Seed investors
Firms that report investing at seed — with the sector focus, cheque range and headquarters currently held for each. A firm spanning several stages appears on each hub it answers.
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Broadway Angels
Broadway Angels is an angel investment group made up of world-class investors and business executives who all happen to be women. We all have decades of experience investing in and managing the best technology companies in the world. All of us are or have been general partners in venture capital firms or senior executives in top technology and consumer companies. For most of us, we have been the only woman partner or senior executive in our firm. All of us have built great careers and portfolios along with amazing relationships with entrepreneurs and executives. Broadway Angels invests in the very best people and ideas in start-up and growing companies. Most of our investments are in information technology, an area we all know best, but we are also open to other opportunities too. We are small investors and typically invest only a fraction of the total amount raised. We are great team players and work well with other angels and venture capital firms. We typically do not take board seats but serve as excellent advisers and sounding boards to management teams.
Kickstart Fund
Mr. Clarke Miyasaki serves as General Partner at Kickstart Seed Fund. He is also a Board Member at Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification. He previously served as a Board Member at Dsco. He has a history of success in start-up and early-stage investment environments. Most recently, Clarke served as the Global Vice President of Business Development at Skullcandy, which went public in July 2011 (NASDAQ: SKUL). Clarke joined Skullcandy in early 2008 when there were 18 employees and keyed several initiatives that helped grow the company to over $230 million in revenue in 2011. Prior to Skullcandy, Clarke was the Vice President of Business Development at Logoworks, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $57 million in April 2007. Clarke joined on the ground floor of Logoworks and developed several strategic partnerships that spurred Logoworks rapid growth and positioned it for a successful sale to HP. Some of the partnerships included Staples, eBay, Network Solutions, HP, Legalzoom and Intuit. Clarke was at Logoworks from August 2004 - April 2008.
The Impact Engine
We invest in business models that align financial and social or environmental impact returns such that there is minimal or no tradeoff between the two. Ideally, they mutually reinforce each other: the impact drives value creation in the business and the business growth brings the impact to scale. We invest across early and late stage private equity, allowing us to see the trajectories of companies and trends over the years, and we invest both directly into companies as well as into other impact funds. Investing in both companies and funds allows us to create synergies in the impact investing ecosystem, by supporting the creation of high-impact syndicates (to the benefit of both our company and fund portfolios) and bringing even deeper perspectives to our own understanding of each impact sub-sector and theme. We have invested in 50% Economic Opportunity, 22% Environmental Sustainability, and 28% Health Equity-focused companies as of 6/24/2022. Of these companies in our direct portfolio, 67% are led by women CEOs or CEOs of color.
Razor's Edge Ventures
Ms. Peggy Styer is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Razor's Edge Ventures. Additionally she serves as Chief Executive Officer at Raytheon Blackbird Technologies and as an Advisor at ICX Media. Before Razor's Edge, she was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Blackbird Technologies, a company she co-founded with Steve Pann and Richard Moxley. She oversaw the record-setting sale of Blackbird to Raytheon Corporation, a $427 million deal that closed in November 2014. From 2003-2007, Peggy simultaneously served as CEO of Blackbird and RavenWing, an affiliated company, leading both companies to substantial growth and profitability before selling RavenWing to Boeing in 2008. Earlier in her career, Peggy co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Merex, Inc. before it was sold to Infodata Systems, Inc. in 1996. Peggy earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California State University and a MS degree in Technology Management from the University of Maryland.
Transmedia Capital
Mr. Peter Boboff serves as General Partner at Transmedia Capital. He was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Director at Kicklabs. He has been in the early stage venture business for more than 14 years. Peter has invested in more than 50 startups including top search engines Baidu (China), Yandex (Russia), C2B (Inktomi) and more recently: Domo, Percolate, Kiip and Levelup. Previously, Peter was the founder and CEO of Pakana Corporation, a venture-funded company focused on online marketplaces. In 1998, he was a Managing Partner at Whittman-Hart (WHIT), a $1 billion global IT solutions provider. Prior, he was a founder and CEO of Axis Consulting, a leading systems integrator specializing in Internet and ERP solutions, which was a self-funded venture that was acquired by Whittman-Hart in 1997 in a deal valued at $60M. After relocating from Australia in 1991, Peter began his US career as a consultant with Charles Schwab & Co. He holds a BS degree in Mathematics from the Western Australian Institute of Technology.
