Startups LA
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
Tim Devine
Investor
Former top music exec (signed Katy Perry, B. Raitt, Train...) @ Sony, Capitol & Warners. Now in tech/media. Founder Webcastr, Inc. Board/SVP @ Scayl. Investor.
Sara Nofeliyan
USC recent grad. Lean and project management experience. Engineering background, business skills.
Evan Strauss
Investor
Active investor -
Experienced troubleshooter.
Seth Jacobs
Digital Media Executive.
Derrick Oien
Investor
CEO at @scorestream. CEO of @chumby-industries. President, COO & Founder @intercasting (sold to @good-technology). COO of @mp3-com (MPPP) sold to Vivendi.
Steve Schepke
15+ years of successful interactive sales, business development and management experience. Skilled in Sales/BD, strategic partnerships, monetization and more.
Ryan Jones
Investor
Ryan Jones is a San Diego based British entrepreneur
Larry Haertel Jr.
MBA Intern @orchard-platform Worked @chownow @curbed-network @ubs Studied @brown-university @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
Stephen Stokols
Investor
Founder @freedompop, @woome-com • Investor @freedompop, @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • Studied at @london-business-school, @university-of-california-berkeley
Chris Dover
Founder @justlaunch Founder @geniusly @enfocado-capital @desksite, • Worked at @triple-canopy @founders-institute-mentor #500strong
http://geniusly.co/blog
Jiake Liu
Co-founder & CEO @prospectwise. @launchpadla Alum. LAUNCH Hackathon finalist. Tech gadget inventor. Charity founder. Saxophonist. Worked @riot-games
John Affourtit
Founder @virtual-chapter-1 • Worked at @sparkcentral, @h-bloom • Studied at @miami-university, @ohio-wesleyan-university
Matthew LaCrosse
Founder @the-lacrosse-group, @bizblaster • 18for4.com
Emil Babadjov
Investor
Executive - Business development/Project Management/Sales. Successful Early Stage Investor(avg 3.6x ROI) - Experienced Fund raiser, plugged into SV ecosystem
Dean Gebert
Investor
7 startups, with 2 failures. Getting the startup itch again... searching for EIR and Management opportunities. Part time Angel investor and Advisor.
M Asif Rahman
Investor
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Ryan O'Connor
Strategic Partnerships | Business Development | Bow Ties
Melanie Linehan
Director of Growth + Marketing @quarterly Founder @animal-behavior, @hautesketch • Previously @twitter, @topsy • Studied at @academy-of-art-university
http://30secondsketches.tumblr.com
Duncan Cork
Co-founder and first CEO at @slated. Founder and Executive Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com
Ryan Stoner
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Rohit Jain
Investor
Senior BD Manager at NantMobile • Studied at @purdue-university
Katherine Nilan
CMO @whim-1 Strong Public Relations, Marketing and Social Media Background (Trumpette, iSnap, Appency, SendUs @citizenglobal) @ucla 2008
Simon Gornick
Founder, @moovd. Online Video. @bbc , @mtv-networks alum. @university-of-manchester Online Video Maven. Out of box thinker.
http://getmoovd.com/blog
Dakota R. Younger
Investor
Founder Awesome Job
Entrepreneur
http://dakotayounger.tumblr.com/
Shawn Gunn
Investor
Global location-based advertising, commerce, mapping, traffic @here, @nokia, @navteq, @traffic.com. Invested & launched several data centric start-ups as well.
Claire Cannon
founder/hustler/point guard @statistified • co-founder/product @rexter • BS/MEng @cornell-university • MBA @university-of-california-los-angeles.
Cory Capoccia
Investor
President @womply | Previously co-founder of @verifi | BA in Economics and Accounting from @university-of-california-los-angeles
Henri Swan
Founder OneTraction • Worked at @google • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Avnish Patel
Jacob Gordon
Biz Dev and co-founder at Artiphon, founder of Nemonics Media, multi-media journalist for Discovery and MSN, Enviro Programs Manager at American Apparel.
http://jacobhallgordon.tumblr.com
Michelle Hernandez
Effective Manager & Communicator
Michael Palank
Business Development and Corporate Strategy Executive - Media & Technology
Arnaud Fischer ★★★
... stealth ... 15 years taking to market Web services platforms. Product Planning, Product Management & Product Marketing with @microsoft, @altavista, @aol.
Henri Duong
Web Intrapreneur @vizio, Lean Entrepreneur @enclavewebgroup, Tech advisor @thewholepurpose, Nerd @projecthopeOC, Servant Leader @usaf
Brian Richards
Partner Dev @truecar. BD @pogoseat and @parking-panda. Investment Banker @houlihan-lokey. Studied @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business (MBA 2011).
Emerson Taymor
Co-Founder, Director of Sales & Marketing @philosophie. Teach Front-end Web Development @general-assembly
Allie Krummel
Versed in social media and e-mail marketing, client relations, and creative writing. @university-of-southern-california alum, music nut.
Eric Jones
Investor
Worked at @morgan-stanley, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @cornell-university, @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1
Nick Hobbs
Investor
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=11762783&trk=hb_tab_pro_top
Eugene Lee
Founder ChannelMeter • Former Dr. TubeMogul at @tubemogul • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
http://insideChannelMeter.wordpress.com
Jared Robin
Biz Dev at @granify, Ex @fedex • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university, @university-of-sydney