Bill Tai
Angel or Seed in Twitter (Tweetdeck), Tango, ContextLogic, Soundtracking. VC in >15 startups that IPO'd; Founder or Chairman of 3 companies (1 IPO, 2 sales).
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Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010 (Top 100 VCs). Stanford MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
WordPress, Automattic, Akismet, Polldaddy, VaultPress, Gravatar...
http://ma.tt/
Co-founder of BetterWorks. Founder of MyMiniLife (sold to Zynga). Co-Creator of Farmville.
SVP Commerce & Local, Google. SVP Eng (all Ad systems & Google Apps), Google. VP Architecture & Systems, eBay. SVP Eng, Excite@Home. Board member, EA.
Marin Software Bd Member; Recurrent Energy Co-founder & COB; Work.com CEO; Excite@Home GM & SVP; bd member @ multiple public and private companies.
Founder HotOrNot; I/O Ventures
Co-founder, Scribd.com
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 Factual. Founder Applied Semantics (developed ASI AdSense, bought by Google).
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
Founder of Linden Lab / Second Life, Love Machine, Worklist.net, Coffee & Power. Building futuristic things with computers and electronics since I was a kid.
Co-founder of RedOctane, creators of Guitar Hero
Investor, board member, blogger and occasional executive
Angel investor & advisor - social, mobile, local tech. Portfolio includes Summize & Tweetdeck, both acq by Twitter. CEO Collecta, Pres Reuters Tech & SVP AOL
Founder of MyMiniLife. Co-Creator of FarmVille. Investor in BetterWorks, Pixelapse. Team member of Zynga, MyMiniLife.
Founder & CTO at SeatMe, Chief Architect of Napster, Founder of SNOCAP, Founder of Web Services, Founder of Heavy Electrons, Senior Product at LinkedIn.
Senior Vice President of Advertising at Hulu
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
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.
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.
Founder of @AngelPad, Ex-Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://thomaskorte.com/about-me/
A man. A plan. A panda.
Founder + CEO BetterWorks, adrenaline fueled angel, Marine...
San Francisco based incubator founded by @Thomas Korte and other ex-Googlers
CEO/Co-Founder of Stocktwits..GP of Social Leverage (Angel Investing)..Wallstrip creator (purchased by $CBS)..Momentum, Acceleration & LOL hunter..Love Popcorn
Venture Capitalist at Charles River Ventures
husband. dad. serial entrepreneur (firefly, lovefilm, seedcamp). operator (wpp, msft, skype). investor (index, TAG)
http://localglo.be
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
Angel Investor. Advisor. More at tgm.com
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-leaning investor at Intel Capital. Venture Advisor at 500 Startups, Board Advisor to StartX. Tribal kitchen goddess and @calista's mom.
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.
Investor in Kwaga, Farmeron, Patients Know Best, Scoville.
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
Angel investor
Internet focused VC and angel investor. Founder of Alpha (http://on.wsj.com/iHk2nk)
Partner at Google Ventures. Angel Investor. Founder of Google Analytics and Google Voice.
Founder: ChoiceVendor (LNKD), Social.IM (QCOM)
Operator: Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn
Investor: Mixer Labs (Twitter), iSkoot (QCOM), BetterWorks, Thumbtack
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
serial entrepreneur: co-founder of Spinner, Brondell, Grouper. 4 kids. and now Freestyle Capital.
OPERATOR - Prod Dev/Mkting
✦Excite@Home/SVP
✦Excite/SVP
✦Crystal Dynamics/Producer
✦EA/PM
INVESTOR:
✦LinkedIn/Board
✦Facebook/Board Observer
✦Pandora/Board
Co-Founder / Managing Partner at RRE Ventures
Principal at Polaris Venture Partners. Formerly: eBay, beRecruited (founder), Flite / Widgetbox.
Investor in Mint, Pandora, IdeaLab!, 33Across, Delicious, VideoEgg, Intelligize. Team member of First Round Capital.
Co-Founder/Partner at Science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. Built a few startups - Color, BillShrink, Photobucket.
Always the first on the dance floor.
Founder of now public co. Got Yale into Entrepreneurship. Working with others to build DC into an entrepreneurial hub. Angel / VC/ Entrepreneur.
CEO of Vidquik, co-founded 4 startups, raised over $50 million, led product to BusinessWeek's "Best of the Web" list, blogger, TEDster, mentor at MuckerLab
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.
Co-Founder Minbox, Co-Founder Penzu.
Innovator, investor. Founder, AdForce, Wink. Worked @ Verity, Apple. Investor/Advisor: LinkedIn, Cloudmark, Wikia, ICONAircraft, BrightRoll, Fundly, GAINFitness
Co-Founder: Enole. Engineer: SGI, CNET, Razorfish. Business Development: Photobucket, Clearspring.
