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ID 33978

Matt Shobe

Investor

Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions), designer, pilot. My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.

ID 135478

Greg Kouri

Investor

Co-Founded @zip2-com, VP Business Development at @altavista, COO BMAC Finance, Advisor to internet startups and a distressed real estate fund.

ID 169766

Joe O'Connor

Investor

• Business advisor • works @rifiniti • worked @cisco • Member Angel Investor Forum
https://fundersclub.com/blog/authors/Jmoconnor1_charter_n_hnXtN1gLQ/

ID 5355

Yee Lee

Investor

4x founder, over 20 angel investments, 8 acquisition exits and an IPO. Prior teams: @paypal, @slide, @skype , @google , @taskrabbit
http://framethink.wordpress.com

ID 176836

David Schachne

Investor

Co-founder CAN Capital, Author, Angel Investor, Harvard MBA, stairclimber
http://showpassion.blogspot.com

ID 54780

Jacob Brody

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Co-Founder and CEO at Benny; former Partner at MESA+
http://www.jacobbrody.me

ID 138779

Chung Ng

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Co-Founder @rokkan exited to @Publicis $PUB.PA, 15yr UX Vet, architecting transaction/content platforms for VirginAmerica, JetBlue, AmexTravel and Dish.

ID 136762

Joel Spolsky

CEO and co-founder of @stack-exchange. Co-founder of Fog Creek Software and Trello. Worked at Juno and @microsoft. Not actively investing.
http://joelonsoftware.com/

ID 33052

Tony L. Chen

Investor

Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor. @yale-university MB&B & MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management MBA.

ID 25384

Aniq Rahman

Investor

Technology Entrepreneur

ID 187613

Chris Plough

Investor

Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.com

ID 43266

JB Osborne

Investor

CEO & Partner at @red-antler

ID 138098

Michael Katz

Investor

mParticle co-founder & ceo. former founder | CEO @interclick, investor & BOD @ Adaptly, active angel investor,

ID 4988

Raju Rishi

Investor

Venture Partner at @sigma-prime-ventures , Entrepreneur, Mobile Enthusiast, Light-Weight Hacker & Gamer.

ID 6625

Justin Shaffer

Investor

Product @facebook (Groups, Location & Events, Photos Composer, Video/Brand Advertising) • CEO/Founder @hot-potato • SVP, New Media @mlb-advanced-media (MLB.tv, Gameday, PitchF/X, Infrastructure) Interests: Building Teams & Products, Social Science, Aerona

ID 225999

Vivek Garipalli

Investor

Worked at @credit-suisse, @jp-morgan • Studied at @emory-university

ID 216439

Saad AlSogair

Investor

Investing in what matters, not in what's predictable. Over 70 investments on @angellist. Executive Manager @elite-derma-care.

ID 7408

Lorenzo Thione

Investor

Cofounder of @artify-it, @startout and @powerset (acquired by @microsoft ) Investor in @crowdflower @lucid-software-inc @famo-us - Studied at @university-of-texas-austin - Technical Bkg

ID 20029

Matt Meeker

Investor

Co-founder @meetup.com and @barkbox.com • Venture Partner at Resolute.vc • Former EIR at Polaris Ventures • Organizer, @dogpatch-labs
http://post.barkbox.com/

ID 45855

Maria Thomas

Investor

Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour

ID 4555

Net Jacobsson

Investor

Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabs-global-ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.

ID 119556

Yen Fu

Investor

London NY; investor @fundersclub @yourmechanic @life360 @jawbone @beep @spatch @equityzen @airhelp @vastrm , mentor@Techstars BarclaysAccel @fundersclub panel

ID 35987

Clay Shirky

Theory & practice of social media. Advisor to @flickr, del.icio.us, dodgeball, currently to @foursquare, @socialbomb, @cursor, Nerd Collider, GivKwik, Singly.
http://shirky.com/weblog/

ID 2197

Michael Klein

Investor

Sales & Marketing @onefinestay, formerly VC @canaan-partners, Angel & Advisor @new-york-ny-1

ID 206

Ty Danco

Investor

Founder, eSecLending and BuysideFX. Invest directly in startups, in AngelList Syndicates, and a few funds. Massive AngelList groupie. Love mobile, fintech.
http://tydanco.com

ID 2130

Sundeep Ahuja

Investor

AL Syndicator; CoFounder @blissmo @richrelevance; helped launch @kiva; Investor @goodreads @counsyl; Advisor @indiegogo @change-org; BS in CS from Stanford.
http://sundeepahuja.com

ID 2358

Michael Yang

Investor

Partner of ARC Fund and MD at Digital Entertainment Ventures. VC at Divine and Sandbox. JD/MBA at Northwestern; MS in Computer Science (Depaul) and BS at UofC.

ID 319

Nihal Mehta

Investor

Founder & Exec Chair @localresponse, GP @ @eniac-ventures, GP @india-internet-group. 14+ years experience investing and operating across the mobile ecosystem.

ID 401

Jason Finger

Investor

Co-Founder and Former CEO of @seamlessweb (@grubhub-seamless), EIR @bessemer-venture-partners
http://jasonfinger.com

ID 48

Alexander Lloyd

Investor

Worked at Apple, Activision, SGI, Microsoft. Have been helping seed stage companies since 1998

ID 58970

Josh Mohrer

Investor

GM @ Uber NYC. Previously Lot18, Covestor, and CollegeHumor/BustedTees.

ID 68811

Marc Ecko

Investor

The guy who unplugs nostalgia. Founder & Chief Branding Officer Complex.com Artistsandinstigators.com twitter @marcecko

ID 2726

Jay Weintraub

Investor

CEO and Founder, Grow.co - customer acquisition think tank and advisory services. Prev founded LeadsCon, sold to AccessIntelligence in 2012.
http://www.jayweintraub.com

ID 97

Bob Pasker

Investor

Founder of Tengah. Cofounder, author, and chief architect of the @weblogic Application Server. 10+ years angel investor & advisor, former CTO-in-Residence at Accel and Azure.
http://blog.pasker.net/

ID 143

David Cohen

Investor

Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone. http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/

ID 3881

Esther Dyson

Investor

Prolific Investor. @medstory, @evernote, @flickr, @meetup, EDventure, Release 1.0, del.icio.us
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edyson

ID 159669

Chris Theodoros

Investor

Founder Enteka Ventures • Worked at @google, @doubleclick Connector. Creator. Entrepreneur. Investor.

