Best Startup
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 United States based Partner operating in the FinTech space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Avichal Garg
Managing Partner of Electric Capital
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angel investor. Avichal’s firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.
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About Electric Capital: Electric Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on the cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and marketplaces industries.
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Jackson Moses
Founding Team & Head of Partnerships of MainStreet
Head of Partnerships at [MainStreet](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mainstreet-08ea) and Venture Partner at [Afore Capital](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/afore-capital), Jackson Moses is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and early stage startup advisor. He is the Founder of venture-backed enterprise AIaaS company [Spectrum Labs](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spectrum-5) and the creator of its proprietary AI-powered content moderation platform. Prior to founding and scaling Spectrum Labs, Jackson worked in sales (Lynda.com), customer operations, and executive recruiting at LinkedIn. Prior to this, Jackson worked as a Market Research Analyst at Cisco where he compiled competitive insights and evaluated industry trends, new investment opportunities, and emerging threats to Cisco’s core business lines. Jackson invests in early stage companies (pre-seed & seed) developing frontier technologies. Specifically, he focuses on aerospace (drones), intelligent defense, national security, commercial space (NewSpace), and deep tech startups (AI, computer vision, robotics, edge-computing, perception, simulation, etc.). Jackson actively advises startups about corporate structuring, partnerships, product development, sales, and fundraising. He also sources deals for 8VC (Invisible AI & DASH Systems), Afore Capital (Steady), LightBank (Neatleaf), SpaceFund (Skyloom), Financial Venture Studio (FVS), Techstars, and Alchemist. Jackson holds two B.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied Economics, with a concentration in monetary policy, and Political Science, with a concentration in game theory. www.jacksonmoses.com
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About Afore Capital, MainStreet, Spectrum Labs: MainStreet is a financial platform that helps startups and small businesses discover and claim tax credits and government incentives.
Tim Draper
Founder and Managing Partner of Draper Associates
Timothy Draper is founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Tim’s original suggestion to use “viral marketing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and other web-based email providers and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. Tim launched the DFJ Global Network, an international network of early-stage venture capital funds with offices in over 30 cities around the globe. Tim founded or co-founded DFJ ePlanet (global), Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham (NYC), Zone Ventures (LA), Epic Ventures (Salt Lake City), Draper Atlantic (Reston), Draper Triangle (Pittsburg), Timberline Ventures (Portland), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), DFJ Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), DFJ Vina Capital (Vietnam), Draper Nexus (Tokyo), and DFJ DragonFund (Shanghai). Tim recently launched “Six Californias,” a statewide initiative to create six new states and dissolve a failed one in California. Previously, Tim served on the California State Board of Education. In November of 2000, Tim launched a statewide cyber-initiative on school choice for the California General Election. Tim was a Member of Singapore’s International Economic Council and Ukraine’s Orange Circle. Tim was on the Board of U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Tim was ranked 52 on the list of the 100 most influential Harvard Alumni, and seven on the Forbes Midas List. Tim was named Always-On #1 top venture capital deal maker. Tim was awarded the Commonwealth Club’s Distinguished Citizen Award for achievements in green and sustainable energy. To further encourage entrepreneurship, Tim started BizWorld.org, a non-profit for children to learn entrepreneurship, Draper University of Heroes, a school for entrepreneurs 18-28 and he leads SixCalifornias, an initiative to improve the governance of California. Tim has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Bancor, DDF, DFJ DragonFund, DFJ VinaCapital, Draper Associates, Draper Athena, Draper Dragon, Draper University Ventures, ePlanet Capital, Gotham Ventures, SpeedUPAfrica, Threshold, VenturesLab, Zone Ventures: Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies.
Andrew Tang
Partner of Draper Associates
Andrew Tang joined the Power Assure Board of Directors in 2011. He is a Managing Director of ABB Technology Ventures (ATV). Andrew has over 15 years of operating, R&D, investment banking and investing experience in the IT industry and focuses on clean technology and industrial applications. Prior to joining ATV, he was a founding Managing Director of the DFJ DragonFund China, Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s sole China affiliate venture capital fund. Andrew has led and managed investments in Miartech, Mobim, Yeepay, Broadbus (MOT), Imago Scientific, Zettacom (IDTI), Packet Video, NuTool (ASMI), Santur, and Corrent. Most recently, he was a partner and member of the investment committee at Infineon Ventures. Prior to Infineon Ventures, he was an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston’s technology group in Palo Alto. He worked on the Magma IPO (LAVA), as well as numerous M&A transactions. Before CSFB, Andrew was a senior engineer and marketing manager at Intel Corporation where he was responsible for chip design and market enablement for the Pentium and Itanium processors. He also holds one US patent for silicon germanium thin-film transistor applications. Andrew holds an MBA from the Wharton School, as well as MSEE and BSEE degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Texas at Austin, respectively.
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About Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Draper University, Draper University Ventures: Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies.
Hans Tung
Managing Partner of GGV Capital
Hans Tung is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital.
