Growth-stage investors

Golden Seeds

Angel NetworkJericho, United States

Dr. Una Ryan serves as Managing Director at Golden Seeds. She is currently Research Professor of Medicine at BU School of Medicine and serves on its Board of Visitors. Her board positions include AMRI (Lead Director, Nominating and Compensation committees) and MSH (Audit and Compensation committees). Dr. Ryan was most recently President and CEO of Diagnostics For All (DFA), a non-profit organization developing inexpensive diagnostics for global health and agricultural uses. Previously, she was President and CEO of AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc, (NASDAQ) a company developing vaccines and immunotherapeutics for cancer, travelers, food safety, and global health, and also a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to AVANT, she was director of Health Sciences at Monsanto Company. Before that, she held a number of positions in academia, including Research Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She was also Chair of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, served on its Board, as well as the Biotechnology Industry Organization, New England Healthcare Institute, Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute, Strategy & Policy Council of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative Leadership Council and the Goddard Council on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Dr. Ryan holds a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Cambridge University and BS degrees in Zoology, Microbiology and Chemistry from Bristol University. She received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Bristol University in 2009. In 2007, Dr. Ryan received the Albert Einstein Award for outstanding achievement in the life sciences. In 2002 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded Dr. Ryan the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to research, development and promotion of biotechnology. She is also an Angel Investor. She also serves as a Board Member at Nativis.

Travel Capitalist Ventures

Venture CapitalIrvine, United States

Mr. Abrar Ahmad serves as Partner TravelCapitalist ventures, the first travel focused private equity and venture capital firm. Since 2010, he’s lead investments in 6 countries in 5 person travel startups to 300 person $100M a year travel companies. He also leads the firms co-investor relationships with leading sovereign wealth and global PE funds and sits on the Board of the NDC Innovation Fund; a historic partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Starting his 15th year in travel, he is an expert in identifying travel trends to leverage, discerning companies to invest in and tactically shaping a company’s expansion strategy. In October 2014, Travel Capitalist and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) established a "first in travel industry" and "first ever partnership between a trade association and an investment firm" partnership through The NDC Innovation Fund; an early stage investment fund supporting innovation in airline distribution using the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. Travel Capitalist was the first to identify FishFishMe (a leading B2B2C fishing charter platform) and Guiddoo (an award winning travel app) as investments and where Mr. Ahmad serves on the Advisory Board. Mr. Ahmad is also a recognized Mentor to in5 (Dubai's leading incubator) companies. Mr. Ahmad is a well-known and selective speaker on emerging travel trends and opportunities, travel monetization and growth strategies and travel focused investments. He has spoken at numerous international events, including The Economist Magazine "Future of Travel Summit" (Madrid), IATA World Passenger Symposium, at Singapore’s Web In Travel, the largest travel conference in Asia, at Dubai Tech Nights, the leading technology group in the UAE and at in5 Innovation Hub, a leading Dubai incubator. He has also spoken on entrepreneurship to the graduating MBA classes of both Tulane University and Loyola University in the United States. He is also an Angel Investor.

Mr. Dev Ittycheria serves as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Board Member at MongoDB. He also serves as an Operating Avisor at Red Oak Growth Partners. He serves as Advisor at Lead Edge Capital. He also serves as Executive Advisor at OpenView Venture Partners. He also serves as the Board Member and an Advisor at ActionIQ. He is an entrepreneur, operator, and investor who recently joined MongoDB as the company's CEO. He was previously Managing Director at OpenView and, prior to that, a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, where he got exposed to the inner workings of the venture capital business. Earlier, he was the President of BMC Software, where he was responsible for a business with $1.4 billion in annual revenue and over 4,000 employees. During his tenure at BMC, Dev and his team radically transformed a mature software business to deliver superior financial results that far outperformed its competitors. Previously, Dev was the co-founder and CEO of BladeLogic, one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies of the last decade. After co-founding the business in 2001, he went on to take the company public in 2007, and then sold it to BMC in 2008 for approximately $900 million. Earlier in his career Dev was a pioneer in cloud computing. He co-founded and served as the CEO of Applica, one of the first venture-backed cloud companies. He eventually merged the business with Breakaway Solutions and the combined company went public in 1999. Dev began his professional career at large and growth-stage telecom companies developing advanced broadband services for large enterprise customers. Dev is an investor and a member of the board of directors of AppDynamics, athenahealth (Nasdaq: ATHN), Bazaarvoice (Nasdaq: BV), Datadog, and Signpost. Dev received a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Rutgers University, was awarded the Medal of Excellence, and was recognized by the School of Engineering as its 2010 Alumnus of the Year.

