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jdworks
India
Mr. Christopher Kolenaty is the Founder and serves as Partner at Snow Leopard Ventures. He serves as Board Member at GenePath Diagnostics, Good Juicery, LivQuik, Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, and Stashfin. Since 2012, Chris has invested globally in a diverse range of industries including food & beverage, payments, lending, and consumer technology in businesses at the seed stage all the way through series A. He serves on the boards of the parent companies of Blue Tokai, Voylla, Quikwallet, Jugnoo, and Stashfin, among others. He is also on the boards of Kirloskar Integrated Technologies and Kloudq. Earlier, Chris was a Principal with Centerview Partners and an associate and analyst with Merrill Lynch in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. During his eight years as an investment banker, Chris advised on transactions valued over USD 100 billion in a diverse set of industries including consumer, healthcare, metals & mining and technology. Chris attended Brown University, from where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with an ScB in Applied Math/Economics and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Individual/Angel
Jean Roquette
United States
Mr. Charles Pieper serves as as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Cambridge Semantics. He also serves as Board of Director at Gulf Capital. Prior to joining Cambridge Semantics, Charles Pieper was Vice Chairman of Alternative Investments and Managing Director of Credit Suisse within the Asset Management division, based in New York. He was responsible for Alternative Investments Global Joint Ventures and was a member of the Alternative Investment Management Committee. Prior to joining Credit Suisse First Boston in 2004, he held senior operating positions in both private industry and in private equity. During his 18-year career at General Electric (GE), Mr. Pieper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Japan, Korea, Taiwan; GE Medical Systems Asia; Yokogawa Medical Systems; GE Lighting Europe and GE Trading Co. He joined GE in 1981, after five years in the Navy, including service in Vietnam, and three years as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Pieper was also an Operating Partner with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and spearheaded CD&R's European practice and was an executive advisor to Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Pieper is a director of Smart Energy Solutions, China Renaissance Capital Investment, the US National Rowing Foundation, the Head of the Charles regatta, the Princeton National Rowing Association, and Board Advisor to Gulf Capital. He previously served as board member of Global Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Infrastructure Partners, Mueller Group, Inc., Safilo S.p.A., Wastequip, Advanstar Holdings, Grohe AG, Visant Corporation, Inc., and served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Alliant Foodservice, Inc. and U.S. Office Products, Chairman of the Board of Fairchild Dornier Corporation, Italtel Holding S.p.A. and North American Van Lines and Vice Chairman of Dynatech. Mr. Pieper received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1969 and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard Business School in 1978.
Individual/Angel
Jedar Capital
United States
Founded in 2020, Jedar Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in New York, New York. The firm seeks to invest in fin-tech, insure-tech, health-tech, food-tech, B2B, SaaS, retail, e-commerce, logistics, supply chain, and Marketplaces sectors.
Venture Capital
Jeff Hamilton
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Jeff Hamilton is the president of Nestlé Foods Division and the former president of Nestlé Prepared Foods Division. Jeff has a MBA in N...
Investment Partner
Jere E. Goyan
San Francisco, California, United States
Jere E. Goyan was the first pharmacist to serve as Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Born in Oakland, California in 1927, he was educated at t...
Individual/Angel
Jiangxi High-Tech Investment
China
Founded in 2002, Jiangxi High-Tech Investment is a state-owned venture capital firm based in Jiangxi, China. The firm seeks to make investments in industries like new energy, new materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, biotechnology, modern agriculture, and green food.
Venture Capital
Jim Koehr
United States
Mr. Lars Wingefors is a Co-Founder of Embracer Group and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. He is the Founder and Owner at Wingefors Invest. He serves as an Advisor at Salipro Biotech. He is a Co-Founder and Owner and also serves as Chief Executive Officer at Nordic Games Group. He served as Chief Executive Officer and is Owner at GAME Stores Group Sweden. He is Chairman of the Board at Broderna Wingefors. He also is an Angel Investor. Lars Wingefors is chairman of Game Outlet Europe AB and The Crate Inventors AB. He is a board member and CEO of LW Comics AB and Lars Wingefors AB. Lars Wingefors is also a board member of the Chamber of Commerce Värmland AB, Calmark Sweden AB, Wingefors Venture AB, Hemänglarna AB Good food at home BMH AB, Lars Wingefors Asset Management AB, Zprinkler AB Wingefors Industri AB, Wingefors Handelsbanken AB, Nordic Games Merchandise AB Answers AB Wingefors depot An AB Wingefors depot Two AB Wingefors depot Three AB Wingefors depot Four AB Wingefors depot Five AB Wingefors depot Six AB and Wingefors depot Seven AB. He is also deputy Karlstad sledge 15 AB Hammaro Nolgård 1: 255 AB of Karlstad blade 2 AB Bröderna Wingefors AB Bröderna Wingefors Holding AB of Karlstad sledge 14 AB Air 4 You Sweden AB, Klockargård S145 AB.
