Esther Dyson
Prolific Investor. Medstory, Evernote, Flickr, Meetup, EDventure, Release 1.0, del.icio.us
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Managing Director at Foundry Group
Co-founder of AOL; now Chairman of Case Foundation and Revolution (Zipcar, LivingSocial, Exclusive Resorts, Everyday Health, Revolution Money, Miraval, etc)
I'm the head of the webspam team at Google.
Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010 (Top 100 VCs). Stanford MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
Started 3 Internet companies (IPRO, Topica & TextMarks); Director at Kana, LinkExchange, Freedom Financial, Odeo and StumbleUpon. BS from MIT. MBA from Stanford
Serial Entrepreneur, 40+ Angel investments with $10 billion in exits including Linkedin, Paypal, Ziprealty, Plusmo, Vamoose, Evite
Ex-CEO of Wikia, Exec at eBay
Founder/CEO of XPD (sold, now Zynga China). Angel in Twitter, Square, and Foursquare. Advisor to Flipboard.
Founder, LUXr. Leader in the UX+Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of Adaptive Path.
Product Director, Ads at Facebook
Co-Founder/CEO of Invite Media. Golfer. Angel investor. Classic rock junkie. Entrepreneur. Fisherman.
Founder Ditto (sold to Groupon) & Jaiku (sold to Google)
Venture capitalist, Partner at Lerer Ventures, entrepreneur, media executive (ex-CEO of The Huffington Post, ex-CEO of Ziff-Davis), passionate about the oceans
Partner, Accel. Founder, Breyer Capital. Early Facebook investor. Board of Directors: Facebook, News Corporation, Dell, Etsy, Brightcove, Prosper, Wal-Mart
Distinguished Engineer at Google (One of first 10 employees); PM & Strategy on Gmail, GTalk, Video, Picasa, Orkut, Groups & Mobile. Co-dev of AdSense targeting.
Founder Factual. Founder Applied Semantics (developed ASI AdSense, bought by Google).
Founder & CEO at SecondMarket
VP Biz SlideShare, Co-founder, CEO Socialtext, Founder RateXchange took IPO, advisor to Estonian President.
Co-founder IGN.com & Cadence (SDA); emp #1 excite; emp #2 Frame.
CEO at Crowdstar; VP - Business Development at AdMob
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
Founder/CEO of Simulmedia. Sold TACODA to AOL for $275MM. Investor in ex.fm and Tapad
Founder & CTO of <redacted>. Angel & advisor. Geek. Ex-MSFT (21 years).
Founder of Linden Lab / Second Life, Love Machine, Worklist.net, Coffee & Power. Building futuristic things with computers and electronics since I was a kid.
Former President & COO at Groupon. Former CEO, SideStep (acquired by Kayak). Board Director at HomeAway, Tiny Prints, and High Gear Media.
Investor/ Business Builder -- Consumer internet/ mobile; Formerly VP Strategy at EBay
Spent 20 years developing, advising & investing in start-ups. Founded Rent Net and Move.com. Developed SkyScout. Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners.
Founder Kaltix (acquired by Google in 2003). Stanford CS PhD. Startup Advisor.
Founder and ex CEO WebSpy (took public), Founder Netlink Inspection Systems Exited via Trade Sale, Founder Netlink CRM,
Founder & CTO at SeatMe, Chief Architect of Napster, Founder of SNOCAP, Founder of Web Services, Founder of Heavy Electrons, Senior Product at LinkedIn.
Global CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association; former CEO of the IAB and 20 years of Digital Media experience.
CEO/Founder of Osome! Sold last startup to Groupon. Serial entrepreneur with management consulting backgound.
Vice President of Ventures at SRI • Co-Founder and Board Member of Siri (Acquired by Apple)
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.
Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
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.
Silicon Valley internet seed fund & accelerator. 500 team has worked @ PayPal, Google, AOL, Rackspace, Yahoo, YouTube, Mint.com, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund.
Managing Director of TechStars NYC
Managing Member of BoxGroup (Angel Investor)
Founder of @AngelPad, Ex-Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://thomaskorte.com/about-me/
Founder and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures. Formerly Sr. Manager, Strategic Partner Development; Product Manager; International Sales Manager at Google
Startup guy and advisor on metrics/marketing. Occassional blogger. Previously EIR at Mohr Davidow Ventures, ran product at AudienceScience.
CEO at Postling
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.
Theory & practice of social media. Advisor to Flickr, del.icio.us, dodgeball, currently to FourSquare, Socialbomb, Cursor, Nerd Collider, GivKwik, Singly.
Erick Schonfeld is the former Editor of TechCrunch. He has been covering startups and technology news since 1993.
Working on The Next Big Thing (Gaston Labs). Founded PBworks, Hacker Dojo, SuperHappyDevHouse, and Mexican.VC. Hacker. Award-winning startup advisor.
Managing Director, Activate; Director, Expert Labs; Blogger, Dashes.com
Google, Microsoft, Groove Networks, Bowstreet, Napster, AltaVista, Forte, DEC. Angel Investor.
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.
