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Just like every year, Forbes magazine has released the 2017 Midas List including the top 100 tech venture capital investors.
It’s hard for a VC to stay on top of their game. It requires an appetite for risk, immense calculations, and maybe a tiny bit of luck as well.
The podium is taken by Jim Goetz, Partner at Sequoia Capital. He has retained his position at the top of the list from 2016. He’s closely followed by Chris Sacca, founder and Chairman of Lowercase Capital. He’s moved up a position to #2 from last year in the list. Peter Fenton, General Partner at Benchmark Capital, has also made a jump to #3 from last year’s #4.
The fourth and fifth positions are occupied by Steve Anderson and Brian Singerman, respectively. As per a Forbes report, Singerman is the biggest mover this year, making a huge jump from #36 to #5, sitting on the back of his $300 Mn investment in cancer stem cell-targeting drug maker Stemcentrx. The company was acquired last year, allowing Singerman’s company to earn $1.4 Bn in pure profits.
Unlike last year, there’s not a single woman VC in the top five this year. Six women VCs in total made it to the list, namely: Mary Meeker, Rebecca Lynn, Jenny Lee, Theresia Gouw, Ann Miura-Ko, and Kristen Green, the latter three being new additions from 2016. Also, this year, 11 India origin VCs are in the list, representing mastery in the craft of investments.
Additionally, Carl Gordon of OrbiMed has made his way to the top 10, sitting gleefully at #8, up from last year’s #20. The most represented firms still continue to be Sequoia, Benchmark, Greylock and Accel, but new firms are starting to break out as well. Floodgate has two representatives this year, Lightspeed Venture Partners also have three VCs carrying the torch in the list. Nine newcomers have risen to fame this year, with 12 of the 100 being billionaires.
What goes into making the list: Forbes and TrueBridge Capital Partners collect data from publicly available sources as well as through many direct submissions from the firms themselves. Where Midas provides a five-year look-back at a partner’s portfolio, with exits by IPO or acquisition of $200 Mn and above, and private holdings that raised money at valuations of $400 Mn or more over that time period.
[The list is in the order of their ranking as per Forbes Midas. The information has been sourced from websites such as Wikipedia, investors’ LinkedIn profiles, and Crunchbase.]
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: 2004
Notable Deal: WhatsApp
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Sequoia, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners, where he led investments in BroadJump (MOTV), Entrisphere (ERIC), Peribit (JNPR), RGB, Rhapsody (BRCD), Timetra (ALA) and Topspin (CSCO). Before that he was associated with Vital Signs and Synoptics. Jim also held various product and marketing positions at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs, and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Firm: Lowercase Capital
Designation: Founder and Chairman
Associated Since: December 2007
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: Truckee, California
Sacca began his career as an associate at Fenwick & West in Silicon Valley and later joined Google as Corporate Counsel, reporting to General Counsel David Drummond. Sacca left Google in December 2007. He has also made investments in startups such as Photobucket and Twitter. He has a BS in Foreign Service, International Relations And Affairs from Georgetown University.
Firm: Benchmark
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: May 2006
Notable Deal: Docker
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Fenton’s investing style has been summarised as, “Wait until right before the company’s rising ‘adoption curve’ meets the declining ‘risk curve.” He serves on the board of companies such as Twitter, Yelp, Fenton, Cockroach, Optimizely, Polyvore, Quip, Zuora and more. In December 2014, two of his investments, Hortonworks and New Relic, went public on the same day. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Firm: Baseline Ventures
Designation: Founder
Associated Since: April 2006
Notable Deal: Instagram
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Steve started his career as senior sales representative at Digital Equipment Corporation. He later got associated with brands such as eBay, KPCB, Microsoft, StarBucks. Since its inception, Baseline has invested in more than 75 companies and helped more than 25 companies exit profitably, for founders and investors alike. His major investments include Heroku, ExactTarget, GoInstant, CoTweet , Flowtown, OMGPop, Xobni and more. He has a BA in Physics and Business from University of Washington and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.
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Firm: The Founders Fund
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: September 2011
Notable Deal: Stemcentrx
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
After graduating with a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University, Brian joined a startup There Inc., as a software engineer. He then got hired at Google in 2004. Singerman’s other portfolio wins including Oculus VR, Misfit, and The Climate Corporation. His active portfolio includes Airbnb, AltSchool, and Emerald Therapeutics.
Firm: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: December 2010
Notable Deal: Airbnb
Location: Menlo Park, California
For 19 years, Mary was the Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. Known as a market-moving growth expert, her startup bets lists Chinese commerce site JD.com, Square, Spotify, Facebook, Airbnb, and Houzz. She holds a BA in Psychology from DePauw University.
Firm: Benchmark
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: July 1999
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Bill is one of the oldest members of Benchmark. His other portfolio companies include NextDoor, Stitch Fix, HackerOne Vessel, Sailthru, Brighter.com and more. He has a BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from University of Texas at Austin.
Firm: OrbiMed Advisors
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: 1995
Notable Deal: Acerta
Location: Greater New York City Area
His recent exits include Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Seragon Pharmaceuticals, and Adimab. His current portfolio includes two of his major bets – immuno-oncology company Compass and Alzheimer’s company Alector.