Individual/Angel
Jim Simmons
United States
Mr. Jason Stoffer serves as Board Member at BookClub. He serves as Partner at Maveron. He is an Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Parade, Lovevery, Imperfect Foods, Keeps, Dolly, Julep, Latimer Education and Red Tricycle. He served as Board Member at TrueFacet. He is focused on investing in education, e-commerce and technology-enabled consumer businesses. He joined Maveron in 2007 from education services provider Career Education Corp., where he co-founded and drove admissions and marketing strategy for IADT Online, a for-profit design school and a wholly owned Career-Ed subsidiary. He was an early Board member at zulily. He was a Board Member at General Assembly. He also led several of Maveron IV's most promising Seed investments, including CourseHero and Everlane. He serves on the Board of Fund V investment Dolls Kill and also sourced Peach, a Fund V investment. He was formerly a member of the advisory board of the Lumina Foundation's Next Generation Learning Initiative. He is also a mentor for TechStars. Previously, he was a board member of Startl, an education incubator. He regularly speaks at conferences, including the Venture Capital in Education Summit, The Software & Information Industry Association Ed Tech Summit, LeadsCon, and Silicon Valley Comes to the UK. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA economics) and the Wharton School at the University Of Pennsylvania (MBA).
Individual/Angel
JMH Capital Partners
United States
Founded in 2003, JMH Capital is a private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm prefers to invest in industrial services, manufacturing, automotive, engineering, environmental, recycling, specialty chemicals, building products, business services, value-added distribution, food products and services sectors.
Private Equity Firm
Joan Plensa
United States
Mr. Richard Schnall serves as Co-President, Healthcare and Services & Member of the Investment Committee at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Mr. Schnall has been with CD&R for 24 years and is a member of the Investment Committee. He leads CD&R's healthcare and services investment verticals. He was actively involved in the acquisitions and subsequent sales of AssuraMed, Diversey, Envision Healthcare, naviHealth, PharMEDium, Sally Beauty, and US Foods, as well as the acquisitions of agilon health, Carestream Dental, Cynosure, and SmileDirectClub. Previously, Mr. Schnall worked in the investment banking divisions of Smith Barney & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Individual/Angel
Joel Schreiber
India
Founded in 2013, YouWeCan Ventures is a venture capital firm based in India. The firm prefers to invest in the health, sports, and food sectors.
Venture Capital
Joe Morrissey
United States
Spaceship Earth Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in companies based in two core regions of Southeast Asia and Latin America operating in food & agriculture, forests, land & soil, and water & oceans sectors.
Venture Capital
John Bergerson
United States
Mr. Ephraim Lindenbaum is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Advance Ventures. He also serves as Fund Advisor at HALLEY Venture Partners. He previously served as Board Member at MycoTechnology. He served as Board Member at Willow Industries. He has served as a board member, board advisor, and/or investor: Alpha Foods, Acerro, Agnitia Networks (acquired by LeadingEdge), BonTriage, BPG Worldwide, Bright Light Systems, Corvigo (acquired by NASDAQ: TMWD), eSports (acquired by Ositech), EVAOS, Front Range Biosciences, Grazix, iLoopMobile (acquired by Archer), Inertia Beverage Group (now WineDirect), Kite.io (acquired by Quixey) LandSonar (acquired by Triangle) MerchEngines (acquired by NASDAQ: DLX) MycoTechnology, Ooba Beverages (acquired by HealthyBrands), Parago (acquired by NASDAQ: HAWK) Realta, Sitebase, SkillGigs, Smaato (acquired by Spearhead), SnapMD, Solaireo, TerraFusion, Tunewear, Workout.com, and YouVoice. Prior to founding Advance Ventures, he was the co-founder of interactive media pioneer Broadcast Production Group and served as CEO until its acquisition in 1999 by Parago (acquired by NASDAQ: HAWK), a leading global financial engagement management company.
Individual/Angel
John Roulac
Richmond, California, United States
John W. Roulac is the Founder and CEO of Nutiva, the world’s leading organic superfoods brand of hemp, coconut, chia, and red palm superfood...
Individual/Angel
Jonathan Uthe-Spencker
Berlin, Germany
Analyst at Atlantic Food labs
Consumer Internet
Food and Beverage
Joseph Abrams
France
Mr. François Véron is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Newfund Management. He served as a Board Member at Finaho. His early career included working at the French Ministry of Finance and incorporate functions at Casino, a leading French-listed food retailer. He joined the VC world in 1999 and invested in CDiscount, Allociné, Direct Energie, and Xilam Animation, among others. He launched Newfund in 2008 with Patrick. He is based in Paris and visits the US regularly.
Individual/Angel
JP Seven
Belgium
Founded in 2007, JP Seven is a private equity firm based in Brussels, Belgium. The firm prefers to invest in the food and beverage, industrial, and real estate sectors.
Private Equity Firm
JSTAR
United States
JSTAR is a private equity firm based in New York, New York. The firm seeks to invest in business services, manufacturing and distribution, complex assembly and aerospace, energy, medical and dental, fintech and credit, food and restaurant, and consumer brands and e-commerce sectors.
Private Equity Firm
Just Eat Ventures
London, England, United Kingdom
Helping bold, ambitious food tech entrepreneurs build great businesses.
Venture Capital
Kainos Capital
Dallas, Texas, United States
A middle market private equity firm focused on the food and consumer sector
Financial Services
Private Equity Firm
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