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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Partner operating in the SaaS space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Marc Leibowitz
Global VP – Partnerships & Strategic Growth Initiatives of Adobe
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan O’Neil Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Bryan O’Neil Hughes is the Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Clive Henry
Strategic Cloud & ISV Partnerships Lead of Adobe
Strategic Cloud & ISV Partnerships Leader | @Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Clive Henry
Strategic Cloud & ISV Partnerships Lead of Adobe
Strategic Cloud & ISV Partnerships Leader | @Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Bryan Hughes
Director of Product Management & Partner Outreach, Creative Cloud of Adobe
Director of Product Management at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Sherrick Murdoff
Vice President, Partner Investments of Salesforce
Sherrick Murdoff is the Board Observer of AllCloud.
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About Salesforce, Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Elizabeth Maxson Martinet
Sr. Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships of Salesforce
Elizabeth Maxson is a Senior Director on the Strategic Technology Partnerships team at Salesforce. As a marketing veteran with over 13 years of experience, Elizabeth leads strategy for the top technology partners with specific focus on the Salesforce & Google relationship. Prior to joining the Strategic Technology Partnerships’ team, Elizabeth spent four years in Salesforce Corporate Marketing with focus ranging from strategic events to corporate messaging and content. Elizabeth is passionate about story telling and bringing technology to life through creating engaging experiences.
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Larry N. Feinberg
Partner of Oracle
Larry Neil Feinberg serves as the President at Oracle Investment Management, Inc. Feinberg founded the firm in 1993. He is a Managing Partner at Oracle Partners, L.P. Feinberg founded the firm in 1993. He has been serving as the Founder, Chairman, and Director of Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Corp. since September 2005. Feinberg serves as the Managing Partner at Oracle Partners, L.L.C. He is the President at Oracle Associates, LLC. Feinberg was a Principal at Odyssey Partners, L.P. from 1989 to 1993, where he directed the firm’s private and public healthcare investing activities. Feinberg served as a Senior Vice President at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., where he had begun working as a Healthcare Research Analyst in 1980. From 1986 to 1987 Feinberg was the First Vice President of the healthcare group of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. He was elected to the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team for seven consecutive years from 1982 to 1988. Feinberg served as a Director of Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Inc. Feinberg has been one of Wall Street’s leading healthcare industry figures and over the course of his career, had served as an Analyst, Investment Banker, Merchant Banker, and Portfolio Manager. Feinberg received an M.B.A. from New York University in 1980 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Vermont in 1978.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Katya Akudovich
Head of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of PandaDoc
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About PandaDoc: PandaDoc enables users to create, deliver, and manage their teams’ quotes, proposals, contracts, and other sales collateral.
Rob May
Venture Partner of PJC
Rob May is a General Partner at PJC with expertise in the areas of AI, hardware, B2B, and SaaS. Prior to joining PJC, Rob was the co-founder and CEO at Talla, an AI and automation platform, transforming the way businesses deliver customer support. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Backupify, the world’s first cloud to cloud backup provider which was acquired for over $100m. As an angel investor, he made over 70 early-stage AI investments. Rob writes the world’s most popular newsletter on Artificial Intelligence – InsideAI.
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About BotChain, Half Court VC, PJC, Talla: PJC is an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on enterprise, consumer, and artificial intelligence.
David Martirano
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of PJC
David Martirano is the Managing Partner of PJC. David has extensive experience investing broadly in B2B SaaS, Consumer and Tech Enabled Service companies. In 2001, David partnered with Governor Gina Raimondo, and together they founded Point Judith Capital in Rhode Island. Point Judith Capital subsequently relocated to Boston in 2011 and later rebranded to PJC. Prior to PJC, David Co-founded Rex Capital Ventures, which was a venture division of a family office that invested in early stage technology companies around the world. Before embarking on his 20-year venture capital experience, he worked on Wall street and was a member of the Investment Banking Group at Cowen & Company. David sits on the Board of Trustees at the University of Rhode Island and the Investment Committee of Lifespan and has been actively involved with Year Up Rhode Island.
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About PJC: PJC is an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on enterprise, consumer, and artificial intelligence.
Matthew Hayes
General Partner of PJC
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About PJC: PJC is an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on enterprise, consumer, and artificial intelligence.
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.
Kegan Kinser
Business Development & Partnerships of Crunchbase
Kegan Kinser has been working in business development, partnerships, sales and customer success at Crunchbase since February 2019.
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Karen Ding
Revenue Partner Manager of Crunchbase
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Anna Kohnen
Strategy & Partnerships of Crunchbase
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About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Andy McLoughlin
Managing Partner of Uncork Capital
Andy McLoughlin is a Managing Partner at Uncork Capital.
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About Founders Pledge, GreatHorn, Human Interest, Kauffman Fellows, Simplifeye, Uncork Capital: Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on SaaS, consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and new technology startups.
Jeff Clavier
Founder and Managing Partner of Uncork Capital
Jeff Clavier Is The Founder and Managing Partner At Uncork Capital.
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About Uncork Capital: Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on SaaS, consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and new technology startups.
Susan Liu
Partner of Uncork Capital
Susan Liu is a Partner at Uncork Capital.
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About Scale Venture Partners, Uncork Capital: Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on SaaS, consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and new technology startups.
Tripp Jones
Partner of Uncork Capital
Tripp Jones is a Partner at Uncork Capital.
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About Compology, Uncork Capital: Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on SaaS, consumer, marketplaces, hardware, and new technology startups.
Eric Chan
Global Partnerships of Chargebee
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About Chargebee: Chargebee provides subscription and recurring billing systems for SaaS and e-commerce businesses.
Sangeeta Walsh
Director of Partner/Platform and Analytics Product Marketing of RingCentral
Sangeeta Walsh is the director of partner and platform and analytics product marketing at RingCentral.
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About RingCentral: RingCentral, a global distributor of cloud-unified communications and collaboration solutions, offers its users with technology services.
Leonard Lodish
Operating Partner of Lumia Capital
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About Lumia Capital, The Wharton School, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: Expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth.