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About GGV Capital: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Jeff Richards
Managing Partner of GGV Capital
A Managing Partner at GGV Capital, Jeff joined the firm in 2008 after spending 13 years as an entrepreneur and operating executive in the US and Asia. Prior to joining GGV, Jeff founded two venture-backed companies, one a success and one a “huge failure” in his own words – “I learned a lot.” His background as an entrepreneur gives him a unique perspective on the challenges of starting and running a venture-backed company, and he works closely with the GGV Talent team on Founders + Leaders. Jeff focuses on the Software and Internet sectors, and currently sits on the boards of or is a board observer at BigCommerce, one of the top ecommerce software platforms, Boxed, a rising star in the ecommerce space, Brightwheel, the leading SaaS provider for the early education vertical, Gladly, a next generation SaaS platform for customer care, Percolate, a leading marketing SaaS platform for global brands,PlushCare, a mobile platform for consumer healthcare, Reebonz, Southeast Asia’s leader in luxury ecommerce, Slice, a market network for the pizza industry, and Tile, the platform for location. Jeff also led GGV’s investments in Appirio (acquired in 2016 by Wipro), BlueKai (acquired in 2014 by Oracle), Buddy Media (acquired in 2012 by Salesforce), Citrus Lane (acquired in 2014 by Care.com), Evolv (acquired in 2014 by Cornerstone OnDemand), Flipboard, HotelTonight, ShiftGig, Voicera and Zylo, and has been actively involved in GGV’s investments in Domo, OpenDoor, Square and Wish. Prior to joining GGV, Jeff founded two software companies: R4, a supply chain SaaS business acquired by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and QuantumShift, a telecom software business backed by Texas Pacific Group (TPG). Earlier in his career, Jeff worked in Asia and Latin America with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Jeff graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was a four-year letterman on the basketball team and is on the Advisory Board for the Dartmouth Entrepreneur Network (DEN). Jeff is a frequent guest on CNBC and often writes on topics like startup management and leadership, venture-backed IPOs and shifts in tech trends across the US and China. Follow Jeff on Twitter @jrichlive or check out his LinkedIn profile for more information.
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About Addi, All Raise, Appirio, Belong, BigCommerce, Boxed, Brightwheel, Coinbase, Convex, Curebase, Electric, Fairmarkit, GGV Capital, Gladly, Handshake, Homebase, Lambda School, Namely, People.ai, Phil, Pinpoint.com, Realm, Slice, Stream, Tala, Tile, Vic.ai, Voicea, Workboard: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Glenn Solomon
Managing Partner of GGV Capital
Glenn Solomon is a venture capitalist. He is a partner at [GGV Capital](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ggv-capital), a venture capital firm that invests in the U.S. and China. Since 2006, Solomon has worked with entrepreneurs and leaders at companies where he has led GGV’s investments such as Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN), Pandora (NYSE: P), Successfactors (NYSE: SFSF/Acq by SAP), Isilon (NASDAQ: ISLN/Acq by EMC), Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), Quinstreet (NASDAQ: QNST), Square, Conviva, Domo, AlienVault, HashiCorp, and Gridstore. He also assists his partners on other GGV investments such as Appirio, BlueKai, Buddy Media, China Talent Group (CTG), MediaV, Tujia, and Qunar. Prior to GGV, Solomon was a general partner with Partech International, where he led investments in Broadbase Software, Datacenter Technologies, Digital Island, Pentasafe, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). Earlier in his career, he worked with [Goldman Sachs](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/goldman-sachs) and also with SPO Partners, a San Francisco-based private investment partnership. Glenn Solomon graduated from [Stanford University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stanford-university), where he majored in tennis, starting on three NCAA championship tennis teams, and he also earned an M.B.A from Stanford where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Jonathan Weiner
Venture Partner of Oak HC/FT
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About Growth – Cannabis Conference, HLTH, Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Andrew Adams
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT
Andrew joined Oak Investment Partners in 2003. He currently serves as General Partner of Oak Investment Partners, and General Partner of Oak HC/FT. Andrew currently serves on the Boards of Limeade, Maestro Healthcare Technologies, One Medical Group, Radisphere National Radiology Group, and xG Health Solutions. Andrew is also actively involved with Benefitfocus, Independent Living Systems, and Precision for Medicine Holdings. Prior investment activity includes American Esoteric Laboratories (acquired by Sonic Healthcare Limited), Argus Information & Advisory Services (acquired by Verisk Analytics), CareMedic Systems (acquired by Ingenix), CLARiENT (acquired by GE Healthcare), Harbor Payments (acquired by American Express), Health Dialog (acquired by British United Provident Association), iHealth Technologies (merged with Connolly), NetSpend Corporation (acquired by TSYS), PayFlex Systems (acquired by Aetna), PharMEDium Healthcare (acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) and United BioSource (acquired by Medco Health Solutions). Prior to joining Oak Investment Partners, Andrew was a Senior Associate with Capital Resource Partners, a mezzanine capital firm, where he focused on investments in healthcare and business services companies. Andrew was also a Financial Analyst in the media and communications group of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. Andrew graduated from Princeton University with a BA in History.
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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.
Chris Price
Partner of Oak HC/FT
Partner @ Oak HC/FT | Co-Founder @ WithMe Health | Investor & Entrepreneur I am a product focused investor and business builder that is passionate about making our healthcare system better. As such, I seek to invest in teams that are focused on driving meaningful improvements in quality, cost and patient experience. During my 15+ year investing and operating career, I’ve tried a lot of different things resulting in some great successes and humbling failures. My investing experience has spanned all stages and every level of the capital structure. As an operator, I have helped build businesses ranging from early-stage start-ups to private equity backed assets with multi-billions in revenue. All of this has resulted in exits representing over $4.5 billion in aggregate value. Within healthcare, I am currently interested in pharma services for complex therapies, risk bearing care management and delivery models within specific specialties, network optimization solutions, clinical and operational workflow optimization, opportunities to disrupt the pharmaceutical value chain and solutions that enable employers to obtain significantly better results for their healthcare dollars. I put people first, constantly challenge convention, enjoy learning, think design is important and always look forward to the future.
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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.
Daniel Petrozzo
Partner of Oak HC/FT
Dan Petrozzo (FT), a Partner at Oak HC/FT, joined the firm in 2017 and focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in FinTech. Dan currently serves on the Board of Kryon, Ocrolus, and Pagaya. He is also a Board Observer at NextCapital. Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Dan was Senior Vice President at Intralinks and responsible for customer success and technology operations. He joined Intralinks from Verilume, a cloud computing company that he co-founded and sold to Intralinks in 2016. He is a former Partner and Global Head of Technology for investment management at Goldman Sachs. He was Chief Information Officer at Fidelity Investments, Co-Chief Information Officer at Morgan Stanley and Global Head of Equity Prime Services Technology at Deutsche Bank AG. Dan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Moravian College and a law degree from Seton Hall University Law School.