Madrona Venture Group

Venture CapitalSeattle, United States

Mr. Greg Gottesman is a Co-Founder of and serves as the Managing Director and Board Member at Pioneer Square Labs. Greg serves as a Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group. He also serves as Investment Committee Member at The W Fund. He serves as a Investment Committee Member at The W Fund. In addition to Jobaline, he currently serves on the boards of BuddyTV, Cheezburger, Intrepid Learning Solutions, Nimbic, and WildTangent. Greg is also the founder, current board member, and former CEO of Rover.com, the world's largest pet sitting marketplace. Greg recently served on the boards of Decide (acquired by eBay) and ThisLife (acquired by Shutterfly) and helped manage the firm's investment in Wavii (acquired by Google). He also managed Madrona's investments in Dantz Development Corporation (acquired by EMC), Rendition Networks (acquired by Opsware), Singingfish.com (acquired by Thomson Consumer Electronics), LiveBid.com (acquired by Amazon.com), and AdRelevance (acquired by Media Metrix). Greg serves on the board of UP Global and as the President of the Evergreen Venture Capital Association. He is on the investment committee of the W Fund, a University of Washington-based venture fund. He is the author of three books. Greg is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington Business School, where he teaches a course on Entrepreneurship. Greg graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction from Stanford University, with honors and distinction from the Harvard Business School, and with honors from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Currently serves on the boards of Bocada, BuddyTV, Cheezburger, Intrepid Learning Solutions, Jobaline, ThinkFire, and WildTangent. He is a Board Member of Spare5.

Norwest Venture Partners

Venture CapitalPalo Alto, United States

Mr. Sean Jacobson serves as Partner and Venture Investor at Norwest Venture Partners. Sean is a former SaaS executive with broad technology, sales and business development expertise. He focuses on early to late stage investment opportunities in enterprise cloud, including SaaS, mobile-first business applications, B2B marketplaces, VR, AI, and machine learning in the enterprise, and industry cloud solutions in the following sectors: healthcare IT, financial services, real estate, transportation, manufacturing, oil & gas, and agriculture.Sean was previously a venture partner at Emergence Capital Partners where he focused on business cloud investments, after being an executive and advisor at Emergence Capital portfolio companies Hightail and Doximity, respectively. Previously he was VP of Channel Management at Cornerstone OnDemand (Nasdaq: CSOD), a human capital management software-as-a-service provider. Sean helped grow the company from $7 to $75 million in revenue and 300,000 subscribers to over 7.5 million. Before his tenure at Cornerstone OnDemand, Sean was VP of Sales and Partner Development at WageWorks (NYSE: WAGE), a leading provider of consumer-directed spending solutions, which grew from $3 million to $82 million in revenue during his tenure. Prior to WageWorks, he was at Elance, the world's largest marketplace of contractors.Sean holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in marketing, finance and International business from the University of Wisconsin. In addition to serving on the Satmetrix board, he is co-President and co-founder of the HBS Alumni Angels, the largest university-affiliated angel group in the world.

Sand Hill Angels

Angel NetworkMenlo Park, United States

Mr. Sherman Ting serves as President Emiritus and Board Member at Sand Hill Angels. Sherman has over 25 years of experience in the high technology industry, in engineering, executive management and as an entrepreneur. He is an active investor in start-up ventures. Most recently, Sherman was Founder and CEO of Century A Technologies, a company which built a marketing/sales/support infrastructure in China, for new breeds of Internet-based enterprise software products designed in the US. Previously, Sherman was Vice President at Oracle Corporation, where he founded the HP Products Division and grew the business into the number one product line, with over $300M in product license revenue. While at Oracle, he also established the Asia Products Division to spearhead the cultivation of business in the Asia Pacific region, which later became the fastest growing market for Oracle. As a result, Oracle's Japanese subsidiary experienced one of the most successful high tech IPOs in Japanese history. In addition, Sherman was on the Oracle CEO's hand-picked team to start up a Network Computer business, to revolutionize how people and businesses use the Internet. Prior to Oracle, Sherman held engineering positions at Hewlett Packard, developing relational database systems for HP's cutting edge RISC computer servers and at Intel, developing computer language processors for Intel's advanced chip architecture. Sherman received an MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Walden International

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Mr. Steve Ahn serves as Venture Partner at Walden International. He founded Leadis Technology, Inc. in May 2000 and served as CEO from its formation to November 2005. Under his leadership, Leadis rapidly became a leading manufacturer of display drivers for mobile devices. Leadis completed its initial public offering at NASDAQ in June 2004. From 1992 until founding Leadis, Steve held several senior positions at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in Korea, including Vice President and General Manager of the LCD Driver Division and Flash Memory Division both of which have eventually grown into multi-billion dollar businesses. Prior to serving in these positions, he was the Senior Manager of the Process Technology Team during which time his team played a major role in the successful development of the world's first 256Mb DRAM in 1994. Steve also worked as a research engineer at Sharp Corporation in Japan from 1989 to 1992 and as a member of the research staff at National Semiconductor Inc. from 1988 to 1989. In 1994, he received the Grand Prize of the Samsung Group Technical Achievement Award for his contribution to the development of the next generation DRAM. Steve also has published over 60 technical papers. Steve holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Seoul National University, an M.S. in Materials Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

T-Mobile Ventures

Corporate VCUnited States

Mr. John Legere serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at T-Mobile. He has served as a director of our Company since April 30, 2013 and is a member of the Executive Committee of our Board of Directors. Mr. Legere joined T-Mobile USA in September 2012 as President and Chief Executive Officer and became our President and Chief Executive Officer on April 30, 2013 upon the consummation of the Business Combination. Mr. Legere has over 34 years' experience in the U.S. and global telecommunications and technology industries. Prior to joining T-Mobile USA, Mr. Legere served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Crossing Limited, a telecommunications company, from October 2001 to October 2011. Before joining Global Crossing, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Asia Global Crossing; as president of Dell Computer Corporation's operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; as president Asia-Pacific for Dell; as president of AT&T Asia Pacific; as head of AT&T's outsourcing program and as head of AT&T global strategy and business development. Mr. Legere serves on the CTIA Board of Directors. Mr. Legere received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, a Master of Science degree as an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and he completed Harvard Business School's Program for Management Development.

Correlation Ventures

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Mr. Trevor Kienzle is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Correlation Ventures. He helps lead the firm, manages its Bay Area office and leads its information technology, consumer and business services investment practices. Trevor began his venture capital career in 1997. Prior to Correlation, Trevor was a Managing Director of Newbury Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital fund headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. There, he led investments in the technology sector, including in such companies as MetaLINCS (acquired by Seagate) and Onaro (acquired by NetApp). Previously, Trevor was Vice President at GE Equity, the $2 billion venture capital arm of GE Capital, most recently as co-head of the Software Group. He had responsibility for a team of investment professionals managing 26 portfolio companies. He led GE Equity’s investments in Okena (acquired by Cisco) and RSA Security (RSAS) (successful PIPE investment, acquired by EMC) and co-led its investment in Netscreen (NSCN, acquired by Juniper). Trevor also was co-founder and CFO of Loans USA (acquired by Mariner Finance). Prior to that, he worked as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche as well as Furash & Company, and as an investment banker at Bankers Trust Company. The son of a U.S. diplomat, Trevor has lived in seven foreign countries. He received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia.

Noosphere Ventures

Corporate VCMenlo Park, United States

Mr. Watt serves as a President & CFO at Noosphere Ventures. He is also an Angel Investor. He joined William Blair & Company in 2010 as the head of Internet and digital media investment banking. Prior to joining the firm he was a Partner in America’s Growth Capital’s Menlo Park investment banking group. Before joining AGC, Mr. Watt was a Director in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch, where he was a leading member of its Global Internet and Digital Media investment banking practice. He joins AGC with 10 years of investment banking experience, having advised on over $10 billion of equity and debt financings, as well as over $20 billion of mergers and acquisitions for clients including Blue Nile, eBay, eHealth Insurance, FTD, InterActiveCorp, HP, Move.com and Research in Motion. Previously, Mr. Watt was a member of Merrill Lynch’s European Financial Sponsors Banking Group, based in London, UK, where he focused on strategic advisory and debt financing assignments for leading European and US private equity funds. A native of Scotland, Mr. Watt began his career at Ernst & Young. Immediately prior to joining AGC, he was a Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, a global specialty finance company, where he focused on later stage venture investing. Mr. Watt holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (CA).

Richard C. Spalding

Venture CapitalUnited States

Mr. Richard Spalding serves as a Managing Director at Kearny Venture Partners. He also serves as Board Member at Aspire Public Schools. He is an angel investor. He has been investing in and advising private companies for more than 30 years. Prior to KVP, Dick was Vice President and the first CFO at Portal Software (1997 - 1999), which grew from 10 to 120 employees during his tenure. Prior to Portal Software, he served as CFO for Fusion Medical Technologies, and was responsible for all aspects of the company's IPO. Before Fusion, he was the head of West Coast investment banking for Alex. Brown and Sons, which included supervision of the firm's Japan office. Dick was with Alex. Brown between 1991 and 1996, during which time he and Jim were partners. Dick joined Alex. Brown, after a fourteen-year tenure at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where he co-founded the firm's Palo Alto office, which grew from 2 to over 100 lawyers. He specialized in representing biotechnology companies, including IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gen Pro, Inc., and Xoma, Inc., among others. He was previously an observer to the board at Align Technology [NASDAQ: ALGN], and currently serves as an observer to the board at Kai Pharmaceuticals and served as the Board Member at Spinal Motion. He holds an A.B. with honors from Harvard College, and a J.D. with honors from Columbia Law School.

ClearCo

United States

Clearco is a suite of performance financing products and services tailor-made to help founders win. A pay-as-you-grow pioneer and the world’s largest ecommerce investor, our mission is to remove the barriers between brilliant ideas, and brilliant businesses. Clearco has invested $2 billion-plus into 4,500+ companies using data science to identify high-growth funding opportunities in less than 24 hours. This data-driven approach takes the bias out of decision-making and helps Clearco fund 8x more female founders than traditional VCs across 6 countries. What are the minimum requirements for funding? We currently provide financing for eCommerce and Consumer SaaS (software as a service) companies. At this time we are unable to provide capital to service-based, or agency companies. To receive funding offers, your business must meet our eligibility requirements. Marketing Capital, Inventory Financing, or ClearRunway: 6+ months of revenue greater than 10k/month from connected sales platform(s) incorporated (i.e. corporations or limited liability companies) in North America, United Kingdom, Australia or The Netherlands ClearAngel: 2-20k/month in revenue from connected sales platform(s) incorporated (i.e. corporations or limited liability companies) in North America, United Kingdom, Australia or The Netherlands

Icon Ventures

Venture CapitalPalo Alto, United States

Mr. Paul Sallaberry serves as Venture Partner at Icon Ventures. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Seal Software. He was a Member of the Board of Directors for Quest Software, an information technology and systems management company that recently became a part of Dell. He provided strategic guidance to Quest as it developed, manufactured, and supported software used in a variety of industries. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of Acquia, a commercial open-source software company that concentrates on products and services for Drupal. Mr. Sallaberry also sits on the Board of Advisors for PureStorage , Liquid Robotics, and Calypso Software. Aside from his work as a board member, he holds a spot on the University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management Dean’s Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees of the UC Davis Foundation. He is also a Trustee of Sacred Heart Schools and a Venture Partner at Jafco Ventures. Before taking up his current duties, he spent eleven years with Veritas Software, now Symantec, as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations. Earlier in his career, he worked with software companies such as Oracle, Applied Data Research, and Dorado Software. He holds a degree from the University of California, Davis.

Impact Seven

United States

Impact Seven’s mission is to impact communities and lives through socially-motivated investment and service. We serve as an alternative lender to businesses looking to start, grow and thrive. We offer opportunity to people and businesses that may not be able to find it elsewhere because, while still rigorous, our processes are rooted in common sense. Our loans range from a few thousand dollars to a few million, but each client is as important as the next. An experienced alternative lender, we are a statewide, private, nonprofit community development corporation that works diligently to help our clients reach their full potential. Impact Seven has assembled a group of funds from public and private sources to create a small business lending pool, our Revolving Loan Fund. This fund is designed to assist growing and start-up businesses in our Wisconsin communities. Eligible borrowers are any emerging, expanding or existing businesses in the state of Wisconsin, and some counties in Minnesota, not considered “sin businesses” by federal regulations. Loans from this fund can range anywhere from $10,000 to $5,000,000. Impact Seven can help to facilitate additional funding needs with trusted partners for projects of any size.

Mr. Matthew Vettel serves as Managing Partner at Great Hill Partners. He serves as Board Member at AffiniPay. He is responsible for transaction origination, investment policy, fundraising, investor relations and the general management of Great Hill Partners. His investment experience covers a broad group of industries including software, transaction processing, education and business services. Mr. Vettel serves on the Board of Directors of Match Education, Network Merchants, Vanco Payment Solutions, BlueSnap, Neumont University and PlanSource. He formerly served on the Boards of Freightquote.com, bswift, PayChoice, Passport Health Communications, Accelerated Payment Technologies, etc. Prior to Great Hill Partners, Mr. Vettel was an associate at GTCR Golder Rauner, a $6 billion private equity investment firm, and served on the boards of companies in the technology, healthcare and media sectors. Previously he was a Senior Associate at Accenture and a founding member of PureSpeech, a speech recognition software company acquired by Voice Control Systems. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management from North Dakota State University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

main street capital corporation

Venture CapitalHouston, United States

Main Street is a principal investment firm that primarily provides customized long-term debt and equity capital solutions to lower middle market companies and debt capital to private companies owned by or in the process of being acquired by a private equity fund. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides customized "one-stop" debt and equity financing solutions within its lower middle market investment strategy. Main Street seeks to partner with private equity fund sponsors and primarily invests in secured debt investments in its private loan investment strategy. Main Street's lower middle market portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's private loan portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $25 million and $500 million. Main Street's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "MAIN."

Gary M. Lauder

Venture Capital

Mr. Gary Lauder is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Director at Lauder Partners. He has been a venture capitalist since 1985, investing in over 80 private companies. He is also Chairman of ActiveVideo Networks. Other directorships: OnLive, net2tv, Promptu, MediaFriends and ShotSpotter. Investments are primarily in television/IPTV technology and WWW arenas. In the 1980's, he worked at the venture firms of Aetna, Jacobs & Ramo Technology Ventures, as well as Wolfensohn Associates. He holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania; a BS in Economics from the Wharton School; and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the co-creator of the Aspen Institute's Socrates Society with Laura, his wife. He is a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program. He has had a working cable modem (usually) in his home since 1994. He is co-inventor of 12 patents, has spoken at over 100 industry forums, and, since 1992, has published several articles about the future of the cable industry...that he still stands by.

The Carlyle Group

Private EquityWashington DC, United Kingdom

Mr. Marcel Poecke serves as Head, International Energy at The Carlyle Group. He has a long-term relationship with Carlyle and is a 25-year energy sector veteran. Most notably, he founded Petroplus in 1993 and grew the business into the largest independent oil refiner in Europe. Following his departure from Petroplus in late 2007, Mr. Poecke established AtlasInvest N.V. to make oil and gas investments where he and his team built an energy portfolio in oil, gas and renewable energy. In 2009, the team made its largest investment to date, Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE). ONE is a private Dutch exploration & production company with a long track record in running a diversified upstream portfolio. Marcel van Poecke is chairman of the ONE Board and a Board Member at Discover Exploration, VARO, Hestya and Argos Group Holdings. He has a degree in Agricultural Business Administration from the University of Wageningen and a Masters in Business Administration from the William E. Simon School of Management, University of Rochester.

Sigma Partners

Venture CapitalCampbell, United States

Mr. Robert Davoli serves as a Managing Director at Sigma Prime Ventures. He also serves as a Board of Director at VIRTUSA. From February 1993 to September 1994, Mr. Davoli was president and chief executive officer of Epoch Systems, Inc., a vendor of client-server data management software products. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Davoli served as an executive officer of Sybase, Inc. (which AnchorAnchoracquired SQL Solutions). In 1985, Mr. Davoli founded SQL Solutions, a purveyor of services and tools for the relational database market where he was president and chief executive officer from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Davoli holds a B.A. in History from Ricker College and studied Computer Science at Northeastern University for two years. Mr. Davoli brings to the board of directors his broad entrepreneurial experience, his extensive experience in the technology industry and his service as a director of the Company since 2000, which affords him unique perspectives on our growth and evolution.

Insight Partners

Venture CapitalNew York, United States

Jerry Murdock is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Insight Venture Partners. He played a leading role in defining the company's investment strategy and was primarily responsible for the development of many of the firms portfolio investments. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Murdock was a founder and director of the Aspen Technology Group. Mr. Murdock graduated with a degree in Political Science from San Diego State University and subsequently worked at the Georgetown Center for Strategic & International Studies (now known as CSIS), where he was a contributor to the export competitiveness project. His work was published in The Export Competitive Series: Comparative Analysis of Export Policy, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Japan. Mr. Murdock is a member of the Board of Trustees of both The Santa Fe Institute and The Aspen Institute and is a co-founder of For The Forest. He is also the Board Member at FuzeBox Software and Truecaller.

Blackstone Group

Private EquityLuxembourg City, United States

Mr. Jonathan Gray serves as a Global Head of Real Estate at The Blackstone Group. He is also a Board Member at Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Since joining Blackstone in 1992, Mr. Gray has led the privatization of eleven public real estate companies valued at more than $100 billion including Extended Stay America, Wyndham International, Carr America, Equity Office Properties and Hilton Hotels. Mr. Gray previously worked in the Corporate Advisory Services group and the Private Equity group at Blackstone. Mr. Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He currently serves as a board member of the Pension Real Estate Association, Harlem Village Academies and Trinity School. He is also an Angel Investor.