Act One Ventures
Act One is an early stage investor with a track record of success, having already returned total investments in its first fund twice over, that backs capital-efficient companies with demonstrated founder-market fit (an expertise in their industry and the software solutions it needs). The firm was founded in 2016 by entrepreneurs Michael Silton and Alejandro Guerrero, who have been working together for more than a decade starting at the UCLA VC Fund. Michael is a three-time software founder with an exit and a unicorn IPO. Alejandro is a first-generation Mexican-American startup founder who has become one of the most visible and fastest rising emerging managers in America, where only 3% of investment partners are of Latinx descent. Michael and Alejandro’s experience as software company founders allows them to help portfolio founders build scalable businesses while connecting with a network that helps bring in early customers. 70% of Act One’s portfolio companies were founded by women and/or people of color.
Providence Equity Partners - Growth
Mr. Mark Hastings serves as Managing Director & Head of Providence Strategic Growth at Providence Equity Partners. Mr. Hastings is currently a director of Abacus Data Systems, Burning Glass Technologies, GlobalTranz, Netsurion, PaySimple, Skybox Security, SnapApp and Vertical Knowledge. Prior to joining Providence in 2013, Mr. Hastings most recently served as managing partner and founder of Garvin Hill Capital Partners. Prior to spinning out of CIBC to form Garvin Hill in 2009, Mr. Hastings led CIBC's technology-focused growth equity team in the United States. At CIBC, he developed the successful investment strategy and recruited the team. He was the primary deal originator and investment team leader. Prior to joining CIBC, he was a principal and general partner at BCI Partners. Mr. Hastings started his investment career at Edison Ventures. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Colorado College.
EchoVC Partners
EchoVC is a technology-focused early-stage VC firm focused on unapologetically investing in underrepresented founders and underserved markets. We invest in secrets that become obvious with the benefit of hindsight. Our mission is to be the Sequoia Capital for underestimated founders and markets. Our firm finances entrepreneurial inspiration in diverse founding teams. We are a VC fund unapologetically investing in women, underrepresented founders (particularly of African descent), and underserved POC markets, backing bold ideas and business models that harness the power of technology to deliver value to mass markets. We are sector agnostic and currently invest from our offices in Africa, the U.S., and the UK. Our current portfolio comprises companies delivering value in the following sectors: Smart planet, health and human services, emerging fintech, The Next Frontier, commerce, media and entertainment, access to energy, sustainable mobility, and connectivity, among other themes.
Sigma Partners
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.
incub8 ventures
We are a VC Firm as well as an Incubation Center for Technology Startups in the early stages with offices in the Silicon Valley and Hyderabad, India. As a Startup founder, you can simply walk in with your Idea and build it right here leveraging the following facilities/services we offer in a very efficient way - Co-working space with all the comforts needed to be highly productive - Centralized Air-Conditioning (entire building) - Two Elevators for easy movement across all the floors- One Conference Hall (60 seats) - Two Meeting Rooms (20 seats) - Several Small Meeting Rooms (8 seats) - Gym sophisticated equipment, Trainer, Showers & Lockers - Guest Rooms (1 Executive suite with kitchen, 2 deluxe rooms)- Executive Lounge - Terrace for Meetups with a Large Screen Projector- Ready access to Freelancer Community - Direct access to the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem - Support for Digital Marketing - Support for Customer Acquisition- Support for Idea Validation
The Syracuse Student Sandbox
The Syracuse Student Sandbox is a unique business incubator that gives aspiring student entrepreneurs the resources to make their visions a reality.Unlike other incubators, the Sandbox does not currently claim ownership to any part of the student companies: Students participating in the program maintain 100% equity in their companies. Some participating schools have established investment funding mechanisms for student ventures. The Sandbox continues to seek additional sources of support in form of sponsorship, in-kind contributions or direct investment.The program is currently open to students from the sponsored Kauffman Foundation Enitiative schools: Syracuse University; Cayuga Community College; Le Moyne College; Morrisville State College, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Onondaga Community College.The Sandbox is working to expand membership to other schools such as University of Rochester, RIT, Cornell, SUNY Oswego, and Clarkson.