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Global Managing Partner
Associated Since: 1988
Notable Deal: ServiceNow
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
As per Forbes, Leone has a real-time net worth of $2.9 Bn. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, an MS in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and an MS in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to joining Sequoia, he worked at Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Prime Computer in sales and sales management positions.
Firm: Breyer Capital
Designation: Founder & CEO
Associated Since: 2006
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: Menlo Park, California
Apart from Breyer Capital, Jim is an active board member at firms including Blackstone Group, Inc, and IDG China Capital Partners. He is also the co-founder of AKKR. His investments lists companies such as Facebook, Kensho, Circle Financial, and Heal. Prior to founding Breyer Capital, he was associated with Accel Partners and 21st Century Fox.
Firm: Sequoia Capital China
Designation: Founding Managing Partner
Associated Since: 2005
Notable Deal: Alibaba
Location: Hong Kong
Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, he served as President & CFO of Ctrip.com International Limited (CTRP), an online travel company in China which he co-founded in 1999. He is also a co-founder and co-chairman of Home Inns (HMIN), an economy hotel chain in China which was spun off from Ctrip in 2003.
Firm: The Founders Fund
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: March 2006
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Peter is known for his professional expertise in areas such as private equity, macro-finance, venture capital, among others. According to Forbes, he has a real-time net worth of $2.7 Bn. He is the founder of Paypal, Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund and Palantir Technologies, an analytical software company.
Firm: IDG Capital Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: July 2004
Notable Deals: Xiaomi
Location: Beijing City, China
Xiaojun Li is actively involved in investments in mobile, Internet, technology, and energy sectors with engineering, management, and entrepreneur experience in the technology industry. He is a key member of the technology team in both Broadcom Corporation and Marvell Semiconductor. He holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School, an MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and a BS in Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Firm: Meritech Capital Partners
Designation: Managing Director/co-founder
Associated Since: January 1999
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Paul Madera invests in private technology companies in the SaaS, storage, ecommerce, financial, and medical device sectors. Over the past 12 years, he has invested in companies like 2Wire, BlueArc, Dealer Socket, Facebook, Force10 Networks, Glaukos, IntraLase, Riverbed Technology, and Salesforce.com. Prior to Meritech, Paul was Managing Director of Private Equity at Montgomery Securities/Banc of America. Paul holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Political Science from the United States Air Force Academy.
Firm: Digital Sky Technologies (now mail.ru) and DST Global
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: N/A
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: Russian Federation
Through DST Global, Milner is an investor in Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Flipkart, Spotify, Zocdoc, Groupon, OlaCabs, Alibaba, and many others. Milner’s personal investments also include a stake in 23andMe. In July 2015, he launched “Breakthrough Listen,” a $100 Mn project to search for alien life. He received an MBA from Wharton. As per Forbes, he has a real-time net worth of $3.5 Bn.
Firm: ARCH Venture Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: N/A
Notable Deal: Juno Therapeutics
Location: New York
Robert Nelsen is co-founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners. He joined ARCH at its founding and played a significant role in the early sourcing, financing, and development of more than 30 companies, including 15 – which have reached valuations exceeding $1 Bn.
Firm: Battery Ventures
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: August 2000
Notable Deal: AppDynamics
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
He was a founding investor in BladeLogic and has invested in several other companies that have gone on to stage IPOs, including Bazaarvoice; Guidewire Software, Marketo, Omniture, RealPage and Wayfair. His current investments include Amplitude, Appboy, AppDynamics, BloomReach, Catchpoint, Chef, Glassdoor. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard University.
Firm: Andreessen Horowitz
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: July 2011
Notable Deal: AirBnB
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining a16z, Jeff was President and CEO of OpenTable, which he took public in 2009. Before OpenTable, he was President of PayPal and the SVP and GM of eBay North America. He holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Firm: GGV Capital
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: October 2013
Notable Deal: Wish
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
His focus lies on sectors such as consumer mobile Internet, cross-border ecommerce, IoT, and mobile social communication. Hans’ prior work experience spans across venture capital, Internet startups, and tech investment banking over 18 years. His early career associations include firms such as Qiming Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, HelloAsia, Asia2B, and Merrill Lynch. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
Firm: Floodgate
Designation: Founding Partner
Associated Since: 2006
Notable Deal: Twitter
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
He has been on the Forbes Midas List since 2010 and was also named one of “8 Rising Stars” by FORTUNE Magazine. Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was involved as a founder and operating executive at back-to-back startup IPOs, including Tivoli Systems and Motive. Some of Mike’s investments include Twitter, Twitch.tv, ngmoco, Weebly, Chegg, and Bazaarvoice.