ID 196

Joe Medved

Investor

@softbank-capital, Brandery Advisor
http://joemedved.com/

ID 3328

Gary Vaynerchuk

Investor

Family 1st! but after that, Businessman, @winelibrary, @vaynermedia, Author of @TYEbook and a dude that Loves the hustle (hard work), people and the @nyjets
http://garyvaynerchuk.com

ID 1911

Amir Banifatemi

Investor

Managing partner at  @k5vp.and Bayspring Group. Board Member and Emeritus President at @tech-coast-angels. Passionate product and go-to-market strategist

ID 3415

Scott Belsky

Investor

Investor; Founder & CEO of @behance; Author of Making Ideas Happen; Adobe's VP Products/Community; Eternal Student.
http://99u.com

ID 371

Harry DeMott

Investor

General Partner @raptor-ventures Reformed Wall Streeter Media Specialist Father of 2 (not including my French Bulldog and tank full of fish) Avid NY Ranger fan
http://hdemott.com

ID 19369

Laurel Touby

Investor

Founded Mediabistro, created multiple profitable rev streams, sold to WebMediaBrands for $23MM. Focus: B2B and SaaS. Looking for my next big thing.

ID 37218

Jonah Lupton

Founder: Lupton Media Group, Parabolic Ventures, The Greatest Pitch, Cauzly.com, Strivved.com, The Lupton Group, InterCapital Group, and StriveAuto.com
http://jonahlupton.com/blog

ID 195

Devon George

Investor

COO of Prolific Interactive. President DMV Capital. Start-up & small business mentor. Running a mobile accelerator in DUMBO/Brooklyn.
http://entrepreneursfriend.com/

ID 46711

Roger Krakoff

Investor

Sigma Partners & JEGI Capital (Partner), @webline-communications (Cisco), Stream International, IBM / DNB, Harvard MBA

ID 25586

David Berkowitz

CMO at agency MRY, co-founded social marketing practice at 360i, launched StartupOutlook.com, global speaker at 200+ events, advisor to startups
http://www.marketersstudio.com

ID 16980

Jeffrey Silverman

Investor

Partner at Laconia Ventures and Operating Venture Capital, Board Member of Wymsee and Advisor to C3 Metrics.

ID 119833

Kellan Elliott-McCrea

technological solutions for social problems. CTO, @etsy. @flickr, Architect. Engineer, @odeo. Hacker, @indymedia. Founder, @metaevents.

ID 120527

Joshua B Siegel

Investor

General Partner Rubicon VC, Co-Chairman @gtownangels, Worked at @citigroup, @overseas-private-investment-corporation-opic, Studied at @georgetown-university, @boston-university
http://www.rubicon.vc/blog

ID 3469

Dan Goikhman

Investor

Co-Founder, SVP Strategic Alliances at @mojiva (acquired by @pubmatic); Advisor @wakefield-media.

ID 224

Janis Krums

Investor

Founder @opprtunity • Athlete. Latvian-American. Entrepreneur. Investor: @memsql @plangrid @human @airhelp @whale-path
http://www.janiskrums.com

ID 35137

Dario Meli

Investor

co-founder @quietly @hootsuite @invoke @brightkit. I'm sparkly, very sparkly.

ID 68774

Eric Kroll

Investor

Entrepreneur, problem solver, & investor. Explorer, experience & sports enthusiast.

ID 25250

Peter Bordes

Investor

CEO/Founder @oneqube. Founder @mediatrust 9th fastest growing US Co 2010 • Board @greater-media • Investor @visually @buffer @perkhub @spinnakr
http://internetmedialabs.com/blog

ID 15521

Craig Mod

Investor

Writer, designer. Previously product designer for @flipboard. Advisor for @medium, @955dreams. Mentor at @500startups & @designer-fund. Investor in @oyster, @editorially, @tokyo-otaku-mode, @timbuktu-labs. 2011 TechFellow. 2012 MacDowell fellow.
http://craigmod.com/journal/

ID 97460

Amish Shah

Investor

Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor @sierramaya360 @full-color-games @youbetme @paradine @ecampus-ventures @kydaemos @skycatch @mattermark
http://www.theamishshah.com

ID 502

Cyril Ebersweiler

Investor

Visionary Punk, Founder of @haxlr8r ; Partner @sosventures-1. Most prolific investor in hardware (70+). Sometimes cowork w/ coconuts.

ID 37133

Taz Patel

Investor

CRO @republic-project, acquired by Sizmek. Traveler, sports enthusiast & startup junkie. Passionate Advisor & Investor. CAL Alumnus!

ID 41872

Ryan Craver

Investor

Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver

ID 28302

Wan Li Zhu

Investor

VC @ @fairhaven-capital; Previously global product manager of @microsoft Dynamics CRM; Also worked at @google, Morgan Stanley, NYSE
http://hacktrend.com

ID 131068

Ray Ozzie

Investor

Entrepreneur
http://ozzie.net

ID 5281

Jeremy Johnson

Co-founder and CEO of @andela-institute . Previously Co-founder of @2u

ID 35616

Frank Rimalovski

Investor

Managing Director, NYU Innovation Venture Fund. @rimalovski
http://nyue.org

ID 51177

Krish Arvapally

Investor

Entrepreneur at heart. Passionate Technologist. Founder @dandelion . Previously @mojiva and @mocean-mobile (acquired), raised over $45 million