Laconia Capital Group
Mr. Vamsi Sistla serves as Operating Advisor & Operating Partner at Laconia Capital Group. He is an innovative technologist with over 18 years of experience in the Television, Digital Media & Financial industries. He has built various enterprise quality software and technology (Web and Mobile) platforms. Vamsi currently serves as CTO for OfferBoard and Technical Advisor to various early stage startups. Previously, Vamsi co-founded – Telvetto (2nd Screen Social TV Platform), Mogozz (Mobile Events Platforms) and Captivision Networks (iTV Educational Channel). Vamsi is an active Angel investor in ARC Angels, Eniac Ventures (1 & 3) and TIE SV Angels. He is also active in social & impact enterprises as a mentor (Microsoft Ventures, The Unreasonable Institute, TechStars London IoT Spring 2013 Session, 37Angels and Americas Amazing Teens Project), advisor to various early stage startups and a board member (The Good Life Organization & Chaupal India).
Workday Ventures
Mike Frandsen is vice president at Workday and oversees product management, quality assurance and product delivery. Prior to joining Workday, he was CEO at Potenco, a green energy startup. Before Potenco, Mike was CEO at TradePoint Solutions, a provider of SaaS-based retail promotion management applications. He led TradePoint from delivery of a successful product prototype to the sale of the company to DemandTec in 2006. Preceding TradePoint, he was at PeopleSoft for seven years in various leadership roles, including vice president and general manager of supply chain management. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) specializing in software strategy, product planning, development and customer support. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado. He is also certified in planning and inventory management and resource management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.
Versatile VC
Versatile Venture Capital backs early-stage companies which help investors generate alpha and succeed. For example, we’re investors (via prior funds) in alternative data, investment research, back-office tech, marketplaces for private companies, and salestech to help gather assets. Our typical check size is $200,000 to $1,000,000. We lead rounds and will also co-invest. We are an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. We manage PEVCtech, a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. We also manage Founders’ Next Move, a community for founders researching their next move: launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; scouting for investments; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; participating in expert networks; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job.
Luminari Capital
Mr. Edgar Bronfman serves as Senior Advisor and Special Limited Partner at Luminari Capital. He serves as Managing Partner at Accretive. He is the Director at IAC/Interactivecorp. He also serves as Chairman at BIM. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), one of the world's largest music companies and home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry (2004-2012). He also serves as Chairman at Endeavor Global. In 2004, Mr. Bronfman led a private investment group in its acquisition of WMG from Time Warner and, in 2005, led the company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Bronfman currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Endeavor Global, an international non-profit development organization and serves as General Partner at Accretive, a venture capital firm specializing in the business process outsourcing area.
TMV
We make investments that reflect the way the world actually looks. As a female-led fund with a portfolio that’s 65% women- and minority-owned, TMV represents an opportunity for a more inclusive society and culture. We are committed to investing in diverse companies because it’s simply good business. We pledge to put more capitalistic power into the hands of women and people who are BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color). Our terrain: Purpose-driven founders reimagining. The way we work: We invest in companies that help both workers and entrepreneurs cultivate talent. Logistics and mobility: We invest in companies creating transparency and efficiency around global trade and movement. Sustainable solutions: We invest in the circular economy. The Care Economy: We invest in companies broadening access to care. Fintech: We invest in companies enabling equal access and education in finance.
Illuminate Ventures
Illuminate’s focus is on finding, funding and accelerating great founders in the B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile computing space. We focus on companies building SaaS applications as well as solutions that leverage data and mobility to improve business results. We seek innovative ideas led by talented teams - frequently bringing together diverse perspectives that marry “creative destruction” with new technologies to solve old problems in new ways. Illuminate is typically a startup’s first institutional investor, but can also be a fit for an established company seeking its first equity financing. Our sweet spot is series seed rounds - filling the gap between angel capital and larger funding rounds of traditional VCs. When the timing is right, we collaborate with the best large-scale firms for the next round of financing, but we love lean startups that preserve flexibility in their early years.
