Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
Founder @rentfeeder • Adteractive
Founder @swoop • Worked at @us-venture-partners
CEO and founder of @causecast. Created the opt-in email marketing industry @netcreations . I leverage capitalism to create social progress. Started @the-huffington-post IMPACT and Education sections.
http://causecast.com/blog
Managing Dir/Senior Portfolio Manager @wells Fargo Private Client Group; True Active American Angel for 13+ years; Hard Work + Sweat Equity = Sucess
Co-Founder @standard-treasury • Worked at @facebook • Investor in @doordash, @instacart • Studied at @california-institute-of-technology
Internet Pioneer since 1993. A pioneering matchmaker between Silicon Valley & Hollywood- San Jose Mercury News. Early investor in Uber & Everlane -Fortune
Founder: Atom Factory Fund
CEO of Digital Media at News Corp, and was the chairman and CEO of America Online from 2002 to 2006
Founder of LegalZoom and @shoedazzle
Co-Founder/Partner at @science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups - @photobucket, @billshrink, Color.
Always the first on the dance floor.
Co-Founder @rokkan exited to @Publicis $PUB.PA, 15yr UX Vet, architecting transaction/content platforms for VirginAmerica, JetBlue, AmexTravel and Dish.
Founder of Technology Incubator @idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences.
Partner at MESA+
Worked @goldman-sachs @amazon • Investor @transcriptic @spire-global @visually @giftly @sqwiggle @onbeep @lovely (accquired)
http://www.mihirbhanot.com/blog
Studied at @harvard-business-school, @princeton-university
Euro+US experience: Mobile Gaming@Buffalo Studios (Caesars Interactive Entertainment) ; Founder@Wahanda; Search@Yahoo; MBA@Stanford Graduate School of Business
Founder @dreamhost, Musician, Interested in talking to music startups, Investor @realitycap, @trov-3, @earbits-yc-w11
VP Growth @hubspot Growth & Customer Acquisition specialist. Former EIR @trinity Ventures, Co-Founder of @boundless, @viximo.
http://www.coelevate.com
Investor + strategist. Spent last 10 years advising companies through various stages of growth or transformation. Strong advocate of "friendly capital" model.
Founder: @earthlink, Boingo; co-Founder: @ecompanies, Jamdat, @business-com; entrepreneur & investor
http://skydayton.blogspot.com
Co-founder and COO @caplinked. Former private equity partner and banker for $6 billion of investments. @stanford-university University years ago.
http://blog.caplinked.com/
Real estate developer @MillenniumPartners and angel investor in 65+ investments. Former technology VC and entrepreneur. Brown BA and Columbia MBA.
Founder @cheezburger, @circa • Studied at @northwestern-university. Allergic to cats.
http://benhuh.org
Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor. @yale-university MB&B & MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management MBA.
Currently CFO @pandora. Worked @adobe, @omniture, @ancestry-com • Investor @gobbler, @downstairs-lounge
President at @windsor-media
Angel investor & advisor - social, mobile, local tech. Portfolio includes @summize & @tweetdeck, both acq by @twitter. CEO @collecta, Pres Reuters Tech & SVP AOL
President @ @beachmint.com
Founder @factual. Founder @applied-semantics (developed ASI AdSense, bought by @google).
http://blog.factual.com
Investor - GP at Susa Ventures, 9 years at the Richemont Group
Founder/CEO of Operator (Coming Soon). Angel in @twitter, @square, @xiaomi and @foursquare. Advisor to @flipboard.
Cofounded @picasa -> @google
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Co-founder & Board member, @slated. Angel. Mgr, Jefferson Ventures. IC, @evermore. Actor & writer. @NotreDame
http://www.williammapother.com/blog
Director @galvanize-ventures-1 and Angel Investor. Ex - @foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate & @BoulderBeta Producer.
Co-Founder of Newhoo/ODP (Sold to Netscape/AOL), First Corporate Dev Exec at @google now partner at Lightbox Ventures
4x founder, over 20 angel investments, 8 acquisition exits and an IPO. Prior teams: @paypal, @slide, @skype , @google , @taskrabbit
http://framethink.wordpress.com
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of @slated . General Partner of @actarus-funds. Co-founder and Chairman of PalmStar Entertainment. Co-founder of @theglobe-com
Angel Investor
CEO and Co-founder @Pluto.TV • Board member @smule @threadless @trunk-club • Formerly @emusic @cductive @emi-music
http://thomasryan.org
Founder and Managing Director, @lowercase-capital
Co-Founder and Former CEO of @seamlessweb (@grubhub-seamless), EIR @bessemer-venture-partners
http://jasonfinger.com
Founder & CEO @flipagram, Founder @shopzilla ($562MM exit), Founder @bizrate.com (top 100 website)
http://herenowwow.org
Over $1B in exits - Angel in GoodReads, HelloSociety, Klout, DogVacay, DollarShaveClub, MakerStudios, DocStoc, Userplane - Current CEO @science
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of @shift-1 and Los Angeles-based angel investor
Currently building The Idealists
Angel: Oculus VR (to FB), Climate Corp (to Monsanto), Glide.
