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ID 158548

Ting Louie

Investor

Managing Partner @P1 Capital, Formerly @nasdaq-private-market-1 and @sharespost , Investment Banker @deutsche-bank , MBA @university-of-southern-california-1

ID 207285

Mark Patricof

Investor

Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA

ID 6564

Nate Redmond

Investor

Investor in @docstoc, @kin-5, @gaikai, @untangle, @playfirst, @perfect-market, @savings-com, @trion-worlds, @fulcrum-bioenergy.

ID 71562

Andrew Montgomery

Investor

Partner at MESA+

ID 54672

Jeff Tannenbaum

Investor

Investor @ @bluerun-ventures. also: developer, product designer, founder and investor in mobile & consumer web start-ups.

ID 108207

Chris Hollod

Investor

Chris works directly with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Ron Burkle to manage their venture capital fund, A-Grade Investments.

ID 38439

Jason Ostheimer

Investor

Early stage investor @ @advancit-capital

ID 220518

Matt Mazzeo

Investor

Partner at @lowercase-capital

ID 9304

Ryan Swagar

Investor

Co-founder @venture51, Co-Founded @republic-project (which was acquired in 2013 by DGIT on Nasdaq), Father, Skier, Golfer, Surfer and Canadian.
http://www.ryanswagar.com

ID 54780

Jacob Brody

Investor

Co-Founder and CEO at Benny; former Partner at MESA+
http://www.jacobbrody.me

ID 36915

Jeff Karish

Investor

President at @windsor-media

ID 9578

Brandon Zeuner

Investor

Co-founder @venture51. Co-founded @republic-project (acq. '13). Founding team @ Flypaper (acq. '11). Interact alum (ACT! & SalesLogix). Advisor @ Tony Hawk Fndn
http://www.venture51.com/blog

ID 114752

Tianxiang Zhuo

Investor

General Partner, @karlin-ventures. Worked at McKinsey & Co and founded online textbook retail company. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business MBA.

ID 23367

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

ID 29930

William Hsu

Investor

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, @muckerlab - Entrepreneur, Executive, Product Guy.
http://Muckerlab.com/blog

ID 2467

David Travers

Investor

Co Founder at Basepoint Ventures Partner at Rustic Canyon

ID 199136

John Hadl

Investor

Founder @swoop • Worked at @us-venture-partners

ID 2938

Alex Gurevich

Investor

Partner at @javelin-venture-partners. @stanford-university MBA, @stanford-university MS/BS/BA. Worked at DFJ. First employee at @ooma (VoIP start-up). Founder of @sayheyhey.

ID 40547

Nick Wyman

Investor

Director @galvanize-ventures-1 and Angel Investor. Ex - @foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate & @BoulderBeta Producer.

ID 1085

Maneesh Goyal

Investor

Managing Partner at N of 1 Partners

ID 126807

Nina Pustilnik

Investor

Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment • Studied at @columbia-university

ID 98015

Adam Lilling

Investor

Founder and Managing Director of Plus Capital. Co-Founder of LaunchpadLA, Start-up Entrepreneur before that (1994-2009)

ID 111485

Zaw Thet

Investor

Veteran Entrepreneur & Investor: @signiavc @plyfe @haulerdeals @4info etc | Philanthropist: @palindromeadv climateX @asasafterschool @unfoundation @sfspca

ID 4179

Rick Smith

Investor

Worked at @crosscut-ventures

ID 22345

Rahul Prakash

Investor

Founder & Partner, @coyote-ridge-ventures & @the-hatchery-1. Former 3x Entrepreneur with 3 successful exits.

ID 165679

Jon Bassett

Investor

Investor @silverton-partners. Looking for killer software deals. Personally into gardening, soccer, SUP and good books.

ID 9501

Mark Mullen

Investor

Founder @double-m-partners @Mull Capital • Worked at @rbc-capital-markets, @City of LA • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @Thunderbird @Univ of Denver

ID 139

Mark Suster

Investor

General partner, @upfront-ventures & 2x entrepreneur. Sold Koral to @salesforce
http://bothsidesofthetable.com/

ID 1536

Sam Teller

Investor

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

ID 34109

Jamie Kantrowitz

Investor

Venture Partner at MESA+, Managing Director at MESA. Fmr. @launchpadla + @myspace + worked globally across 20+ countries. Consumer, social, global expertise

ID 314939

Arteen Arabshahi

Investor

seed/series-a with @Karlin Ventures Before this: helped launch @Built In Los Angeles and operations at @excelerate

ID 186

Andrew Parker

Investor

General Partner at @spark-capital
http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/

ID 1082

Peter Lee

Investor

Partner at Baroda Ventures
http://seeingeyetoeye.wordpress.com/

ID 2100

Bradley C. Harrison

Investor

Founder/Managing Partner @scout-ventures; early-stage VC focused on media, tech, and entertainment. Focused on great people; @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management '01; USMA '94; Airborne Ranger

ID 209

Chris Sacca

Investor

Founder and Managing Director, @lowercase-capital

ID 2155

Ryan Moore

Investor

VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs. @princeton-university graduate.