XG Ventures
Mr. Pietro Dova is a Co-Founding Partner at XG Ventures. He was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google's operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietro was VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996 Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies' European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management.
Cowboy Ventures
Mr. Noah Lichtenstein serves as Venture Partner at Cowboy Ventures. He has been helping build start ups in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade, and is passionate about turning ideas into products and businesses that customers love. Prior to joining Cowboy, Noah was a founding member of HomeRun, a leading social commerce platform that reached over 100 million consumers at its peak (acquired by Rearden Commerce). Noah built and managed the sales infrastructure, led strategic partnerships with AT&T, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and helped develop the company's B2B commerce platform. Before HomeRun, Noah led consumer business development at the Climate Corporation (acquired by Monsanto (MON)), was the Co-Founder & President of Annuvia, and served as a wildland firefighter in rural Oregon. He attended Stanford University and serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Bay Area.
Smapply
Black women-owned businesses are vital to our economy yet receive less than one percent of venture capital funding. Fearless Fund is deepening its commitment to this community with the launch of the contest. With Mastercard prizing, we’ll be awarding eleven lucky small businesses across the country $10,000 grants, digital tools to help them get and sustain their business online, and Priceless one-on-one mentorship so they can continue to bolster their business. Don’t miss your chance! Complete your entry form for your chance to win. See Official Rules for full details, including entry qualification details. Click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and enter for the chance to win. If your business is located in Atlanta, Birmingham, Dayton, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City or St. Louis, stay tuned to learn more about how you can enter your city specific Fearless Strivers Grant Contest.
Kenneth B. Sawyer
Saints Capital is an investment firm that provides liquidity to investors within private companies. The firm formed its first secondary fund in 2000 and has since provided liquidity to general partners and their limited partners in both venture capital and private equity, founders and early employees of venture-backed companies, and financial institutions. The firm makes structured deals that may include loans, deferred payments and upside sharing. The team has experience and knowledge in industries that include business services, telecom equipment, aerospace, cleantech, and security. The four types of sellers that Saints Capital serves are founders and early employees, general partners of venture capital and private equity funds, financial institutions with illiquid securities, and limited partners of old venture capital funds. The firm is located in San Francisco, California.
Blackstone Group
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.
H Venture Partners
We invest all over North America in companies that have $0-$50MM in revenue, with initial investments that range from $500K-$5MM. What we look for: Experienced management teams, specifically at least one of the following: domain expertise, channel expertise, stage expertise, previous exits. Balanced teams with complementary skill sets. Purpose-driven brands. Platform brands looking to dominate an entire category or show up in multiple categories. Superior product performance. A pipeline of product and business model innovation. Solving a real problem in a $1Bn+ category. Competitive unit economics at scale. Quality co-investors: good partners that are experienced in this stage, category, or channel. Deal terms that make sense. We underwrite deals for a minimum 50% IRR, which means that there’s typically a pathway to the value of the company doubling in the next 12-24 months.
Fusion Fund
Fusion Fund backs early-stage entrepreneurs building forward-thinking companies with technical and data advantages in their business models. We are actively looking for companies in the industrial, enterprise, and healthcare application spaces and for founders with direct experience and expertise in those areas. We have invested all across the United States and target companies who are at pre-seed, seed, and Series A. The DNA of the firm is rooted in the team’s technical and entrepreneurial background. As former technical operators who have previously started, ran, and sold companies, we know what it takes to build successful enterprises and how to overcome challenges specific to those building technology businesses. Fusion Fund is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Clearstone Venture Partners
Mr. William Quigley serves as Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners. He focuses on Clearstone's communications investments. He is a Board Member in AOptix. His areas of investment interest include broadband wireless enabling technologies, operational support systems and communications service innovators. Mr. Quigley joined Clearstone Venture Partners from Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, where he focused on early-stage communications companies targeting the software, equipment and service sectors. At MAVF, he was responsible for investments in Integrated Chipware, a real time embedded OS developer, Wisor Telecom, an OSS vendor to the CLEC and ISP industry and NexTone Communications. Prior to MAVF, he spent six years in a variety of operational roles at The Walt Disney Company and was a Senior Consultant with Arthur Andersen's Financial Services Group.