ID 91663

Shalin Shah

Investor

Startups and Investing

ID 4617

Luc Hardy

> One of first shareholders in Lending Club, @virtuoz, Totsy, @producteev > Based in New York and Paris (France)

ID 105798

Pat Kinsel

Investor

Venture Partner at @polaris-partners-1. Formerly Co-Founder & CEO at @spindle (acquired by @twitter) & @microsoft

ID 107235

David Bell

Founder @gummicube, GP @Infinite Channel, founding team [bus dev+mkt] @playphone, CEO @chasma, BOD @draft-zone, Advisor @republic-project @venture51 @cellufun
http://@daveabell

ID 148110

Alessandro Piol

Investor

Venture Capitalist, Angel, Advisor, Mentor, New Yorker • Founder @pixel-machines, @at-t-ventures @vedanta-capital • Studied at @columbia-university, @harvard-business-school School

ID 22431

Michael Galpert

Wants you to be Superhuman. Previously founded @aviary-part-of-the-adobe-family
http://michaelgalpert.com/

ID 4562

Antony Brydon

Investor

CEO of Directly. CEO of Visible Path (funded by Kleiner, acquired by Hoovers). VP @emusic (IPO). CEO of IUMA (acquired by EMusic). BOD at ShopWell (IDEO). Yale.
http://blog.directly.com

ID 2394

Rob Bailey

Currently CEO @ DataSift. Also advisor to Urban Airship, Softtech VC, Akkadian Ventures. Previously SimpleGeo, Yahoo! & USWeb CKS.

ID 158956

Terry (Qing) Li

@crunchyroll Product Exec, Co-Founder of @bread-acquired-by-yahoo ; @google Alumni; Worked in Consulting, Eng, PM; NYU Stern MBA + UC Berkeley Engineering
http://terry-li.tumblr.com

ID 16228

Marcel Legrand

Investor

Investor @upmo, @health-diagnostics

ID 36244

William Ofarrell

Investor

Founder/CEO @speechworks, IPO 2000, sold to Nuance 2003, Founder/CEO CoSA (maker of After Effects), sold to Adobe,Founder/CEO @openair, sold to Netsuite

ID 3505

Jalak Jobanputra

Investor

Investor in @seatgeek, @magnetic, @ticketfly, @thumbplay, @txvia, @imagespan. Advisor to @loreal
http://www.thebarefootvc.com

ID 93149

Amol Sarva

Investor

Founder @knotable, @peek, @virgin-mobile-usa • McKinsey • Studied at @stanford-university, @columbia-college • Builder of buildings
http://a.sarva.co

ID 25520

Arie Abecassis

Investor

Co-Founder AppStori, Board Director at @seatgeek, Board Member at @adapt-ly, Board Member, BiznessApps

ID 135427

Thor Muller

Co-founder & former CTO @get-satisfaction. NYTimes best selling author of Get Lucky. Serial tech entrepreneur since 1995. Above all, dad to Quinn & Tesla.

ID 2639

Michael Montero

Investor

Co-founder & CTO of: @resy-network , @crowdtwist , @fotolog , @BlackPlanet. Invested in @getbarkbox, @yearonelabs .
http://mcmontero.com/

ID 64663

Gavin Becker

Currently at the intersection of business strategy, product design and software development making things people love.

ID 171620

Scott Beale

Investor

Founder of @Laughing-Squid and @laughing-squid-web-hosting
http://laughingsquid.com

ID 338465

Jim Kaplan

Investor

CIO@Chasella Capital Partners. We strive to invest our time and capital into exciting and disruptive companies w/ dedicated, brilliant management teams.

ID 692344

Pankaj Shah

Investor

Investor/Advisor in many companies, including Addepar, OpenGov, Wish.com, VentureBeat, AltVR, Liveli, Parklet, Inside Vault, Pyze, Armortext, Mobile Action...

ID 7621

David Famolari

Investor

Verizon Ventures. Partner, Day2 Ventures. Over a decade in advanced technology R&D. Co-Founder GoodCompany Ventures
http://famolari.tumblr.com

ID 30265

Suzanne Xie

Founder @hullabalu and @weardrobe (now part of @google) • Worked at @goldman-sachs and @like-com • Studied at @university-of-chicago

ID 103311

Scott Switzer

Investor

Co-founder, CTO of @jirafe (ecommerce marketing analytics and automation). Founder, CTO of @openx (advertising platform). CTO of @unanimis (ad sales co).

ID 342843

Kyle Widrick

Founder @www-postgradapartments-com • Worked at @burch-creative-capital • Studied at @syracuse-university
https://newsle.com/widrick#!

ID 35540

Pankaj Jain

Investor

Worked at @500startups, @twilio-fund, Long-Term Capital Management, GlobeOp Financial Services • Studied at @stern-school-of-business
http://blog.pjain.me

ID 348158

Scott Silverman

Investor

Former Executive Director of Shop.org for 10 yrs, co-inventor of Cyber Monday, founder of cybermonday.com, co-founder of Ifeelgoods.
http://silverblog.tumblr.com/

ID 9934

John Stokes

Investor

Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.

ID 60936

Josh Kerr

Investor

Co-founder and CEO at Written. Co-founder of @zosh, sold to @hightail-2. Partner at @capital-factory and mentor at @techstars
http://joshkerr.com

ID 60712

Edward Tolson

Investor

Member of the NY Angels. Investor and Advisor to Early-Stage Tech Companies.

ID 19272

Jason Corsello

Investor

VP of Corporate Strategy & Development @cornerstone-ondemand. Lead global marketing, platform strategy, M&A, incubator and innovation fund.

ID 72625

Jennifer E. Byrne

Investor

President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand

ID 140810

Kevin Reddy

Investor

Entrepreneur • Investor • Advisor • @booz-company and @accenture • Mentor at Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center, Columbia Business School

ID 31365

Peter Shankman

Investor

Built (and sold) HARO. Founder of ShankMinds Business Masterminds. Best selling author, marketing and customer service futurist. Skydiver, Ironman, NYC bred.
http://www.shankman.com/blog

ID 33823

Higinio O. Maycotte

Investor

CEO at @umbel. Founder at @flightlock (acquired by Control Risks), Finetooth (now Mumboe), & most recently founding CTO of @the-texas-tribune.

