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Steve Wozniak
San Francisco, California, United States
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Ap...
Individual/Angel
SunTrust Equity Funding
United States
Mr. Peter Fenton serves as a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. He also serves as a Board Member at Cloudera, Elasticsearch, Cockroach Labs, California Academy of Sciences & RoboCorp Technologies, and Digits Financial. He served as a Board Member at Optimizely and Twitter. He is also serving as a board member at Zenly. He joined Benchmark Capital in 2006 after spending seven years as a partner with Accel Partners. He is currently a board member at Pentaho, Docker, Engine Yard, HortonWorks, New Relic, Polyvore, Revinate, Yelp, Zendesk, and Zuora. His previous investments are Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), FriendFeed (acquired by Facebook), JBoss (acquired by RedHat), Reactivity (acquired by Cisco), SpringSource (acquired by VMWare), Terracotta (acquired by Software AG), Wily Technology (acquired by CA), Xensource (acquired by Citrix), and Zimbra (acquired by Yahoo!). He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA from Stanford University. He is also an Angel Investor. Mr. Fenton also serves as Board Member at ClickHouse.
Individual/Angel
Suresh Shankar
United States
Mr. Michael Potts serves as Retired CEO Consultant at Webroot. He is also an Angel Investor. He also served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Lancope. He served as Board Member at Terma Software Labs and Evident. He leads all aspects of Lancope's strategic direction and day-to-day operations. Prior to Lancope he served as President and CEO of AirDefense, where he led the company's breakthrough wireless security growth of more than 300% in tow and a half years and completed the strategic all cash acquisition of the company by Motorola (NYSE:MOT) in September 2008. Previously, he served as CEO of Clickfox, an analytic solutions' provider, and as a merger & acquisition advisor to a number of venture backed companies. In 1998, he was appointed President of Jacada (NASDAQ: JCDA), a software integration company. He leads the acquisition strategy of more than 1,000 customers during his 7-year tenure and was a key contributor to Jacada's initial public offering raising more than $55m on an initial $200m valuation in 1999. Later that year the valuation of the company subsequently surpassed $650m. While serving as President, Computerworld named Jacada one of the top 10 places to work in the Southeast. Prior to Jacada, he spent 7 years in various sales and marketing roles at MSA, a financial application software company, subsequently acquired by Dun and Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB). He has served on the board of directors of the American Israel Chamber of Commerce, the American Electronics Association (AEA) and currently serves as an advisor and/or board member to several emerging technology companies. He completed his BBA in Marketing in 1984 at the University of Georgia.
Individual/Angel
Susan Athey
United States
Dr. Ian Garner co-founded and served as Chief Scientific Officer and Board Member at ProFactor Pharma. Ian graduated with a BSc Hons in Genetics from Leeds University followed by a PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh. From 1977-79 he worked on the first use of genetic engineering in an industrial process whilst at ICI. The postdoctoral experience was gained at the Pasteur Institute in Paris following which, he returned to the UK to work in the UK Biotechnology sector. Ian worked with Delta Biotechnology (Nottingham) 1988-90, is responsible for the expression of rFVIII in the milk of transgenic livestock and mammalian cells in vitro. In 1990; he joined PPL Therapeutics as Assistant Director of Research, where he further developed this technology in Scotland and the USA. During his 9 years with the company, Ian performed a range of functions including Research Management and Product Discovery and had significant exposure to Business Development and Intellectual Property Management. Ian has overseen the production of over 30 recombinant proteins including five protein members of the blood coagulation cascade. Ian joined Stem Cell Sciences UK as Chief Operating Officer in 2000, establishing the company's UK base in Edinburgh. In 2003, Ian was appointed CEO at NCIMB Ltd, Aberdeen, and led them to the verge of a public listing. Since 2005, Ian has been operating as an independent consultant to the Life Sciences Sector in the UK and Europe.
Individual/Angel
Taiwan Accelerator
Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan
TA is Asia's first seed accelerator to combine the support of public companies, government, academia and the investment community.
Financial Services
Venture Capital
Accelerator
Talon Ventures
India
Mr. Amit Parsuramka serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Bonito Designs. He has over 22 years of experience in leading and driving sales within the consumer durables and real estate sectors. He has served as Ex-President Investment Lodha Ventures, CMO Omkar Developers, President Sales (Residential), Lodha Group, over a decade of experience in leading diverse sales and marketing roles in FMCG companies like Whirlpool, ICI Paints etc. He also has an MBA in Marketing from Calcutta University and is CA (Intermediate) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Individual/Angel
Tatsuya Masubuchi
United States
Mr. David Griffith serves as Chairman at Modern Group. He has worked for more than 20 years at Modern Group as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. In May of 2013, he stepped down from day-to-day operations and assumed the role of Chairman. He is also the Executive Director of Episcopal Community Services, Chairman of Delaware Valley Floral Group, and a director of the JJ Haines Company and Mountain Laurel Spirits. He is also Vice Chairman of the Philadelphia World Affairs Council and a Director of the Hepatitis B Foundation and the PA Biotechnology Center and a member of the IBM MidMarket advisory council. He is also Chairman of the McEwen Family Scholarship Trust which benefits children of Modern employees. He is a past president of MHEDA and president of the Hyster Dealer Council. He also serves as Chairman of the Board at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Endowment. He is also a past director of NAW and a past trustee of the Westminster School. Prior to Modern, he was an executive with IBM, ROLM, and MCI. He graduated from Kenyon College and Westminster.