Dubilier & Company
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
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.
Eastlink Capital
Mr. Steven Xi is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Eastlink Capital. He is formerly a Regional Director of Riverwood Capital. At Riverwood, he has focused on investments in internet, software/IT services and digital media in China. Prior to joining Riverwood, Steven was a Managing Director at The Hina Group Fund I, where he focused on expansion-stage investments in the technology and digital media space. Before joining Hina, Steven co-founded and managed an ecommerce start-up with locations in the Silicon Valley and Beijing. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, Steven spent six and half years in investment banking and principal investment, in both New York and Hong Kong. Steven started his investment banking career with CSFB in New York and served as the head of China Investment Banking for Kleinwort Benson in Hong Kong.
Learn Capital
Mr. Elliott Bisnow is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Summit. He serves as Venture Partner at Learn Capital. He represents Summit within the general partnership. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Summit, Elliott oversees their annual gatherings, which Forbes called "The Davos of Generation Y," and President Clinton called "A gift to the United States and the world." Elliott is the Co-Founder of The Get Well Soon Tour, which brings world famous musicians to perform in hospitals for sick children. Elliott serves as a Founding Board Member of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council. Elliott is also the Co-Founder of Bisnow Media Corporation with his dad, Mark, which is the largest publisher of commercial real estate news in America and one of the largest business conference producers in America.
Seraph Group
Mr. Tuff Yen serves as President at Seraph Group. He is also a board member of iSpionage. He spent his career as a scientist and a professional investor. He worked as a venture capitalist with Hambrecht & Quist's venture fund ("HQAP") in San Francisco as well as Chemical Bank’s venture arm in New York City. During this period, he worked on investments in a broad range of businesses including industrial manufacturing, distribution, entertainment, publishing, information technology, Internet, medical and life sciences. Prior to joining the VC community, he was a bioengineer with Genentech and worked at Amgen, two leading biotechnology pioneers. He received his masters in business administration from the Yale School of Management and his bachelor degree in Arts in microbiology and immunology from the University of California Berkeley.
True Wealth Ventures
True Wealth Ventures invests in women-led companies with healthy or sustainability impacts at the core of their value propositions. Formed in 2015 by Founding General Partner Sara Brand, True Wealth Ventures, with General Partner Kerry Rupp, is an Austin-headquartered venture capital firm that invests exclusively in women-led companies. True Wealth Ventures investment thesis is women-led companies perform better financially, yet remain an untapped market. We like to be the first institutional investors at an early stage (usually Series Seed) with first checks up to $1M, and we often take a board seat. We generally reserve the majority of our investment capital for follow-on investments. We look for companies where the founders see an acquisition exit opportunity within 5 years at a valuation of $100 million or more.
Tiller Partners
Mr. Csaba Konkoly is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Tiller Partners. He served as the President at IdeaList Industries. He manages The IdeaLists business and growth strategy. As a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor, Csaba has helped to build several successful ventures (CWOC, GATKO, Croesus) in New York, London, Singapore, Budapest and Los Angeles. Prior to founding Tiller, he was Partner and Co-CIO at the global macro hedge fund Commonwealth Opportunity Capital where he focused on asset allocation and risk management. Before that, he was co-founder of GATKO Partners, a global, top-down equity hedge fund with offices in London and Singapore. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Budapest and attended the MBA Program at the New York University Stern School of Business.
Intel Capital Diversity Fund
Intel is an American multinational corporation and technology company. It designs and builds technologies that serve as the foundation for computing devices and develops advanced integrated digital technology, primarily integrated circuits for industries such as computing and communications. The company also develops computing platforms defined as integrated hardware and software computing technologies. Founded in 1968, the company is based in Santa Clara, California. The company is following quite an aggressive acquisition strategy and has been carrying out massive acquisitions and has been aggressively acquiring not only semiconductor makers but fiber-optic firms, security software, communication, gaming, visual computing, embedded device, machine software and wearable technology companies as well.