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Billy Deitch
Partner of Oak HC/FT
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
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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Patricia Kemp
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT
Patricia joined Oak Investment Partners in 2002. She currently serves as Venture Partner of Oak Investment Partners, and General Partner of Oak HC/FT. Patricia currently serves on the Boards of Kuaipay, Duedil, and Vesta, and she is a Board Observer at Acculynk. Some of Patricia’s past portfolio activity includes Argus Information & Advisory Services (acquired by Verisk Analytics), Harbor Payments (acquired by American Express), NetSpend (acquired by TSYS), Point Carbon (acquired by Thomson Reuters), and TxVia (acquired by Google). Prior to joining Oak Investment Partners, Patricia’s history includes over 11 years of senior management experience at Cendant (formerly CUC International). At various times she was responsible for the marketing, operations, or general management of a variety of direct marketed products and memberships in the auto, shopping or merchant services space.
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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.
Michael Heller
Venture Partner of Oak HC/FT
Michael identifies new investment opportunities and assists portfolio companies with strategic initiatives. Michael is an accomplished operator and entrepreneur with 30 years of experience within the payments and banking industries. He was cofounder and president of Argus Information & Advisory Services, an information services firm that serves the banking industry. At Argus, Michael managed key partners, including credit bureaus and media measurement organizations. He provided strategic advisory services to a majority of the largest US banks and UK financial institutions. Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
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About MissionOG, Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Matt Streisfeld
Partner of Oak HC/FT
Matt joined Oak HC/FT as a Vice President in 2015. Matt focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities exclusively in financial services technology. He is a Board Observer on Insureon. Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Matt was a Vice President with LLR Partners, a middle-market growth equity firm, where he focused on investments in financial services technology companies. Matt was previously a Senior Associate at Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on middle-market financial services companies. Matt was also an Associate in the insurance investment banking group of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Matt graduated from The George Washington University with a BBA in Finance.
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Leah Scanlan
Partner of Oak HC/FT
Leah Scanlan is an operating partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with entrepreneurs and advises portfolio companies on executive search strategy, leadership and talent development. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Leah was a partner at Daversa Partners, a leading executive search firm for high-growth, cutting edge technology companies. While there, she worked with the firm’s consumer Internet, healthcare and enterprise software practices. Leah also led and launched Daversa’s CFO practice, working with some of the most influential CFOs across the globe. Throughout her career, Leah has contributed to building high-performance executive management teams at companies including Uber, Twitter, Square, Dropbox, Airbnb, Yelp, Snapchat, AOL, Instacart, DocuSign, ZocDoc, Shazam, Lending Club, RelateIQ and Lithium Technologies. Earlier in her career, she ran marketing and e-commerce for a children’s publishing company. Leah holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree in business administration from Fairfield University. She also is a passionate supporter for various philanthropic organizations including T.E.A.L. and the Caron Foundation. In her free time, Leah enjoys playing tennis, running and practicing yoga.
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
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.
David B. Black
Technology Partner of Oak HC/FT
David B. Black, Technology Partner, joined Oak in 1992 and became Technology Partner in 1999. He focuses on investments in all sectors that make substantial use of computer technology. David’s current portfolio activity includes: Centric Software, FirstRain, Good Technology, MobiTV, Nexant, SmartDrive, Rearden Commerce, Keep Holdings, Demand Media, Federated Media, Milyoni, Sutherland Global Services, Thrillist Media Group, U.S. Auto Parts, YoYi Media, Radisphere National Radiology Group, Benefitfocus, Independent Living Systems, mlgpro, Castlight Health and XIO Storage. David’s past portfolio activity includes: athenahealth, Argus Information Systems (acquired by Verisk), PayFlex (acquired by Aetna), Point Carbon (acquired by Thomson Reuters), TxVia (acquired by Google), iCrossing (acquired by Hearst), Talisma (acquired by Moxie Software), Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Cobalt (acquired by ADP), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft), Bleacher Report (acquired by Time Warner), Captura (acquired by Concur), Cobalt (acquired by ADP), Huffington Post (acquired by AOL), G-Market (acquired by E-Bay), CBord (acquired by Roper Industries), ILOG (acquired by IBM), Inktomi (acquired by Yahoo), Knowledge Networks (acquired by GfK), Pivotal, Primus, Digital Media Group (acquired by VisionChina), iCrossing (acquired by Hearst), Netspend. Prior to joining Oak, David started programming computers while in high school and worked on projects including oil refinery output optimization and ARPA-net protocols prior to graduating with honors from Harvard College. Then he spent decades writing code for network protocols, compilers, composition systems, operating systems, DBMS internals and applications, large scale financial transaction processing, document processing and workflow, various hardware components and enterprise systems.
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About Oak HC/FT, Oak Investment Partners: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Zeke Emanuel
Venture Partner of Oak HC/FT
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About Oak HC/FT: Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology.
Michelle Daubar
Partner, Investor Relations & Communications of Oak HC/FT
Michelle focuses on GC’s investor relations, marketing, and public relations as Vice President of Communications. Michelle also assists GC’s early-stage portfolio companies with their public relations campaigns. Before joining GC Michelle oversaw investor relations and marketing at Lighthouse Capital Partners. Prior to that, she worked in the Private Equity group at Standard Life Investments. Michelle is a graduate of Suffolk University, earning a B.S. in Political Science and English, summa cum laude.
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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.
Brittania Warren
Partner of Affirm
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About Affirm: Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.
Meyer Malka
Managing Partner of Ribbit Capital
Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnership focused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website. Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets. In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years. In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million. In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany. In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Jordan Angelos
General Partner of Ribbit Capital
Jordan Angelos is Head of M&A and Investment for Stripe. Previously, Angelos joined Accel in 2013 and focuses on software, security and consumer investments. Jordan helped lead Accel’s investments in BetterCloud, UserTesting, Campaign Monitor, QMC and WorldRemit. Before Accel, Jordan worked at Goldman Sachs in New York, covering technology. Jordan is from Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Brigham Young University.