Founded Scopely, Chairman: Opposing Views
Founding: Applied Semantics -> GOOG, Head of Domain Ch
Goldman Sachs (1982-03). Former Partner. Founded GS Internet Research team in 1994. Investor/Entrepreneur. >30k Hours evaluating/helping Startups over 20 yrs.
http://mp.blogs.com/
I founded two companies and have been full time angel investing for the past 5 years. More at tgm.com
http://tgm.com/
Tech columnist @Slate. Content. Marketing. Growth. Led branded content @walmart, launched mobile @20th-century-fox, founded @mixblendr, made TV @nbc Universal
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bet.html
Founder: @juvo Capital,@mezimedia (Acquired @valueclick-media), @vivo-holdings, @juvolicious
Employee: #12 @overture-services, @boston-consulting-group
Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone.
http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/
Entrepreneur, Investor, Operator and Deal Maker. Founder @io, @samba-tv @bittorrent • Worked at @yahoo
http://www.ashwinnavin.com
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabs-global-ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Serial entrepreneur turned investor always looking for passionate entrepreneurs and amazing teams!
entrepreneur, investor and seeker of inspiration
I am an angel investor in over 60 startups, including Uber.com (first round). I have a $10m angel fund and host the largest startup conference in the world.
http://www.calacanis.com/
Investor in @skype, @chegg, @square, @etacts, @dailybooth, @flipboard, @nowmov, @citizennet, @optimizely, @mobile-roadie, @brizzly.
Angel investor 80+ deals, 21 exits. Backing great people w huge ideas. Early angel and advisor to AngelList. Drove into Iraq alone in 2003 to start first company. US Marine & Intelligence dude.
http://instagram.com/paigecraig0231
Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment • Studied at @columbia-university
Investor/Advisor in Twitter, Square, Jawbone, LIFX, others. Currently @stripe. Previously, Founding Partner Obvious/Medium, CMO Apache Software Foundation.
CEO, cofounder of @profounder. Cofounder of @kiva. @stanford-university MBA. Educator (@university-of-southern-california, @stanford-university). Social enterprise expertise. Extensive int'l experience.
Managing Director/Co-Founder of @launchpadla, Co-Founder of @charlie, Co-Founder of @fabfitfun, Partner at Charlie Ventures. Harvard BA. LA born and raised.
http://samteller.com
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
Co-Founder @charlie
http://www.michaelbroukhim.com
CEO Family Office Sayn-Wittgenstein
Co-Founder @ Affinity Networks
Founder and former CEO, PriceGrabber.com
Technology Risk Management.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-Audit-Security-2359303/about
Invested in many startups and I keep investing....
Founder @winklevosscap
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Co-Founder/CEO: @targetclose
Invest/Advise: @lettrs @klout @id-me @scopely @social-rewards @linkedin @pandora @ustream @apx-labs @en*theos @ridescout @bitium @nimble
http://www.kellyperdew.com/
Founder @affinity-networks, @amplifyla, @Leads360• Studied at @arizona-state-university
http://www.cmplx.ly
CEO @stradella-road named by Fast Company as one of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Hollywood. Gordon works with entrepreneurs at @umbel, @rockify, @openbucks, @epoxy-tv, @dbg , @CakeHealth, @bufferapp and @appssavvy. As an advis
Founder & CEO of Tinder. Previously Founder of @adly (largest celebrity endorsement platform for social media).
consultant, tech enthusiast and angel investor
Former Chairman @william-morris-agency, Former Board Member AOL
Co-founder & CEO of @ad-hoc-labs. Board member of @fitorbit. Advisor to @chromatik. Investor at @tonx-coffee & others. Worked at Yahoo!, Waterfront Media, Away.com.
http://gregcohn.tumblr.com
Open-minded. At least I like to think so.
http://djoe.posterous.com
Angel Investor
Founder @rainforest-la; Vice President Tech Coast Angels @ Los Angeles
CRO @republic-project, acquired by Sizmek. Traveler, sports enthusiast & startup junkie. Passionate Advisor & Investor. CAL Alumnus!
Founder of Strategic Law Partners ( los angeles based venture lawyers) and SLP Ventures (angel investor)
Founder @eqal • Investor @chromatik, @tradesy • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Energy. Financial Services.
@university-of-california-berkeley. @MIT.
Investor @theorem-ventures, EVP and tech practice lead at Grayling. Formerly co-founder & CEO Atomic, acquired by Grayling.
http://www.theoremventures.blogspot.com
Founder @gradient-x
Managing Director
4x Startup guy and Angel. E! Online's Commerce Biz, AlexBlake.com (COO), DailyCandy.com (CEO), LinkSmart.com (Founder and CEO). Dozen or so invests.
CEO at @charlie
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Founded two tech start-ups. One was sold to a large competitor.
Founder of MySpace/Former President. Started two small Internet companies before MS, both profitable exits.
Bitcoin Syndicate - 20x entrepreneur - angel investor - pioneered the market for digital currency in games.
http://www.quora.com/brock-pierce
Online organizer and social movement strategist. Citizen journalism @the-huffington-post and strategy @purpose while incubating unPAC and Peers.org.
Founder and Managing Director of Plus Capital. Co-Founder of LaunchpadLA, Start-up Entrepreneur before that (1994-2009)
Founder of @division-films, @w4, Hydra, Investor in Path, Playsino, Titan Gaming, @evertune, @mp3-com, @net2phone
Founded four agencies (sold 3 to IPG and 1 to MDC) and current consultancy - The DuMont Project. Direct Response Expert - Traditional and Digital Media.
Co-founder/CEO, Docstoc (acquired by Intuit) -- Creator/Host, Startups Uncensored -- Writer, Forbes & WSJ -- Angel Investor, Advisor -- JD/MBA
http://www.JasonNazar.com
Founder/CEO of @tvnnel. Partner/Brand Advisor @incase. Co-founder of @dc-shoes.
http://arkitipintel.com/reporters/damon/
Recovering entrepreneur. Founder of @peoplepc, @spotrunner, @firefly-networks. Founding partner @TenOneTen Ventures.
VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info
Successful, Silicon Beach entrepreneur, investor and mentor serves as managing director of Upside Ventures
co-founder @quietly @hootsuite @invoke @brightkit. I'm sparkly, very sparkly.
Founder of SOA, Desktone, @servicemesh
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Co-Founder and CEO of @studymode
Co-founder (along with Paris Latsis) of 1821 Media, owner of 1821 pictures, 1821 comics, Stan Lee's Kids Universe, 1821 Nightmares.