Blackhorn Ventures
Mr. Philip O'Connor serves as Managing Partner at Blackhorn Ventures. He led the company from early prototyping and seed financing, to securing a large strategic partner for an in-field pilot treatment plant. For the past five years Philip has been an investor and advisor focusing on water technology, energy, and bioscience. Philip's interest in early stage ventures started with his appreciation for the natural world. This grew with his first job out of college, working at The Biomimicry Institute in Montana, which helped team engineers with biologists to create the next generation of clean technologies. Philip has a diverse educational background, which includes studies in America, England, Switzerland, China, and New Zealand, and an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School.
Ludlow Ventures
Mr. Jonathon Triest is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ludlow Ventures. In 2011, he was awarded the Crain's Detroit Business award for 20 in their 20's. That same year, he co-founded Funded by Night, a vehicle to help internet startups launch and get discovered. Previously, he served as creative director for New York's Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched the Atlanta-based Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. In addition to his role at Ludlow, he is a mentor at The Brandery and a board member of The Trico Foundation, and Venture for America. previously creative director for New Yorks Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. He sits on the Board of the Trico Foundation and the Board of Investors for Venture for America.
Bcfcapital
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).
Google For Entrepreneurs
Google is committed to empowering entrepreneurs around the world through programs, partnerships, and our products. Google for Entrepreneurs has programs all over the world to foster entrepreneurship, empowering the next generation of innovators to be successful. Google for Entrepreneurs began in a garage nearly two decades ago and today they celebrate their entrepreneurial roots. Google for Entrepreneurs partners with startup communities and builds Campuses where entrepreneurs can learn, connect, and create companies that will change the world. Since 2011, theyve launched Campuses and formed partnerships that support entrepreneurs across 125 countries. Google for Entrepreneurs provides support, resources and Campuses (physical hubs) to the global entrepreneurial community.
Darling Ventures
Mr. Daniel Darling is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Darling Ventures. He has more than 7 years of background in product and market strategy for mobile and adtech companies in the US, Australia and Japan. Daniel started his career in digital advertising and moved progressively into mobile product development before launching Darling Ventures in 2013. He has founded companies, grown startups to acquisition and led product innovation at public technology corporations. He is a specialist in business strategy and bringing products to market for mobile technology companies. Daniel has a degree in Economics and Social Sciences form The University of Sydney as well as executive education from both Berkeley HAAS and Stanford GSB. He doesn't wear khaki VC pants.
Ulu Ventures
Ulu Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm investing primarily in enterprise IT, smart data and the opportunities created by Stanford and broader Silicon Valley tech ecosystems. Ulu seeks to invest in diverse founder teams with deep insights and big ideas using a straightforward sequence of information gathering, risk assessment, and due diligence to advance prospects through our pipeline. Adhering to a principled, repeatable decision-making process helps reduce cognitive bias in our investment decisions and makes Ulu’s founders among the most diverse in the industry. In all phases of our data-driven, decision analysis process, we seek to be transparent to entrepreneurs and limited partners. Our approach and point of view make Ulu Ventures unique among venture firms.
Hefnyc
The Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund (HEF) was established in 2007 by the Harlem Commonwealth Council to provide women and minority entrepreneurs with supportive loan capital up to $250,000 and technical assistance in Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and the Bronx. HEF Small Business Loan: Grow your business with the HEF Small Business Loan. This loan provides low-rate financing up to $250,000. HEF Credit Builder Loan: Increase your credit score by up to 30 points with a HEF Credit Builder Loan. This loan ranges from $500 to $5,000. HEF COVID-19: Small Business Recovery Loan. Gain capital and technical assistance to ensure successful business recovery with the HEF COVID-19 Small Business Recovery loan. This loan provides financing up to $15,000 at a 1% interest rate.