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Nicholas Huber
Principal and Partner of Ribbit Capital
Nick Huber is a General Partner at Ribbit Capital.
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Nikolay Kostov
Partner of Ribbit Capital
Prior to Ribbit, Nikolay worked for six years at Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in New York, rising from Analyst to Associate, first in the General Industrials Group and most recently, the Global Technology Group. While at Morgan Stanley, he worked with companies in the aerospace & defense, car & equipment rental, machinery, engineering and construction, and Internet and software sectors. Nikolay was involved in the execution of over $10Bn in transactions, including public equity offerings, investment grade and high yield debt offerings, and strategic M&A assignments.
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About Ribbit Capital: 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.
Ray Chua
Principal and Partner of Ribbit Capital
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Cindy McAdam
Partner & General Counsel of Ribbit Capital
Cindy McAdam focuses on security, finance and legal matters. She served as General Counsel of Postini, negotiating its sale to Google for $643m. Most recently, she worked as COO and General Counsel of mobile payments companies Bling Nation and Lemon Wallet, which were acquired in 2013 for $50m
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About Ribbit Capital: Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
Ben Paull
General Partner of Ribbit Capital
Ben Paull is a General Partner at Ribbit Capital.
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Karen (Appleton ) Page
General Partner of B Capital Group
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About B Capital Group, Forum Ventures: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Robert Mittendorff
General Partner and Head of Healthcare of B Capital Group
Robert brings to NVP more than a decade of operational and medical experience. Based in NVP’s Palo Alto office, Robert focuses on investing capital in venture and growth opportunities in the healthcare sector. Prior to NVP, Robert was the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Hansen Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: HNSN). During his tenure, he launched multiple products, including the Magellan and Sensei X robotic systems, and was involved in leading products from concept to first commercial shipment. As a corporate officer, Robert also led the Company’s partnerships with GE, Siemens, Philips and St. Jude Medical and executed transactions totaling over $100M. He created the Scientific Advisory Board and participated in two public financings. Prior to Hansen Medical, Robert worked in the device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries with experience at a number of companies, working in strategic, business development and marketing capacities. Robert is also a board certified emergency physician who completed his residency training at Stanford. Robert received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He received his B.S. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University where he played on the soccer team. He has completed fellowships under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (neuroscience), MIT Sloan School of Management, and Harvard Business School.
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About B Capital Group, Health Catalyst, Kaiser Permanente: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Rashmi Gopinath
General Partner of B Capital Group
Rashmi is a General Partner at B Capital leading growth-stage enterprise investments. Previously, she was a Managing Director at M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund and led investments for the fund globally in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, devops, AI/ML, and enterprise SaaS. She brings a combination of strong venture capital and startup operating experience. Previously, Rashmi was an Investment Director at Intel Capital focused on investing in cloud infrastructure, and big data companies. She also led global business development for high-growth startups Couchbase and BlueData. Prior to that, she held product development positions at GE and Oracle. Rashmi has an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai in India.
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About B Capital Group: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
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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Adam Seabrook
Partner of B Capital Group
Adam Seabrook is a Partner at B Capital Group.
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Raj Ganguly
Co-Founder and Partner of B Capital Group
Raj Ganguly is a Founding Partner of B Capital Group where he focuses on creating exponential growth by bringing together thought leaders, technology and capital. With 18 years of deep industry knowledge, Mr. Ganguly has earned a reputation for building businesses and driving growth. Previously, he co-founded and served as a Managing Partner at Velos Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Los Angeles, Singapore and London. At Velos, he led numerous venture investments and served on the boards of Surf Air, Silvercar and Pong. Prior to founding Velos, Mr. Ganguly spent six years at Bain Capital investing and driving operational excellence in consumer-focused companies across the U.S. and Asia. Earlier in his career, he was with McKinsey & Company, Diageo plc. and Miradiant, one of the first internet payment startups. Currently, Mr. Ganguly serves as an external consultant (‘Senior Advisor”) to The Boston Consulting Group.
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Matt Levinson
Partner of B Capital Group
Matt is a Partner at B Capital Group. prior to that, he was the Principal on the investment team at FinTech Collective. Prior to joining FinTech Collective, Matt co-founded NYC-based startup Aerobo, a venture-capital-backed provider of drone services. Previously, Matt worked in private equity at AEA Investors, where he invested in middle-market buyout transactions. Matt started his career in management consulting at LEK. Matt received his B.A. cum laude from Yale University, has studied in Spain, and lived and worked in Brazil.
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About B Capital Group, FinTech Collective: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Allen Duan
Partner of B Capital Group
Allen Duan 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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Virginia Schmitt
Partner, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of B Capital Group
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Sheel Mohnot
Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures
Sheel is co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures and GP of 500Fintech, investing in pre-seed and seed stage fintech companies. His own startup experience includes 2 successful FinTech exits – a payments company and a high-stakes auction company.He also co-founded the startup podcast called The Pitch. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his FinTech career at the non-profit p2p lender Kiva.
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About 500 Fintech, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), The Pitch, Thistle: Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) is an early stage fintech focused fund that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed-stage companies globally
Jacob Gibson
Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures
Co-founded NerdWallet. Without any outside funding, helped it grow from 2 guys into a world-class, mission-driven team, working to build the future of personal finance. I stepped down in early 2014 and am now using that experience to help other entrepreneurs and small businesses in any way I can.
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About Better Tomorrow Ventures: Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) is an early stage fintech focused fund that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed-stage companies globally
Michael Arrington
Partner of Arrington XRP Capital
Michael Arrington most recently Co-Founded CrunchFund after leading TechCrunch to a successful exit with AOL. His venture investments include Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest. Michael was the Editor of TechCrunch, which he founded in 2005. In 2008 Time Magazine named Michael “One of the World’s 100 most influential people”. Michael also practiced securities law at O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.Michael graduated from Stanford Law School and Claremont McKenna College.