Martin Gedalin
Founder & Partner of Lumia Capital
Martin is Founder of Lumia Capital, an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging markets and forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Previously, Martin was one of five investment professionals at Focus Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm in Palo Alto with ~$850M under management and ~110 expansion-stage investments across three funds. Prior to Focus, Martin was a Product Manager at Oracle Corp., where he was responsible for core components of Fusion CRM, Oracle’s next generation CRM strategy, and a $1B+ product line. Prior to these roles, Martin was a management consultant for both Siebel Systems (Customer Strategy Team) and, post acquisition, Oracle (Insight Group), where he provided strategic recommendations across people, process and technology domains to Oracle/Siebel’s top global customers. Martin began his career in Corporate Strategy at NCR Corporation. Personally, Martin is also an adviser to a number of private companies and funds.
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About Lumia Capital: Expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth.
Erin Stadler
Managing Partner of Boomtown Accelerators
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About Boomtown Accelerators, Boomtown Accelerators, The Farm Atlanta: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Erick Schonfeld
President & Founding Partner of Traction Technology Partners
Erick has been discovering and working with startups his entire professional career as a technology journalist, startup event producer, and founder. Erick is President & Founding Partner at Traction Technology Partners. He is also a co-founder of TouchCast, the leading interactive video platform, and a partner at bMuse, a startup studio in New York City. He is the former Executive Producer of the DEMO conferences and former Editor-in-Chief of TechCrunch (where he helped conceive, lead and select startups for the Disrupt conferences, among other duties). Prior to TechCrunch, which he joined as Co-Editor in 2007, Erick was Editor-at-Large for Business 2.0 magazine, and a senior writer at Fortune magazine covering technology. At TechCrunch, he oversaw the editorial content of the site, helped to program the Disrupt conferences and CrunchUps, produced TCTV shows, and wrote daily for the blog. He joined TechCrunch as Co-Editor in 2007, and helped take it from a popular blog to a thriving media property. After founder Michael Arrington left in 2011, Schonfeld became Editor in Chief. Prior to TechCrunch, he was Editor-at-Large for Business 2.0 magazine, where he wrote feature stories and ran their main blog, The Next Net. He also launched the online video series “The Disruptors” with CNN/Money and hosted regular panels and conferences of industry luminaries. Schonfeld started his career at Fortune magazine in 1993, where he was recognized with numerous journalism awards.
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About bMuse, Traction Technology Partners: Traction is a SaaS platform that automates the discovery and evaluation of emerging technologies across the enterprise.
Scott Murtaugh
VP, Data Partnerships of Yext
Scott Murtaugh is the Vice President, Data Partnerships at Yext.
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About Yext: Yext is a knowledge engine platform that helps brands deliver official answers.
Rachel Martin
Director of International Partnerships of Yext
Rachel Martin is Director of Global Partnerships, Yext.
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About Yext: Yext is a knowledge engine platform that helps brands deliver official answers.
David “Rev” Ciancio
Director Partner Marketing of Yext
David is a senior marketing, branding and digital strategist with 20 years of experience in digital marketing and business development, specializing in hospitality marketing, content and local SEO. He has led many clients to new levels of local, national and international success in the hospitality, financial service and entertainment sectors, and recently joined Yext as their director of partner marketing. Rev is an “expert burger taster” and pens burgerconquest.com one of the world’s top 3 Burger blogs where he provides marketing insight and tips.
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About LuckyDiem, Yext: Yext is a knowledge engine platform that helps brands deliver official answers.
Richard Duffy
VP Partner Strategy and Enablement of Acumatica
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Fred Thiel
Managing Partner of Navigate Ventures LLC
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About Graham Partners, Marathon Digital, Marathon Patent Group, Navigate Ventures LLC, YPO: B2B Enterprise SaaS & Internet, Early/Mid Growth Capital, Operational and Sector Expertise
Ivan Nikkhoo
Managing Partner of Navigate Ventures LLC
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About Chief Executives Organization, N3 Capital, LLC, Navigate Ventures LLC, Pacific Council on International Policy, The National Venture Capital Association, USC Marshall School of Business, YPO: B2B Enterprise SaaS & Internet, Early/Mid Growth Capital, Operational and Sector Expertise
Sach Chitnis
General Partner & Co-founder of Jump Capital
Prior to co-founding Jump Capital in 2012, Sach held a variety of investment and operating roles. His diverse operating experience includes digital marketing, pharmaceutical research, logistics, and other technology/service industries. His most recent role was as an operating partner at Tarsus and preceding that role, head of consumer moving for SIRVA. Having started his career in several of GE’s management programs, he has held functional roles both at GE and SIRVA, typically in product development and M&A. Sach earned an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg after a Chemical Engineering BS from University of Rochester.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Michael McMahon
General Partner & Co-founder of Jump Capital
With over 20 years of executive and financial leadership experience, Mike has operated or advised companies across a broad range of industries and stages from startups to mature enterprises. Prior to co-founding Jump Capital, he was a senior partner for Excelar Group LLC, a provider of strategic execution and advisory services. He also served as President of SIRVA, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company. Mike spent sixteen years with GE and GE Capital in a breadth of financial, operating and global assignments and is an honors graduate from GE’s prestigious Financial Management and Leadership Development programs. Mike attended Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated with highest distinction earning a BS in Finance.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Yelena Shkolnik
Partner of Jump Capital
Yelena Shkolnik is the Partner at Jump Capital.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Peter Carroll
Operating Partner of Jump Capital
Peter Carroll currently works as the Operating Partner for Jump Capital. He previously worked at RGB Lights Inc. as the Chief Executive Officer.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Brent Dobsch
Operating Partner of Jump Capital
Brent Dobsch currently works as the Operating Partner for Jump Capital. He previously worked at 4C Insights as the Chief Financial Officer.
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About Jump Capital: Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.
Eliot Durbin
General Partner of Boldstart Ventures
General Partner at Boldstart Ventures.
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About Boldstart Ventures, MState: day one partner for developer first, SaaS, & crypto infrastructure founders
Shaye Martin
Head of People Partner Team, Tech of Gusto
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About Gusto: Gusto provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management solution for businesses.