LBBW Venture Capital GmbH
LBBW VC founded in 1998 as an independent subsidiary of the Landesbank Baden Wuerttenberg, LBBW Venture invests in early and late growth stages of companies. Apart from long term financial support for its portfolio companies, the team offers special commercial support by active introductions to LBBW’s fast corporate client network, pitch sessions with potential commercial clients or direct applications within the bank itself. They have a broad successful international investment track record and growth support experience given their investments in over 60 companies. Their team members backed companies in Europe, Israel and the US and gained deep expertise across various industrial sectors. Their teams track record counts 2 IPO's, 1 unicorn and multiple trade sales.
iFundWomen
Crowdfunding is a low-risk, efficient path to getting a startup, small business, nonprofit, or side hustle off the ground without going into debt or giving up equity. The reason why IFundWomen is fundamentally different from other platforms is because of our proprietary coaching program, The IFundWomen Method, which, when utilized, drives a 27x higher raise than the crowdfunding industry average. Designed with early-stage entrepreneurs in mind, this free e-course will teach you how to use the IFundWomen Method to hone your pitch, map your network, strategically estimate your fundraising goal, market to your target audience, and design rewards that sell. 84% of people who’ve taken this course say they feel “way more confident” to hit their crowdfunding goal.
Mission Ventures (US)
Mr. David Ryan serves as Founding Managing Partner at Mission Ventures. He has venture capital experience focusing on early-stage information technology and service companies. Prior to Mission Ventures, beginning in 1983, he served as General Partner of Copley Venture Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investing in information technology, business services and healthcare. Prior to Copley, Mr. Ryan held positions in strategic planning, business development and plant modernization with Medusa Corp, a Midwest-based manufacturer of industrial materials. He is board member of Nirvanix. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Northeastern University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University.
Haystack
Mr. Semil Shah serves as General Partner at Haystack. He is a mobile technology expert with experience helping build mobile products for Rexly (LiveNation), IFTTT, and currently Swell Radio. Semil is also an investor in 24 early-stage technology companies including: Instacart, Hired, Paddle8, HelloSign, Coin, among others. He holds deep VC consulting experience as a full-time EIR with Javelin Venture Partners and through previous formal engagements with DFJ, General Catalyst, GGV, Kleiner Perkins, Trinity Ventures. Semil is also the most frequent, consistent, outside columnist at TechCrunch for nearly three years. Finally, he's an active public speaker and creator of a widely-read industry blog - Haywire - and video interview series (over 80 episodes).
AeroInnovate
AeroInnovate helps aeroinnovators from across the globe who are starting and growing aero-related businesses and bringing related new technologies to the marketplace. Our goal is to facilitate the alignment of passionate, successful "investors" and industry leaders with the best aviation-related opportunities in the world to help get deals done. In this way, exciting new aircraft and aviation products and services will be commercialized and new opportunities created in aviation. AeroInnovate does this by bringing innovators together and offering top-notch educational forums, aligning the best companies with investors and industry leaders, exposing technology through technology showcases and connecting aeroinnovators to people and resources.
CRV
Mr. Rafael Corrales serves as General Partner at Charles River Ventures. He brings operating and founding CEO experience from the world of early stage startups. He has led CRV's investments in Amino as well as two currently stealth companies. He also sourced CRV's investments in companies like PillPack and Airtable. Before becoming an investing partner, he became a personal shareholder in the very first round of five startups: Instacart, Blockchain, Luxe, Webflow, and Clearbit. Prior to CRV, he was the founding CEO of LearnBoost, a company which was acquired by WordPress as the largest of their first 12 acquisitions. His team's open source libraries have cumulatively been downloaded over 160 million times and helped popularize Node.JS
Science
Mr. Peter Pham is a Co-Founder of Science. Peter is a passionate entrepreneur with roots in Southern California starting his career with 8 years in the enterprise hardware and software space. Having success in building companies ranging from solid state storage to SAS businesses Peter then focused his time in the consumer internet space. At Photobucket he was the 5th employee and was responsible for driving growth to 61M users and leading its $300M acquisition in 2007 to Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. Peter then turned his energy in helping people save money as CEO of BillShrink from inception to their 1st Million users in a little over a year. BillShrink became TruAxis which was acquired by MasterCard in 2012.