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About Arrington XRP Capital, TechCrunch: Arrington XRP Capital is a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets.
Heather Harde
Partner of Arrington XRP Capital
Heather was the Founding CEO TechCrunch, which was acquired by AOL. Post-acquisition Heather was appointed GM of AOL Tech Media. Heather is Co-founder and Co-Chair sfciti.org with Ron Conway. Prior to TechCrunch, Heather was SVP News Corporation and held various M&A, BD, and operating roles. Heather has her MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree from Mount Holyoke College where she is a current Trustee and co-chair Finance Committee.
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About Arrington XRP Capital: Arrington XRP Capital is a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets.
Geoffrey Arone
Co-Founder & Limited Partner of Arrington XRP Capital
Geoffrey Arone is an established entrepreneur who has focused primarily on the “social web” and “social media” since before they were media buzz terms. Geoffrey is currently a GM & VP of [SafetyWeb](/organization/safetyweb), which was acquired by Experian in May 2011. SafetyWeb is a cloud-based personal security company whose products include SafetyWeb Family and myID. Geoffrey co-founded SafetyWeb in June 2009 and raised ~ $8 million from Battery Ventures and First Round Capital. Prior to SafetyWeb, Geoffrey was the CEO and co-founder of A Large Corporation AKA [DanceJam](/organization/dancejam) with MC Hammer and Flock co-founder Anthony Young. While running DanceJam, Geoffrey raised two rounds of venture capital and sold the company to Grind Networks in 2009. In late 2004, Geoffrey co-founded [Flock](/organization/flock), the first web browser with social network integration, with Bart Decrem and Anthony Young. In all, Flock raised ~ $28 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, & Fidelity Ventures. Nearly 6 years and 14 million downloads later, Flock was acquired by [Zynga](/organization/zynga). Geoffrey has also held Product positions at Real Networks, Informatica and Oracle. Geoffrey holds a Sc.B. in Neural Science from Brown University and his PhD work was also in Neural Science. He earned an MBA from M.I.T.
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About Arrington XRP Capital: Arrington XRP Capital is a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets.
Cliff Holekamp
Cofounder, Managing Director, & General Partner of Cultivation Capital
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About Cultivation Capital: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, River City Internet Group: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, The Yield Lab: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
Joe Maxwell
Managing Partner of Cultivation Capital
Joe Maxwell is the Managing Partner at FINTOP Capital. Joe was most recently the EVP and MD of IPreo Inc. where he led the Private Capital Markets, acquiring Clear Momentum Inc. in December 2015 and ILevel Inc. in August 2015.
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About Cultivation Capital, FINTOP Capital, Numerated, Shareholder InSite, YPO: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, Pinpoint Holdings: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, The Yield Lab: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, SAGE Labs: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital, iSELECT FUND: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
Rick Ryan
General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Rick Ryan is the General Partner of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences.
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About Apertus Pharmaceuticals, Cultivation Capital, The Winfield Group: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
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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About Cultivation Capital: Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
Alireza Masrour
Managing Partner of Plug and Play Tech Center
Alireza is General Partner at Plug & Play Investment Arm a place where he led more than 100 investments for the firm since 2008. • Plug & Play representative and works closely with the management teams as advisor or investor • Founding Partner of Plug and Play Startup Camp Founding General Partner of PnP Scale Fund . “Alireza Masrour is the General Partner at Plug & Play. He has led more than 200 investments out of 20,000 plus startups for the Venture firm since 2008. Some investments led by him are CreditSesame, HealthPocket which acquired by Health Insurance Innovations, Matcha which acquired by Apple, PasswordBox which acquired by McAfee/Intel, TrustGo which acquired by Baidu, GNS3 which was acquired by Solarwind, Flyr, FiscalNote (unicorn, first check), Shippo (unicorn, first check), Trulioo (unicorn), BigID (unicorn), Kustomer (unicorn) which was acquired by Facebook, and N26 (unicorn) to name a few. Alireza has been selected as a Silicon Valley 40 under 40 in 2018 as well as recognized by BusinessInsider as a 100 rising-star VC who represent the future of venture capital. . Prior to Plug and Play, he was Founder and CEO at NekaTel, one of the largest Internet Airtime Distribution Networks, with over 800 retailers and millions of subscribers. Alireza grew NekaTel’s revenue from $0 to over $45M in less than 2 years. He was also Founder of VidaTel, offering mobile airtime distribution technology and sold the technology in 2007. He has prior Engineering and Management background. Alireza published “Crossing the Digital Divide: What’s Next” in Information Technologies and International Development Journal published by Harvard Business School for UN’s World Summit on the Information Society.”
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About Plug and Play Tech Center, Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Chen Zhao
Managing Partner, China of Plug and Play Tech Center
Chen Zhao is Managing Partner at Plug and Play.
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About Amidi Group, Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Ivan Zgomba
Partner of Plug and Play Tech Center
Ivan Zgomba is Principal at Plug and Play Ventures, Investment Arm of Plug & Play Tech Center. Ivan is an investor and adviser to number of Plug&Play start-ups including: Speaktoit, XYZ Interactive, Orbeus, Faspark, Stipple, TrintMe, Muzzley, WiifMe, Netkiller, Inbenta, Jetlore, Aegis Mobility, Retailigence, Envizio, YourMech, Wattio, InextWeb, Tickengo, Dropifi, EIE Materials, Palmbox, KnightScope, TidePool, Handscpape, Grability, Scout, etc…
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Omeed Mehrinfar
Managing Partner, Middle-East of Plug and Play Tech Center
Omeed is a Regional Director of Plug and Play FinTech in Europe. He joined Plug and Play in August 2014 and, alongside Scott Robinson (VP and Global Head of FinTech), were tasked in launching a program targeted towards the financial sector. Since the launch of the program in January 2015, Omeed has worked in 5 different accelerator classes with a total of 117 FinTech startups, as well as a list of over 30 corporate partners (BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, to name a few).Now based in Paris, Omeed acts as the Program Director of BNP Paribas / Plug and Play; a partnership between the two entities, targeted towards finding the best FinTech and InsurTech startups that can innovate and disrupt different sectors of the financial market; while simultaneously evaluating investment opportunities in Paris and the larger Eurozone.