ID 23404

Adam Besvinick

Investor

VC at @deep-fork-capital | Previously @wanelo, @lowercase-capital, @gumroad | @harvard-business-school + @duke-university University alum
http://ventureminded.me

ID 43209

Meg He

Investor

Co-founder in stealth w/ @ninafaulhaber . Advisor @better-3 • Previously, @poshmark, @cowboy-ventures, @cloudflare • @stanford-university & @oxford-university

ID 56248

Chris Jennings

Investor

Investor; Worked at ED&F Man Capital Markets, Houlihan Lokey, AIG, ACE Ltd; CPA; Studied at Cornell University

ID 1204

JS Cournoyer

Investor

Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com

ID 249918

mac hofeditz

Investor

Nearly a quarter century of working with institutional investors to discover outstanding investment opportunities. Private investor, wine collector, UCLA sports fanatic, traveler, husband, and father to 2 amazing kids.

ID 812

Mark Birch

Investor

NYC tech investor & entrepreneur; CRO of @enhatch; author Strong Opinions blog; heavy metal acoustic guitarist; dumpling aficionado
http://birch.co

ID 46511

Bostjan Spetic

founder and CEO at @zemanta ltd.
http://igzebedze.com

ID 48818

James Haft

Investor

Founder @PALcapital, @palgenesis, @nxtp-labs • Worked at @bear-stearns-co-inc • Studied at @emory-university, @vassar-college
http://www.palgenesis.com/blog/

ID 388331

Andrew Carton

Investor

Founder @mobile-nations, notifyer • Worked at @hapilabs • Investor @rockhealth, @anyperk

ID 6490

Jüri Kaljundi

Investor

Co-founder: @weekdone communications tool for leaders and managers & @garage48 startup foundation. Product guy.
http://kaljundi.com/

ID 23539

Alec Andronikov

Investor

Investor in mobile. Fmr Founder/CEO MoVoxx (sold to MOTR); Free411 (sold to AT&T). Serial mobile entrepreneur excited re micro-content sharing around voice

ID 495059

Andrew "Drew" Koven

Investor

eCom & Omnichannel Retail Executive @guess, 1st startup @18, Former Exec @SteveMadden, Melissa&Doug, FreshDirect, Geoff&Drew's; Invest/Mentor/Advise/Operate

ID 116779

Jennifer 8. Lee

CEO of @plympton. Launch team at @upworthy. Reporter at The @New York Times. Bestselling author. Survived Colbert. Applied math at @harvard-university.
http://j8.ly

ID 71910

Chris Fenster

Serial startup CFO, husband, daddy, armchair cyclist.

ID 408911

Jonathan Levine

Investor

Management Sensei ◦ Infrastructure Samurai ◦ Analytics Otaku ◦ Architecture Ninja. 1st programming job at 14. Effective in teams of 4 to 10,000.

ID 35252

Yann Lechelle

Investor

Co-founder, CTO & COO @appsfire, pioneer in app reco and app promotion services. Startup angel, mentor. Paris based. Basketball player. @insead-mba
http://ylechelle.tumblr.com

ID 58636

Joe Daniels

Investor

Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP

ID 45630

Jason Alan Snyder

Inventor, Futurist, Innovation Catalyst
http://www.evilrobot.com

ID 1299

Dan Kurani

Investor

Founder & CEO of @photodrop. Previously, founded @thumb - 3 billion opinions & a Top 100 interactive agency that built products for Nike, etc.

ID 132225

Dave Carvajal

Investor

CEO / Founder of @dave-partners, LLC

ID 55513

Caren Sinclair-Kay

CEO of Fresh From The Farm 365. Formerly Co-Founder/CEO at @doodledeals (acquired by Plum District) and Co-Founder/CEO of Red Jam Media (acquired by Third Age)

ID 45050

Kelly Hoey

Investor

@jkhoey is CMO of Cuurio / Strategist / Speaker/ Accelerator Mentor/ Startup Advisor. Investor: Levo, Hullabalu, Glimpse, Cloud Peeps, SQL Vison, Flow, Loudly +
http://jkhoeyposts.tumblr.com/

ID 88525

Andy Ellwood

Investor

Building @stockup. Thinking End Game. Formerly @bond, @waze, @gowalla, & @marquis-jet. Trustee @exosphere .
http://blogs.forbes.com/andyellwood/

ID 68054

Adrian Kunzle

Investor

SVP in Product Development at Salesforce.com Ex Chief Architect and CTO of JPMorgan Chase, former developer, and occasional investor.

ID 402612

Will Coffield

Investor

Focus on technology investments and exceptional management teams that are driven to build valuable companies around big ideas.

ID 177471

Nick Panama

Investor

Co-Founder @cantora , Co-Founder @mainframe-group , Graduated @new-york-university

ID 136546

Jon Peachey

Investor

Advisor and Board Member @virgin-group. Mentor at @techstars

ID 29579

Avi Muchnick

Investor

Co-founder of @aviary-2 (acquired) and @worth1000 (acquired). MIT's Technology Review Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (2010)
http://avimuchnick.com

ID 6272

Pat McCarthy

SVP @appnexus • Founder @fantuition • Former VP at @yahoo, @right-media • Studied at University of Oregon
http://conversionrater.com/

ID 1212

Neal Rapoport

Investor

Investor in over 20 tech companies. Founder of @dealtaker-com (sold to Media General 2008, bought back 2012), Dude.
http://www.bikeneal.com

ID 123465

Adam Quinton

Investor

Founder/CEO Lucas Point Ventures Former #1 ranked sell side analyst Adjunct Prof @ColumbiaSIPA. Cass MBA, Univ of Cambridge MA NatSci
http://adamquinton.blogspot.com/

ID 27352

Gavan Gravesen

Investor

Founder @slated • Worked @pervazive, @fashion GPS, @deutsche-bank • Studied at @new-york-university-school-of-law

ID 211620

Jared Gross

Investor

Financial products lawyer@Cleary Gottlieb. Strong background in econ, stats, data and finance (ABD for Econ PhD@MIT; AB in Applied Math@Harvard; IBD at Lehman).