Jenna Wyer
Vice President Of Business Development, Partnerships & Head of Payments of Recurly
Jenna W. joined Recurly as Vice President Of Business Development in 2018.Jenna has been in the e-commerce and mobile payments space for a decade. Her first experience in payments was as employee number three and the founding Vice President of Sales at Braintree. While at Braintree, she was responsible for acquiring their largest merchants including Uber, AirBnb and HotelTonight. Jenna’s payments experience also includes being the Chief Sales Officer at Lemon Wallet, and Head of Mobile Business Development at Lifelock. Throughout her career, Jenna has consulted and helped the fastest growing mobile apps and e-commerce brands with their payments strategy. She’s currently enjoying her role as the VP of Business Development at Recurly.
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About Recurly: Subscription billing management SaaS platform powering 2,000+ brands including Sling TV, BarkBox, Asana, FabFitFun, Cinemark & Twitch
Arif Gursel
Director, Ecosystem Partnerships of Heroku
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About Google, Heroku, Pan-African Center for Empowerment: Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that provides services to create, run, and scale web and mobile apps.
Ben Capell
Partner of Peterson Ventures
Ben is a Partner at Peterson Ventures. Prior to joining Peterson Ventures, Ben was first employee hired at an enterprise tech startup based in Northern Virginia where he was the product and business manager. Prior to his startup days, he spent several years at Charles River Associates, a leading global economic and business consulting firm headquartered in Boston. Ben received an MBA and a B.S. in Finance from Brigham Young University, where he was a Hawes Scholar.
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About Peterson Partners, Peterson Ventures: Peterson Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
Joel Peterson
Founding Partner & Chairman of Peterson Ventures
Joel Peterson is the Founding Partner of Whitman Peterson.
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About Peterson Partners, Peterson Ventures, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Whitman Peterson: Peterson Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
Ilana Stern
Partner of Peterson Ventures
Ilana Stern is Founder and CEO of Weddington Way, a group shopping site for wedding parties. Armed with years of experience in the fashion industry and extensive personal experience as a bridesmaid, Ilana launched Weddington Way with conviction that a curated assortment of products + social tools to facilitate collaboration could fundamentally change the way that brides and their friends shop for bridesmaid dresses. What started as a project out of Ilana’s house in Palo Alto while she was completing her MBA at Stanford has since grown into a venture-backed business with a rapidly growing base of users, real revenue and a passionate team of 10 (and growing) out of their office in San Francisco.
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About Peterson Ventures: Peterson Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
Michele Albanese
Partner Program Manager of Drift
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About Drift: Drift is a Revenue Acceleration platform that uses Conversational Marketing and Conversational Sales to help companies grow revenue.
David William Baum
Founder, Partner & Managing Director of Stage 1 Ventures
David William Baum is an experienced venture capital general partner with twenty one years in the information technology industry, including twelve years in technology finance and nine years in entrepreneurial operating management roles. As an operating entrepreneur, David founded two companies including Pensoft Corporation, a venture-backed (Mohr, Davidow Ventures, IVP, and Bay Partners) mobile communications company that was sold to AT&T in 1994. David served as VP of Engineering at Pensoft for over four years. David was a key principal that raised, launched, staffed, and managed Prism Venture Partners, a leading early stage venture capital fund. Founded in 1996, Prism has provided start-up equity to more than eighty-five companies, which have completed four public offerings and twenty five strategic mergers and acquisitions. During his tenure at Prism, the firm grew from zero to over $1.25B under management. Previous investments include Network24 Communications (sold to Akamai), DotBank (sold to Yahoo), Altaworks (sold to Opnet), Integral Access (sold to Telco Systems), Syncra Systems (sold to Retek), Softricity (sold to Microsoft), Salesnet (sold to RightNow) and Bitfone (sold to HP). After leaving Prism, David founded CCVentures, a stage-agnostic operational consulting business. At CCVentures, David assisted private companies in business plan development, governance issues, financing strategies, and go-to-market campaigns. Investments and clients include: Carbonite, OnePin, Intouch Systems, mVisible, Nimbit, H2Index, Skyhook Wireless and WorldWinner. In January of 2006, CCVentures merged with Ametron to form Stage 1 Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm. New investments include 800-411-INFO, Mophap, Gaterocket, Cuesol, Magnify Media, and AgileCo. David holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School with second year honors and BS in Computer Science from Drexel University where he graduated first in his science class.
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About CVP Management, Stage 1 Ventures: Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible
Ralph Rodriguez
Operating Partner of Stage 1 Ventures
Ralph Rodriguez brings over 25 years of experience spanning executive management, IT, research and entrepreneurship in a variety of executive roles. As an entrepreneur, Rodriguez has founded cloud security companies such as Confirm.io, Delfigo Security, Invenio, and Blue Hill Research. He has held executive positions as SVP and Research Director at Aberdeen Group (NYSE:HHS), CTO of Brooks Automation’s Enterprise Software Division (NASDAQ:BRKS), acquired by Applied Materials in 2007, EVP-CIO of Excelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXLN) acquired by Progress Software in 2003 and C-bridge Internet Solutions (NASDAQ:CBIS) acquired by Object Design in 2001.
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About Stage 1 Ventures, Summit Partners: Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible
Joesph Pianelli
Operating Partner of Stage 1 Ventures
Mr. Pianelli is the Founder and Managing Partner at Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc., a business strategy firm that specializes in commercialization, business development, channel development and M&A for technology, media and wireless telecom companies. He has over 25 years of experience in finance, corporate development, business formation, as well as senior level operating roles in the following sectors: wireless, publishing, digital media, Internet and consumer retail. He has worked on a global basis with C-level executives of large and small enterprises developing strategic growth plans and launching new business ventures.
