard capsules and an innovator in drug-delivery systems. Prior to joining NVP, Ryan was a Principal with The Carlyle Group and a Venture Partner with Industry Ventures, where he focused exclusively on healthcare service, pharmaceutical, and medical device investments from large cap buyouts to growth equity and venture. At Carlyle, Ryan’s deals led to realized profitable exits of more than $1.8 billion equity value. He served as a member or observer on the Board of Directors of Align Technologies (NASDAQ: ALGN), AqueSys, Colin Medical, ConnectiCare, MedPointe Pharmaceuticals, Multiplan, NeoVista, Proteus Biomedical and Qualicaps. At Industry Ventures, Ryan executed transactions involving Access Closure, Cardiofocus, Ingenuity, and Intarcia. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2002, Ryan was a consultant in the West Coast Healthcare Practice of McKinsey & Company, where he worked with a variety of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies on corporate, R&D and marketing strategies. Ryan has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed comparative effectiveness articles in publications such as JAMA, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of Health Economics. Ryan holds an M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. In addition, he earned an M.S. in health research and policy, and a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University. Ryan also attended Oxford University’s Magdalen College.
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About Norwest Venture Partners, RiverMend Health: Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.
Richard Ling
General Partner of Rembrandt Venture Partners
Richard Ling is the Co-founder and CEO at Mpact. Richard is also a Founding General Partner of Rembrandt Venture Partners.
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About Amplii, Mpact, Rembrandt Venture Partners: Rembrandt Venture Partners is a team of entrepreneurs, company builders, and investors.
Douglas Schrier
General Partner of Rembrandt Venture Partners
Doug has invested approximately $215 million into 31 startups over the past 18 years with 21 realizations that have produced over a 5X return. After joining Rembrandt in late 2005 he successfully led Rembrandt’s efforts to establish a base of institutional investors to fund Rembrandt’s investments moving forward. Prior to joining Rembrandt Venture Partners, Doug was a Senior Partner at Argo Global Capital in Boston from 2001 to late 2005. Doug has been involved in funding, managing, and developing technology companies for over 20 years. His prior experience includes being SVP for Acquisitions and Strategic Ventures at SAIC, a Fortune 250 company in La Jolla, CA. Doug was Co-Founder, COO & CFO of Multum Information Services and President of Ceon Corporation where collectively he raised over $75 million in Venture Capital. Doug has also held positions at Salomon Brothers Inc., where he was an Associate in Venture Capital and at Prudential-Bache where he worked as an Associate in Corporate Finance. Doug has been a member of private and public boards including; Solect Technology Group (acquired by Amdocs), Multum Information Systems (acquired by Cerner Corporation), VocalData (acquired by Tekelec), Conita (acquired b y Avaya), ODS networks (ODSN/NASDAQ), Ceon, Narad Networks, Digital Bridges, World Wide Packets, Cosmocom, uReach, and Sylantro (acquired by Broadsoft. Doug was also a board observer for investments in Nuance Communications (NUAN/NASDAQ), Nuera Communications (acquired by Audio Codes (AUDC/NASDAQ) and Convio (CNVO/NASDAQ). Doug currently sits on the boards of Allegiance, Appcelerator, Coveroo, Electric Cloud, Netuitive, Needle and SmartRecruiters. Also, Doug currently mentors through Columbia’s Private Equity Mentorship Program. Doug received his MBA from Columbia Business School in 1990 and his undergraduate degree in Economics/Pre-Med from DePauw University in 1987.
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About Rembrandt Venture Partners: Rembrandt Venture Partners is a team of entrepreneurs, company builders, and investors.
Gerald S. Casilli
General Partner of Rembrandt Venture Partners
Jerry’s entrepreneurial and managerial expertise allows him to serve as both an investor and mentor to portfolio companies.
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About Rembrandt Venture Partners: Rembrandt Venture Partners is a team of entrepreneurs, company builders, and investors.
Caterina Fake
General Partner of Yes VC
Caterina Fake is an investor at Yes VC, a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital fund, and is the host of the #1 Tech Podcast Should This Exist? addressing the question of our times: how is technology impacting our humanity? Previously, she worked at Founder Collective as a Founder Partner, served as Chairman of Etsy and was the co-founder of Flickr. Yes VC invests in scalable social systems, brands that embody cultural movements, and founders who recognize the opportunity in the rising power and affluence of women. Caterina sits on the boards of Public Goods, the Sundance Institute and McSweeneys. Caterina is an early creator of online communities and a long time advocate of the responsibility of entrepreneurs for the outcomes of their technologies. In her work she addresses the cultural impact of new technologies, human interactions online, design, good governance, innovation and creativity–and how we can all make the internet a kinder, more human place. Ms. Fake has received Honorary Doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design and The New School. Time Magazine named her one of the Most Influential People in the world, and she was given the Silicon Valley Visionaries award in 2018.
