Startups LA
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
Andrew Romans
Investor
General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital (formerly Georgetown Angels) Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital @romansventures
http://rubicon.vc/blog/
Jason Lawrence Nazar
Investor
Co-founder/CEO, Docstoc (acquired by Intuit) -- Creator/Host, Startups Uncensored -- Writer, Forbes & WSJ -- Angel Investor, Advisor -- JD/MBA
http://www.JasonNazar.com
Michael Blend
Investor
co-founder OpenMail, former President/COO of @demand-media (NYSE: DMD), founder Hotkeys, Investor in @rssgraffiti, @scopely, @jawbone, State.com
Nathanael Eisenberg
Investor
Founder & CEO @bayrock-1 @limitx, Chairman @cognifit
http://www.nathanaeleisenberg.com
Damian Manning
Investor
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
Amish Shah
Investor
Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor @sierramaya360 @full-color-games @igenapps @paradine @ecampus-ventures @kydaemos @matchpoint-2 @skycatch @fnd
http://www.theamishshah.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
Robert Wuttke
Investor
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Clinton Foy
Investor
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Marc Hustvedt
Investor
Founder @tubefilter (now on board). Founded + produce The Streamy Awards; Fmr. Head of Entertainment @chill. @university-of-michigan (CS + Econ)
Terrence Yang
Investor
Co-invested with FundersClub, 500 Startups
Investor, Mentor, 37coins, Coin Hako, Purse
1st investor & board member to Wikipedia cofounder's new startup
Greg Bettinelli
Investor
Partner @upfront-ventures. Advisor @freeman-spogli. Co-founder @mucker-lab. Former CMO @hautelook (now part of @nordstrom), @ebay, @stubhub + @livenation-1.
http://www.gregbettinelli.com
Angelica Morse
Investor
Founder @idm-venture-capital
Farhad Mohit
Investor
Founder & CEO @flipagram, Founder @shopzilla ($562MM exit), Founder @bizrate.com (top 100 website)
http://herenowwow.org
Janis Krums
Investor
Founder @opprtunity • Athlete. Latvian-American. Entrepreneur. Investor: @memsql @plangrid @human @airhelp @whale-path
http://www.janiskrums.com
Nina Pustilnik
Investor
Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment • Studied at @columbia-university
Joey Separzadeh
Investor
Managing partner of Optimal Investment Group
Neil Young
Founder @ngmoco, CEO of ngmoco 2008-2012, working on Next. Investing with best friend & ngmoco founding partner Bob Stevenson, through LLL Capital
Amir Ziai
Investor
Founder @invesd, investor, developer
Emily Alfstad
Investor
Jay Kline
Investor
Associate @invent-ventures , Strategic Pricing Manager @AT&T ~ @university-of-michigan Engineer @pepperdine-university-1 MBA
Rita Ravindra
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.
M Asif Rahman
Investor
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Brian Freeman
Founder @getme, @wyldfire • Worked at @mogl • Studied at @university-of-san-diego
Robert Smith
Investor
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
Stephen G. Barr
Investor
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
Jordan Ramer
Investor
CEO at EV Connect, Corp Dev Director at NanoH2O Mgr/Director Roles at AeroVironment, MBA from UCLA Anderson
Ridaa Murad
Investor
Co-Founder @independence-brewing-co; Angel Investor & Board Member @pogoseat & @chaldal-com ; Angel & Advisor @swarm-mobile; Principal @christina-development
Patrick Maloney
Investor
Clean Energy Entrepreneur and Investor; Passion for Purpose and Profits; Former CIO; Husband, Traveler, @Penn Alum
Chris Porch
Investor
President/COO at @truecar.com, CEO BetweenMarkets, Founder & VP at @trilogy Software. @stanford-university alum, investor.
Matt Robinson
Investor
If you have passion, you have my attention.
Brandon Calder
Investor
Co-Founder @watchr-media, Online Media, E-Commerce & Technology Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor