Product
Vittana builds the world's first loan programs for poor students in developing countries. Anyone with $50 can help young people around the world finish their education: http://www.vittana.org
Founders
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Sebastien de HalleuxFounder & CEO, Togetr Co-founder & COO at Playfish
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Kushal ChakrabartiCEO, Vittana. Ironman triathlete.
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Kim RachmelerBoard of Directors; VP, Amazon
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Geoff DavisChairman/Director @ Vittana, Kiva, WasteVentures & EcoScraps. CEO @Unitus, Lingua group. Co-Founder Unitus Equity Fund; Founding investor SKS Microfinance
Previous Investors
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Mitch KaporLotus founder, built from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF. Founding Chair Mozilla. Investor: Twilio, Uber, Inkling, bit.ly.
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Shervin PishevarUnconfirmedManaging Director at Menlo Ventures; Co-Founder of SGN
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James CurrierFormer VC (Battery), Co-Founder Tickle (Monster), WonderHill (Kabam), Jiff, Medpedia.
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Sebastien de HalleuxFounder & CEO, Togetr Co-founder & COO at Playfish
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Andrew ConruStanford PhD, Early Internet pioneer, 20+ Internet startups including founder/CEO Friend Finder (grew to $300M/year)
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Dave McClureFounding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
Advisors
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Tim O'ReillyFounder, CEO, O'Reilly Media
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Saar GurVenture Capitalist at Charles River Ventures
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Dave HanleyFounder, Banyan Branch
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Jim FruchtermanMacArthur Fellow; CEO, Benetech. Founder Calera Recognition Systems (now part of Nuance). Caltech BS and MS. -
Lisa WitterCOO, Fenton Communications
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Randi ZuckerbergUnconfirmed