ID 41492

Rachel Sklar

Founder, Change The Ratio & TheLi.st; founding ed, Mediaite & HuffPo; advisor, @loverly, @the-muse-1, VoxMedia, Gui.de, She's The First. Also: lawyer, showtunes.
http://www.changetheratio.com

ID 184725

Andras Forgacs

Founded Organovo (NYSE: ONVO) and then Modern Meadow. Strong business background (McKinsey, Citigroup, venture capital). Kauffman Fellow, Wharton MBA, Harvard.

ID 92291

Joseph Perla

Investor

Terminal.com. Facebook. Turntable.FM. Princeton University. Bridgewater Associates.
http://www.jperla.com/blog

ID 112394

Dan Abelon

Investor

Co-Founded SpeedDate and grew to 20M users. Now running new startup and advising companies. Previously at Stanford, Columbia, and IBM

ID 231214

Kevin Weeks

Investor

Seed investor @scout-ventures. Studied @wharton-school

ID 131721

Jeff Arbour

Founder @plyfe • Worked at @the-hyperfactory

ID 117476

David Moon

Investor

Entrepreneur in residence at Ernst & Young. Founding team of Gerson Lehrman Group. Ran financial services practice at Recorded Future. Active investor/advisor.

ID 401101

Ryan Holiday

Investor

Dir of Marketing: American Apparel, Advisor: Tim Ferriss, Robert Greene, Tucker Max, creativeLIVE My books: Trust Me I'm Lying. Growth Hacker Marketing
http://brasscheck.net

ID 32199

Jeremy Mims

Founder at @ownlocal, Y Combinator Founder (Summer 2008)
http://www.ownlocal.com/newspaper-support-group

ID 6497

Renato Valdés Olmos

Co-founder at @human. Previously Co-founder at @cardcloud (acquired 2012). MA Interaction Design. Runner. Ex-fat kid.
http://renatovaldes.com

ID 376831

Brian Sheng

Investor

Founder @fresh-4 • Worked at China's #1 VC firm @SCGC • Investor @fiscalnote, @vessel @eaze • 1100 lbs Club at @princeton

ID 16135

Peter Blumen

Investor

Work with CEOs or as own principal to pursue investment strategies in realty, consumer , entertainment and other related selected sectors. www.CardinalFund.com

ID 405027

Wentao Zhang

Investor

Network technologist at top information/media company. Background in management consulting at PWC (Stern MBA).

ID 1496

Boris Bogatin

Investor

Partner at Lumia Capital, later stage investing with an international bridge mantra & focus on wireless / Internet infrastructure and cloud / platform services.
http://itsonlyjustbegun.com

ID 31961

Pete Soderling

Investor

3x tech entrepreneur, hacker, geek. founder of hakkalabs.co & 500 startups mentor. living the bi-coastal dream.
http://petesoder.com

ID 50678

Gonzalo Costa

Investor

Founding Partner at @nxtp-labs
http://gonzalo-costa.tumblr.com/

ID 376128

Brian Martelli

Investor

Co-Founder & Chairman @ SEAL Future Fund, Kapture | Investor @ Getaround, Qwiki, The Hunt, Viridis | The Brotherhood | Deutsche Bank | Pro Soccer

ID 71796

Andrew Ackerman

Investor

Managing Director, DreamIt Ventures. Successful entrepreneur (COO @bunk1), ex-consultant (Booz&Co), occasional angel investor & time-starved parent.
http://AsAngelsSeeIt.com

ID 6076

Ben Carlos Thypin

Investor

Worked at @real-capital-analytics, @toll-brothers • Investor @genius, @compstak • Studied at @cornell-university

ID 37188

Nick Crocker

Investor

Product @myfitnesspal . Founder @sessions-2 (Acq. '13) & @we-are-hunted (acq. Twitter '11). @rock_health '12. Team @ @boxee & @startmate-exploration-fund .
http://nickcroocker.tumblr.com

ID 42910

Seth Blank

Founder @yourtrove-acquired-by-live-nation. Former CEO @dbix, COO @simpli-hosting. Helped scale @gdgt, @songkick, @justin-tv. Advisor @pubnub and @indinero.

ID 102794

Matt Hersh

Investor

Head of Enterprise Sales @factual • Founding member @jetblue • Worked at @yodlee, @apple, @redpoint-ventures @originate • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles Anderson School of Management, @boston College

ID 59736

Carlos Cashman

Investor

CEO of @cuenotes, Managing Director ConstellationCK, Director: @secretbuilders, Asset Performance Technologies, 5 time founder of tech companies.

ID 8910

Diego Saez-Gil

Investor

Founder of @wehostels (acquired by @studentuniverse). Investor and advisor to some startups.
http://dsaezgil.com

ID 788

Jared Golden

Co-Founder & President @ Pear, Co-Founder @ Brand Accelerator, Board Member @ Worthee, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, former ibanker.

ID 35767

Kristal Bergfield

I run Biz Ops @ordrin. Advsr @pannacooking. Fmr @stellaservice @americanexpress @waggeneredstrom. Went to U of Oregon (Go Ducks!) & NYU Stern.

ID 147373

paul chu

Investor

Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile

ID 182524

Bradford Stephens

Founder and CEO of @drawn-to-scale, a distributed database company. Deep enterprise tech and open source love. Did SQL Server @microsoft, OSCON @o-reilly-media.
http://www,roadtofailure.com

ID 86705

Matt Robinson

Investor

MD @magnetik-partners and Venture Partner @boldstart-ventures .  Former CEO @attributor, President at @digimarc Guardian and VP @yahoo.

