Dave Samuel
serial entrepreneur: co-founder of Spinner, Brondell, Grouper. 4 kids. and now Freestyle Capital.
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Founding Partner, First Round Capital; Founder Half.com (sold to EBay)
A venture capitalist that invests in who we are and who we are becoming.
Co-founder of AOL; now Chairman of Case Foundation and Revolution (Zipcar, LivingSocial, Exclusive Resorts, Everyday Health, Revolution Money, Miraval, etc)
Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010 (Top 100 VCs). Stanford MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
Founder of Technology Incubator Idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences.
Co-founder of Founders Den, co-owner of Slide nightclub, former founder & CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks.
Keen (Ingenio), DimensionX, Wallop, Coveroo and Cloudmark. $500+ million in exits to msft, at&t etc. Early advisor to facebook.
Partner at Embarcadero Ventures;
VP, User Growth, Mobile at Facebook;
VP, Platform & Monetization at Facebook;
VC at Mayfield Fund, VP & GM, AIM + ICQ at AOL
Managing Director at Morado Venture Partners. Former EVP, CPO and early engineer at Yahoo!.
Co-Founder & CEO of Circa. Co-Founded 1% of Nothing, SimpleGeo & Socialthing.
Founding Partner, Founder Collective; Formerly CEO LiveOps
Co-Founder Tellme (Microsoft), Founder Swipely
Founder Ditto (sold to Groupon) & Jaiku (sold to Google)
Founder HotOrNot; I/O Ventures
Early WebLogic engineer, EIR at Accel & Benchmark, Founder of Gauntlet Systems (Borland acq), Chief Technologist at Yahoo!, Founder of Bagcheck (Twitter acq)
Director of Search Product Management at Google
CEO at Ruba, Inc.
Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital
CEO, Xfire at MTV Networks
Partner at Catamount Ventures. Chairman of Pixelpipe. Former CEO of Ofoto, Xoom, and Xmarks. Co-founder of When.com. Seed investor in Postini.
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
I'm the founder of CrowdFlower/Dolores Labs.
http://lukasbiewald.com
Investor, board member, blogger and occasional executive
Spent 20 years developing, advising & investing in start-ups. Founded Rent Net and Move.com. Developed SkyScout. Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners.
Founder, Atom Entertainment (Viacom). Former President Global Digital Media, MTV Networks/Viacom. Board Director, INSEAD. Chairman, Sulake and Pressplane.
Founder & CEO, mySimon (acquired by CNET for $700 million); Founder & CEO, Become.com (raised $37 million in funding & grew the company to $56 million in rev)
Sweat - AngelList, Venture Hacks, Vast, Epinions; Money - Twitter, Heyzap, SnapLogic
Co-founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks • EIR at Atlas and Bessemer • Worked on Songbird, Grockit, Kovio • Schooling at MIT • Published in Science • 2 Patents
Venture Hacker at AngelList. Previously intern at IA Ventures. Founder of Quirk. PS3 R&D at Naughty Dog. CMU CS BS and MS.
Funding team at AngelList + VC at Atlas Venture; founded and killed Social Swipe. Retail + SMB in my DNA.
Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed.
Angel investor in 25 startups. Creator/founder: LAUNCH, TechCrunch50, Mahalo, Engadget, WeblogsInc, autoblog, silicon alley reporter, this week in startups.
Searching for world-changing technologies for Rackspace.
Managing Partner at SoftTech VC (one of the original micro-vcs, before it was fashionable ;). Invested in 125+ companies in 8 years. And really loving it.
Founder of @AngelPad, Ex-Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://thomaskorte.com/about-me/
A man. A plan. A panda.
San Francisco based incubator founded by @Thomas Korte and other ex-Googlers
Canadian. CEO/Founder of Clarity.fm. Co-Founder of Flowtown (Acquired '11), Founder of Spheric Tech (Acquired '08), Mentor @ 500Startup. Investor in many.
Erick Schonfeld is the former Editor of TechCrunch. He has been covering startups and technology news since 1993.
CEO/Co-Founder of Stocktwits..GP of Social Leverage (Angel Investing)..Wallstrip creator (purchased by $CBS)..Momentum, Acceleration & LOL hunter..Love Popcorn
General Partner at CrunchFund. Longtime writer at TechCrunch, VentureBeat, etc.
Partner at Start Fund
Founder & Exec Chairman of MediaTrust PerformanceExchange .Founder Internet Media Labs. Technology innovation & social media. Thiel Fellowship Foundation Mentor
The #1 European Seed Investment Program. Invested in 50+ startups from all over Europe. Based in London, helping to make the world a better place for startups.
Founder Graphicly. Multiple Entrepreneur. Mentor at Techstars & 500startups. Startup Doer and Advisor.
Investor in Infospace, StubHub, Serious Materials, Evite, Seagate, Spinner, LiveBid.
CEO of Referly. Formerly 1st employee at Twilio. 500 Startups Mentor. Forbes 30 Under 30 in Social/Mobile Tech 2011. College dropout.
Investor in SimpleGeo, Mint, Get Satisfaction, Xobni, TaskRabbit, DNAnexus, Yieldex. Team member of First Round Capital.
Currently @ Greylock. Was 2nd in at AngelList (managed dealflow through 8K startups), Oxford MBA, Cambridge Eng.
A Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former partner at Goldman Sachs, and founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994
Seed investor and serial entrepreneur. Co-founded Freestyle (early stage VC). Co-founded Spinner (sold to AOL), Grouper/Crackle (sold to Sony) & FYILiving.com
CEO of Socialize. Raised $1.5MM. Founded & sold PointAbout. Profiled in Wall Street Journal. General Electric TLP. Active founder+lifehacker blog. UVa McIntire
Founder & CEO of Teens in Tech Labs. Associate Producer of Olive the Movie. Evangelist, Silicon Valley at JESS3. Advisor at Everyme.
GP at Atlas Venture; founder of TUGG; advocate of uncertainty...
Founded Baseline in 2006. 60+ investments since inception and have helped more than 30 founders sell their companies with great success.
not godin, green, mcfarlane, rogen or any other seth. just me, the dad, entrepreneur, thinker.
http://www.sethgoldstein.com
Co-founding Partner @Venture51
Founder Moon Express, Powerset (sold to Microsoft). Bing local, mobile, semantics . Assoc. Founder and Trustee, Singularity U. Active angel/advisor.
Director Platform at Twitter; Director and early employee at Skyhook Wireless (mobile location, local)
Co-founder of Chart.io (YC 2010). Founding Partner at Spinnakr (500S). Sometimes investor.
Internet focused VC and angel investor. Founder of Alpha (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
Co-Founder at 42Floors, fixing commercial real estate.
Co-Founder at FlightCaster. Funded by Y Combinator/Sherpalo/Tandem. Acquired in '09.
Blog: humbledMBA
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Co-founder SimpleGeo, former lead architect at Digg
Entrepreneur and angel investor from Latin America, living in New York. Founder and Managing Director at Quotidian Ventures.
CEO and Founder of Appstores.com, previously Partner Engineer at Facebook, Co-founder of Ping.fm (acquired by Seesmic).
Advisor, Freestyle.vc; founder, Get Satisfaction; founder, Adaptive Path; Author, "Get Lucky"; enjoys semicolons.
Frontman at Rockstar Group, Advisor, Investor, trying to be an author (writing in process).
Principal at Polaris Venture Partners. Formerly: eBay, beRecruited (founder), Flite / Widgetbox.
Co-Founder/Partner at Science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. Built a few startups - Color, BillShrink, Photobucket.
Always the first on the dance floor.
Associate at @Seedcamp, managing portfolio (60+ cos), operations, & connecting Seedcamp network (2000+ mentors & investors).
I answer email faster than you.
Founder, Managing Director, Tekton Ventures (seed fund). Former entrepreneur, sold last co. to FormSpring. Public servant to company builders.
VC at True Ventures. Lover of Disruptive Technology, Punk Music, and Burritos.
http://www.lifeinbeta.org
Founder JustBooks / AbeBooks (sold to Amazon). Angel investor (> 30 consumer internet / SaaS investments). Venture Partner Acton Capital. Co-founder GrowLab.
Partner at Alsop Louie Partners
Founder/CEO, Schematic Labs, makers of Soundtracking.
Co-creator, imeem
investor/shareholder & advisor: Animoto, MessageParty, Stackmob, StumbleUpon, Uber
Prolific entrepreneur-founder, angel investor, and advisor in technology and media.
Founder, Stealth Startup; Former Microsoft Corporate Strategy & Acquisitions.
entrepreneur: HomeRun, AdRoll, Slide, Justarrive; soldier: PayPal, IDEO; investor: Clarium, angel
Founder in SiliconANGLE. Investor & Founder in SiliconANGLE Labs Incubator. Angel Investor and Cofounder, VerticalEngine
Founder/Managing Partner @ BHV; early-stage VC focused on media, tech, and entertainment. Focused on great people; MIT, Sloan '01; USMA '94; Airborne Ranger
Early-Stage Investor at Accel Partners; Founder, CEO at chart.io (YCombinator Summer 2010); Research at TechCrunch
Principal at Trinity Ventures
Rumson Group. Helped invest in over 50 funds spanning private equity, Growth, VC and Real Estate. Invested globally in US, India, Europe, and China.
Partner at Transmedia Capital and co-founder of Kicklabs seed accelerator in San Francisco. Focused on early stage digital media & cloud companies.
I'm interested in technology and real estate.
GP @ Social Leverage, Angel Investor, Hockey Player, Coach, Dad, Husband, Skier, 7/8's CDN
Partner/Co-founder of Stage One Capital and VP of Marketing for YETI Coolers. Multiple start-ups, former private equity. Marketer and fisherman at heart.
Director of Partnerships and Business Development at Google Chrome OS
President at TriplePoint Ventures
Investor and Company Builder - Partner, Greylock Partners
Managing Director, LaunchCapital
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1+ billion peak market value)
CEO Friendsheet, 64px, Free Gifts, LikeButton, early SGN, early @ Tapulous. FB Fund advisor, 500 Startups mentor. Notable FB Platform developer.
VP @ Simplegeo
Venture Capitalist
Partner at Transmedia Capital focused on early stage companies in the digital media market. I'm also an avid cyclist, urban farmer, health & fitness fanatic.
Founder, Voodoo Ventures, Founder, LPIgnition
Managing Partner at Cendana Capital; Investor and LP Advisory Committee member of IA Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, Freestyle Capital and SoftTechVC.
