Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
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
Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, @muckerlab - Entrepreneur, Executive, Product Guy.
http://Muckerlab.com/blog
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
Co Founder at Basepoint Ventures
Partner at Rustic Canyon
Co-Founder and CEO at Benny; former Partner at MESA+
http://www.jacobbrody.me
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.
Investor in @docstoc, @kin-5, @gaikai, @untangle, @playfirst, @perfect-market, @savings-com, @trion-worlds, @fulcrum-bioenergy.
President at @windsor-media
Director @galvanize-ventures-1 and Angel Investor. Ex - @foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate & @BoulderBeta Producer.
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
Early stage investor @ @advancit-capital
Managing Partner @P1 Capital, Formerly @nasdaq-private-market-1 and @sharespost , Investment Banker @deutsche-bank , MBA @university-of-southern-california-1
Investor @ @bluerun-ventures. also: developer, product designer, founder and investor in mobile & consumer web start-ups.
Chris works directly with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Ron Burkle to manage their venture capital fund, A-Grade Investments.
General Partner, @karlin-ventures. Worked at McKinsey & Co and founded online textbook retail company. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business MBA.
Partner at MESA+
Partner at @lowercase-capital
Founder @swoop • Worked at @us-venture-partners
Managing Partner at N of 1 Partners
General Partner at @spark-capital
http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/
Partner at Baroda Ventures
http://seeingeyetoeye.wordpress.com/
Investor @silverton-partners. Looking for killer software deals. Personally into gardening, soccer, SUP and good books.
Veteran Entrepreneur & Investor: @signiavc @plyfe @haulerdeals @4info etc | Philanthropist: @palindromeadv climateX @asasafterschool @unfoundation @sfspca
Founder & Partner, @coyote-ridge-ventures & @the-hatchery-1. Former 3x Entrepreneur with 3 successful exits.
Founder @double-m-partners @Mull Capital • Worked at @rbc-capital-markets, @City of LA • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @Thunderbird @Univ of Denver
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Founder and Managing Director of Plus Capital. Co-Founder of LaunchpadLA, Start-up Entrepreneur before that (1994-2009)
Venture Partner at MESA+, Managing Director at MESA. Fmr. @launchpadla + @myspace + worked globally across 20+ countries. Consumer, social, global expertise
Founder and Managing Director, @lowercase-capital
General partner, @upfront-ventures & 2x entrepreneur. Sold Koral to @salesforce
http://bothsidesofthetable.com/
Co-founder of @rincon-venture-partners. Investor in @burstly, @shift-1, @steelhouse, @the-resumator, @datapop, etc.
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
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
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
seed/series-a with @Karlin Ventures
Before this: helped launch @Built In Los Angeles and operations at @excelerate
Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment • Studied at @columbia-university
Worked at @crosscut-ventures
Founding Partner of Rustic Canyon
Managing Director
Anthem Venture Partners
Worked at @ascend-ventures • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder, @music-impacts. General Partner, @merrickhanna-ventures. Chairman, @tangible-worldwide. Worked w/ Mosaic, Flash, Urchin, and top ad agencies.
http://medium.com/@MayorRock
VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info
Partner, MK Capital
Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.
Managing Member Park One Capital, Single Family Office.
Founding Partner of k5 Venture Accelerator
TedX Orange Coast Advisor
See @branchout.com/Lee.Ann.Daly...Mommy, brand diva, Hoosier-Gothamite, foodie, fan of Frank Todaro, Chatelaine @ Self Inflicted Productions.
Currently: Partner @queensbridge-venture-partners
Previously: @500startups founding team at @sharespost, revenue generation and biz dev at @evite
stage agnostic 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
Chairman Taylor Asset Management, Inc.
Associate at @rustic-canyon-partners
Founder @amplifyla • Works at @accel-partners
Co-founder Relevance Capital & 4Ignition Enterprises. Board member SIGNiX, Agilum, Cortac, Consensus Point, Opti-Logic.
Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1
President of Structure: venture capital and advisory firm. Worked at Fox and the NFL. Founded Digital Artists and Spotrunner
Tech-optimist, wireless solutions hunter, cultural translator, PE investor. Long-time member of the Investment Team at Sasson Capital.
Focus on technology investments and exceptional management teams that are driven to build valuable companies around big ideas.