Firm: First Round Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: July 2006
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Rob came to First Round Capital from Omidyar Network, where he was their first venture investor. Prior to joining Omidyar Network in 2004, Rob was at Palm where he started up their corporate venture fund. Rob was previously associated with companies like Geoworks and Go Corp. He holds a BA in Political Economics from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: October 2010
Notable Deal: Airbnb
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Alfred’s investments are focussed on startups disrupting the mobile, marketplace, commerce, consumer services, and online-to-offline sectors. Prior to joining Sequoia in 2010, Alfred served as COO/CFO of Zappos.com, VP of Finance and Business Development of Tellme Networks (MSFT), and VP of Finance of LinkExchange (MSFT). Alfred also co-founded Venture Frogs, LLC and invested in a few companies such as Ask Jeeves (IACI), MongoMusic (MSFT) etc., all of which eventually got acquired. Alfred has a BA in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and an MS in Statistics from Stanford.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: July 2008
Notable Deal: Jet.com
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Sameer focusses on consumer, software, and services companies. Prior to Accel, Sameer was a Partner at Sequoia and led investments in companies like Barracuda Networks, Dropbox (initial seed), Gracenote, Trulia (acquired by Zillow) and Sourcefire. Sameer is from Maryland and has graduated from MIT and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Firm: New Enterprise Associates
Designation: Managing General Partner
Associated Since: January 1996
Notable Deal: Tableau Software
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining NEA, Scott was a Product Manager at Microsoft, where he worked on Windows 95. Before joining Microsoft, Scott was the first salesperson at C-ATS Software and later co-founded and ran the company’s European subsidiary. He began his career with Boston Consulting Group. Scott holds an MBA from Stanford and an AB in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College. Scott leads NEA’s investing activities in China and has personally led investments in companies like Bloom Energy, Data Domain, Fusion-io, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, WebEx, and Workday.
Firm: Sequoia Capital China
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: January 2005
Notable Deal: New Dada
Location: China
Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2005, Kui served as a Senior Vice President at Legend Capital. Earlier, Kui served in various managerial roles at Legend Holdings, Zhongshan Telecom and Southeast Tungsten Metallurgy. Kui holds a BS in Electrical Automation from Wuhan Technology University and an MBA from Tsinghua University.
Firm: General Atlantic
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: 1998
Notable Deal: Alibaba
Location: New York
Over the last 10 years, Levy has focussed on building GA’s global Internet & technology sector. He is currently a Director of Squarespace, SnapAV, Acumen Brands, Klarna, Red Ventures, Gilt Groupe and serves as a Board Observer for Airbnb and Uber. He is a former Director of AKQA, Dice Holdings, Mercado Libre, Network Solutions, Web.com, and Zantaz Corporation. He also led the firm’s investments in Alibaba Group and Facebook. Before joining GA, Anton was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co.
Firm: Andreessen Horowitz
Designation: General Partner/co-founder
Associated Since: N/A
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco
He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used Web browser; co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder and General Partner of Silicon Valley’s venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He has an estimated net worth of $600 Mn. He sits on the Board of Directors of Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and eBay.
Firm: Greylock Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: September 2013
Notable Deal: AppDynamics
Location: Menlo Park, California
Asheem is focussed on sectors such as enterprise IT infrastructure, software, and services companies. He was previously on the Board at CipherTrust (MCAF), Imperva, (IMPV), NetBoost (INTC), PortAuthority Technologies (WBSN) and more. He was earlier associated with Check Point Software, CoroNet Systems, SynOptics/Bay Networks, among others. Asheem holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Firm: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: 1980
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
John serves on the Boards of Amyris, Google, and Zynga, as well as several private technology ventures. He also led KPCB’s investment in Twitter. His technology career began in 1974 at Intel. John earned BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also holds several patents for computer memory devices. John is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Firm: Qiming Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: 2006
Notable Deal: Meitu
Location: Shanghai, China
JP Gan has over 20 years of experience in investment and finance. His past successful investments include Ctrip.com International Limited, Dianping, Jiayuan.com International Limited, Taomee Holdings Limited, and PPS Inc. He obtained his MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his BBA from University of Iowa.
Firm: Founder Collective
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: January 2009
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: Greater Boston Area
Prior to joining Founder Collective, Eric founded Brontes Technologies, a 3D imaging company, which was acquired in 2006 by 3M. Eric has served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, and is a Board Member of the New England Venture Capital Association. He has earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firm: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: March 2006
Notable Deal: Snap Inc.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
He invests primarily in consumer facing companies in the mobile and online space, specifically in video, massive-scale social media, commerce, and financial services. Previously, Jeremy was with AOL, first as SVP of corporate development and Chief of Staff to the CEO, and then as General Manager of Netscape. Jeremy joined AOL from InterActiveCorp. Jeremy holds a BA/BSc from Australian National University in Linguistics and Pure Mathematics and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Firm: Bain Capital Ventures
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: 2013
Notable Deal: MuleSoft
Location: Palo Alto, California
He has invested $150 Mn into 35 companies over nine years, mostly early-stage, including Redis Labs, Hazelcast, Tealium, Typesafe, Dynatrace and more. He also inherited Tealeaf and served on its Board for three years prior to its acquisition by IBM. He holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and Stanford University, respectively.
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: January 2003
Notable Deal: Square
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Roelof Botha focusses on Internet, services, and software investments. He is a Director of Eventbrite, Evernote, Inside.com, MongoDB, Natera (NTRA), Plain Vanilla, Square (SQ), Unity Technologies, Weebly, and Whisper. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Roelof served as the Chief Financial Officer of PayPal. Earlier, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Roelof is a certified actuary and holds a BS in Actuarial Science, Economics and Statistics from University of Cape Town and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Firm: First Round Capital
Designation: Partner/co-founder
Associated Since: 2004
Notable Deal: AppNexus
Location: Greater Philadelphia Area
Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialisation. He is the inventor of thirteen US Patents for his work in Internet technology. In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young’s prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Greater Philadelphia region. Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from Wharton.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: February 2000
Notable Deal: SuperCell
Location: London, United Kingdom
Kevin is currently responsible for Accel’s early-stage investments which have had M&A and IPO transactions in aggregate value of over $15 Bn. Prior to joining Accel Partners, he has worked as a Partner with Doughty Hanson and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. He holds a BS in Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firm: Workday
Designation: CEO/co-founder
Associated Since: March 2005
Notable Deal: Cloudera
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Aneel is presently also serving as Partner at Greylock and at the Board of Intel Corporation. He is the former SVP & Vice Chairman of PeopleSoft and Chairman at Data Domain. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and MBA from Stanford University.