ID 117260

Redg Snodgrass

Investor

Entrepreneur at Skout and The Taploid as well as former Vice President of Innovation at Alcatel-Lucent. I've acquired companies & launched successful products.
http://www.venturebeat.com

ID 75539

Tak Lo

Investor

Director at Techstars. Creating unfair advantages for early stage founders. Prior USArmy Enlisted, LondonBSchool, UChicago. I care about audacious challenges.
http://taklo.co

ID 10202

Alex Bresler

Investor

Broad cross asset-class investment experience in both fiduciary and principal roles.
http://asbcllc.com/blog

ID 137144

Lexie Kier

Founder of @cuurio, strategy alum of @vaynermedia @360i & @ketchum // loves brands, poetry, fresh air, ideas, & startups
http://hinternetz.com

ID 31691

Jared Keen

Investor

Founder @couponstar-ltd • Sold to @coupons-com • VP Business Development at @coupons-com. Adviser and Investor. Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales

ID 259668

Abby Schneiderman

Founder @haystack-media, @everplans • Worked at @tipping-point-partners • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania

ID 121192

AJ Vernet

Investor

Founder @republic-project, @rey-interactive • Worked at @doubleclick, @digital-broadcasting-group-dbg • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university
http://www.mediabizbloggers.com/aj-vernet

ID 119783

L.D. Salmanson

Investor

Entrepreneur, consultant, and investor. In that order.
http://systep.blogspot.com/

ID 21479

Linda Avey

Co-founder of Curious (big personal data) and @23andme (personal genetics). Sunfire member. Advisor to @rockhealth. Health nut.
http://lillymendel.blogspot.com/

ID 74577

Jane Westfall

Product Management; Product Marketing; Program Management: UX, Web, Mobile, Emerging Technologies.
http://No time.

ID 368

Dana Spiegel

Founder and Chief Code Therapist at @foundertherapy • Built @axial, @onforce, @farechase • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-media-lab

ID 62408

Dan Engel

Investor

Co-Founder @fastspring (CEO 2005-2013). Mentor @techstars. Handled customer acquisition @google, @picasa, @gotomeeting, @expertcity-gotomypc. EIR @idealab. Board Member @fastspring, @allergease. Investor @sticky-1, @apeel-technology, @TheAmericanHome, @a

ID 37267

Nicolai Watzenig

Entrepreneur I enjoy building things. Some of these things are @birdback, @founderboys @iconfinder and @cphventures
http://watzenig.com

ID 13959

Jay Hung

CTO of @conference-hound; Founded Mixture; Ex-Yahoo.

ID 69114

Alexandra Cavoulacos

Founder @DailyMuse. YCombinator W12. Former McKinsey, @yale-university. Inc 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Advisor @Hackbright. Avid cyclist and Parisian.
http://www.thedailymuse.com

ID 554881

Shashank V Singh

Investor

Advisor @bidstalk Worked at @ibm, @deloitte • Investor @underground-cellar @paintzen @boostable, @lumoid @verdict @vouch-financial

ID 462004

Vince Beese

Founder @veep-of-sales, @rdutosfo • Worked at @sugarcrm, @trustedid • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park

ID 14792

Jules Miller

Co-founder and COO of Hire an Esquire; Worked at salesforce.com, Ernst & Young, and Tiffany & Co.; Founded Carbonado Group. Studied at UCLA and LSE.

ID 2196

Charles Huang

Investor

Advisor/mentor @ health/tech accelerator Blueprint Health. Ex VC @ Spark Capital. Entrepreneur at Generation Health, sold to CVS. Payor corp finance & strategy.
http://thesignaltonoise.com

ID 150031

Cliff Hinrichs

Investor

Working at @google • Studied at @insead-1, @amherst-college (Phi Beta Kappa) • Founder @homedirectory-ltd-uk

ID 8682

Michael Tippett

Investor

Founder @nowpublic-com, @webpool • Worked at @register-com, @growlabs, @afternic-com • Studied at @queen-s-university
http://Www.Tippett.org

ID 30703

Adam Gerstein

Investor

@NovoPartners - MD. @bevvy - COO/Partner. @neurosmith (sold to Small World Toys), @texyard (sold to KarsdadtQuelle) and @beautyaddicts (sold to DSS).

ID 22168

Tommaso Trionfi

Investor

CEO of @ixtens, former CEO of Wimba

ID 730139

Arnaud Meunier

Investor

Formerly Eng manager @twitter; Founder @twitoaster

ID 647920

Steve Kupfer

Investor

Connecting front line school district executives with best in class emerging technologies.

ID 133987

Matteo Franceschetti

Investor

Serial enterpreneur, angel investor and mentor passionate about "what's next" and new technologies disrupting the world

ID 56628

Todd Morris

Founder & CEO, @brickhouse-security listed on the Inc 500 & IR 500. A product guy with a love for cool new tech.

ID 91649

Ajay Yadav

Investor

Founder @roomi. Building a marketplace for shared rental.
http://yadavajay.tumblr.com

ID 115155

Max Engel

VP of Product for @Honest-Buildings. Experience creating publishing systems, mobile apps, social games, consumer sites, semantic tools, and media platforms.
http://www.8bitkid.com

ID 45603

Jim Hirshfield

Head of Pub Dev @disqus x-33Across, x-Tynt, x-Zemanta, x-MongoDB, x-PledgeBay, x-Wired, x-WhoWhere, x-Lycos, x-Reuters, Silicon Valley DNA in NYC
http://www.thegratefullife.com

ID 141630

Brian Smiga

Investor

Partner @AlphaVP, Advises @pritzker-group-venture-capital. Founder @preclick @actioneer • Investor @liveintent @copromote • @swarthmore-college @booz-company
http://www.tedxnavesink.com

ID 157275

Jared Cohen

Investor

TeachersPayTeachers, Formerly Kickstarter. Always Learning, Sometimes Coding. 495west.com, @jaredcohe
http://495west.com

ID 81116

Michael Geer

COO of Dream Industries - And a tech junkie/founder/advisor/mentor

ID 30631

Solomon Liou

Investor

Founder of @parke-2, a new online, premium denim brand. Previously at @clickable, @hotjobs, @elife, @Goldman Sachs, @Wharton MBA, @harvard-university BA.