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About Stage 1 Ventures: Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible
Stephen Lyle
Operating Partner of Stage 1 Ventures
Dr. Lyle is the Director of KEW Group’s Molecular Diagnostics Lab and is the former Lab Director of Predictive Biosciences, and former Medical Director of Catalyst Oncology, Inc. He has served as a consultant for a number of biotech companies including Pavonis/Beauty Medicines, Switch Biotech AG, Andorra, Inc./Living Proof, Dyax Corp., Diagnocure, Inc., Arresto Biosciences, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and Bioserve. Dr. Lyle holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Cancer Biology and Pathology, UMass Medical School and is the Co-Director of the UMass Cancer Center Tissue Bank. He has held NIH and private foundation grants to study adult stem cell biology, cancer stem cells and skin biology. He has received a multiple awards, grants and fellowships from The National Institutes of Health, William Keck Foundation, The Ellison Foundation, Society of Investigative Dermatology, Dermatology Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Trust, and The March of Dimes. He is a member of The American Association for Cancer Research, The Society of Investigative Dermatology and is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He is an author on over 75 research publications, book chapters and reviews. Prior to his clinical fellowship training in the Harvard Combined Dermatopathology Program, he was a resident and surgical pathology fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the prestigious HT Enterline Fellowship Award. While at the University of Pennsylvania, he also completed a research post-doctoral fellowship in the lab of George Cotsarelis, M.D. in the Department of Dermatology. During this time Dr. Lyle made the breakthrough discovery of the location and characteristics of adult epithelial stem cells in human skin that launched his research career. Dr. Lyle is a graduate of The Pritzker School of Medicine/University of Chicago where he completed his M.D. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He also graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in the combined B.A. / M.S. program in Biochemistry
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About Stage 1 Ventures: Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible
Ashish H. Mistry
Managing Partner of BLH Venture Partners
Ashish functions as an investor and adviser to young companies. His operating experience includes leadership roles with high-growth companies within Information Security, SaaS, and E-commerce. In addition to his current role at BLH, Mistry is CEO of KontrolFreek – an innovative lifestyle brand in the video game market. Ashish’s first entrepreneurial role was as co-founder of Virtex Networks (Acquired by Leapfrog Services), then as an early team member of AirDefense (Acquired by NYSE: MOT). Mistry also spent two tours as an EIR at Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), working with start-ups across Georgia. Ashish is also active in community organizations including current and prior board positions with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (ELC), Junior Achievement, Venture Atlanta and the Atlanta CEO Council, as well as serving on committees with the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Mistry is a graduate of Emory University and resides with his wife and children in Atlanta.
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About BLH Venture Partners, Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta: We look for smart entrepreneurs within growing markets in which they have relevant experience, keen insights or deep relationships.
Alejandro Guerrero
General Partner and Founder of Act One Ventures
Alejandro Guerrero is a General Partner at Act One Ventures, a community focused, early-stage micro-vc fund based in Los Angeles. He and his partner Michael Silton have been working together since 2013, when Alejandro was a Volunteer Associate and Michael was the Managing Director at UCLA Ventures. They joined forces again in 2015 to create Act One Ventures.
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About Act One Ventures: Act One Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage fund that leads rounds in business software.
Andrew Solimine
Managing Partner of Script Capital
Managing Director of 122WEST, a San Francisco based early-stage venture capital firm. Former co-founder and CEO of Nitrous, cloud development platform w/ over 350,000 developers that raised $7.5M+ from Bessemer Venture Partners, Crunchfund, Tim Draper and Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
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About : Script Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage internet and software investments.
Bart Peczkowski
Venture Partner of Flashpoint
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is an international asset management firm investing in tech businesses.
Craig Klemp
Senior Director of Global Partnerships of Evernote
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About Evernote, EZ Texting: Evernote is a suite of software and services that allow users to capture, organize, and find information across multiple platforms.
Braydan Young
Chief Partnerships Officer / Cofounder of Sendoso
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About Emerging Leaders Syndicate, Sendoso: Sendoso helps companies connect and drive revenue with personalized gifts, eGifts, virtual experiences, and more.
Sarah Gabot
Senior Partner Marketing Manager of HelloSign
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About HelloSign: HelloSign offers fast, secure, and legally binding eSignatures for businesses.
Clement Bruneau
Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships of Aircall
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About Aircall: Aircall is a cloud-based call center software that integrates with CRM, productivity, and helpdesk tools.
Matthew Safaii
Founder and Managing Partner of Arrowroot Capital Management
Matthew has worked at several private equity firms in the U.S. and Europe. He is also an entrepreneur. His deal and board experience is concentrated in growth equity investments, but also has experience in leveraged buyouts and restructuring. Before founding Arrowroot Capital, Matthew was a Managing Director and Head of the Acquisitions Team at Actua Corp. (NASDAQ: ACTA; fka ICG Group). While at Actua, Matthew was a lead or active investor and board member of several companies including MSDSonline (nka VelocityEHS), Parchment, Instamed, and InvestorForce (acquired by NYSE: MSCI). He was also an investment committee member of Rittenhouse Ventures, an early stage VC based in Philadelphia. Prior to Actua, Matthew worked in the technology group at TA Associates in the Boston and London offices. During his tenure, Matthew was an active investor, including board meeting attendance with: Creditex (acquired by IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE)), Smartstream Technologies (acquired by Dubai International Financial Centre), and OpenLink Financial (acquired by the Carlyle Group). Prior to TA Associates, Matthew worked at Platinum Equity in Los Angeles, where he was involved with Platinum’s investment in Broadspire Services (acquired by Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRD.B)). Matthew was also the co-founder of Quewey, a digital media company based in Philadelphia. Matthew received a M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Boston College.
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About Arrowroot Capital Management: Arrowroot Capital Management focuses on growing, mature, and recurring revenue software businesses.
Kareem El Sawy
Founding General Partner of Arrowroot Capital Management
Kareem is a founding Partner of Arrowroot Capital and is responsible for overseeing investment professionals & operating partners, qualifying deals, conducting due diligence, executing transactions, and monitoring portfolio companies. Prior to Arrowroot, Kareem was at OpenGate Capital in Los Angeles, a global private equity firm, where he was on the M&A team for North and Latin America. Prior to OpenGate, Kareem was at Redwood Capital Group, a merchant bank in Los Angeles, where he participated in principal and advisory transactions for middle market companies in technology, media and telecom. Kareem has also served at Dubai-based Abraaj Group, a global emerging markets private equity firm. Kareem currently sits on the board of Agilence, Embotics, ServiceAide, ICIX, and SocialChorus and also serves as a board observer for Zift Solutions.
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About Arrowroot Capital Management: Arrowroot Capital Management focuses on growing, mature, and recurring revenue software businesses.