Firm: Greylock Partners
Designation: Senior Managing Partner
Associated Since: July 2012
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
He is presently associated as a Board Member with Medium, Vessel, Nextdoor.com and is a Board observer at Jelly. He focusses on consumer Internet, social networking, media convergence, and mobile. Before coming to Greylock, David spent over seven years in product management and development at consumer Internet, gaming, and media companies ranging in size from small startups through publically traded companies. David holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University
Firm: Bessemer Venture Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: April 2005
Notable Deal: Twilio
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
At Bessemer, he focusses on venture capital investments in the cloud-computing and Internet sectors. Prior to joining Bessemer, Byron worked as an executive at IBM after the company’s acquisition of Trigo Technologies, which he founded in December 1999 . His earlier associations also include TA Associates and McKinsey & Company. Byron holds a BA degree with honours from UC Berkeley in political economy.
Firm: Benchmark
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: April 2007
Notable Deal: Snap Inc
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Mitch Lasky focusses on startups in mobile gaming, new media, and interactive entertainment businesses. Prior to joining Benchmark, Mitch held associations with Mobile and Online at Electronic Arts, JAMDAT Mobile, Inc, Wireless LLC, Activision, and Worldwide Studios. Earlier in his career, Mitch worked at the Walt Disney Company and started a massively multiplayer online game company. He holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University.
Firm: First Round Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: 2012
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Before joining First Round, Bill was associated with LiveOps. He also founded Jump Networks, which later got acquired by Microsoft. Bill currently serves on the Boards of Readyforce, LiveOps, Looker and Samasource and is Vice Chairman of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. Bill has a Bachelor of Arts in Science and Technology studies from Cornell University.
Firm: Union Square Ventures
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: Jan 2003
Notable Deal: Twitter
Location: Greater New York City Area
Fred Wilson has been a venture capitalist since 1987. He also founded Flatiron Partners. He has a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Wharton School of Business
Firm: SV Angel
Designation: Founder and Co-Managing Partner
Associated Since: 2009
Notable Deal: Square
Location: San Francisco
Ron has been an active angel investor since the mid-90s. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005). His early career stints include companies like National Semiconductor Corporation, Altos Computer Systems, Personal Training Systems (PTS – acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft). Ron is also an advocate for immigration reform and a co-founder of FWD.US.
Firm: Canvas Ventures
Designation: General Partner/co-founder
Associated Since: August 2013
Notable Deal: Lending Club
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Rebecca focusses on early-stage venture investments in financial services, digital health, and mobile. She began her career with brands like Procter & Gamble and NextCard. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri and a JD/MBA from University of California at Berkeley.
Firm: IVP
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: October 2001
Notable Deal: Snap Inc
Location: N/A
Dennis’ previous experience includes association with firms such as Internet Capital Group (ICG), Battery Ventures, and Hambrecht & Quist. His major investments include startups such as Advent Software, Buddy Media, Business.com, Casper, Chordiant Software and DoubleVerify. He holds a BA with honours in Government & Economics from Dartmouth College.
Firm: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: 2006
Notable Deal: AppDynamics
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Lightspeed Ventures, John worked in product management and marketing with Determina (acquired by VMware). He is also the Founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Grant Program. His past investments include Nimble Storage (NMBL), Nicira (acquired by VMware), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io) and Pliant Technology (acquired by Sandisk). He holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in Computer Science from University of Chicago and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Firm: Andreessen Horowitz
Designation: Horowitz
Associated Since: May 2009
Notable Deal: Tanium
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Ben is co-founder and General Partner at the venture capital firm. Horowitz earned a BA in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from UCLA. The Netscape alumnus and former CEO of Opsware (acquired by HP in 2007 for $1.6 Bn) also sits on the boards at Tanium, Genius, SignalFx, and TransferWise. Horowitz is also known for his bestselling book from 2014, “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
Gaurav Garg
Firm: Wing Venture Capital
Designation: Founding partner
Associated Since: February 2011
Notable Deal: Fire Eye
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Gaurav has led investments in a number of early-stage technology companies and currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Ruckus Wireless, FireEye , MobileIron, Jasper, Shape Security, Instart Logic, Cohesity, Apprity and previously Netscaler (acquired by CTXS). Earlier, he was a Partner at Sequoia Capital and has also founded Redback Networks. Gaurav holds a BS and MS degree in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Computer Science from Washington University.
Firm: General Catalyst Partners
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: January 2000
Notable Deal: Warby Parker
Location: Greater Boston Area
Prior to co-founding General Catalyst Partners, Joel (together with David Fialkow) co-founded and operated three businesses including National Leisure Group, Retail Growth ATM Systems and Starboard Cruise Services. Joel’s areas of interest include consumer internet/mobile, e-commerce and online travel. His major investments include AirBnB, Blade Networks, Cadre, Chloe + Isabel, Couchsurfing, Evolv Technology, Fancy and more. Joel is a graduate of Colby College and Boston College Law School.