ID 179635

Clinton Foy

Investor

Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.

ID 815

Jim Andelman

Investor

Co-founder of @rincon-venture-partners. Investor in @burstly, @shift-1, @steelhouse, @the-resumator, @datapop, etc.

ID 56295

Adam Shaw

Investor

President of Structure: venture capital and advisory firm. Worked at Fox and the NFL. Founded Digital Artists and Spotrunner

ID 60105

Samit Varma

Investor

Anthem Venture Partners

ID 75369

Tom Unterman

Investor

Founding Partner of Rustic Canyon

ID 2203

Mark Terbeek

Investor

Partner, MK Capital

ID 561779

Darryl Wash

Investor

Worked at @ascend-ventures • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-california-berkeley

ID 35397

Dylan Pearce

Investor

Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1

ID 138525

Steve Taylor

Investor

Chairman Taylor Asset Management, Inc.

ID 158670

Sam Kokin

Investor

Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.

ID 96820

Chasm Capital Management

Investor

stage agnostic investor

ID 17302

Adam Corey

Investor

Currently: Partner @queensbridge-venture-partners Previously: @500startups founding team at @sharespost, revenue generation and biz dev at @evite

ID 16

Beau Laskey

Investor

Managing Director

ID 125574

Marc Bell

Investor

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

ID 374333

Cameron Newton, CFA

Investor

Co-founder Relevance Capital & 4Ignition Enterprises. Board member SIGNiX, Agilum, Cortac, Consensus Point, Opti-Logic.

ID 363551

Peter Liu

Investor

VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info

ID 136585

Lee Ann Daly

Investor

See @branchout.com/Lee.Ann.Daly...Mommy, brand diva, Hoosier-Gothamite, foodie, fan of Frank Todaro, Chatelaine @ Self Inflicted Productions.

ID 4073

Merrick

Investor

Founder, @music-impacts. General Partner, @merrickhanna-ventures. Chairman, @tangible-worldwide. Worked w/ Mosaic, Flash, Urchin, and top ad agencies.
http://medium.com/@MayorRock

ID 35895

Kai Tao

Investor

Managing Member Park One Capital, Single Family Office. Founding Partner of k5 Venture Accelerator TedX Orange Coast Advisor

ID 95775

Richard Wolpert

Investor

Founder @amplifyla • Works at @accel-partners

ID 12160

Edward Fu

Investor

Associate at @rustic-canyon-partners

ID 29363

Robert Afshar

Investor

Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.

ID 108685

Vivian F. Wang

Investor

Tech-optimist, wireless solutions hunter, cultural translator, PE investor. Long-time member of the Investment Team at Sasson Capital.

ID 68076

Robin Kaminsky

Investor

Results driven, strategic, General Manager and C-level officer with consumer and technology product expertise

ID 149336

john waller

Investor

Worked at @idealab-4, @x1-technologies • Studied at University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles

ID 275

Brian McLoughlin

Investor

Partner at @upfront-ventures. Passionate about mobile, financial services and consumer internet. I'm an active angel investor looking for great entrepreneurs.

ID 434033

Gabriele Gresta

Investor

Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance

ID 402612

Will Coffield

Investor

Focus on technology investments and exceptional management teams that are driven to build valuable companies around big ideas.

ID 160294

J. Mathew Yohannan

Investor

Worked at @robertson-stephens, @sofi-1 • Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business, @stern-school-of-business

ID 103140

Travis Putnam

Investor

Managing Partner Navitas Capital

ID 129431

David Cremin

Investor


ID 65141

John Babcock

Investor

Partner at Rustic Canyon Partners

ID 86732

Rob Mallery

Investor

VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup

ID 24668

Michael Ross

Investor

Founder of Confluence Venture Partners. UPenn Comp. Sci. UCLA MBA. 16 years in Tech. & Finance. 3 exits incl. Kleiner-backed Viant (IPO'd '99), Bessemer-backed CapitalThinking (acq.'04). Google, Redpoint Ventures, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse.

ID 827

Bryce Johnson

Investor

Investor in @applied-semantics, @doubletwist, @admarvel.

ID 171304

Allison Long Pettine

Investor

President, Crescent Ridge Partners. Med Device VC & Startup experience.

ID 1989

Reese Jones

Investor

Trustee @singularity University I like building infrastructures: mobile, media, wireless, broadband, internet, health, synthetic biology; silicon valley veteran
http://www.google.com/profiles/reesejones1

ID 228065

Rupert Ralston

Investor

Founder, Developer, Angel investor
http://www.rupertralston.com

ID 479

Ivan Nikkhoo

Investor

Investor in @talenthouse.
http://www.IvanNikkhoo.com

ID 201846

Justin Golshir

Investor

• • Hustle in my DNA • • CEO of @justgo • • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners

ID 485003

Randall Kaplan

Investor

Co-Founder, Akamai Technologies; President and CEO, JUMP Investors; Chairman, mPath; Chairman, UrgentRx; Board Member, Tapiture.