Managing Partner Navitas Capital
Partner at @upfront-ventures. Passionate about mobile, financial services and consumer internet. I'm an active angel investor looking for great entrepreneurs.
Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance
Founder, Developer, Angel investor
http://www.rupertralston.com
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.
Partner at Rustic Canyon Partners
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Worked at @idealab-4, @x1-technologies • Studied at University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles
VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup
Investor in @talenthouse.
http://www.IvanNikkhoo.com
Investor in @applied-semantics, @doubletwist, @admarvel.
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
Worked at @robertson-stephens, @sofi-1 • Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business, @stern-school-of-business
Trustee @singularity University I like building infrastructures: mobile, media, wireless, broadband, internet, health, synthetic biology; silicon valley veteran
http://www.google.com/profiles/reesejones1
President, Crescent Ridge Partners. Med Device VC & Startup experience.
Results driven, strategic, General Manager and C-level officer with consumer and technology product expertise
Principal at @Lux-Capital, @General Motors • Investor @sibeam, @Silicon Clocks • Studied at @berkeley, @ucla
http://shahinfarshchi.wordpress.com/
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Co-Founder @independence-brewing-co; Angel Investor & Board Member @pogoseat & @chaldal-com ; Angel & Advisor @swarm-mobile; Principal @christina-development
Investor in @truecar, @zag, @eagle-crest-energy, @home-comfort-zones, @responselogix.
Founder @DSE Consulting • B2B BD Manager @t-mobile, @At&t • Studied at @california State University, Fullerton,@Chapman,MBA Student @ GSB
Managing partner of Optimal Investment Group
Strong startup background with an unmatched work eithic - Worked at @twitter, @expensify, started @tutormatching • Studied at @university-of-florida
http://www.omaral-agely.com
Associate @invent-ventures , Strategic Pricing Manager @AT&T ~ @university-of-michigan Engineer @pepperdine-university-1 MBA
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
Co-Founder, Akamai Technologies; President and CEO, JUMP Investors; Chairman, mPath; Chairman, UrgentRx; Board Member, Tapiture.
I like to found, advise and invest in disruptive technology companies.
Co-founder at Glean; Former VC at Greycroft; Built and sold SchoolRack
http://artia.tumblr.com
Partner at @steamboat-ventures
Managing Director -- Caerus Ventures LLC
Partner at @clearstone-ventures
Strategic venture capital arm of Telefonica Digital based in London, Madrid and Silicon Valley focused on technology investing.
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
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ritchie-tuazon/0/239/63b
Managing Director, RCT Ventures, focused on medical device opportunities. Producer of MedTech Idol venture competition for medical device start-up's.
Portfolio Advisor: Advanced Technology Commercialization & Cloud-based Software Platforms at Relevance Capital
http://www.deannewton.com
Founder @lucky-ventures-lucky-vc •
Partner at @synergy-innovations-venture-fund • Investor and Entrepreneur.
http://www.lucky.vc
VC @upfront-ventures in LA. Formerly @boston-consulting-group and backend development @verisk-health
Managing Director and Co Founder at The Women's Venture Capital Fund
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
Senior Associate, @upfront-ventures in LA. Previously @trialpay BD and @bcg
Platform at @upfront-ventures
http://kyletaylor.la
Multi-stage VC at @travel-capitalist-ventures. Strong business and technical background. Exclusively travel focused. Exited 9 yr old travel company in 2008.
Presently @forerunner-ventures. Past: Summer Associate @softbank-capital, Software Eng (Intern) @amazon, @one-kings-lane. Always @stanford University (BA, MS).
VC at @upfront-ventures • Previously in strategy & biz dev at Fox • Former tech & media investment banker at GCA Savvian
VC @ Pritzker. Investor @ Honest @ Dollar Shave @ Retention Science. Formerly @ SV Angel, McKinsey. You'll find me in LA/SF/NYC.
Founder @6th Street Investments, LLC @6th Street Fitness, LLC @Westside Trading Company • Investor @Event Farm @OnFarm Systems @balqon @unvael.fm
Lawyer, Scientist and Entrepreneur
VC at @epic-ventures • Founding team @xydo
Analyst @crunchfund. Also @teach-for-america.
http://didacticventures.blogspot.com/
CMO at mOcean, helped take company form 6 to 200 employees, partner/investor in Need Brands.