Firm::DCM
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: NA
Notable Deal:: 58.com
Location: China
Prior to joining DCM, Hurst was a co-founder and COO of SINA Corporation. At DCM, he focusses primarily on consumer Internet businesses including ecommerce, digital media, online travel, mobile apps, and O2O. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and spent several years in Silicon Valley working as a management consultant at Ernst and Young.
Firm: Felicis Ventures
Designation: Managing Partner/founder
Associated Since: December 2005
Notable Deal: Adyen
Location: Palo Alto, California
His recent focus areas include re-invention of core markets like intelligent SaaS and financial services as well as development of frontier technologies including AI/deep learning and robotics. Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, Aydin was a Senior Manager at Google, Aydin received a BS in Business Administration with Honours from Boston University. He also earned an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the School of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
Firm: Foresite Capital
Designation: Founder And CEO
Associated Since: 2010
Notable Deal: Intarcia Therapeutics
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Jim has an industry experience of over 25 years. Earlier in his career, he has been part of Prospect Venture Partners II and III and Sierra Ventures. His major investments included Amira Pharmaceuticals, Amerigroup, Healtheon, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals. He holds a BS and a B.S.E.E. from Yale University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, an MS from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: November 2006
Notable Deal: Atlassian
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Rich primarily focusses on software, Internet services and mobile technologies. Rich has earlier served as Chief Marketing Officer of Covad Communications and SVP of Product at Openwave Systems. Rich started his career at McKinsey & Company and in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble. He has an Engineering degree and MBA from MIT.
Firm: Bessemer Venture Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: May 2001
Notable Deal: Pinterest
Location: Greater New York City Area
Jeremy was among the earliest VCs to identify the importance of user-generated content by investing in Yelp, LinkedIn, OLX, and Wikia. Currently, he is focussed on new investments in sectors such as Internet marketplaces and consumer video. Earlier in his career, he led operations for an Internet-software publisher and worked at AEA Investors, a management buyout firm. He started his career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He graduated from Duke University with a BS in Computer Science and Economics.
Firm: OrbiMed
Designation: Co-Head of Global Private Equity and General Partner
Associated Since: 1999
Notable Deal: Relypsa
Location: Greater New York City Area
Jonathan’s focus lies on private equity and structured transactions in small capitalisation public biotechnology and medical device companies. Recently, he also co-founded The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA. He has a JD and an MBA from the University of San Diego, and a BA in Economics from Denison University.
Firm: Index Ventures
Designation: Partner
Associated Sinc:: 2002
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Index in 2002, Danny was a General Partner of The Barksdale Group, where he invested in a dozen companies including TellMe (Microsoft). Previously, Danny was Managing Director in Hambrecht & Quist’s (JP Morgan) Equity Research Group and was responsible for the firm’s Internet practice. He holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University.
Firm: Benchmark
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: 2008
Notable Deal: Instagram
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Benchmark, he served as the VP of Product Management at Facebook, where he led the development of new strategic initiatives for the company. Previously, Matt was Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn, where he was a member of the founding team. Matt also has been a consultant in McKinsey & Company’s Silicon Valley office and worked in Beijing for AsiaInfo. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honours from Yale University.
Firm: Venrock
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: 1997
Notable Deal: Intarcia Therapeutics
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Venrock, Dr. Roberts held corporate finance positions at Kidder Peabody & Co., Inc. He is a Director of Intarcia Therapeutics Inc., Athenahealth, Inc., Nanosys Inc. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University and a BA, in Chemistry from Dartmouth College.
Firm: Tiger Global Management
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: July 2002
Notable Deal: JD.com
Location: Greater New York City Area
Prior to joining Tiger Global in July 2002, Shleifer was a private equity investor at The Blackstone Group. He sits on the Board of Directors of PRC.EDU. He served as a Director of Spark Networks, Inc. (alternate name, Spark Networks Plc) from December 2004 to September 2006. He received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: 2008
Notable Deal: Qualtrics
Location: Palo Alto, California
He is the first outside investor and Board ember in a number of leading enterprise software companies like Atlassian, Hootsuite, Qualtrics, Squarespace and Xero. Ryan is also active with innovative mobile and payments startups like Invoice2go, Lightspeed and VSCO. He graduated from Notre Dame and Harvard Business School.
Firm: IVP
Designation: Managing Director and General Partner
Associated Since: March 2000
Notable Deal: Twitter
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
He focusses on venture capital and growth equity investments in rapidly growing media, travel and technology companies. Prior to IVP, Todd was Executive Vice President of Visa International. He was also President of Visa’s investment subsidiary. He holds a BS in Science with Honors, Business Administration and Management, General from University of Minnesota Carlson Business School.