ID 59384

Matthew Moalem

Revenue Acquisition Mercenary - Global Alliances, Global Sales, Global Marketing. Board Adviser. Former US Navy. Innovative Technology, Social, Mobile.

ID 238162

Jonathan Brickman

Investor

Chief Revenue Officer @dealsheet, Principal @www.jebrickman.com, Founder @roadbrake • EVP Sales and Service at @ipreo, Chief Sales Officer @rainking-solutions • BS Engineering at @Carnegie-Mellon, MBA @northeastern-university

ID 135499

Paul Grossinger

Investor

Entrepreneur, Angel, Early-Stage VC, Pervasive Group and L&M Media Founder, INE Ventures, Gaingels Syndicate, Blue Jay Syndicate, Jumpstart, Golden Seeds

ID 272679

Yuchun Peter Wang

Investor

CTO @refinery29, Previously @appssavvy, @buddy-media, ECE & CS @carnegie-mellon-university-2

ID 274735

Matt Cholerton

Spends his time advising startups and matching talented folks with companies that need (and reward) them.
http://www.everyonehateshr.com

ID 138087

Sha Hwang

i want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now
http://blog.postarchitectural.com

ID 99017

William Maw

Investor

Dreamer with powerful, global network. Angel investor, advisor, CFO, author, social entrepreneur, philanthropist,(@billmaw ,GE, PwC my own biz)

ID 146177

Jason Saltzman

CEO/Founder @alleynyc
http://www.jasonsaltzman.com

ID 4438

Peter Fusaro

Chairman of Global Change Associates, an energy & environmental advisory in NYC. I advise on renewable energy, cleantech and energy efficiency project finance.

ID 4335

Ted Yang

Investor

Sensei. Angel Investor/Advisor/Entrepreneur/Mentor with Cap Markets / Finance COO/CTO background. MIT Engineer. Founder @StamfordiCenter MediaCrossing

ID 1217

Leonardo Suárez-Ruíz

CEO of Advisers Managing Partner of TorrenegraLabs. Co-Founder of HubBOG

ID 329838

Andrew Goletka

Investor

Early stage investor @ Advancit Capital

ID 151671

Aparna Mukherjee

Media chops @new-york-times @bloomberg @wall-street-journal @associated-press @cnbc • Social @mckinsey • Alum @columbia @ Bryn Mawr • Advisor @rawporter @joios

ID 66805

Sonny Caberwal

Founder @bond, @exclusively-in, @sher-singh @tavalon-tea • Studied at @duke-university, @oxford-university, @Georgetown Law.

ID 140856

Shu Chowdhury

Investor

founder @salido. BS @new-york-university /MSEE @university-of-pennsylvania

ID 76917

Taj Chahal

Entrepreneur, Advisor, Investor, & Philanthropist

ID 104267

Sharath Reddy

Investor

Worked at @redwood-capital-management • Investor @versa, @embrace • Studied at @stanford-university, @wharton-school

ID 114655

Ashantha Kaluarachchi

Investor

Manager@Techstars, MBA@Georgetown, Specializes in K-20 education, early-stage edtech, & emerging market ecosystems. Passionate about growing learning companies.

ID 4551

Jory Des Jardins

Founder @blogher • Worked at @aol-time-warner, @new-york-times • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign
http://www.jorydesjardins.com

ID 155162

Shannon Edwards

CEO @styloko • Writer • Started @fashionrocks-com • Worked @popsugar @ebay @netflix • Non-Exec & FRSA • Studied @cornell-university @northwestern-university-1
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shannon-edwards/

ID 1057

Jean Peters

SVP IR, raised >$20 billion for major IPOs. Former journalist; federal policy analyst. Now help startups succeed. Financial and communications expertise.

ID 35931

Peter Koepke

Investor

Advisor established & start-up social and digital media companies. Board member CoPromote, Co-founder Dotomi, CEO/Co-Owner, London Records, VP Atlantic Records

ID 2774

Jay Bhatti

Investor

Founder of @spock. Investor in Hive (stealth). Advisor to @gift-side-story, @brownrock. Team member of @microsoft.
http://jaybhatti.com

ID 141663

Lili Balfour

Founder @atelier-advisors • Worked at @heller-ehrman-venture-law-group • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
http://www.atelieradvisors.com/think

ID 156632

Shawn Merani

Investor

Partner @penchina, Prev @liquidnet @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc @gca-savvian • Edu: @university-of-california-berkeley , @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA

ID 45316

Dan Lasher

Investor

Investment banking at Victory Park - alum of Streetwise Media (acq by ACBJ), GrandBanks Capital (VC) & Revolution Partners (acq by Morgan Keegan)

ID 104699

Evan Konwiser

Travel Industry Consultant/Advisor, for start-ups & big cos. Formerly co-founder of FlightCaster & Bain consultant. Write for tnooz & TheBeat

ID 82693

Justin Bedecarré

Co-Founder @42floors

ID 254207

Lauren DeLuca

Investor

Director @rivs, Advisor @chime-4, @archively @ginkgotree, Row One. MBA @kellogg-school-of-management, graduated Cum Laude @university-of-notre-dame 2001

ID 224149

Michael Gursha

Investor

Business & Corporate Development @ Curemark, co-founder @ various startups, Graduate of Newhouse & Whitman Schools @ Syracuse University.

ID 225061

Amy Kadomatsu

Investor

Co-founder @roko-labs • Investor @novus-partners @bookalokal-2 • Mentor @entrepreneurs-roundtable-accelerator • Toiled away @HBS, @harvard-university

ID 128590

Seth Page

Investor

Experienced tech entrepreneur, operator, investment banker & financier. Last 2 firms co-founded were both acquired Nov 2011. Just acquired mSpot for Samsung.