Clem O’Donnell
Partner of Arrowroot Capital Management
Clem leads Arrowroot’s Strategic Resources Group and is responsible for overseeing SRG Directors, conducting platform diligence and supporting the portfolio in technology strategy, operational efficiency, scalability, and team development. He brings 20+ years as a technology and operations executive, and the experience of three successful IPO’s to Arrowroot. After progressive roles at Oracle in his early career, he was an early stage employee of Forte Software and Vitria Technology staying with each through their public offering. In 2000, Clem was the founding CTO of WageWorks (NYSE: WAGE), and in that role built one of the first fully hosted, multi-tenant SaaS platforms. With his technology leadership, WageWorks grew organically and through multiple acquisitions to a run rate of ~$150mm at the time of the IPO, one of many important milestones in a full SaaS lifecycle. Today, WageWorks’ market cap is over $2 billion. Clem has also served as a division General Manager and COO. Clem currently sits on the boards of Agilence, ServiceAide, ICIX and Leadspace.
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About Arrowroot Capital Management: Arrowroot Capital Management focuses on growing, mature, and recurring revenue software businesses.
Dominic Ang
Founder and Managing Partner of Turn/River Capital
Dominic is the founder of Turn/River Capital. In addition to leading new investments and managing the firm, Dominic is an active member for Turn/River’s portfolio and advisor to Turn/River’s CEOs. He leverages his background as a former CEO and data-driven marketer to optimize companies for growth. Prior to founding Turn/River, Dominic was the CEO of My Perfect Sale (acquired by Sugar, Inc) and a VP at Vector Capital. Dominic was on the board of Register.com, WatchGuard Technologies, BookFresh & Plum District and is currently on the board of Sucuri & Reviewsnap.
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About Turn/River Capital: Turn/River specializes in spin-outs, buyouts, recapitalizations, or growth equity investments in small-scale technology and web companies.
Evan Ginsburg
Partner & COO of Turn/River Capital
Evan Ginsburg is the CEO of BookFresh.
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About Turn/River Capital: Turn/River specializes in spin-outs, buyouts, recapitalizations, or growth equity investments in small-scale technology and web companies.
Chase Sorgel
Operating Partner of Turn/River Capital
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About Turn/River Capital: Turn/River specializes in spin-outs, buyouts, recapitalizations, or growth equity investments in small-scale technology and web companies.
Chad Jacobsen
Director of Partner Growth of OneRail
A proven team leader in a multitude of industries. Over 25+ years in Business Development experience with a proven track record of success. B2B sales and development has become a passion. Never afraid to sharpen and accentuate my skill set. Understanding and capitalizing on new and emerging markets.
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About OneRail: OneRail is a fulfillment SaaS platform that offers final mile delivery services for enterprise shippers.
Deborah Farrington
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of StarVest Partners
Farrington is a founder and Managing Partner of StarVest Partners, L.P., a New York City-based venture capital firm that invests in software, eCommerce and business services. Founded in 1998, StarVest has invested in many leading software-as-a-service and internet marketing companies. Farrington has over 30 years of private equity and venture investing, finance, and operating experience. Prior to founding StarVest, Farrington held positions including: President and CEO of Victory Ventures, LLC, a New York-based private equity investment firm where she also served as chairman of Staffing Resources, Inc.; and Managing Director of Asian Oceanic Group, a Hong Kong-based merchant bank. Earlier in her career she was in management positions spanning international and domestic investment banking and securities analysis with Merrill Lynch & Co. based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and was an officer with The Chase Manhattan Bank. Having served on the boards of many private and public companies previously, Farrington currently sits on the Boards of NetSuite (NYSE: N), where she is lead director and chairman of the Compensation Committee, Fieldglass, Insurance.com, Perquest and PivotLink on behalf of StarVest. She is also a director and chairman of the Compensation Committee of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT). She has been named multiple times to the Forbes Midas 100 List of top venture capitalists in the United States. She is a graduate of Smith College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she is a member of the Dean’s Visiting Committee.
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About StarVest Partners: StarVest Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion, and growth capital investments.
Laura Sachar
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of StarVest Partners
Laura Sachar is a Founder and Managing Partner of StarVest Partners, a New York City based venture capital firm founded in 1998. StarVest invests in technology-enabled business services companies. StarVest was an early investor in the software-as-a-service trend: in 2000, it invested as the only venture firm in NetSuite -NYSE-listed and subsequently acquired by Oracle for $10 Billion. Laura is an experienced entrepreneur and private equity investor. She was an early identifier of the growth in digital media and has invested for nearly two decades in technology-enabled business services companies. As a founding partner of StarVest, she has been active with StarVest’s investments in Veracode (acq. CA Technologies), MessageOne (acq. by Dell Computer), Connected (acq. by Iron Mountain), iCrossing (acq. by Hearst) and Newgistics (acq. by Littlejohn and subsequently Pitney-Bowes) among others. Laura currently serves on the boards of RetailNext, Vyze, Persado, Transactis and Ceros. Prior to founding StarVest, Laura was responsible for direct private equity investments at Gabelli Securities where she sourced digital media investments including the first institutional round of Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV). In the early 1990’s, Laura identified digital media as a growth area and founded Sachar Capital, which sourced Redgate Software, founded by Ted Leonsis, (merged into AOL in 1994) as an investment opportunity for its Advisory Counsel. Laura was the Founding Chairman of the New York New Media Association Angels Investors Program (now NY Angels), where she assisted hundreds of early-stage New York area companies in accessing initial capital. Laura has a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Laura is a former member of the Young President’s Organization and a current member of the World President’s Organization. She is a Private Women’s Investor Network (PEWIN) Steering Committee Member. She has a Professional Director Certification with the American College of Corporate Directors.
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About StarVest Partners: StarVest Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion, and growth capital investments.