Firm: CRV
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: 2004
Notable Deal: Twitter
Location: San Francisco
George has more than 20 years of operating and investing experience in computing and consumer technology. His focus lies on building consumer Internet and infrastructure companies. Previously, he was a General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV). He was on the Board of Directors of companies like Accrue Software, Andale, Critical Path, Securify, Telebot and more. He is a graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Firm: IDG Accel China Growth Fund LP
Designation: Managing Director & General Partner
Notable Deal: CreditEase
Location: China
Benefiting from more than 20 years of successful business and operation experience, he has established close connections with many IT companies and entrepreneurial communities in both China and the United States. He has been a Director of companies such as CASI Pharmaceuticals, Superdata Software, Fang Holdings Limited and more. He holds a PhD in Fiber Optics from America’s Rutgers University, a Master’s in Chemical Physics from the Chinese Academy of Science and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Science from China Science and Technology University.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: General partner
Associated Since: April 2007
Notable Deal: Slack
Location: San Francisco
His primary areas of investment interest include consumer Internet and software businesses with a focus on web search, digital media and online advertising. Andrew currently sits on the board of Clou:era, OpenX, SB Nation, and TRUSTe. He was also a member of the original operating team that led the development Yahoo’s in-house search technology. He is a graduate from University of Arizona.
Firm: Bessemer Venture Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: June 1992
Notable Deal: LifeLock
Location: California
He has invested mostly in network technology, infrastructure SaaS, consumer Internet, and data security. His current portfolio includes CrowdFlower, Delivery Agent, LifeLock, LinkedIn, Nominum, ReputationDefender, Smule, Tripwire, and Zoosk. In 1995, Cowan co-founded VeriSign as a Bessemer-funded spin out of RSA and served as VeriSign’s initial chairman. His other data-security exits have included Counterpane (acquired by BT), Cyota (acquired by RSA), ON (IPO), Postini (acquired by Google), Tumbleweed (IPO), Valicert (IPO), and Worldtalk (IPO). David received both his A.B. in Math and Computer Science and his MBA degrees from Harvard University.
Firm: Sequoia Capital China
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: November 2005
Notable Deal: Ganji
Location: China
Prior to joining Sequoia, Steven has been associated with firms such as Walden Intl, Vertex Management Inc, and Civ Venture Capital. He usually invests in late-stage companies in Internet, semiconductor, and consumer service areas. He holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics and an MBA from China Europe International Business School.
Firm: Norwest Venture Partners
Designation: Senior Managing Partner
Associated Since: November 1990
Notable Deal: Apigee
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Promod has invested in more than 60 companies, which have produced more than $40 Bn in exit values to date. Promod’s portfolio include FireEye, Skybox Imaging, and Apigee (Nasdaq: APIC). In addition, NTT Communications recently acquired Virtela, a company where Promod was the founding investor and Chairman of the Board, for $525 Mn. Promod holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delhi, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management – where he serves on the advisory board.
Firm: 500 Startups
Designation: Founding Partner
Associated Since: April 2010
Notable Deal: Lyft
Location: San Francisco
Dave calls himself a geek, investor, former coder and entrepreneur, occasional blogger, and Internet marketing nerd. Prior to founding 500 Startups, he has worked at Founders Fund and has served as Director of Marketing at PayPal. Before PayPal, he also founded Aslan Computing, acquired by Servinet in 1998. He is a graduate from Johns Hopkins University.
Firm: GGV Capital
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: April 2005
Notable Deal: YY.com
Location: China
Jenny is focussed on finding and partnering with disruptive technology companies that can change traditional business models and create new value for users and enterprises. Jenny has led GGV’s investments in hiSoft, 21Vianet, SinoSun, YY and successfully helped them go public. She holds a BS and Masters in Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.
Firm: General Catalyst Partners
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: September 2002
Notable Deal: Snap Inc.
Locatio:: Palo Alto, California
Hemant focusses on founders with an authentic mission to change entire industries. His investment thesis, known as “economies of unscale,” describes how small, tightly focussed companies leverage data and services to successfully take on much larger competitors. He serves on the Board of Directors of Khan Academy and co-founded Advanced Energy Economy, a public policy advocacy group. He holds five degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Firm: Norwest Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: January 2013
Notable Deal: Jet.com
Location: Palo Alto, California
Jeff focusses on investments in the Internet, consumer, and software arenas. Jeff is a board observer at Minted and is responsible for Norwest’s investments in Jet, Spotify, and Uber. Prior to Norwest, Jeff has been associated with companies like DoveBid, In, Edify Corporation, ROLM Corporation, IBM, and Siemens. He holds a BA in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Firm: Zhen Funds
Designation: Founder
Associated Since: N/A
Notable Deal: Meicai
Location: China
Before founding Zhenfund, Bob Xu Xiaoping co-founded China’s largest private English training and test coaching group, New Oriental Education, along with Yu Minhong and Wang Qiang. He has held the position of Chairman of China Angel Investment Group, Chairman of the Angel Investment Expert Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission. He is also a general secretary of Committee 2005, a group of nationally famous people who all have overseas education backgrounds.
Firm: Mayfield Fund
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: May 2006
Notable Deal: Lyft
Location: Menlo Park, California
As an entrepreneur, he co-founded 3 companies including VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft to become Windows Media and iBeam Broadcasting. As a venture capitalist, he has invested in over 40 companies in the US and India, 13 of which have gone public and 15 have been acquired. He graduated from IIT Delhi and got his Master’s from Stanford University.
Firm: Aspect Ventures
Designation: Founding Partner
Associated Since: February 2014
Notable Deal: ForScout
Location: Silicon Valley
Theresa’s focus lies in sectors such as mobile software, analytics, and security software. She currently sits on the Boards of Imperva IMPV, Brown University Fellow, DonorsChoose.Org, Stanford GSB Advisory Board among others. She holds a BS in Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.