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
Early stage VC at General Catalyst
GP at Atlas Venture; founder of TUGG; advocate of uncertainty...
Founder Moon Express, Powerset (sold to Microsoft). Bing local, mobile, semantics . Assoc. Founder and Trustee, Singularity U. Active angel/advisor.
Founding Partner, Innovation Endeavors. Building an exceptional community of entrepreneurs around the world. Stanford MBA.
Investor in Kwaga, Farmeron, Patients Know Best, Scoville.
CEO @ LocalResponse, GP @ ENIAC Ventures, Partner India Internet Group. 12+ years experience investing and operating across the mobile ecosystem.
Founder & CEO at Microtask. Founder & CTO of Hybrid Graphics (NVIDIA Finland). HackFwd referrer. Coach at Startup Sauna.
Angel investor and founding partner of Amidzad, investor in Dropbox, Zoosk, Path, Causes, Soundhound, Backplane, Addepar, Ark and 40 other startups
Co-founder of Chart.io (YC 2010). Founding Partner at Spinnakr (500S). Sometimes investor.
We make life suck 34% less for early startups.
5.8k members Silicon Valley.
15 global chapters. 15+ members
Founder, FX Aligned, eSecLending. TechStars Boston, North Country Angels, Anges Quebec, Founder Fuel, MassChallenge. http://tydanco.com That's about it.
Founder of social software app Seesmic and LeWeb conference the #1 european tech conference
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Making Gumroad. Previously @ Pinterest.
Founding member of the Designer Fund & 500 Startups. Previously Facebook Fund & Venrock. Teach at Stanford design school & former Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab.
Welcome to the media revolution
Entrepreneur and angel investor from Latin America, living in New York. Founder and Managing Director at Quotidian Ventures.
VP, Say Media. Founder & CEO Dogster/Catster (sold to Say) and OneMatchFire(.com). Community. Product. Business. Start-up advisor, investor, mentor.
Partner at Rockfish Brand Ventures, co-founder at The Brandery
CEO & Co-Founder of ecomom. Sold last startup to Richard Branson's Virgin Group. Worked at Lycos, NBCi, PTC, SGI. Several exits (Buydirect for $140M)
Co-Founder / Managing Partner at RRE Ventures
Frontman at Rockstar Group, Advisor, Investor, trying to be an author (writing in process).
Associate at @Seedcamp, managing portfolio (60+ cos), operations, & connecting Seedcamp network (2000+ mentors & investors).
I answer email faster than you.
Founder HARO (sold to Vocus). CEO and Founder of Social Media and PR firm the Geek Factory. Investor and advsior to multiple early stage startups.
Founder of now public co. Got Yale into Entrepreneurship. Working with others to build DC into an entrepreneurial hub. Angel / VC/ Entrepreneur.
Marketer Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Co-Founder of NXTP Labs
Co-founded Digital Ventures & InZearch, sold them to Fox a News Corp company (NASDAQ:NWS)
Founder and Managing Director at ER Accelerator, Author of "Location Aware Applications", Serial Technology Entrepreneur
Managing Director at RTP Ventures. Three time founder and CEO, Venture Partner at Greycroft, technologist at heart now running a VC fund.
Hacker Angel. Founder @Punchfork. 11 yrs on Wall Street as a quant trader at Millennium & Goldman Sachs. BS Harvey Mudd, MS NYU/Courant. Data enthusiast.
Cofounder of Foodspotting. In a prior life, the Manager of Social Media + Digital Partnerships at The New York Times.
Innovator, investor. Founder, AdForce, Wink. Worked @ Verity, Apple. Investor/Advisor: LinkedIn, Cloudmark, Wikia, ICONAircraft, BrightRoll, Fundly, GAINFitness
Visionary Punk, founder of Chinaccelerator and HAXLR8R, partner at SOSventures. Sometimes cowork with coconuts.
Founder Cake Health. Corporate strategy, Seagate. Market research manager, Ipsos (clients: Google, Intel, LG, Sprint, Apple). Santa Clara U., Magna Cum Lauda
Founder
Managing Director of Singtel Innov8 VC fund. 23 angel investments over 7 years mostly in China. Steering Committee for Angelvest largest angel group in China
Co-founder of Huddle. Investor in Postmates, OnSports, Pipedrive, Buffer, Secret Escapes. All about product, brand, go-to-market. Brit in SF. Love puns.
President of BuzzFeed in NYC. He was previously Strategic Partner Development Manager on Google's SMB (Small Medium Business) Partnerships team.
Rumson Group. Helped invest in over 50 funds spanning private equity, Growth, VC and Real Estate. Invested globally in US, India, Europe, and China.
Angel Investor. Former CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) and Organic; Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab! Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Veteran founder (StreetEasy), advisor, investor (Vast Ventures).
Serial CTO and Entrepreneur - Angel Investor at Lead Dog Ventures... More at www.leaddog.com
Adelphic Mobile, Investor, Mentor at 500 Startups & TechStars.
Recently I left the ranks of angel investors to become the West Coast Director for Launch Capital. I hail from Apple, frogdesign, and Yahoo!