Invested in Natalie Portmans Hadsomecharlie Films.
Produce and finance films, tv, games, comics, music, apps.
Angel Investor, real estate develop/design/build firm, art collector/curator/consultant
Executive - Business development/Project Management/Sales. Successful Early Stage Investor(avg 3.6x ROI) - Experienced Fund raiser, plugged into SV ecosystem
CTO @playsino, @subtextual,@thq-inc VP Games @mandalay-media, MD @minick-distefora-mobile. Adv/investor in @xfire, @skillfully, @fgl, @gocoin, @five-delta
Investor @styleseat, @rescale • Studied at @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
Investor in @burstly, @shift-1, @traffic-marketplace, @elephantdrive.
Founder @amplifyla • Works at @accel-partners
Larner is an entrepreneur w/ a television & consumer brands focus, best known as MTV star Rob Dyrdek's long time business partner.. Now a NY-based art dealer :)
Founder @shipito, @fazole-cz • Worked at @eastbiz-corporation
Entrepreneur at heart. Passionate Technologist. Founder @dandelion . Previously @mojiva and @mocean-mobile (acquired), raised over $45 million
Senior Vice President of Advertising at @hulu
Accomplished media and technology Executive, Entrepreneur and Investor based in Los Angeles. @scopely @zynga @the-walt-disney-company @playdom
Venture partner at G2V accelerator and Angel investor in Tech & Software. Experienced exec investing in very early stage companies that will make a difference.
https://www.rebelmouse.com/harkawat/
cook, code, invest, play, read | all for fun
President of Structure: venture capital and advisory firm. Worked at Fox and the NFL. Founded Digital Artists and Spotrunner
Founder, @music-impacts. General Partner, @merrickhanna-ventures. Chairman, @tangible-worldwide. Worked w/ Mosaic, Flash, Urchin, and top ad agencies.
http://medium.com/@MayorRock
Managing Member Park One Capital, Single Family Office.
Founding Partner of k5 Venture Accelerator
TedX Orange Coast Advisor
Founder @globix, @armour-residential-reit (NYSE:ARR) @javelin-mortgage-investment-corp (NYSE: JMI) • Investor @friendfinder-networks, @vault-com • Studied at @babson-college, @new-york-university
1981 Started ASC Video Corp.
1989 Developed the first PC based video server for broadcast TV.
1997 Sold ASC
1997 to Present I invest in Start Ups
Co-Founder of Plink (acquired by @google); Engineer on @google Goggles; PhD in Robotics at Oxford.
http://www.educatingsilicon.com/
stage agnostic investor
Founder of 8 startups, all succesfull. 6 exits (10-100MM each).
Startup Advisor (@signpost, @slated, @three-day-rule, @pogoseat), ex-Google / @amazon, Documentary Film Director, and Actor
http://nelsoncheng.com/blog
See @branchout.com/Lee.Ann.Daly...Mommy, brand diva, Hoosier-Gothamite, foodie, fan of Frank Todaro, Chatelaine @ Self Inflicted Productions.
Investor in @ecomom, @social-rewards, @roozt-1, @network-optix, Rbb.
Chairman Taylor Asset Management, Inc.
Serial entrepreneur / angel; 20 ventures, 2 IPOs. 1st investor in @klout. Founder: @bottlenose, @live-matrix, Daily Dot, @streamglider, Twine, @earthweb & Dice.
http://novaspivack.com/
Investor in @sharesquare-beastmode-fm, @laughstub.
Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, and Start-Up Advisor
Managing Director @Coalescence Capital (family office), Worked @iberdrola. xFounder @weatherista. USC Executive MBA candidate 2015.
Senior BD Manager at NantMobile • Studied at @purdue-university
Founder & CEO of JOBTRAK, acquired by Monster.com. Founder of GoodSearch.com. Los Angeles-based angel investor.
CEO @chirply
CEO @the-first-time-records
CEO @peekok
VP Bus Dev @zattoo
Director Product Management @sennari
Engineer @vontu
Infrastructure @loudcloud
Founder of Silfur Capital. Engineer, entrepreneur, trader, technologist, and angel investor.
Principal of Reinmkr + Reinmkr Satsang
Founder Maximize Social Media • Worked at @treetop-software • Investor @treetop-software • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles
https://medium.com/@WesleyBarnett/
Active investor -
Experienced troubleshooter.
First Angel Investor and Co-founder in Tuenti (sold to Telefonica), @border-stylo, and @youzee
Co-founder Relevance Capital & 4Ignition Enterprises. Board member SIGNiX, Agilum, Cortac, Consensus Point, Opti-Logic.
CEO & Co-Founder @revenue-com . Founder & Former CEO Titan Gaming (now @playsino and @xfire). Forbes 30 under 30 in Media. Graduated from McGill
http://blog.virurl.com
Angel Investor and entrepreneur. Co-founded @digital-ventures & @inzearch (both acquired by FOX/News Corp). Also @emergingcast (acquired by @demand-media).
http://www.damianvoltes.com
Entrepreneur, Technology Executive, Angel Investor
Founder @payvia, • Investor @m-qube, @uxpin, @stockr, @wanderu, @filmbreak, @dealflicks, @mogreet, @able, @changecoin
Superpreneur. Multi-Lingual. Personal investor in numerous startups. Strong Asian network.
http://www.scrapsentral.com
Started @expensecloud (Sold to @trinet ) Worked at Aperture (Acq. by EMR), Systinet (Acq. by HP), webMethods (Acq. by SoftwareAG) & Forte (Acq. by Sun)
Co-founder, CEO at @big-frame
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor.