Firm: New Enterprise Associates
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: June 2008
Notable Deal: Jet.com
Location: Washington D.C. Metro Area
Prior to joining NEA, Tony served as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley for 16 years. He also worked as Head of Technology Banking in New York and was a member of the North American Management Committee for investment banking. Tony holds an MBA and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.
Firm: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Director/founder
Associated Since: 1999
Notable Deal: Nutanix
Location: San Francisco
Ravi has been focussed on backing early- and growth-stage technology companies with specific focus on areas such as Internet/cloud-based services and next-generation IT infrastructure. His prior experience includes product management executive at Silicon Graphics, consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds an MBA, Electrical Engineering and Economics degrees from Stanford University.
Firm: Floodgate
Designation: Co-founding Partner
Associated Since: May 2008
Notable Deal: Lyft
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
She currently sits on the Board of companies like Lyft, Ayasdi, and Inscopix. She was previously a board member of TaskRabbit, Refinery29, and Xamarin. Prior to joining Floodgate, Ann worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University.
Firm: Accel Partners
Designation: General partner
Associated Since: 2004
Notable Deal: Cloudera
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Ping focusses on enterprise software application and infrastructure investments. He is the Lead Investor and Member of the Board of Directors at Blue Jeans, Cloudera, Code 42, DataGravity, Primary Data, Ratpr, Sysdig, and Trifacta. Prior to Accel, he served as Product Line Manager and Director of Corporate Development at Juniper Networks. Ping earned his BA degree from Harvard University and his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Firm: Tiger Global Management
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: March 2006
Notable Deal: Flipkart
Location: Greater New York City Area
Prior to joining Tiger Global in 2006, he was an analyst at Alkeon Capital Management. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of ATRÁPALO S.L and as a Director of Atrapalo.com, Hike Ltd, Exclusively.In, Inc., and Shop Closeouts Pty Ltd, Flipkart and more. Lee earned his CFA charter in 2004. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting.
Firm: Founders Fund
Designation: Partner/co-founder
Associated Since: January 2005
Notable Deal: Facebook
Location: San Francisco
Prior to Founders Fund, Ken co-founded PayPal. Ken also was a partner with Peter Thiel in his angel investing, helping diligence deals, including the Series A investment in Facebook. He is a member of the selection committee of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Program, a founding advisor to Kiva.org, and a member of the German American Business Association. Ken graduated with a degree in Economics from Stanford University.
Firm: SoftTech VC
Designation: Managing Partner
Associated Since: May 2004
Notable Deal: Fitbit
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have backed successful startups like Mint (Intuit), Brightroll (Yahoo!), LiveRamp (Acxiom), Wildfire (Google), Bleacher Report (Turner), Gnip (Twitter), Fitbit and more. Jeff graduated with an MS in Computer Science and a degree in Distributed Computing. Prior to joining SoftTech, he served as General Partner for RVC.
Firm: General Catalyst Partners
Designation: Managing Director/co-founder
Associated Since: 2000
Notable Deal: DataLogix
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, David focusses on investments in both early-stage and through the General Catalyst XIR platform. He is based at the firm’s Cambridge office. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Boston College Law School.
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: 1995
Notable Deal: AirWatch
Location: Greater New York City Area
Jeff’s areas of focus include mobile, online gaming, data, infrastructure, and Internet software. Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group. Jeff holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School.
Firm: GSR Ventures
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: N/A
Notable Deal: Didi Chuxing
Location: Shanghai
He’s backed bike-sharing app maker Ofo and recently invested in home-cooked food marketplace AirKitchen. In October 2016, GSR Ventures led a major investment in Xuele, an online education startup that Zhu had previously backed.
Firm: Foundation Capital
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: September 2005
Notable Deal: Lending Club
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Charles focusses on sectors such as fintech, marketplaces, SaaS and consumer tech solutions and services. His current portfolio includes AdRoll, auxmoney, BlockCypher, Finxera, HealthIQ, LendingClub, LendingHome, Motif Investing and more.
Firm: Social Capital
Designation: General Partner/co-founder
Associated Since: October 2011
Notable Deal: Slack
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Mamoon has invested in and served on the Boards of companies including Box, Yammer and Slack. Prior to Social Capital, Mamoon was a Partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), where he spent six years. Mamoon started his Silicon Valley career at Xilinx where he spent six years in various engineering and marketing roles. Mamoon holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, an MS from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firm: Andreessen Horowitz
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: July 2011
Notable Deal: GitHub
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Peter has over 20 years of experience in the software industry as an executive and a venture capitalist, playing key roles in engineering, sales, marketing and management at companies of all sizes. He has been earlier associated with firms like Citrix Systems, Inc., XenSource, Mayfield Fund and Veritas Software Corp, where he spent 11 years of his early career. Levine holds a BS degree in Engineering from Boston University and attended the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
Firm: 8VC
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: 2015
Notable Deal: Wish
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
He co-founded Palantir Technologies in 2004, one of the world’s most impactful multi-billion dollar software companies. He also founded Addepar in 2009 and is the Founding Chairman of Affinity, Zanbato, and OpenGov, and Chairman at ONEHOPE Wine. His background is Macroeconomics and Computer Science and he has also worked briefly at PayPal.