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Amir Amidi
Managing Partner of Travel and Hospitality Center of Innovation of Plug and Play Tech Center
Amir Amidi is the Managing Partner for Plug and Play’s Travel and Hospitality Program. In this role, Amir is responsible for all startups investments and corporate relationships including but not limited to Lufthansa, Jetblue, Turkish Airlines, Accor Hotels, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Travelport. Plug and Play’s mission is to invest in 20 travel tech startups a year and bridge the gap between the innovators and industry leaders. Previously Amir was the Senior Director of Strategic Accounts at Nor1, the leader in upsell technologies for Hotels brands. In this role, Amir was responsible for strategic partnerships with brands like IHG, Fairmont, and Carlson.
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
George Damouny
Partner of Plug and Play Tech Center
George Damouny is a Partner at Plug and Play Ventures (previous investments include Dropbox, Paypal, LendingClub, and many more). With a diverse background of founding start-ups to operational roles, George took his experience and applied it to venture investing in early 2014. Since then, George has led venture deals in over 100 start-ups, primarily in the fintech and retail space. His deals have successfully raised subsequent capital from institutional investors like Matrix Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Canaan Partners, KPCB, and many more. As an active adviser and investor, George is passionate about helping entrepreneurs grow and reach their goals. George is one of the founding members of Plug and Play Fintech, Plug and Play Retail, Plug and Play Materials, Lafayette Plug and Play (Plug and Play Paris), and more. George holds a B.A. in Behavioral Science with a Minor in Communications in the Informations Age from San Jose State University where he graduated with both the President’s and Dean’s Honors Awards.
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Connie Weisman
Vice President, Corporate Partnerships – Innovation of Plug and Play Tech Center
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Kevin Withstandley
Senior Director, Partner Success of Plug and Play Tech Center
Kevin is the corporate partnerships manager for the Internet of Things vertical at Plug and Play Tech Center, a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. Plug and Play’s IoT vertical currently helps 30 partners such as Philips, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Bosch, and Samsung by introducing them to top tier startups for business development, pilots, investment opportunities, etc. Kevin also runs the Internet of Thursdays meetup consisting of 1,744 members, which helps engage the community around IoT topics, startups, and corporations. Prior to Plug and Play, Kevin worked for 6 years at Best Buy managing sales teams in different departments while helping grow the regional presence. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in Business with a focus in Entrepreneurship.
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About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Carter Adamson
Partner of Atomico
Carter is a Partner at Atomico and helps portfolio companies to scale their products, operations and teams so that they can become global market leaders. He is a board advisor to Uniplaces, and also works closely with Gympass, Clutter, Compass & Masterclass. A startup junkie to the core, Carter has worked for a number of different companies at all stages of their development. He co-founded the online music service Rdio, and Sum, a health and wellness wearable startup. He was head of product at Skype, a senior program manager at ICQ whilst they were hitting their stride, and was director of product strategy at AOL during its peak. A lifelong skateboarder, Carter still wears Vans but is now often mistaken for a Staples salesperson. Raised in Virginia Beach (an archipelago of the world-famous “Redneck Riviera”), he has an English degree from Vassar. He is a published writer and lives in Brooklyn with his two sons where he likes to raise chickens in his backyard. Carter also speaks French and Spanish proficiently.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Ryan Dance
SR Partner Manager of Divvy
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About Divvy, Divvy: Divvy is a platform that helps businesses manage payments and subscriptions, build strategic budgets, and eliminate expense reports.
Lisa Nestor
Director of Partnerships of Stellar Development Foundation
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About Stellar Development Foundation, Stellar Development Foundation: Stellar Development Foundation supports the development and growth of Stellar, a blockchain network that connects financial infrastructure.
Jenny Fielding
Managing Partner of The Fund
Jenny Fielding is the founder and Managing Partner of The Fund, a pre-seed fund supported by founders and operators. She spent 7.5 Years as MD at Techstars. Her portfolio includes more than 200 companies.
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About Columbia University, Kauffman Fellows, Techstars, Techstars IoT, The Fund: A community-driven venture fund comprised of leading global founders & operators
Scott Hartley
Co-Founder & Partner of The Fund
Scott Hartley is co-founder of The Fund and Two Culture Capital and author of the best-selling book, “The Fuzzy and the Techie,” a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. A former partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, Hartley has worked for Google, Facebook, Harvard, and the White House. He holds three degrees from Stanford and Columbia and is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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About The Fund: A community-driven venture fund comprised of leading global founders & operators
Howard Lindzon
Founder & General Partner of Social Leverage
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About 140Labs, Knight’s Bridge Capital Partners, Marketbright, Social Leverage: Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries.
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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About Social Leverage: Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries.
Josh Hannah
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Josh Hannah is a general partner with Matrix Partners. His entrepreneurial career began in 1999 when he cofounded Flutter.com in London and later led a merger with his biggest competitor, Betfair.com. The combined entity revolutionized the gaming industry by building the world’s first online marketplace for sports betting. Josh returned to the States in 2004. Soon after, he and a partner purchased eHow, an ailing, Web 1.0, how-to directory. Josh and his partner outsourced content creation to the community and employed then-new advertising and search engine optimization techniques. They increased revenue and traffic 30-fold before selling the company to Demand Media in 2006 for a 400-X return. As a partner at Matrix, Josh has invested in Huddle, Inflection and Taulia. Prior to joining Matrix, Josh invested in successful startups such as Aardvark (acquired by Google), Blingo (acquired by Publishers Clearing House), Designer Apparel (acquired by Sugar Media), Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Minted, uShip and Wetpaint.