Worked at @ascend-ventures • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-california-berkeley
Vice President of Sales at Localytics
Founder @cross-campus • Worked at @jpmorgan-chase, @maxim-commercial-capital-llc
Strategist, Advisor, Business Architect, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Devil's Advocate and Family man.
Worked at @bridgewater-associates • Investor @bonobos, @trunk-club • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @yale-university
Trustee @singularity University I like building infrastructures: mobile, media, wireless, broadband, internet, health, synthetic biology; silicon valley veteran
http://www.google.com/profiles/reesejones1
Member of Maverick Angels, HBS Angels, CEO of two life science start ups.
Managing Partner Navitas Capital
Tech-optimist, wireless solutions hunter, cultural translator, PE investor. Long-time member of the Investment Team at Sasson Capital.
Co-Founder of VanceInfo (now Pactera after merger of equal with hiSoft)
Results driven, strategic, General Manager and C-level officer with consumer and technology product expertise
Created print/UPC-to-web scanning w/ CueCat. Won an Emmy w/ Slingbox, #1 startup at CEA iStage w/ @boxee & Best Technology at @launch w/ @newaer Proximity Platform
http://telepixels.com
20+ year lawyer, tech company investor, managing director of Idealab, founding CEO of New.net
eCom & Omnichannel Retail Executive @guess, 1st startup @18, Former Exec @SteveMadden, Melissa&Doug, FreshDirect, Geoff&Drew's; Invest/Mentor/Advise/Operate
CEO/co-founder at @caplinked. Early @paypal. Author of "The PayPal Wars."
VP, Digital Business Development at Universal Music
Entrepreneur, Investor
Investor in over 20 tech companies. Founder of @dealtaker-com (sold to Media General 2008, bought back 2012), Dude.
http://www.bikeneal.com
President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand
CEO of Rivalry Games • Consumer tech expert; founding team @booz-digital • Previously @mckinsey-company, @yahoo • Studied @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @carleton-college
Co-founder at Bit Kitchen, previously founded SocialEngine, Techstars Boulder 2011 alum
Partner at @upfront-ventures. Passionate about mobile, financial services and consumer internet. I'm an active angel investor looking for great entrepreneurs.
SVP Investment Outcomes @crowdfunder-1
Entrepreneur
Angel Investor
WSOP Champion
Husband
Father
Investor @visually, @giftly
Brad Hively is the Senior Vice President, Operations, at Heritage Provider Network. Prior to HPN, Brad was a private equity investor at TA Associates.
CEO of Raynforest, Strong sales and marketing background, influencer, Author of SOCIALIZED! Forbes Columnist
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/
Investor in mobile. Fmr Founder/CEO MoVoxx (sold to MOTR); Free411 (sold to AT&T). Serial mobile entrepreneur excited re micro-content sharing around voice
Venture Partner at High Peaks. Previously, ran Product at Quidsi (acquired by @amazon).Founder @Brickfactor.
Entrepreneur, investor with background in VC/PE (The Chernin Group; Mumbai Angels, Naspers/MIH/DST), Corp Dev/Strategy (Hulu, BBC iPlayer, etc.) across the US, UK/EU and India.
President Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles, Director of @sports-media-ventures, Founder of Dakota Financial, Founder of Liquidgreen, B.S. from Wharton
at Sky Rider International Ltd.
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Co-Founder @solidx-partners-inc Ex @millennium-partners @ubs
Investor in @krossover, @livelook, @oculis-labs, @straighterline.
CEO & cloud-storage expert. Founder/CEO @infrascale.
http://blog.infrascale.com
Managing Partner at @bayspring-ventures
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Serial Entrepreneur. CEO + Founder @paedae. Bootstrapped 2 companies to exit, scaled 1 nonprofit to $70M in distribution. Travel, Entrepreneurship, Happiness.
http://www.robemrich.com
CEO ShopGeniusapp.com, CEO Aquea, CEO at OIO, EVP TradingMarkets.com, Creative Consult TheStreet.com
CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.
LA based Tech veteran, mentor, advisor, angel & gadfly. Founder Institute Mentor, lecturer HBS, USC, UCLA.
http://thomkozik.tumblr.com
Creator of web shows, producer of video in general. Proud investor in Tubemogul and Willagirl.
http://lindsaycampbell.com
CEO, Stealth @Samsungaccel; Founder @shoptouch. GM at @HatchLabs ; Alum of @apple, @sony; Serial entrepreneur - eShop -> @microsoft; PowerMarket -> @Oracle
CEO/co-founder of Zappli, mobile shopping/payment, acquired by Shopzilla. Previously, CEO/co-founder of Kefta, dynamic targeting solutions, bought by Acxiom.
Sales Chemist
@ the Fastest Growing Internet Service in the US:
1) Manage 32 with $21m goal
2) Hired 20+ Sales Hunters since inception of @edgecast-acquired-by-verizon
3) Built the Client Services Team (Account Managers) and Sales Ops Team
3) Run product
Internet Technology Guy, Husband, Snowboarder, Tennis Hack, Laker Fan, Trojan Fan, Shopaholic with Bounty Hunter tendencies- Good thing I work at @shopzilla :)
http://jodymulkey.com
Board Member @slow-money Investor @hotlist, @mamma-chia • Studied at @bard-college-at-simon-s-rock
Worked at @robertson-stephens, @sofi-1 • Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business, @stern-school-of-business
Worked at @idealab-4, @x1-technologies • Studied at University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles
Founder + CEO of @soothe
life is but a dream, live each day to the fullest.
Founder @bridg • Co-founder @savings-com – $150M exit • Worked at @google • @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA
Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor
I work in education/media/tech. Global manager with track record in strategy, product, marketing and biz dev. SVP, Age of Learning. Past digital exec @ Disney.
http://www.gunderia.com
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Vice Chairman of @tech-coast-angels. Currently with UCSB Technology Management Program, running a New Venture Competition.