Dubilier & Company

Private EquityUnited States

Dubilier & Company is a Stamford, Connecticut based private investment firm that seeks to invest in all stages of a company’s life-cycle, from venture capital to acquisition. The firm specializes in investing in areas such as entrepreneurial or family-owned businesses in which the shareholders are seeking liquidity, acquisition or growth capital infusions in companies looking to accelerate growth, non-core divisions of corporations that no longer meet the strategic goals of the parent company, undervalued or under performing enterprises with the opportunity to effect change, strategic or financial partnerships with others who bring additional skills or expertise to the company. It primarily focuses on businesses in the consumer products, e-commerce, online marketing, information technology systems and services, and media and publishing industries.

Social Capital

Venture CapitalPalo Alto, United States

Mr. Thomas Layton serves as a Board Partner at Social Capital. He was Chief Executive Officer of Metaweb Technologies since June 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable from 2001 to June 4, 2007. He co-founded MAPLight. He co-founded CitySearch and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from November 1995 to June 1999. He also serves as a Board Member at Doxo. He served at Score Learning as the Chief Financial Officer from April 1994 to October 1995 and as its President and Chief Operating Officer from March 1995 to October 1995. He served as a Vice President and General Manager of MicroFinancial and from 1986 to 1988, he served as a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a BS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Inovia Capital

Venture CapitalToronto, Canada

Mr. Geoff Judge serves as a Partner at iNovia Capital. He is also the Board Member at Collective. He serves as an Advisor at Transactis. A co-founder of 24/7 Media, he guided the company to a public offering in August 1998. 24/7 was later acquired by WPP in 2007 for $649MM. He was at iMarket prior, where he was the CMO. He spent 9 years at American Express in the Card Division in several roles including VP and GM, Travel & Corp. Insurance Group. He was an investor in IndustryBrains (sold to Marchex), on the Board of Fetchback (sold to GSI), Oggifinogi (sold to Collective) and current board member of Global Cash Access (NYSE: GCA). He's a founding board member of Children for Children, and a Trustee for the Sacred Heart School in Manhattan for 6 years. He served as Advisor at ClickFacts.

Bcfcapital

United States

We are America’s most comprehensive financing and technical support organization exclusively serving NMSDC-certified businesses, providing loan programs and consulting services. The organization offers a wide range of financing programs and business advisory services to NMSDC-certified minority businesses. The BCF is a “difference maker” for minority-owned businesses that need capital and business support services to grow their business but are unable to obtain them from conventional sources on reasonable terms. Our loan programs are available to companies that are: NMSDC-certified minority businesses, suppliers in NMSDC corporate member or government supply chains, at least three years old, and financially sound with an adjusted cash flow to debt service ratio of at least 1.25 times.

Business Impact NW

Business Impact NW works with you to provide funding for your small business - from startup to growth capital, our services are designed with you in mind. And as a compassionate lender, we can be more flexible than traditional lenders. We offer loans ranging from $5,000 to $350,000. The “5 C’s of Financing” allow us to be more flexible with our funding than traditional lenders. In fact, 99% of our clients are business owners who are ineligible for commercial bank loans at this time. That means they’ve been turned down by a bank, but still have the capacity to meet our “5C’s” criteria. Our average interest rate is 9.5%. Business stages we fund: startup businesses (0-6 months in operation), new businesses (fewer than 2 years in operation), established businesses (2+ years in operation).

Baird Capital

Private EquityMilwaukee, United States

Baird Capital is a private equity firm which specializes in venture capital, growth equity, buyout and other equity investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Asia with a focus on China and Europe with a focus on the United Kingdom and Germany. It seeks to invest in the healthcare, industry and technology sectors. It operates through six platforms namely: Baird Capital Partners, Baird Venture Partners, Baird Capital Partners Asia, Baird Asia Ltd., Baird Capital Partners Europe, and Granville Baird Capital Partners Germany. The firm being founded on 1989, operates as a subsidiary of Robert W. Baird and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Shanghai' China; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and London, United Kingdom.

Aeterna Capital Partners

Family OfficeNew York, United States

Aeterna Capital Partners is a family office backed private investment firm focused on direct lower middle market investments, including mezzanine debt and private equity. Aeterna seeks to invest in companies in the United States through flexible structures tailored to meet the objectives of a company's ownership (sponsors, lenders, management) and business strategy. Aeterna will invest $2-$10MM depending in transaction dynamics, focuses on Companies generating EBITDA between $2-$10MM and is opportunistic in its approach. Aeterna frequently co-invests with like-minded investors and maintains flexibility in structure - Aeterna does not have strict limitations to adhere to as in a formal private equity or mezzanine fund partnership.

Fulcrum Capital Group was a private equity investment manager which used to invest $1 to $5 million in equity and mezzanine securities for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts. Fulcrum focused on niche manufacturing and service companies at the lower end of the middle market, and managed a traditional, institutionally-backed private equity limited partnership (Fulcrum Capital Partners), and a federally licensed and regulated Small Business Investment Company (Fulcrum Venture Capital Corporation) with an emphasis on under served communities. The entity is currently out of business and is no longer tracked by PitchBook. It was established in 1997 and was based in Culver City, California.

Penn Venture Partners is a New Markets Venture Capital Fund, approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), that focuses upon growth and expansion stage venture capital investment within certain under-served markets located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It prefers to invest in the manufacturing, materials and material technology, printing, powdered metals, tool and die, agribusiness, environmental technology, computer hardware and software, interactive media, networking, educational products and services, control systems, industrial automation, energy, telecommunications, biotechnology and life sciences sectors. The firm is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Eureeca Ltd

United Arab Emirates

Eureeca matches companies ranging from growth businesses to Pre-IPO ventures with institutional and individual investors that add value to the companies’ strategic expansion plans. Our vision is to democratise financial opportunities across multiple regions. We are currently regulated and operate in the UK and South East Asia, with plans for further expansion and integration across the globe. Eureeca is the only multi-regulated platform globally. Eureeca UK is regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Eureeca SEA is regulated by the Securities Commission in Malaysia. We continue to build on this and obtain authorisation in multiple regions.

Worc Pa

BankUnited States

We offer loans, investment products and services to low-income and underserved populations in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area looking to start or expand their businesses, with a special focus on women and minorities. Our products include:Credit builder loans up to $2,500;Direct loan $1,000 to $2,500;Small business loans up to $10,000;Credit line up to $20,000;Expansion loans up to $50,000;Real estate loans for business property up to $250,000;Assistance with developing business plan and financial projections, market access, graphic design, and professional servicesReferrals to partner banks and community loan funds for business loans and related assistance.

Yukon Capital Services Private Limited

India

Yukon Capital is an investment banking firm operating across geographies utilizing its offices in Singapore, Delhi, Mumbai, & Dubai. Yukon's Team has a strong record of raising more than USD 500 million annually across its offices globally. Yukon is considered sector and stage agnostic as they are managing Buy-side & sell- side mandates in consumer, healthcare, technology, media, logistics, & real estate. Yukon is helping ventures achieving their financing rounds from seed to IPO documentation. Core Services: 1- Venture Capital & Private equity Financial advisory services & fundraising 2- Cross Border M&A 3- Management Consulting Services.

Blue Chip Venture

Venture CapitalUnited States

Blue Chip Venture is a venture capital firm which seeks to provide the last financing round or pre-exit capital for early stage investors and venture-backed companies. It invests in late financing rounds of venture-backed companies with proven business plans in the digital media and big data industries that plan to be sold, recapitalized, or taken public within a target of two years. The firm prefers to invest in the new internet media, consumer marketing, software, healthcare, pharmaceuticals to traditional manufacturing sectors. It was founded in 1990 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with an additional office in New York, New York.

GXP Investments

Corporate VCUnited States

GXP Investments is the non-regulated investment affiliate and wholly owned subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated. The firm focuses on opportunities in the customer energy solutions and energy infrastructure industries, and is open to attractive investments outside of these sectors within the energy value chain. Other areas of focus include energy marketing, environmental remediation, infrastructure security and renewables services. It primarily targets growth equity investments in revenue generating businesses that are primed for expansion and that can benefit from a well-capitalized, industry experienced, strategic partner.

Silver Lake Partners

Private EquityMenlo Park, United States

Mr. Egon Durban serves as Managing Partner and Managing Director at Silver Lake Management. He also serves as Chairman at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. Mr. Durban serves on the board of directors of Dell, Intelsat and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of WME Entertainment. Previously, he served on the board of Skype, and was the Chairman of its operating committee, and served on the supervisory board and operating committee of NXP and Multiplan. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Durban worked in Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division. Mr. Durban graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance.

Fluent Ventures

Venture CapitalSan Francisco, United States

Fluent Ventures is a next gen global venture capital fund. Our platform is backed by 50+ global founders and tech luminaries covering 6 continents. We are building on 40+ cumulative years of venture and founder experience as well as experience investing in 7 global unicorns. Some of the founders we have been fortunate enough to back and work with at current and/or previous firms include Chime (US), Kin (US), Zenbusiness (US), Sidecar Health (US), Kueski (LatAm), Clara (LatAm), Xepelin (Latam), Neon (Latam), Facily (Latam), Sabi (Africa), Ula (SEA), and FinAccel (SEA) and many others.