Narayan Sundareswaran
Cloud Innovation Partners of Citrix Systems
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Craig Stilwell
VP – Worldwide Partner Sales of Citrix Systems
Craig has more than 24 years of technology experience, including 18 years at Citrix, most recently serving as Area Vice President of our U.S. Commercial business responsible for all sales and products in the U.S. Commercial segment. Previously, Craig served in several roles of increasing responsibility at Citrix, most notably as Vice President of Americas Channel Sales & Field Operations where he was not only responsible for Americas partners, but also marketing, renewal and inside sales, sales operations and field readiness. Before joining Citrix, he served on the management team at Innovex Group, an IT consulting firm based in South Florida, and served as a senior manager in the consumer products industry practice at Accenture. Connect with him on Twitter, @craigtstilwell, for more #CitrixPartnerLove.
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About Citrix Systems: Citrix offers a unified platform to secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments.
Todd Kierman
Associate Director, Technology Partners of Cornerstone OnDemand
Todd Kierman manages strategic business alliances for Cornerstone.
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About Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand offers talent management software that helps organizations in recruiting, training, and managing their people.
Nathan Creswell
Partner of Flight Ventures
Nathan is an enterprise software industry veteran with over a decade of experience across multiple industries and geographies, particularly in Southeast Asia. With a strong background in tech consulting, he has successfully led multiple technology projects for enterprise clients and managed multiple SaaS based technology products to strong revenue growth. Having both startup and enterprise level experience in Silicon Valley at software companies, Nathan has a strong interest in how software solutions can have a lasting social impact for developing communities. Nathan studied B.Business in Accounting/Chinese at the University of Technology, Sydney and is certified in Pragmatic Marketing. He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Flight Ventures: Flight Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in SaaS and financial services.
Jessica Lin
Co-Founder & General Partner of Work-Bench
Jessica is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Work-Bench, where she focuses on investments in future of work and jobs. Prior to Work-Bench, Jessica was a Learning and Development Manager at Cisco Systems, where she worked with the Engineering organization on Agile transformation, innovation and culture. Jessica is actively involved with the education and workforce development community in New York City, as a longtime adult GED educator.
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About Work-Bench: Work-Bench is an enterprise technology venture capital investment firm.
Kelley Mak
Partner of Work-Bench
Kelley is a Partner at Work-Bench, where he focuses on investments in areas including security, cloud and developer tools. Prior to Work-Bench, Kelley covered the security market as an industry analyst at Forrester Research. His research concentrated on technologies and practices in security architecture, network and data-centric security, and data protection. Kelley also leads corporate engagement at Work-Bench, where he is the key point for the firm’s relationship with forward-thinking technology executives across the Fortune 1000 and web-scale organizations. He works closely with these leaders on enterprise technology trends transforming data and analytics, infrastructure, security, and the future of work.
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About Work-Bench: Work-Bench is an enterprise technology venture capital investment firm.
Jonathan Lehr
Co-Founder & General Partner of Work-Bench
Jonathan is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Work-Bench, where he focuses on investments in areas including machine learning and AI, cloud-native infrastructure, and security. Jon founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup in January 2012 and organizes monthly meetups of the 9,000+ person group as a way to promote collaboration for the enterprise tech ecosystem in New York including entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 technologists, investors, and graduate students. Prior to Work-Bench, Jon worked at Morgan Stanley in the Office of the CIO in IT. There he partnered with internal technology clients to facilitate the selection and on-boarding of emerging technology startups.
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About Kauffman Fellows, NY Enterprise Technology Meetup, Work-Bench: Work-Bench is an enterprise technology venture capital investment firm.
David Hansson
Partner of Basecamp
David Heinemeier Hansson is a Partner in 37signals. He has been working with the Net with varying levels of success since 1996 — in the fields of game journalism, marketing, project management, design, and development. In July 2004, he released the framework Rails (also known as Ruby on Rails). It’s the infrastructure software that is used to build all the applications at 37signals and thousands of other popular sites. After graduating from the Copenhagen Business School and receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Business Administration. He moved from Denmark to Chicago, Illinois, U.S. in November 2005.
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About Basecamp: Basecamp is a private, secure space online where people working together can organize and discuss.
Bart Macdonald
Founder & Managing Partner of Bloom Equity Partners
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About Bloom Equity Partners: Bloom equity partners is an investment firm focused on B2B Software companies.
Andrea Nunn
VP of Publisher Partnerships of otto by DEVCON
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About Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, otto by DEVCON: otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Geoff Schneider
Founder & Managing Partner of Cava Capital
Geoff Schneider is the Founder and Managing Partner, Cava Capital, Co-Founder and CEO of GoSaga,Inc..
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About Cava Capital, GoSaga, LYMBR, Stretch Out Studios: Organic Development Stage (Cava Studio) through Early Growth.
Josh Goines
SVP, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development of Bill.com
Josh Goines is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Bill.com. He leads the strategy and execution of Bill.com’s collaboration with key ecosystem partners, such as Intuit, JPMorgan Chase, and American Express. Josh has more than 20 years’ experience establishing and growing innovative new businesses related to payments and mobile technology, most recently serving as the Senior Director of Global Partnerships at PayPal. During his tenure at PayPal, he spearheaded the transformation of PayPal’s customer experiences to offer greater choice in how customers pay when using PayPal. He also led the strategy and execution of partnerships with key payment networks and financial institutions including Visa, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, and Capital One. Josh holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in economics and Spanish from Claremont McKenna College.
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About Bill.com: Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies and automates back-office financial operations.
Randy Von Feldt
VP of Strategic Partnerships of Bill.com
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About Bill.com: Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies and automates back-office financial operations.
Dudley Brundige
CFO and Head of Partnerships of Certa
Dudley Brundige is the CFO and Head of Partnerships at Certa.
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About Certa: Certa is an operational management platform that provides a fully integrated suite of products for third-party lifecycle management.
Andrew Caravella
Vice President, Global Partnerships of Sprout Social
Andrew Caravella is vice president of marketing at Sprout Social, a leading social media management and engagement platform for business. He leads a team that creates and delivers relevant, engaging content and conversations through multiple forms of media and technology. Andrew believes the heart of social media hinges on exceptional experiences and meaningful human connections, and he uses those principles to guide dedicated direct acquisition, lead generation and brand visibility initiatives. Focused primarily on digital and social media, his career work includes executive communications, brand management, education campaigns, and event planning for everyone from Fortune 500 brands to not-for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Sprout Social, Andrew was director of marketing at the search marketing agency Performics (Publicis Groupe). He previously served as a search product marketing manager at DoubleClick and began his career in public relations and account management at Weber Shandwick.