Worked at @ticketmob • Investor @laughstub, @vendscreen • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
http://www.stayinthelightco.tumblr.com
Independent film producer and financier.
Angel investor and advisor. Former VC for 15 years at BA Venture Partners (now Scale Venture Partners) and Mellon Ventures.
Bachelor Degree at NYU in Finance Economics; worked at StartEngine; angel investor in Enplug, Wavo.me and Camfind.
Chairman and CEO at Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc.
Founder/CEO - AdRev, AudioMicro, & ImageCollect - Entrepreneur, Dad, CPA, Blogger, Photog, Investor - @wireimage, @newcondosonline, & @internetmarketinginc
http://ryanborn.net
Big Data Monetization, SocialMedia, Analytics, Digital, Adv, Marketing, Advisor, Speaker, Alum of HBS, Nielsen, IPG, Co-founder of 2 start ups & 2 amazing kids
Investor @doctorbase, @gablit
Founder @rideapart-media, Hubris Factory • Worked at @yahoo, @driverside • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university, @california-institute-of-the-arts
I create companies. Current: Pop-Up Pantry. Previous: Jossip Initiatives.
Executive, Investor, Advisor and Board Member. Previously;
- CEO and Head of Global Media, Yahoo!
- EVP, Americas, Yahoo!
- President, FOX Interactive Media
Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance
Co-Founder & CIO @ Newfound, where we use quantitatively-enabled solutions to promote behavior-driven investment strategies over chasing performance
http://www.coreyhoffstein.com
Founder @pccw • Worked at @groupon, @timeline-labs • Investor @playsino, @xfire • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @stanford-university
Founder @thought-convergence-inc, @aftermarket-1, @agreed, @trafficz • Investor @magnetic, @aboutus-org • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles
http://afterthought.com
Founder and CEO @InsuranceAgents.com, @DebtSolutions.com • Studied at @Capital, @university of Dayton
Host of Business Rockstars on CBS Radio. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenradio
BusinessRockstars.com
Co-Founder @jaanuu & B4L Capital. Private Equity @the-yucaipa-companies. M&A/LevFin @cibc-world-markets. MBA @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business-1
Co-founder & CEO @Epoxy.tv | Designer & technologist innovating in entertainment | IDEO, BMW, Team Downey, Continuum | Stanford Design, Engineering & GSB
Distinguished Engineer, @cisco Collaboration • Investor
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Co-Founder of @recovery-brands. Angel, CEO of an SEO/SEM agency. 1st startup while at @columbia-university; MBA from @university-of-california-los-angeles Anderson.
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Founder @the-design-accelerator • Worked at @green-dot, @goto-com • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @princeton-university
Board of Directors at @rhapsody International
Vice President, @warner-bros Entertainment; @harvard-business-school ; @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Investor in @applied-semantics, @doubletwist, @admarvel.
Global Ambassador & founding executive director of @singularityU, entrepreneur (last company sold to @google), angel investor, former VP @yahoo, etc.
Founder @flare, @particle • Worked at @yahoo, @apple. Best drawer in class since kindergarten. Designer focused on product concept, strategy, development, and user experience.
http://ericsond.tumblr.com/
OrganicStartup (Internet & Mobile incubator). Tech Coast Angels LA (seed investor network). Founder HealthInReach (consumer-driven healthcare marketplace). MBA
Media, content and tech. Director of Sales Planning & Analytics at Lionsgate. Previous experience at Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Citigroup and StormHarbour.
https://profiles.google.com/108606554951783575740/about
Angel, attorney, inventor, writer, @apple fanboy, comic book lover.
Director of Business Development at @dun-bradstreet-credibility-corp
PhD @university-of-washington, Postdoc @university-of-pennsylvania /CHOP, Professor @university-of-southern-california, Founded Tute
Life is a video game with no respawn.
Internet & Digital Media Executive, Advisor, and Investor
Graduate Student at UC Berkeley School in Data Science
Founder Cardinal Point Capital (family fund). Angel Investor. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business grad.
CEO/President of Marley Holdings a commercial real estate owner
CEO/Founder @dryad-communications-3 . Investor. MBA @ucla Anderson, MS @stanford, BS @MIT
http://www.tamrajohnson.com
Founder @invested-in. We power crowdfunding.
http://allidoispunk.com
I am a cowboy, astronaut, hopefully someday millionaire
Founder @republic-project, @rey-interactive • Worked at @doubleclick, @digital-broadcasting-group-dbg • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university
http://www.mediabizbloggers.com/aj-vernet
Investor in @lefora, @adisn.
http://www.crowdgather.com/blog/
I run Strong Ventures, a seed fund that finances, supports and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to kick some ass.
http://www.baenefit.com
Start-up Consultant
CEO @predpol. Co-Founder @nextspace-co-working-innovation-inc Startup lawyer. @university-of-pennsylvania & @university-of-california-los-angeles grad.
http://www.predpol.com/blog
Co-founder/CEO @five, former founder @outline, @techstars Boston, @uc-berkeley
President and Co-Founder of @deco-lighting
Tech Investment banking at @broadview-international-jefferies Product Dev @cymer
UCSD Electrical Engineering
Founder @citizen-spaces, @blue-monitor-systems • Worked at @universal-music-group, @destiny-media-technologies • Investor @citizen-space, @blue-monitor-systems • Studied at @trade-technical
http://citizenspace.us/blog
Works @grand-rounds • Worked at @reputation-com • Investor @instinct, @willa-skincare • Studied at @stanford-university, @yale-university
Investor, entrepreneur
Founder Royal Poinciana Holdings
Co-Founder and Partner at Lotus Service Business Co.ltd
Previous partner at Asiana Fd
Co-founded @downey-ventures with Robert Downey Jr. to invest in digital media start-ups and incubate consumer entertainment technology companies.