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About Findery, Yes VC: A San Francisco-based pre-seed and seed-stage firm.
Jyri Engestrom
General Partner of Yes VC
Jyri Engestrom is General Partner of Yes VC, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. He was previously a member of the investment team at [True Ventures](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/true-ventures). He is founder of two mobile consumer companies: [Jaiku](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jaiku), a mobile social network acquired by [Google](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google); and [Ditto](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ditto), a mobile local recommendations application acquired by [Groupon](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/groupon). As an executive he has run product teams at Google, Groupon, [Boosted](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/boosted-boards) and [Nokia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nokia). He is co-founder of Sesat School, a micro-school in San Francisco; and serves on the board of the Rare Cancer Research Foundation. He also co-owns a café in Helsinki.
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About Yes VC: A San Francisco-based pre-seed and seed-stage firm.
Rebecca Kaden
General Partner of Union Square Ventures
Rebecca Kaden is a Partner at Union Square Ventures. She began her career as a journalist and, prior to USV, was a Partner at Maveron, a consumer-focused early stage fund. Rebecca was born in New York City. She studied English and American Literature at Harvard and received her MBA from Stanford.
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About All Raise, Union Square Ventures: Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.
Matthew Jacobson
General Partner of ICONIQ Capital
Matt Jacobson is a General Partner at ICONIQ Capital investing in ecommerce/mobile and enterprise software/SaaS companies. Prior to ICONIQ, Matt held operating roles at Groupon and investing roles at Battery Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). Matt’s investments include kCura, Pluralsight, Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), Uber, DocuSign, Flipkart, Honest Company, Red Ventures, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY), Warby Parker, Koudai, Automattic (WordPress), Campaign Monitor, VMTurbo, Greensky Financial, Apttus, Blackline Systems, Wayfair (NASDAQ: W), Everyday Health (NASDAQ: EVDY), Yesware and Smartling.
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Doug Pepper
General Partner of ICONIQ Capital
Doug Pepper has been with Shasta Ventures since 2016, investing in SaaS and mobile startups. Previously, Doug was with InterWest Partners for 15 years, rising from associate to General Partner.Doug was the first investor in Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO) and served on the board of directors for 10 years. He also invested in Optimizely, Flurry, Spredfast, Tapjoy, INVIDI and Appboy. Prior to joining InterWest, Doug worked in business development at Amazon.com. Before Amazon.com, he was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York focusing primarily on technology and healthcare. In this role, he also spent time in Hong Kong, working with technology clients in China, India and Korea. Doug received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Yidrienne Lai
General Partner of ICONIQ Capital
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Gregory Stanger
General Partner of ICONIQ Capital
Greg Stanger Is The General Partner at ICONIQ.
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About Adyen, BambooHR, Chime, Coupa Software, Epic Games, Fetch Rewards, GoFundMe, GoodRx, Hippo Insurance, ICONIQ Capital, Komodo Health, Netskope, Pluralsight, Procore Technologies, Relativity, Snowlake tech, Sprinklr, The Honest Company, Uber, Unite Us, Wealthsimple, Yosemite Conservancy: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Arvindh Kumar
General Partner of ICONIQ Capital
EDUCATION MBA, Harvard Business School BS, Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania PRIOR EXPERIENCE Prospect Capital Management, New York, NY BC Partners, New York, NY Morgan Stanley, New York, NY REPRESENTATIVE INVESTMENTS SRS Software LLC (Board Member) Global Healthcare Exchange, Inc. (Board Member) Sparta Systems, Inc. (Board Member)
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Scott Sandell
Managing General Partner of New Enterprise Associates
Scott Sandell is Managing General Partner at NEA. A General Partner since 2000, and Co-Managing General Partner from 2015 – 2017, Scott served as head of the firm’s technology investing practice for 10 years and has led NEA’s China investing activities for over a decade. Since joining the firm in 1996, he has personally led investments in industry-transforming companies like Bloom Energy, Data Domain, Fusion-io, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, WebEx, and Workday. Scott is one of only four investors named to the Forbes Midas List every year since 2007, with 24 technology companies in his portfolio having successfully completed public offerings or mergers. Scott is currently a director of Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and a number of private companies including Automation Anywhere, Branch, Cloudflare, Coursera, Enigma, Expanse (fka Qadium), Hello Alfred, One Concern, Robinhood, Sentons, Transfix, and WaterBit. Other previous investments include Fusion-io (acquired by SanDisk), Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks), NetIQ (acquired by Attachmate Corporation), Playdom (acquired by Disney), and Spreadtrum Communications (acquired by Tsinghua Unigroup).
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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