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About Sprout Social: Sprout Social provides a platform for businesses to manage social media engagement, publishing and analytics.
Craig Cummings
Co-Founder & General Partner of Moonshots Capital
Craig Cummings is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of RideScout, the “Kayak” of Ground Transportation. RideScout was acquired by Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) in September 2014. In his free time, Craig actively invests in technology start-ups through his company, Moonshots Capital, which he co-founded with Kelly Perdew. Since leaving the military in 2009, Craig has co-founded and served as COO of BTS (exit 2011) and co-founded APX Labs (NEA backed). Prior to transitioning to the private sector, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in multiple National Security Agency (NSA) assignments and locations. In 2006-2007, Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star. During his military career, Craig also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY. Craig graduated in the top 2% of his West Point class and later earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was the first-ever Truman Scholarship winner from a Service Academy, a U.S.-Italy Young Leader, a former Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Board member for several of companies.
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About AgentHero, BTS Software Solutions, Moonshots Capital: Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership.
Kelly Perdew
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Moonshots Capital
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital.
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About Moonshots Capital, TargetClose: Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership.
Neil Malik
CEO and Managing Partner of K1 Investment Management
Neil Malik is the Managing Partner and CEO at K1 Investment Management.
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About K1 Investment Management: K1 is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm investing primarily in software and technology private companies across North America.
Roman Leal
Managing Partner of LEAP Global Partners
Serial entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience in product, operations and strategy in social networking, education and financial technology sectors. Prior to LEAP, Roman was a Co-Founder and CEO of QueSee, a social learning platform for Latinos. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Roman served a variety of roles in Financial Technology and Financial Services, most recently at PayPal and Goldman Sachs. At PayPal, Roman co-led the next-gen financial services, digital currencies and P2P strategies, where he collaborated on market strategy, business development and product. At Goldman, Roman covered the Financial Technology sector and he was one of the founding members of the Emerging Technology Research and Payment Processing Around the World platforms, where he advised several technology startups on market and product strategy across multiple industries and countries. Roman has a degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He speaks Spanish and English fluently.
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About LEAP Global Partners: Catalyzing the next wave of global innovation by investing in underrepresented founders across the Americas.
Aaron Michel
Partner of 1984 Ventures
Aaron Michel is the Partner at 1984 Ventures. He is a former CEO and Co-Founder of PathSource.
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About 1984 Ventures, PathSource: 1984 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm proptech, fintech, healthcare, marketplace, SaaS, e-commerce, and consumer.
Farzad Soleimani
Healthcare Partner of 1984 Ventures
Farzad Soleimani has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare and entrepreneurship. He is the founder of eTherapi, a pioneering telemedicine company, and the founding co-director of the Texas Medical Center Biodesign Innovation Program. Farzad started his investing career at Mohr Davidow Ventures, completed his residency training at Baylor and earned his MBA, MD, MS, and BS from Stanford University. He is on faculty at Baylor Medical School, Rice Business School, and Rice Bioengineering Department.
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About 1984 Ventures: 1984 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm proptech, fintech, healthcare, marketplace, SaaS, e-commerce, and consumer.
Greg Neufeld
General Partner of ValueStream Ventures
Greg Neufeld is a Partner and co-founder of ValueStream Ventures. An entrepreneur and investor with a deep technology background, Greg’s career across asset management, enterprise sales and consumer web industries has given him a unique view of the technology gaps and vast opportunities for startups in financial services, enterprise software, and data/analytics that laid the foundation for ValueStream Ventures. Greg spent the beginning of his career in hedge funds as a technical analyst trading futures. After the global financial crisis, he joined Middle Office Solutions, a successful data analytics startup that was acquired by Bloomberg. He was the top performer in enterprise sales for three years straight at Ovum/Informa, an enterprise technology data and research firm. Greg was also the co-founder of Freespeech, a Top 25 mobile messaging app in 2011. Greg graduated cum laude from Babson College with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
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About freespeech, ValueStream Ventures: ValueStream Ventures is a thesis-driven, early-stage venture firm based in NYC. We invest in B2B software, data/analytics, and fintech.
Karl Antle
General Partner of ValueStream Ventures
Karl has significant experience advising and launching innovative financial services companies and projects across the US, Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, most recently as a senior member of Oliver Wyman’s Financial Services and Private Equity groups.
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About ValueStream Ventures: ValueStream Ventures is a thesis-driven, early-stage venture firm based in NYC. We invest in B2B software, data/analytics, and fintech.
Josh Elwell
General Partner of ValueStream Ventures
Josh has substantial experience both in growing technology startups and in the investment management industry. Josh co-founded BuyWithMe, a rapid-growth ecommerce company, which grew from 2 to 200 employees in less than 3 years, raised $37M of venture capital, and was acquired by Gilt Groupe.
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About ValueStream Ventures: ValueStream Ventures is a thesis-driven, early-stage venture firm based in NYC. We invest in B2B software, data/analytics, and fintech.
Skye Spear
VP, Global Partnerships of Signifyd
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About Signifyd: Signifyd is a provider of an enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores.
Whitney Sales
General Partner of Forum Ventures
Whitney Sales is the General Partner at Acceleprise & Creator of The Sales Method.
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About Forum Ventures, The Sales Method: Forum Ventures is the leading fund, program, platform and community for B2B SaaS startups. (Formerly known as Acceleprise)
Chad Kerby
Director Partner Programs and Partner Sales of Keap
Chad Kerby is Director Partner Programs and Partner Sales at Infusionsoft.
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About Keap: Keap helps small businesses get organized to deliver services and close more business.
Marcus Murphy
Partner Development Manager of Keap
Marcus Murphy is an entrepreneur and small business expert who cares about the flourishing and success of small businesses. Marcus has worked in San Francisco’s booming tech scene with companies that have gone from start-up to multi-billion dollar giants of industry. As a current Partner Development Manager and professional speaker at Infusionsoft, Marcus has developed and broadened new international markets through strategic partnerships. He believes partnerships are the next generation of small business growth. Often referred to as a “relationaire”, Marcus prides himself on his ability to connect with diverse audiences, while captivating their attention with storytelling.