Montgomery & Company

BankUnited States

Montgomery & Co. is a full service investment bank focused on growth companies. Montgomery & Co. provides research, sales & trading coverage, strategic advisory and M&A services, and public and private financings to growth companies in the software, security & services, communications, healthcare and media & entertainment businesses. Headquartered in Santa Monica and with offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Orlando, Montgomery & Co. is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), and its professional associates are register with the NASD-SIPC.

L Catterton

Private EquityBuenos Aires, United States

L Catterton is a private equity firm formed through the partnership of Catterton, LVMH and Groupe Arnault in 2016. The firm invests in all major consumer segments, including food and beverage, retail and restaurants, beauty and wellness, fashion and accessories, consumer products and services, consumer health and media and marketing services as well as real estate projects anchored by luxury retail. It primarily invests in companies based in the North America with a focus on United States, Latin America, Asia and Europe. It was founded in 1989 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Utah Angels

Angel NetworkUnited States

Utah Angels was a venture capital firm specializing in angel, seed, startups, growth and emerging stage investments. It makes follow on round of investments in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in high technology and life science companies with a focus upon biotechnology, clean technology computers and peripherals, education, electronics and instrumentation, industrial energy, internet and web services, marketing and advertising, media and entertainment, medical devices and equipment, mobile, nanotechnology, networking and equipment, software and telecommunication sectors.

IQT

AcceleratorArlington County, United States

In-Q-Tel is a not-for-profit and venture capital firm that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to U.S. government agencies that keeps the nation safe. The firm identifies and invest in venture-backed startups developing technologies that will provide ready-soon innovation vital to the IC mission. The firm focuses on investing in companies within the data analytics, infrastructure, communications, cyber and mobile security, data management, detection and analysis, materials and power, video and imaging, and information technology sectors.

HubSpot Ventures

Corporate VCCambridge, United States

Mr. Dharmesh Shah is the Founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer at HubSpot. He also serves as Mentor at Rough Draft Ventures. Prior to HubSpot, he was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions. Prior to Pyramid Digital Solutions, he held a number of technology management and development positions. He also runs OnStartups.com. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Alabama and an M.S. in the Management of Technology from MIT. He is author of a book entitled Inbound Marketing, Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs.

AGS Capital Group

Private EquityUnited States

AGS Capital Group provides a combination of equity investment and debt financing to invest in, or acquire middle market companies. The firm targets the niche manufacturing industry, and prefers to invest in established organizations with an existing customer base and a constant source of revenue. Additionally the firm also provides business sericesin areas such as accounting, budget analysis, marketing and business strategy, product development and engineering, distribution, human resource, information technology support and management oversight.

REES Capital

AngelUnited States

REES Capital is an angel investment and advising firm headquartered in Sandy, Utah. The firm specializes in start up and growth capital investments. It provides services across a broad range of business functions, including leadership training; product and market assessment; marketing, sales and public relations strategy; financial modeling; organizational structuring; strategic planning; acquisition and exit strategy; and other key areas. They do not pursue any investments related to medical devices, life science and/or pharmaceutical companies.

Oliver Nicklin

Micro VCUnited Kingdom

First Analysis is a venture capital and private equity firm that prefers to invest in companies operating in the healthcare productivity, information technology and outsourced broadband enabled businesses, clean-tech and infrastructure. It invested more than $750 million across 12 funds in three fund families since 1985. The firm helps established companies become profitable leaders in large markets, funding growth plans and working closely with management in areas including strategy, recruitment, sales and marketing, and corporate development.

Second Century Ventures

Corporate VCUnited States

Second Century Ventures (SCV) is a strategic investment fund that is verticalizing venture investing by launching its companies into the world's largest industries including real estate, financial services, banking, home services and insurance. SCV seeks investment opportunities in proven enterprises that will drive industry growth, enable new usage models and advance industry standards. SCV prefers SaaS companies generally focused on big data applications, digital media, fin tech and business services that can span multiple verticals.

SEED Venture Finance

Private EquityUnited States

SEED Venture Finance, LLC is a private investment firm specializing in subordinated debt, senior debt and equity investments in small and medium sized businesses. SEED Venture Finance manages SEED Ventures L.P., a $20 million Small Business Investment Company (“SBIC”) focused on investments in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. SEED has established strategic partnerships with major commercial banks in the region and is uniquely positioned to provide a company with a full range of capital raising options and related services.