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ID 29930

William Hsu

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

ID 36915

Jeff Karish

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President at @windsor-media

ID 199136

John Hadl

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

ID 40547

Nick Wyman

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

ID 54780

Jacob Brody

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

ID 158548

Ting Louie

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

ID 2938

Alex Gurevich

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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 108207

Chris Hollod

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

ID 2467

David Travers

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Co Founder at Basepoint Ventures Partner at Rustic Canyon

ID 114752

Tianxiang Zhuo

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

ID 38439

Jason Ostheimer

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Early stage investor @ @advancit-capital

ID 220518

Matt Mazzeo

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Partner at @lowercase-capital

ID 6564

Nate Redmond

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

ID 9578

Brandon Zeuner

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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 54672

Jeff Tannenbaum

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

ID 71562

Andrew Montgomery

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Partner at MESA+

ID 207285

Mark Patricof

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Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA

ID 9304

Ryan Swagar

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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 23367

Greg Bettinelli

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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 179635

Clinton Foy

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

ID 1536

Sam Teller

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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 314939

Arteen Arabshahi

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

ID 111485

Zaw Thet

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

ID 139

Mark Suster

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

ID 815

Jim Andelman

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

ID 34109

Jamie Kantrowitz

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

ID 165679

Jon Bassett

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

ID 186

Andrew Parker

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

ID 98015

Adam Lilling

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

ID 126807

Nina Pustilnik

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

ID 209

Chris Sacca

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Founder and Managing Director, @lowercase-capital

ID 4179

Rick Smith

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Worked at @crosscut-ventures

ID 1085

Maneesh Goyal

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Managing Partner at N of 1 Partners

ID 1082

Peter Lee

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

ID 9501

Mark Mullen

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

ID 22345

Rahul Prakash

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

ID 2155

Ryan Moore

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

ID 2100

Bradley C. Harrison

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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 16

Beau Laskey

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Managing Director

ID 35895

Kai Tao

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

ID 60105

Samit Varma

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Anthem Venture Partners

ID 138525

Steve Taylor

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Chairman Taylor Asset Management, Inc.

ID 125574

Marc Bell

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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 56295

Adam Shaw

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

ID 363551

Peter Liu

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

ID 75369

Tom Unterman

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Founding Partner of Rustic Canyon

ID 374333

Cameron Newton, CFA

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

ID 95775

Richard Wolpert

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Founder @amplifyla • Works at @accel-partners

ID 4073

Merrick

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

ID 12160

Edward Fu

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Associate at @rustic-canyon-partners

ID 561779

Darryl Wash

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

ID 17302

Adam Corey

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

ID 136585

Lee Ann Daly

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

ID 96820

Chasm Capital Management

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stage agnostic investor

ID 35397

Dylan Pearce

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Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1

ID 2203

Mark Terbeek

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Partner, MK Capital

ID 158670

Sam Kokin

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

ID 86732

Rob Mallery

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VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup

ID 275

Brian McLoughlin

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

ID 129431

David Cremin

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john waller

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

ID 402612

Will Coffield

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

ID 24668

Michael Ross

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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 171304

Allison Long Pettine

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

ID 434033

Gabriele Gresta

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

ID 827

Bryce Johnson

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

ID 108685

Vivian F. Wang

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

ID 103140

Travis Putnam

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Managing Partner Navitas Capital

ID 65141

John Babcock

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Partner at Rustic Canyon Partners

ID 68076

Robin Kaminsky

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

ID 479

Ivan Nikkhoo

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

ID 29363

Robert Afshar

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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 228065

Rupert Ralston

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

ID 201846

Justin Golshir

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

ID 160294

J. Mathew Yohannan

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

ID 1989

Reese Jones

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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 555991

Ridaa Murad

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

ID 43300

Hamet Watt

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

ID 418

Steven Dietz

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

ID 485003

Randall Kaplan

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

ID 224912

Shahin Farshchi

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

ID 394589

Djian Salgado

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

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

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Partner at @steamboat-ventures

ID 3196

Artia Moghbel

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

ID 7437

Rachid Sefrioui

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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 17098

Jay Kline

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

ID 43348

Jack Leeney

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

ID 154476

Kihong Bae

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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 1801

Sumant Mandal

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Partner at @clearstone-ventures

ID 262526

Omar Al-Agely

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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 607859

Joey Separzadeh

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Managing partner of Optimal Investment Group

ID 123459

Zac Cherry

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Managing Director -- Caerus Ventures LLC

ID 126613

Ritchie Tuazon

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

ID 396237

Andrew Adams

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

ID 73425

Glenn Poppe

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

ID 23587

monica dodi

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

ID 48462

Daniel Garrie

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Lawyer, Scientist and Entrepreneur

ID 496

Dave Lin

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ID 313363

Yue "Albus" Yu

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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 394429

Prashant Fonseka

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

ID 544973

Kevin Aratari

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

ID 810

Abrar Ahmad

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

ID 431748

Michael Rivera

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

ID 89261

Paul Grand

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

ID 701124

Chirag Chotalia

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

ID 100593

Kyle Taylor

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

ID 349427

Christopher Calder

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VC at @epic-ventures • Founding team @xydo

ID 70637

Dean Newton

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

ID 168243

Jordan Hudson

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

ID 126831

Dmitry Ufaev

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

ID 219665

Kevin Zhang

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

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