ID 66876

Dhwani Vahia

Associate @techstars; INSEAD MBA; Problem Solver for Fast Growing Companies

ID 125275

Bay McLaughlin

Co-Founder of Brinc.io, part incubator, part accelerator, part hardware investment fund, part awesome. We want to make your product a reality, so reach out!

ID 49644

Carlos Rodarte

Interested in technology, mobile, health, wellness, and all things healthcare.

ID 85962

Glenda Bautista Baker

Product Mngmt & Dvlpmnt for @digital-media, @advertising, & @analytics. Ad tech & marketing tech veteran, 2 coasts. Early @doubleclick @google-doubleclick.
http://gjb.tumblr.com

ID 44259

Iain Grae

Investor


ID 282320

Marc Goldberg

Key member of the About Group senior leadership team, with responsibilities for revenue, strategy, & site functionality. Lead multiple teams and multiple P&L’s.

ID 82251

Timothy Mohn

Investor

Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple

ID 19376

Tristan Louis

Investor

GM, @meetup • Serial Founder • Advisor • Worked at @deutsche-bank, @hsbc • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill, @george-washington-university
http://www.tnl.net/blog

ID 248997

Rohan Deshpande

Founder @fundera • Lead Developer @gilt-groupe • Studied at @new-york-university

ID 218522

Charles Amadon

Investor

Director, Business Development @ Bill.com

ID 81584

Jonathan Olsen

Investor

Past: Co-President, Stanford Alumni Angels East. Founded/Exited Cause TV, Inc. Stanford '04. NYU Stern MBA '11. Deloitte Consulting. Pfizer M&A Finance.
http://jonolsen.tumblr.com

ID 198637

Scott Bales

Investor

Leading the #DigitalShift. Globe Trotter & Avid People Watcher. Always carry a Camera & Smartphone. Have you bought my book yet?
http://www.scottebales.com/blog

ID 31105

Jason Martin

Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.

ID 455414

Jeffrey Szczepanski

Worked at @stack-exchange

ID 205086

Saalim Chowdhury

Worked at @boston-consulting-group, @news-corporation, @scansafe • Studied at @oxford-university, @university-of-cambridge, @london-school-of-economics

ID 129350

Dave Riess

Investor

Co-Founder and CTO @ Wunder VP Engineering at @alphaboost, Product Manager @knewton

ID 54369

Jean-Baptiste Soufron

Secretary-General of the French National Digital Council, essayist and journalist, former CLO of the Wikimedia Foundation, Lawyer, Business Angel, Entrepreneur

ID 82990

James Harrison

Founder @insurancewide-com, @safeonline-com • CEO at @ontrade, Board member @conference-hound • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @university-of-bristol

ID 117651

Sam Onat Yilmaz

Investor

Managing Partner @dapps-fund-i Board Member @mastercoin-foundation ED @bitangels Triple Major('10) & MS Engineering ('12) @johns-hopkins-university

ID 112337

Anil Advani

Investor

Managing Partner at Inventus Law

ID 222243

Ryan Tabone

Investor

Product guy @google Now: Capture & convey thought Before: Bringing simplicity to computing

ID 10722

Mark G. Johnson

Investor

Founder @hotelchatter, @jaunted, @vegaschatter (acq @conde-nast-publications)

ID 161131

Julie Blitzer

UX consultant for startups. Instructor for @general-assembly, Coach @startupweekend. Worked at @appnexus, @joor @advomatic . BA @claremont-mckenna-college, Master IxD @domus-academy
http://uxblitz.com

ID 48279

Diego Alonso Obando

Global Wealth & Investment Management @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch | Marketing Director@music-for-tomorrow |

ID 3764

Jerry Colonna

Jerry is my coach.

ID 218528

Peter Thomson

Investor

Digital Brand Strategist. I specialise in Lean Branding for technology startups that are defining new product categories.
http://www.peterjthomson.com

ID 95253

Peter Sung

Investor

Venture Partner @ MESA+ / Media Executive / Entrepreneur / Digital / Mobile Expert

ID 190177

Anthony Gabriele

VP new business at @dow-jones. Former head mobile music @amazon, luxury marketing @ahalife, ex @walt-disney-imagineering. @harvard-university.

ID 407567

Sharon Feder

Chief Digital Officer at Rachael Ray, dog lover, foodie

ID 27119

Steven Hodas

Ex-NASA Internet, ex-Princeton Review EVP. Co-founder and CEO of @NoodleEducation, and @contnu.com. Now running the Markets Initiative of the NYCDOE's iZone.

ID 84314

Jessica Levaton

Web, Mobile, UI / UX Design @ BBDO.com CSOD.com NURV.nu ( AAU Alumni )
https://www.facebook.com/JessicaLevaton

ID 305849

Frank Luciano

Head of Business Development for Goldbely. Founded Hudson Sutler + Streaker Sports. Former hedge fund analyst, head of biz dev at Lax.com, + pro lacrosse player
http://www.frankluciano.com

ID 621264

Jocelyn Goldfein

Investor

Independent angel and advisor. Prior eng leader at Facebook, VMware, Trilogy, and multiple startups. Stanford CS. Interests in mobile, big data, cloud, edtech.
https://medium.com/@jocelyngoldfein

ID 70536

Ari Meisel

Serial Entrepreneur / Efficiency Consultant / Speaker / Ironman / Author / Inventor / Wellness Coach / Achievement Architect
http://www.lessdoing.com

ID 410256

Ron Shah

Investor

Founder @ Jina Ventures, Contributor @ CNBC, PE Secondaries, VC Investor, Conqueror of Obstacles.

ID 320208

Christian Calderon

Revenue @kixeye • Previously Investment Banker @needham-company , @j-p-morgan-1 , @merrill-lynch • Studied Economics @berkeley • Love to rock climb and ride bikes

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