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
CEO iSkoot, sold to QCOM (VP now). EVP loopt. Founder, Pres DChoc. Founder, CEO SW Sports & Soft, sold to Paul Allen & iXL. CS Harvard. Inventor fantasy sports
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, Apps and Commerce at AOL • Sr. Adviser at Silver Lake • SVP Communications Community at Yahoo! • CEO at Dialpad • General Partner at @Ventures
Active observer/investor of key internet/consumer trends globally. Most recently MD, Sr. Internet analyst and the Lead China analyst at Piper Jaffray and Co.
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
Silicon Valley internet seed fund & accelerator. 500 team has worked @ PayPal, Google, AOL, Rackspace, Yahoo, YouTube, Mint.com, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund.
Investor for 20 years in teams (Zynga, XenSource/CTRX Facebook, Datamirror/IBM, Fortinet/FTNT, Tango, Metaweb, D-Wave) solving hard problems for large markets.
Venture Partner at SoftTech VC (with @Jeff Clavier), CEO and Co-Founder of Bionic Panda Games. BD roles at Serious Business (now part of Zynga), Google, and Gaia Online
Founder & Exec Chairman of MediaTrust PerformanceExchange .Founder Internet Media Labs. Technology innovation & social media. Thiel Fellowship Foundation Mentor
Founder, FX Aligned, eSecLending. TechStars Boston, North Country Angels, Anges Quebec, Founder Fuel, MassChallenge. http://tydanco.com That's about it.
Founding member of the Designer Fund & 500 Startups. Previously Facebook Fund & Venrock. Teach at Stanford design school & former Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab.
startup geek. co-founder or early employee of 4 startups. 3 successful acquisitions ($30M - $300M), 1 abject failure. now a partner at Kleiner Perkins.
Managing Partner of early stage VC firm Quest Venture Partners. Board member and major investor at Qik (sold to Skype), investor in Tapulous (sold to Disney).
been around the block, started & exited several companies. knows both founder & investor perspectives. solid street cred, knows his stuff.
— Founder of a company Karl invested in
Experienced entrepreneur, smart, quick, decisive.
— Founder of a company Karl invested in
Outstanding advisor/angel. Helpful, supportive, provides great feedback and has an excellent network. Extremely lucky to have him on board.
— Founder of a company Karl invested in
Advisors and investors tend to over promise and under deliver, but not Karl Jacob.
— Co-investor in company Karl invested in
Karl has a crazy amount of experience as a serial entrepreneur. He's been through it all and can provide context behind any hard decision you might be facing.