ID 394589

Djian Salgado

Investor

Founder @DSE Consulting • B2B BD Manager @t-mobile, @At&t • Studied at @california State University, Fullerton,@Chapman,MBA Student @ GSB

ID 154476

Kihong Bae

Investor

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

ID 123459

Zac Cherry

Investor

Managing Director -- Caerus Ventures LLC

ID 262526

Omar Al-Agely

Investor

Strong startup background with an unmatched work eithic - Worked at @twitter, @expensify, started @tutormatching • Studied at @university-of-florida
http://www.omaral-agely.com

ID 3196

Artia Moghbel

Investor

Co-founder at Glean; Former VC at Greycroft; Built and sold SchoolRack
http://artia.tumblr.com

ID 7437

Rachid Sefrioui

Investor

Leader CEO COO President, making 2 companies successful in fundraising & transformation. VC, Backed over 30 startups and growth companies in last 20 years.
http://rachid-sefrioui-venture-capital.blogspot.com

ID 43348

Jack Leeney

Investor

Strategic venture capital arm of Telefonica Digital based in London, Madrid and Silicon Valley focused on technology investing.

ID 43300

Hamet Watt

Investor

I like to found, advise and invest in disruptive technology companies.

ID 4371

Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com

ID 29108

Dan Beldy

Investor

Partner at @steamboat-ventures

ID 224912

Shahin Farshchi

Investor

Principal at @Lux-Capital, @General Motors • Investor @sibeam, @Silicon Clocks • Studied at @berkeley, @ucla
http://shahinfarshchi.wordpress.com/

ID 418

Steven Dietz

Investor in @truecar, @zag, @eagle-crest-energy, @home-comfort-zones, @responselogix.

ID 607859

Joey Separzadeh

Investor

Managing partner of Optimal Investment Group

ID 555991

Ridaa Murad

Investor

Co-Founder @independence-brewing-co; Angel Investor & Board Member @pogoseat & @chaldal-com ; Angel & Advisor @swarm-mobile; Principal @christina-development

ID 17098

Jay Kline

Investor

Associate @invent-ventures , Strategic Pricing Manager @AT&T ~ @university-of-michigan Engineer @pepperdine-university-1 MBA

ID 126613

Ritchie Tuazon

Investor

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ritchie-tuazon/0/239/63b

ID 1801

Sumant Mandal

Investor

Partner at @clearstone-ventures

ID 396237

Andrew Adams

Investor

Presently @forerunner-ventures. Past: Summer Associate @softbank-capital, Software Eng (Intern) @amazon, @one-kings-lane. Always @stanford University (BA, MS).

ID 313363

Yue "Albus" Yu

Investor

VC @china-growth-capital , Co-Founder @sinoway-international-education • Worked at @idg-capital-partners • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
http://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/yueyu

ID 23587

monica dodi

Investor

Managing Director and Co Founder at The Women's Venture Capital Fund

ID 701124

Chirag Chotalia

Investor

VC @ Pritzker. Investor @ Honest @ Dollar Shave @ Retention Science. Formerly @ SV Angel, McKinsey. You'll find me in LA/SF/NYC.

ID 544973

Kevin Aratari

Investor

CMO at mOcean, helped take company form 6 to 200 employees, partner/investor in Need Brands.

ID 126831

Dmitry Ufaev

Investor

Founder @lucky-ventures-lucky-vc • Partner at @synergy-innovations-venture-fund • Investor and Entrepreneur.
http://www.lucky.vc

ID 496

Dave Lin

Investor


ID 89261

Paul Grand

Investor

Managing Director, RCT Ventures, focused on medical device opportunities. Producer of MedTech Idol venture competition for medical device start-up's.

ID 48462

Daniel Garrie

Investor

Lawyer, Scientist and Entrepreneur

ID 349427

Christopher Calder

Investor

VC at @epic-ventures • Founding team @xydo

ID 73425

Glenn Poppe

Investor

Senior Associate, @upfront-ventures in LA. Previously @trialpay BD and @bcg

ID 70637

Dean Newton

Investor

Portfolio Advisor: Advanced Technology Commercialization & Cloud-based Software Platforms at Relevance Capital
http://www.deannewton.com

ID 219665

Kevin Zhang

Investor

VC @upfront-ventures in LA. Formerly @boston-consulting-group and backend development @verisk-health

ID 810

Abrar Ahmad

Investor

Multi-stage VC at @travel-capitalist-ventures. Strong business and technical background. Exclusively travel focused. Exited 9 yr old travel company in 2008.

ID 394429

Prashant Fonseka

Investor

Analyst @crunchfund. Also @teach-for-america.
http://didacticventures.blogspot.com/

ID 100593

Kyle Taylor

Investor

Platform at @upfront-ventures
http://kyletaylor.la

ID 431748

Michael Rivera

Investor

Founder @6th Street Investments, LLC @6th Street Fitness, LLC @Westside Trading Company • Investor @Event Farm @OnFarm Systems @balqon @unvael.fm

ID 168243

Jordan Hudson

Investor

VC at @upfront-ventures • Previously in strategy & biz dev at Fox • Former tech & media investment banker at GCA Savvian

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