CIO @artivest
Previous: @paulson-co @harvard-business-school @harvard-law-school @washington-university-in-saint-louis
http://www.paranoidbull.com
Angel investor in women-led startups. Finance background (Goldman Sachs); MBA UCB.
life hacker & growth advisor focused on physical, emotional, and spiritual fitness. ex-Facebook growth, PepsiCo Marketing, McKinsey, Harvard MBA, Hoffman grad.
CEO @mindgruve, Managing Partner @mindgruveVentures
http://mindgruve.com/blog
Principal at Mesa West Capital
& Investor
Co-founder @hipgeo, Co-founder iChange (sold to Herbalife), worked at @yahoo, GeoCities, and AOL.
Pasadena Angels Board member, entrepreneur / executive / advisor with Internet Advertising background
CEO @socialspiel • Co-founder @tupalo • Team Member @rockstar-games • Editor at @startupdigest • Mentor @startupweekend
Investor in @kiva-systems, @kitchen-monki.
Co-Founder, Akamai Technologies; President and CEO, JUMP Investors; Chairman, mPath; Chairman, UrgentRx; Board Member, Tapiture.
Co-Founder @independence-brewing-co; Angel Investor & Board Member @pogoseat & @chaldal-com ; Angel & Advisor @swarm-mobile; Principal @christina-development
Board member, Public Knowledge, media strategist, founder of digital media consultancy, NVPR, in Seattle, LA & Buenos Aires: marcom, biz dev, creative services
founded Mandi.net , co founded Sagatiba.com , investor on @spinlister-com and @urbanremedy.com, strong business network in Brazil.
I'm a London-based entrepreneur (owner of a bookstore, and a co-owner of a publishing company) with interests in big data and location based innovation.
Investor, Intellectual Property Guru, Smithsonian Laureate CTO at @Majestyk -- founder @instantservice (now Oracle), VirtualOR (now Swedish Medical) -- ingk.com/d
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
I am preventive cardiologist who is also interesting in innovative startup companies in healthcare and also in other aspects of life. Also an advisor.
Managing Director -- Caerus Ventures LLC
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Corp dev & PE exec. Strong Biz backg (Chicago Booth, Booz Allen). francophile/orientalist; dad; music, travel & social enterprise ethusiast. RPI education.
Investor in @youbetme -- Interested in all things tech.
Managing Director @ BrightStreet Ventures. CEO @ Me.com (@apple). Founder @ Rapid Logic (@intel). Investor @whistle (IBM), @private-bank-of-california (Banc of CA)
http://www.thenetworkgarden.com
Member of Board of Directors at Vigilistics, Inc.
Catalyst at Large
VP of Strategy at Originate. CEO of Lottay.
@white-house, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Founder Global Philanthropy www.globalphilanthropy.com, President at G2 Investment www.g2investmentgroup.com
Founder @DSE Consulting • B2B BD Manager @t-mobile, @At&t • Studied at @california State University, Fullerton,@Chapman,MBA Student @ GSB
Was CEO and co-founder of ThinkNear, acquired by TNAV. Now GM of Scout Advertising.
Vice President at the Capital Group Companies
Creator of Video Games and Comics. Founder and investor in multiple Startups. Sold @naughty-dog to Sony 2001, @flektor to Fox Interactive 2007. Angel in @elarm.
CEO of @kbc-securities-usa, Inc.
Partner at OneService (acquired by G4S), Vice President of G4S International, Angel investor in StayClassy.
Director of Developer Relations @maxcdn
Open Source Contributor and Advocate
Angel Investor
http://blog.maxcdn.com/author/justin-dorfman/
Head of Digital Strategy & Social Media @rubin-postaer-and-associates. Former: VP, Marketing @machinima; Leadership positions @the-search-agency & @lendingtree
http://www.aarondodez.com
Managing Director at Anser Capital Group - healthcare investor and advisor
Director of Special Projects @scopely. Partner at @jacaranda-ventures.
VP, Strategic Alliances at 23andMe. 15 years in consumer internet (eHarmony, AOL, ICQ, AIM) now doing genetics.
Founder CamFind, Studied @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign computer science and mathematics, Founded the search engine - JRank.org and StateUniversity.com Helicopter Pilot for a hobby
Love software, technology and startups. CEO of @axosoft. Founder of @az-disruptors incubator.
Head of Solutions Eng at @shift-3. Helped close multi-MM deals with F100 brands & top agencies. Tech/Product Builder. Entrepreneur. Tech Advisor. Get-it-done-er.
http://blog.mikekhristo.com
Founder & CEO, @magnify360. Advisor, Investor in Online-Driven Businesses
Worked at @green-dot • Investor @fuze-network,
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple
Principal at @Lux-Capital, @General Motors • Investor @sibeam, @Silicon Clocks • Studied at @berkeley, @ucla
http://shahinfarshchi.wordpress.com/
Co-Founded MyValidus llc (Private Sale), 2013:Youngest collegiate division 1 football coach (24) in the world, Accredited Investor,Co-Founder OG Investments LLC
Founded Victoria Real (UK business, bought by Endemol Group); President, Virgin Media TV Digital group; CEO Telescope US, MBO backed by HIG Growth Partners
Mentor, Adviser, Strategist, Board Member, Advocate. Founder @startup-hive , CoFounder @crowdpad , CEO @sgb-media-group , ** Available for C-Level Position **
http://www.crowdfundingtimes.wordpress.com
SVP Product & Partnerships at Factual Inc., former Sr. Director Product at Yahoo! Search & GM Yahoo! BOSS
Products lead at LiveNation Labs
Former SVP of Technology, @warner-music-group. Advisor to many, friend to some, admire all.