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About Flutter Entertainment, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Dana Stalder
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Dana Stalder currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Poynt as the Board of Directors.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Patrick Malatack
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Patrick Malatack currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Twilio Inc. as the VP of Product.
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About Applied Intuition, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Matt Brown
Partner of Matrix Partners
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About Bonsai, Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Paul J. Ferri
Founder & Partner Emeritus of Matrix Partners
Paul Ferri is the Founder of Matrix Partners, and one of the most respected investors in the venture capital industry. Like many of the entrepreneurs with whom he has worked over the years, Paul was born in another country and built his legacy from scratch, persevering through adverse conditions and making the best of the opportunity and luck that came his way. Born in Rome, Italy, Paul immigrated to the U.S. at the age of seven. It was 1944, the height of World War II, and neither Paul nor anyone in his family spoke English. His family settled in Virginia where his father worked for the government as an aeronautics engineer. They ultimately moved to the suburbs of New York, where Paul grew up. Paul studied engineering at Cornell University and the Polytechnic Institute of New York, and business at Columbia University. In 1977 Paul and Warren Hellman co-founded Hellman Ferri Investment Associates. The duo initially invested across multiple stages and in multiple sectors, and after five years Paul and Warren decided the best approach would be to develop distinct areas of expertise. Warren started a late stage private equity fund in San Francisco, which became Hellman & Friedman; Paul focused on early stage deals and established Matrix Partners in 1982. Over the next few years, Paul began to direct the firm’s investments toward information technology start-ups. One of the most significant companies Paul supported was Cascade Communications. The company, founded by Desh Deshpande and run by Dan Smith, became an industry leader that spawned new innovations. The company sold to Ascend, which was later bought by Lucent. Cascade’s founders and employees went on to found some of the most significant companies of the era, including ArrowPoint, Sonus Networks and Sycamore Networks—all of which were Matrix portfolio companies. Paul has led more than twenty portfolio companies to the public markets, and another twenty to profitable acquisitions. He continues to invest on behalf of the firm and guide his entrepreneurs through the ups and downs of start-up life on the path to success. Education: Cornell University, B.S. Electrical Engineering Polytechnic Institute of New York, M.S. Electrical Engineering Columbia University, MBA
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
David Skok
General Partner of Matrix Partners
David Skok currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at HubSpot as a Board Member.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Antonio Rodriguez
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Antonio is a general partner at Matrix Partners. Prior to Matrix, Antonio was CTO of HP’s Consumer Imaging and Printing division where he led a wide array of projects in the areas of mass customization, e-reading, mobile platforms and next generation web platforms for content consumption. Antonio joined HP through the acquisition of Tabblo, where he was the founder and CEO. Tabblo, a Matrix-backed company, was a high-end photo site focused on bringing together the viral nature of online content publishing with the high margins of digital printing. Prior to Tabblo, Antonio held a variety of engineering, product, and business development roles at MyPublisher (currently the leading photo book manufacturer in the US), abuzz Technologies (acquired by the New York Times), and the Boston Consulting Group. Antonio graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard and received an MBA from Stanford. Antonio’s areas of investment include consumer Internet, mobile, software and Internet infrastructure.
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About Flatiron School, Intent, Markforged, Matrix Partners, Sqrrl: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Tim Barrows
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Tim Barrows is a general partner at Matrix, where he has invested in technology start-ups for twenty-five years. In his role as a lead investor and board member, Tim has assisted entrepreneurs in ushering ventures from their earliest stages through to successful outcomes. More than fifteen of the companies he helped establish and grow have gone onto successful acquisitions or initial public offerings. Tim has advised and supported entrepreneurs across a range of technology sectors, including enterprise software, SMB-focused business services, communications and semiconductors. He has counseled entrepreneurs through multiple economic cycles and various technology booms, and has mentored many first-time CEOs. Under Tim’s stewardship, Matrix Partners has delivered some of the highest performing funds of all time and expanded into international markets. Prior to Matrix Partners, Tim worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch White Weld, splitting his time between the technology group in corporate finance and the mergers and acquisitions group. He was also active in several seed stage investments. Tim joined Matrix Partners in 1984. Among the companies he has worked with over the years are OnDisplay, a provider of Web infrastructure software (IPO and later acquired by Vignette for $1.7 billion); Qihoo 360, the leading internet security company in China (Nasdaq: QIHU); SilverStream Software, a leader in Web services-oriented application development (IPO, later acquired by Novell); Starent Networks, the leading provider of infrastructure solutions for mobile carriers (Nasdaq: STAR); Sycamore Networks, a provider of multiservice network solutions (Nasdaq: SCMR); and Tivoli Systems, the leading provider of system management solutions for distributed systems (one of the top two IPOs in 1995, later sold to IBM). While continuing to support entrepreneurs starting companies in the U.S., Tim leads the firm’s international efforts, which have included recruiting founding partners and establishing two new funds in Mumbai, India and Beijing, China. Education: Williams College, BA, Political Economy, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Jake Jolis
Partner of Matrix Partners
Jake Jolis currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Zeno Ventures as the Entrepreneur.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Ilya Sukhar
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Ilya Sukhar currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Y Combinator as a part-time partner.
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About Matrix Partners: Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.
Andrew Verhalen
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Andy Verhalen joined Matrix Partners in 1992. Since then he has led Matrix’s involvement in dozens of successful companies, including Unwired Planet (Openwave), which went public in 1999; SiTera, which sold to Vitesse; and Alteon Websystems, which listed its shares on Nasdaq before being acquired by Nortel Networks. Before joining Matrix, Andy helped start Grand Junction Networks, an Ethernet switch business which is now a major division at Cisco. Previously he worked for 3Com, where he built a new division focused on network adapters and hubs. Prior to that, Andy managed marketing for Intel’s flagship microprocessor, the 8086. Today Andy is working with several young companies: Ambarella provides HD video and image processing solutions; Cyphort secures enterprises against advanced cyber-attacks; Framehawk delivers fast secure mobile access to enterprise applications; Panzura provides enterprise cloud storage controllers; Sila Nanotechnologies is developing advanced battery materials; Skyfire optimizes video in the cloud for mobile operators; and SpiderCloud Wireless makes enterprise mobile broadband systems.