Firm: Spark Capital
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: July 2005
Notable Deal: Twitter
Location: Greater Boston Area
Bijan is known for his investments in Twitter, Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo!), Stack Exchange, Crowdrise, Trello, Sincerely (acquired by Liberty Interactive Corporation) and many others. He is a graduate from Boston College.
Firm: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Designation: General Partner
Associated Since: October 1996
Notable Deal: Shape Security
Locatio:: Menlo Park, California
While at KPCB, Ted has led the firm’s involvement in a number of successful investments, including: Corio, Extensity, Internet Security Systems, and Oakley Networks. Prior to joining KPCB, Ted served as Vice President, Enterprise Solutions at Symantec. He is the former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and the former President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. He holds a BA in Economics from University of Pennsylvania.
Firm: ARTIS Ventures
Designation: Founder and General Partner
Associated Since: 2001
Notable Deal: Stemcentrx
Location: San Francisco, CA
Stuart currently serves on the Board of Directors for Stemcentrx, IDbyDNA, Versa Networks, Juicero, and Practice Fusion. Stuart also currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the SFMOMA and is actively involved in the Tipping Point Community and the Human Needs Project. He received his BA in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles and his MBA in Analytic Finance from University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.
Firm: Sherpa Ventures
Designation: Managing Director/co-founder
Associated Since: March 2013
Notable Deal: Uber
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
As an angel investor, Pishevar has seeded more than 60 companies. He was previously a Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, where he led investments in Warby Parker, Tumblr, Machine Zone, and Uber’s Series B. He is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One. He is a graduate from the University of California.
Firm: Emergence Capital Partners
Designation: Founding General Partner
Associated Since: January 2003
Notable Deal: Service Max
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Jason has served on the Boards of Yammer (sold to MSFT), EchoSign (sold to Adobe) and SuccessFactors (IPO then sold to SAP) and was the lead investor in billion+ dollar valuation, public companies such as DoubleClick, aQuantive, Visual Networks, and Ask Jeeves at his prior firms. His focus lies in sectors such as SaaS, cloud computing, digital media, mobile, technology-enabled services, on demand computing. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: January 2011
Notable Deal: Stripe
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Michael represented Sequoia in its investments in Google, Yahoo, PayPal, Flextronics, Kayak, Pure Digital, and Zappos.com. Before joining Sequoia, Michael worked as a correspondent for Time; wrote a couple books, including the Little Kingdom, the first authoritative book about Apple’s early years; and co-founded Technologic Partners, the precursor of VentureWire. He holds an MA in History from University of Oxford.
Firm: Khosla Ventures
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: January 2006
Notable Deal: Instacart
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
At Khosla Ventures, David has led investments, including Aliph aka Jawbone, Bitfone, iLike, RingCentral, Slide and WideOrbit. Prior personal investments and advisor relationships include Good Technology (MOT), Ingenio (T), loopt, LogMeIn, Opsware (HPQ), SmartPay, and Tellme (MSFT). He has been associated with firms such as Netscape, AOL, and Morgan Stanley.
Firm: Greylock Partners
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: November 2009
Notable Deal: LinkedIn
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Prior to joining Greylock, Reid co-founded LinkedIn and after 14 years sold it to Microsoft for $26.2 Bn in an all cash deal. He graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. He also earned an MA in Philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford University. With a real-time net worth of $3.2 Bn, he has led Greylock’s investments in companies like Groupon, Airbnb, and Convoy.
Firm: Sequoia Capital
Designation: Partner
Associated Since: March 2008
Notable Deal: Dropbox
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Bryan currently sits on the Board of Dropbox, Hearsay, Qualtrics, MindSnacks, and Inkling and is a Board Observer for Trulia. Previously, Bryan was Senior Director of International Online Sales and Operations at Google. He also launched Google’s Europe headquarters and was interim President of Sales in China. Prior to Google, Bryan worked in Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking Group. Bryan has a BA degree in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Firm: Forerunner Ventures
Designation: Founder
Associated Since: January 2003
Notable Deal: Dollar Shave Club
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Kirsten serves on the Board of Directors for Bonobos, Dollar Shave Club, Draper James, Glossier, InTurn, M Gemi, Outdoor Voices, Retention Science, Rockets of Awesome. With over 15 years of investment experience, she has been associated with firms such as TSG Consumer Partners, Bank of America, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Deloitte. She is a graduate from University of California.
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Designation: Managing Director
Associated Since: NA
Notable Deal: Fanatics
Location: Greater New York City Area
Deven manages investments in application software, data and consumer Internet businesses globally, actively working with investments in China, Latin America, Europe, and Russia. Deven was previously a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company and associated with The Blackstone Group. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Economic Club of New York. He has received a BS in Economics from Wharton.
Firm: Redpoint Ventures
Designation: Partner/Venture capitalist
Associated Since: April 2000
Notable Deal: Stripe
Location:s San Francisco Bay Area
Scott is focused on investments in SaaS, cloud, and cloud infrastructure. Scott serves on the Board of Directors of adap.tv, Cloud.com (acquired by Citrix), Cyanogen, Expensify, Heroku (acquired by Salesforce), Jumptap, Path, RelateIQ, Stripe, and Twilio. Prior to joining Redpoint, Scott worked with NorthPoint Communications, VideoPort Technologies, and Andersen Consulting. Scott holds a B.S.E.E., with high distinction, from Duke University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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