Founder @yb-hotels, @ybintel-com • Investor @skycatch • Studied at @university-of-rochester
Former top music exec (signed Katy Perry, B. Raitt, Train...) @ Sony, Capitol & Warners. Now in tech/media. Founder Webcastr, Inc. Board/SVP @ Scayl. Investor.
VP, Ops (biz dev, finance, ops) @radpad. Former VP, Ops @wittlebee. @myspace for 4 years (int'l business, biz dev). Former i-banker. UofC Booth MBA. UCLA B.A.
Founder of Appetites and Echograph.
Echograph acquired by Vimeo in 2013
http://nickalt.com
Managing Partner, Southern California, McKinsey & Co
Director of West Coast Operations for @ivy-3. Formerly @forerunner-ventures
Angel investor. Experience in private equity & mezzanine investing, and investment banking. UCLA Anderson MBA & MIT nuclear engineer.
Co-founder, @gadzoox-networks. Tech Coast Angels. Storage industry, SaaS, IaaS, Consumer, New Media, and Semiconductor. 1 startup, 5 exits. Blackbelt in origami.
I am an experienced senior executive, legal counsel, enterprise risk officer and corporate compliance officer with broad-based experience leading legal, business, compliance, enterprise risk management and internal audit functions. I have worked for a ran
Co-founder @swim. Previously: CTO @geni. Helped build @yammer.
Global Serial Entrepreneur, CEO @unified-inbox, President @viva-lite, Consultant/Advisor to Startups/Corp./Govt. and Musician.
http://www.tobyruckert.com
Travel technology pioneer & founder of several successful companies including: AdventureLink, LeisureLink, Tripeze & GetThere.
CEO of SynerMed. Largest medicaid MSO in the country. Think TPA for the affordable care act. Angel and Search Fund Investor and Operator.
I like connecting the dots...
Founder/CEO @onescreen; Cofounder @optimal; Cofounder @leadid; Cofounder @leadroi. Media and Technology | Founder, CEO, Product Architect | atulpatelx.com.
http://atulpatelx.com/feed
Product Designer, Startup Advisor, Brand Strategist, and Open Web Advocate
Founder and CEO, Gether. NYU MBA. USC IR. Ops, Marketing, Recruiting. Excellent reputation in client-advocacy and market-driven product and service development.
investing most actively in start-ups since 2005; active on boards, mostly interested in LA-based companies
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
Serial bootstrapping entrepreneur. Co-founder of @menuism & @pickfu.
Founder & CEO of UniversalGiving (www.UniversalGiving.org) & UniversalGiving Corporate.
http://pamelahawley.wordpress.com/
Co-founder of @build-com. Private money lender. Value oriented selective contrarian investor.
Serial Entrepreneur who has raised more than $800 million for over 70 startups, IPO'd, & sold to large companies. Pre IPO work with eBay, LinkedIn, Zynga, etc.
Co-founder & CEO of @sportsy. Sold CitizenLocal to MyLife.com. Former NFL. Serial entrepreneur and angel investor.
Startup junkie. 15+ years as web and game developer. Computer Science, @university-of-california-berkeley; MBA, @university-of-california-los-angeles.
Lawyer, Scientist and Entrepreneur
Actively seeking branded goods investments. Experienced in building consumer goods brands on and offline. Passionate about great, enduring brands.
Founder @tapru-gosave (Previous @extrabux). Love building teams of exceptionally talented & passionate engineers. Mobile Ad Tech. Los Angeles + Kyiv, Ukraine.
http://www.danemcleod.com
Founder @elephantdrive • Investor @traffic-marketplace, @zaadz
Angel Investor. President, Dynamic Investments. President, Dynamic Construction Services. Director, Entrepreneurship Village. Tech Coast Angels Investor.
Founder @cliff-hanger, @lucky-puppy • Worked at @zynga, @metaplace, @electronic-arts
http://www.cliffhangerapp.com
Co-founder of Savings.com (sold to Cox), Board Chair at KIPP LA Schools, Angel Investor. Passionate about building great teams.
Engineer, Architect, Investor @campus-explorer, Worked @rent.com, @rentpath , @ebay , @stamps-com , @dreamworks-animation-skg
http://www.mijit.com
Data @mattermark | formerly @GoldenGateVC
Invest into promising start-ups with exceptional leadership and appealing sector opportunities.
Current CEO of venture backed Startup in video space. Y Combinator brother.
Investor in @smart-play.
Dir. PR., Model N; Dir., Nimble; Corp. Off., Maximizer; Dir., GoldMine; Angel, StepCast. Completed Maximizer RTO & two funding rounds, $10 million, $15 million.
Founder of TheStartupAngel.com • PhD, MBA • Developed the Reflux Classifier, acquired by Ludowici in 2001 • Founder of VietSight, acquired by HITES in 2005
Former COO/CFO at @william-morris-agency; Retired Partner at @deloitte-touche • Investor @mtime
Coach CEO peer group
PM @whisper and Venture Partner @launchpadla • Previously @notion, @myyearbook, @princeton-university-1
Cofounder at @unfold. Formerly CTO of Castlight Health & Architect at athenahealth. 12 years building successful tech teams & products. BA Physics, Harvard.
best-selling author of "Predictable Revenue". SFDC refugee.
Adventuring in media, news & tech. Create: @catchpool, @2462miles, @3460miles & @2905miles. Forbes 30-U-30. Cheer: @sandbox_network NYC, @NPRGenListen.
I am currently the Chief Technology Officer at HauteLook, a leading online private sale site, acquired by Nordstrom. I also mentor and advise multiple startups.
Entrepreneur and nerd looking to solve, and help others solve, interesting problems... and get a little dirty.