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About heyNOSH, Keap, More Than A Closer, The Five Percent: Keap helps small businesses get organized to deliver services and close more business.
Alston Gardner
Venture Partner of Fulcrum Equity Partners
Alston Gardner is a founder and partner in Fulcrum Equity Partners. Mr. Gardner teaches at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and has been a guest lecturer at a number of other business schools including Harvard Business School. Mr. Gardner was the founder and CEO of OnTarget, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Siebel Systems in late 1999. Under his leadership, OnTarget grew from start-up to the industry leader in sales force development with $75 million in revenue and 100+ professionals in fifteen countries. OnTarget’s clients included HP, Cisco, Dell, Microsoft, Oracle, Alcatel Siemens, IBM, and Xerox. Recognized as a thought leader on sales force issues, Mr. Gardner has written numerous articles for Sales and Marketing Management, Selling Power, Marketing Management and Harvard Business Review. He also authored several best selling training programs, including Target Account Selling, Selling to Senior Executives and Managing Strategic Relationships. Prior to founding OnTarget in 1989, Mr. Gardner held various sales and sales management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Computing Services, ADP and Wallace Computer Services. Mr. Gardner was an organizer and founding director of North Atlanta National Bank and a founding director of Chatham Capital, a mezzanine finance firm. He served on the board of Marketing Central prior to its sale to Unica and Forte Software prior to its sale to Sun Microsystems. Mr. Gardner holds a BA degree from the University of North Carolina (’77) and has attended executive programs at Harvard, Stanford, UVA, and the Aspen Institute. He is currently working on a psychology degree at Columbia University. He serves on the Board of Trustees of UNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. He chaired the advisory board for International and Area Studies at UNC and lead the fund-raising efforts for the new FedEx Global Education Center. He also serves on the board of Human Rights First in New York.
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About Fulcrum Equity Partners: Fulcrum Equity Partners is a growth equity firm investing in high-growth SaaS, tech-enabled services, healthcare services and healthcare IT
John Glennon
SVP of Sales and Strategic Partnerships of Vibes
Having spent over a decade working with the industry’s largest mobile companies, John is one of the industry’s top messaging connectivity experts. John heads up sales, business development and our aggregation division Connect for Vibes. Over the last 17 years, he has run thousands of campaigns across dozens of countries, with everything from Jay Z text to screen in concert, through Frito-Lay on pack sweepstakes and just about every ringtone, video and social networking integration known to man under his belt. Outside of the office, John’s passions include coaching his son’s baseball team (not easy for a British guy!), cheering for Everton, his hometown soccer team and a love of cars after being in the auto industry before mobile, working for Mercedes and Audi.
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About Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
Jordan Kennedy
VP of Client Partnerships of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Botify, Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Beth Engel
Partner of Dundee Venture Capital
Beth joined Dundee VC in 2013. Her path to a career in venture capital is unconventional; start in 1997, where Beth realized her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Notre Dame was better suited to teaching middle-school science rather than attending med school. After two happy years of teaching, and subsequent jobs at two Omaha-based startups, Beth was hired as the twelfth employee at Hayneedle, helping manage the company’s growth at a time when they were launching dozens of new product categories and websites every single month. Following a move to the East Coast, Beth received her MBA from Georgetown and worked for four years for the FBI, creating a leadership development program for the Bureau before returning home to Omaha in 2013 to be Dundee VC’s first partner. Beth is primarily responsible for investing in and managing portfolio companies, as well as helping to manage our internal team and assisting with capital raising and investor communication. Beth loves the flexibility and energy of working with startups. She hosts an annual Christmas “Caroloke” party where she wows a crowd playing the piano while her brother leads the assembled in a rambunctious holiday sing-a-long.
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About Dundee Venture Capital: Dundee Venture Capital invests between $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies in between the coasts.
Mark Hasebroock
Founder and Managing Partner of Dundee Venture Capital
Mark is the founder of Dundee VC. Mark got his entrepreneurial start selling colored moccasins to pay for a spring break trip while at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (he paid for the trip, then had to issue refunds upon his return when his customers quickly realized that the moccasin dye stained their feet). After a stint as an investment banker – and one as a popcorn distributor – Mark co-founded his first company, Giftcertificates.com, in 1997. Next, Mark co-founded Hayneedle, which sold to Jet.com in 2016 before Jet went on to become part of Walmart. In 2010, Mark formed Dundee VC to solve the problem he faced as an entrepreneur building two tech startups in Omaha: the lack of early-stage capital available throughout the Midwest. Since, he’s grown Dundee through three funds with over $50 million under management and nearly fifty investments, building a team around the Dundee mission – to invest in and partner with the best technology entrepreneurs in the Midwest at the earliest stages. Mark is the first Nebraska-based member of the Kauffman Fellows and is in Class 22. He sits on the Omaha Children’s Hospital Board of Directors, and he is now 7 time coach of the BPHL team. Importantly, he’s played and coached the Beer & Pretzel Hockey League’s Team AU into a seventh consecutive championship team.
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About Dundee Venture Capital, Hayneedle, Interface: The Web School, NetShops: Dundee Venture Capital invests between $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies in between the coasts.
Greg Beaufait
Partner of Dundee Venture Capital
Greg joined Dundee in 2013 and now leads our team’s efforts in Minneapolis. Greg first spent a year as an intern with Dundee VC, analyzing potential investments, revamping investor reports and creating a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) tracking system for investors. After graduation, Greg joined the team full-time in July of 2014 and manages recent investments including ABODO, Viirt, Real Vision and Fooji. Greg knows well how to help startups navigate from the seed stage to Series A funding and beyond, and is instrumental in communicating with our own investors. Greg also created and oversaw DVC’s 2015-2016 AngelList syndicate. Greg holds Bachelors of Science in Business Administration degrees from the Heider College of Business at Creighton University in Financial Analysis and Economics. He is an avid traveler and hopes to have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro by 2020, which he acknowledges is probably easier than building and scaling high-growth tech companies.
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About Dundee Venture Capital: Dundee Venture Capital invests between $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies in between the coasts.