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Ben Altshuler
Partner of Matrix Partners
Ben Altshuler currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at the University of Oxford as a Researcher.
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Diana Kimball Berlin
Partner of Matrix Partners
Diana Kimball Berlin currently works as the Partner for Matrix Partners. She previously worked at Quip as the VP of Product.
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Stan Reiss
General Partner of Matrix Partners
Stan Reiss currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Acacia Communications as a Board Member.
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Phyllis Doherty
Administrative Partner of Matrix Partners
Prior to joining the firm, Phyllis held a variety of financial roles at five venture backed technology startups, where she also gained experience in the IPO and acquisition processes. Most recently she held CFO positions at edocs and WebSpective Software. Prior to that she was with SolidWorks, Atria Software, and Epoch Systems. Both Atria and Epoch were successful Matrix Partners-backed companies. Before entering the start-up environment, Phyllis spent eight years at Prime Computer. She started her career as an auditor with Deloitte and Touche.
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Khary Scott
Vice President, Head of Partnerships of Fundbox
Khary Scott is the Vice President and Head of Partnerships at Fundbox. He is an executive with an entrepreneurial mindset that strives to put an organization at the center of the commerce revolution. Prior to joining Fundbox, he was the Vice President for Business Development – Small Business Card at Capital One.
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About Fundbox: Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
Alex Urdea
Managing Partner and CIO of Upper90
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About Upper90: Upper90 is a hybrid fund that provides founder-friendly credit and equity to top disruptors in e-commerce, enterprise, and fintech.
Igor Ryabenkiy
Managing Partner of AltaIR Capital
Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.
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About AltaIR Capital: We manage funds that invest in the world’s most promising companies with disruptive ideas and great return potential.
Omar Hamoui
Partner of Mucker Capital
Omar Hamoui is a partner at Mucker Capital, where he focuses on partnering with early stage companies. Prior to Mucker, Omar was a partner at Sequoia Capital. Before becoming an investor, Omar founded and ran several companies in mobile software and services. At the time, he was frustrated by the lack of available options when it came to promoting and monetizing mobile products. While working towards his MBA at the Wharton School, Omar began to think more seriously about the untapped potential of mobile advertising, and created AdMob to address this growing opportunity. Omar served as AdMob’s CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors from January 2006 through the company’s acquisition by Google in May 2010. During his time at Google, Omar was a VP of mobile ads, responsible for the development and innovation of Google’s mobile advertising products. After Google, Omar founded Churn Labs to incubate new startup teams and ideas. One of the teams which emerged from Churn Labs formed Maybe, Inc., a company focused on helping people make better decisions. This team became a part of LinkedIn in 2013.
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About Clutter, Mucker Capital: MuckerLab is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, pre-seed, seed, startup, early-stage, and Series A investments.
William Hsu
Co-Founder & Partner of Mucker Capital
William Hsu is the Co-Founder & Partner at Mucker Capital.
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About Mucker Capital: MuckerLab is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, pre-seed, seed, startup, early-stage, and Series A investments.
Erik Rannala
Co-Founder & Partner of Mucker Capital
Erik Rannala is the Co-Founder & Partner at Mucker Capital.
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About Mucker Capital: MuckerLab is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, pre-seed, seed, startup, early-stage, and Series A investments.
Wesley Chan
Managing Director, General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Wesley Chan is a Managing Director and General Partner at Felicis Ventures. He founded Google Analytics and Google Voice, built Google’s early advertising system, built Google Venture’s early investment team, and holds 17 US patents for his fundamental contributions in designing many of Google’s most widely-used services. Wesley is an investor and coach to some of the world’s most successful startups. He led investment rounds and holds board or observer seats in Canva, Guild Education, Turvo, CultureAmp, Okera, Hyperscience, Guideline, and Dialpad. He also led investments in Ring (exited for $1B+ to AMZN), Flexport, Carta, Checkr, Gusto, ZipLine, Orca Bio, Whole Biome, Skip the Dishes (exited to Just Eats/JE), and YES (exited to TWTR). Wesley was also one of the earliest General Partners at GV (Google Ventures), where he built the investment team, led many of GV’s investments and held board or observer seats in Angelist, Aptelligent (exited to VMWare), iPerian (exited to BMS), and Dialpad. Wesley was also one of the first checks into Plaid, RobinHood, Gusto, Optimizely, HelloSign (exited to DropBox), DataPad (exited to Cloudera), Freshplum (exited to TWTR), Namo Media (exited to TWTR), and Parse (exited to FB). He is a recipient of Google’s Founders Award–the company’s most prestigious recognition–for leading the development of Google’s early client efforts, which led to the creation of Google Chrome. Wesley worked at HP Labs as a senior software engineer and as a sponsored fellow at Microsoft Research. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT where he completed his graduate thesis at the Media Laboratory. Technology Review magazine featured Wesley as a “Top 35 Under 35” innovator. Wesley’s accomplishments have been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Fortune, and his story as a product founder is featured in Steven Levy’s best-selling Google book, “In The Plex.”
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Niki Pezeshki
General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Niki Pezeshki is a Partner on the investment team at Felicis Ventures. At Felicis, Niki has sourced and continues to work closely with the firm’s investments in Guild Education, Guideline, Trusted Health, Modus, Cleo, Octave, FarmWise, DoNotPay, and SentiLink. Prior to joining Felicis, he was on the investment team at Summit Partners, a tech-focused growth equity firm in Menlo Park. Before Summit, Niki lived in Austin, TX and was on the investment team at Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses. He also had a brief stint at the Climate Corporation (a former Felicis portfolio company), where he focused on sales strategy and operations. Niki received a BS in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Southern California. He continues to be actively involved with the USC Value Investing Group.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