Founder, Stealth Startup; Former Microsoft Corporate Strategy & Acquisitions.
Founder in SiliconANGLE. Investor & Founder in SiliconANGLE Labs Incubator. Angel Investor and Cofounder, VerticalEngine
Founder Cake Health. Corporate strategy, Seagate. Market research manager, Ipsos (clients: Google, Intel, LG, Sprint, Apple). Santa Clara U., Magna Cum Lauda
Incubating early stage venture businesses globally as Digital Garage. Invested in Technorati, Twitter, Path. Strong interest in Social Media to bring to Japan.
Founder at Uj Ventures (Seed Fund)
Partner Equilibrium Investments (Real Estate Fund)
Venture Partner at WI Harper (US-China VC)
Co-founder Tiny Prints
Serial entrepreneur with a couple of exits. Early investor in AVG, Mashery, 8tracks, Refinery29, Rapportive, 500Startups. UIUC Computer Science.
Rumson Group. Helped invest in over 50 funds spanning private equity, Growth, VC and Real Estate. Invested globally in US, India, Europe, and China.
Venture Partner 500Startups (focused Latam + international); Founder Brazil Innovators - epicenter of startups in Brazil. Connector, community builder
Former Head of Consumer Payments at Google, Founder/CEO of Jambool (acquired by Google), ex-Amazon.
Angel Investor. Former CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) and Organic; Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab! Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
time to get back to reality! silicon valley angel -- tesla motors, posterous, tweetdeck, zaarly, a thinking ape investor.
http://www.backtoreality.com
Investor and Company Builder - Partner, Greylock Partners
Cofounder @OkuriVentures, @TetuanValley, @Startupbootcamp and @StartSpain. Mentor @Seedcamp, @Gammarebels, @StartupHighway and @IBMSmartcamp. Former Blade Runner
General Partner at PROfounders Capital
European Venture Partner
SOSventures
http://bit.ly/billfyi
Diplomat (really), Philanthropist, Entrepreneur,
Founder WeForest.org, co-founder XING,
Author
Vice President - Investments / M&A at Plug & Play Tech Center
Venture Capital Investor at NVP
Investor in edu startups (Learn Capital), entrepreneur (@assetmap), writer (@change, @incmagazine + more), Live in the Mission, SF.
Founder of Opportunistic Ventures LLC & Playhopper. Frmr Executive at Facebook. Advisor to OpenFeint, Crowdstar & Padworx Digital. BoD at P1. Father of 3.
Social Entrepreneur
Eternal Entrepreneur
Founder/President U.S. Angel Investors. VP S&M Trader Media (acquired for $350M). Cofounder JMC Telecom. VP Sales and Marketing Bull
General Partner at Flywheel Ventures; Board of Directors at National Venture Capital Association
Founder of PageLever (YC S11). Helped YouTube be fastest growing fan page on Facebook. Advised: Mint, Intel, Microsoft, Redskins. Intern: TechCrunch & TechStars
Six Tech Start-Ups. Co-Founder/CEO LimeLife (sold to Total Beauty), VP Marketing XFire (MTV) / Mplayer (IPO), Electronic Arts, McKinsey. Mobile Expert.
Investor at Redpoint
Founder and Managing Partner, PivotNorth Capital
Active angel for 17 years; Currently working on a new gig;
Senior Partner with VC Globespan Capital for 12 years;
Top rated Wall Street analyst; Entrepreneur
Head of Growth @ Voxer
Early Stage Venture Capital Firm
Founder, TapSense. Head of Smartphones at InMobi. MS, MIT; B.Tech IIT Kanpur, India
Alireza is in charge of Investment for Plug & Play’s Ventures where he is responsible for supporting the firm’s investments and venture capital partners .
Hype-free social media strategist and speaker. Tequila guy. Angel. 18 years in digital marketing. Co-author of The Now Revolution. http://socialpros.com podcast
Head of Strategic Development at Khan Academy. I like to build things that help humanity.
CEO / CTO @ Precog.io. Veteran software craftsman, experienced manager, entrepreneur, startup junkie, consultant, master generalist. http://precog.io
Founder of StartupBus. Director at Charles River Ventures
Partner at Rembrandt Venture Partners. Fan of E2.0 and SaaS startups. Former SW engineer.
Managing Director and Founder, Industry Ventures LLC
Runs Silicon Valley's mobile incubator: investor in Gimmie, PlayHaven, PagerDuty, Attassa, FlightCaster, JuiceInTheCity, ZumoDrive, Localyte, Flit, UpOut
Chairman at Tradeshift & Everbread