Tech Coast Angels Member • Worked @westpark-capital, @millennium-capital-partners, • Investor @geniusgiver, @tetatet • Studied @pepperdine-university & Harvard
Head of talent & organization at @hulu and former head of talent & organization at @ideo. A seasoned leader in high profile organizations.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=11762783&trk=hb_tab_pro_top
I am the Managing Partner of Delshad Capital. We provide early stage capital and advisory services to people building disruptive technology companies.
CMO at mOcean, helped take company form 6 to 200 employees, partner/investor in Need Brands.
Co-founded Rocket Fuel (IPO 2013). Early employee at Salesforce.com (IPO 2004) and Epiphany (IPO 1999). PhD in CS / AI from Stanford.
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Motorcycle enthusiast
Partner, Ingk Labs
Worked at @morgan-stanley, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @cornell-university, @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
COO @ Bridg • Founding member of 3 internet startups • Internet executive with 10+ years of experience, including product dev, biz operations and strategy.
President/Founder @bloominous, Founder @tenantify, strategy and operations background (@united-airlines, @bcg, @AT&T), floral industry expert (@teleflora)
Global Director, Novartis Diagnostics, Strategy, Business Development and M&A
Entertainment industry professional. Former creative on the CBS lot.
Int'l senior medtech executive. Lived/worked 20+ yrs in Asia & EU. Strong strategy, M&A, and market creation. Successful angel investor.
Angel, Mentor, Advisor, Board Member -- 20+ years as a Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, and Team Member with ventures in a variety of industries and technologies.
Founder @the-las-vegas-whaling-company
Founder @modnique, HostedPCI • Worked at @ibm, @bidz-com • Investor @hostedpci • Studied at @york-university-1
Investor in @luxim, @perfect-point-edm, @topanga-technologies, @stargreetz-inc.
Founder @celum (sold 2007), @popurls (sold 2010), @twidroyd (sold 2010), @Flipso (failed 2013), @postagon (launched 2013), @popist (launched 2014)
Former entrepreneur and capitalist himself, currently advises enterprises and mentors startups worldwide. Also teaches at SBI Graduate School of Business.
http://nobuya-yoshida.sblo.jp/
CEO and Founder at @ringdna
Entrepreneur/Producer
Founder of Blayze Inc. (acquired by Vobile Inc). Former early YouTube & Google Exec. First YouTube employee to be stationed in Los Angeles.
Investor in @raising-desi-productions, @epicwish-films, @snoblaze-corporation.
Founder and CEO @moeo. Founder @teleo (Sold to @microsoft). Founder @adisn (Sold to Crowdgather).
I invest in a strong management team.
Founder Accelerated Companies Fund • Studied at @harvard-university
Veteran TMT investor. Focus on TMT and Education.
Co-Founder OneReceipt. Investment associate (BHIC). I-banking (Moelis). Honors finance, U. Maryland. @university-of-maryland-college-park Business Plan Winner 2006, i-receipts (now OneReceipt)
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for The Exchange Visionary Laboratories, Nonlinear Film Technology and Bitcoin India.
He invests in seed and early stage business ventures with preference towards disruptive technologies
Passion for the Internet and innovation by creating ways to help companies grow. Let's go get it!
CTO at Focus TRAINR
Worked at TopLine Game Labs, Ptch, DreamWorks, Apple, Eazel, Be.
Founded LA Baby Fertility Agency
co-Founder & CEO @tripdibs.
Founder & CEO @atomate (nanotech).
prior startups acquired by Sun, Cisco, Veeco.
rocket scientist (certified at NASA-JPL).
@massachusetts-institute-of-technology MS/BS
Founder @lucky-ventures-lucky-vc •
Partner at @synergy-innovations-venture-fund • Investor and Entrepreneur.
http://www.lucky.vc
Founder of @checchi-capital-advisors, @little-consulting, @creative-conversion-technologies, @critical-section-systems.
Manager, Human Certification of Dragon and Falcon 9
CEO and co founder of @dedicated-media. An innovative online ad delivery and optimization platform.
Head of Supply Chain Strategy
Investor in @tilera.
Start-ups, ticketing, Internet stuff and Cor.kz. Original conceptualizer/founder of @ticketmaster-online and single digit employee of @tickets-com
Angel Investor
Founder | CEO Panelfly
Founder and CEO of HotOffice, MotionPoint and Nutrio.
Founder of WorldWinner.com, Grand Virtual (now Everest Gaming).
General Partner at V Aerospace Ventures
EVP, Marketing for Sony Pictures. Background in advertising and digital marketing.
Founder @6th Street Investments, LLC @6th Street Fitness, LLC @Westside Trading Company • Investor @Event Farm @OnFarm Systems @balqon @unvael.fm
Corporate Attorney. Advisor to @tint.
Founder of i2X.
Entrepreneur / Angel.
Investor, Co-founder and CEO of PlusYoou, Co-founder and CTO of CloudApply (acquired). Big data expert.
Founder of Lidealist.com, Smartdate, Up&Buzz • 15 years as entrepreneur since 19 • 1 year as an actor, 1 as a writer • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris • Member of 6 Boards
http://www.fabriceleparc.com
Co-founder @hedgy. Customer-Driven Product Guy. UX/UI Designer. @northwestern-university & @harvard-university. Former NCAA Div I Athlete. Early Bitcoiner.
http://blog.warpaul.com
Founder @integrien • Studied at @pepperdine-university, @oklahoma-state-university
Founded HQ Giftcards and Toscanova, investor in Scopely and AdExchange.
Founder/Counsel
Executive at warner bros. records. Also worked in talent acquisition and development at interscope and dreamworks.
CFO at Arborbridge, Inc.
Prev, MD at Native Instruments North America, CEO at Knitting Factory Entertainment. Harvard A.B., Columbia Univ. Business School MBA
Founder/CEO at DOGMA STUDIOS