Individual/Angel
Technology Park Ljubljana
Slovenia
Technology Park Ljubljana is an accelerator/incubator was established in 1995 as an organization representing a support and simulative business environment of the highest quality, enabling the development of technological entrepreneurship of the highest level. It is a leading entity and key national stakeholder in the development of innovative and knowledge based entrepreneurship in Slovenia. The firm represents the "first Slovene public-private partnership" as it was established as the result of the extraordinary vision and forth sight of public bodies, national research institutes as well as leading ICT and pharmaceutical companies. They focus their efforts on facilitating knowledge and technology transfer from research institutes and the academia to national and international markets. In this respect they establish international collaboration with prominent partners and lead as well as participate in transnational and cross-border projects. It provides training programmes for all stages of business development in order to accelerate startups' business operations and their global market penetration. The firm was founded in 1995 and is based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Accelerator
Incubator
Technopark Technology Business Incubator
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI), is the India's first and Most successful Non Academic Business Incubator.
Incubators
Government Office
Incubator
Technopôle Brest Iroise
France
Technopôle Brest Iroise is an accelerator/incubator that aims to mobilize and support innovators to boost the development of the Brest metropolitan area. To this end, it leads an activity of animation between the industrial, scientific and academic actors. The firm is based in Brest, France.
Accelerator
Incubator
TechX Foundry
United States
TechX Foundry is an accelerator based in Warren, New Jersey. The firm seeks to help and mentor start up technology companies via different channels of their own; TechX FabLab, TechX Academy, TechX Innovation Sciences and TechX WorkSpace, under one roof. The firm was founded in 2013.
Accelerator
Incubator
Tetarom
United States
Mr. Arsenio Valdez serves as Chief Executive Officer at Talosix. Mr. Valdez previously founded Pointmarc, where he served as its Chief Executive Officer. Before cutting his teeth in the start-up world, he began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the path of a finance professional. Discovering his entrepreneurial itch, he co-founded Allstudents, which focused on providing students with academic tools and resources and served as a highly targeted direct marketing medium for corporate sponsors. The company successfully raised $2MM in venture funding. He then went on to work with several enterprise software start-ups serving in a wide variety of operational and financial management roles. One of those companies was Validar, a marketing measurement firm focused on providing Fortune 500 clients (e.g., Nokia, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Verizon) lead management and event execution services to increase their marketing ROI. Driven by his passion for business and helping companies achieve success, he left his Director of Operations position at Validar to start Pointmarc. With the Pointmarc team, he is committed to enhancing the value that companies seek to gain through the use of measurement technologies and solutions. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting.
Individual/Angel
The Accelerator Centre
Canada
Founded in 2006, The Accelerator Centre is a startup incubator based in Waterloo, Canada. The firm invests in start-up companies operating in the technology, software, web designing, electronic and healthcare sectors. The firm also provides mentorship and is dedicated to building and scaling sustainable, globally competitive technology firms, commercializing advanced research emerging from academic institutions and enabling corporations to pursue innovative initiatives.
Accelerator
Incubator
The Accelerator Network
United Kingdom
The Accelerator Network is an accelerator which is launched by White Horse Capital. It was formed with the purpose of supporting the United Kingdom's high growth tech start-ups. It aims to support 1,000 entrepreneurs every year with life-stage-appropriate support, whether that be providing business development training or seed investment via the affiliated Startup Funding Club. The Accelerator Network will include the Accelerator Academy syllabus as part of it's overall program providing access to: information resources, bootcamps, hackathons, corporate innovation challenges, industry coaching, high growth training plus clients and capital. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Accelerator
Incubator
The Armory Incubator
United States
Mr. Michael Levinson is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at DreamIt Ventures. Mike is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He founded and serves as CEO of WizeHive, an online collaboration tool. Previously, Mike co-founded PTS Learning Systems, a company focused on corporate computer training and electronic performance support tools and software. Mike grew the company into a highly profitable international organization with over 200 employees and revenues of $30 million and sold it in 1999. Since selling PTS, Mike co-founded founded TechWise Group, Inc., an information technology outsourcing firm for small and medium businesses. Mike also was a founder or co-founder of LegalEdge Software, the 3E Institute, and The Academy of Manayunk, where he currently serves on the Board. Mike has also invested in over a dozen technology companies as an angel investor. Mike graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an Economics/Accounting degree, obtained his CPA certificate in Pennsylvania, and graduated from Villanova Law School with a JD.
Individual/Angel
The B612
Singapore
Mr. Atin Kukreja is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Rippledot Capital. Prior to joining Rippledot Capital, he was a senior managing director of Macquarie Capital and Head of its TMT group in Asia. Mr. Kukreja is, quite simply, one of the most experienced corporate advisers in Singapore. He has advised on numerous multi-billion dollar and high profile privatizations and corporate transactions over the last decade throughout Asia-Pacific and beyond. He holds a BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an MBA from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Individual/Angel
The IIIT-H Foundation
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
The IIIT-H Foundation was born in 2007 out of a need to bridge the gap between academic research and industry products.
Incubator
The Innovation Group
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
When Lockheed Martin Corporation closed its Postal Division in 1996, a cadre of specialists in retail information technology from that
Micro VC
The RDV Academy
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
The RDV Academy connects the most talented, technical students with high-growth startups in Boston and NYC!
Financial Services
Accelerator
Thomas Billeter
United States
Mr. Zachary Levow is a Co-Founder, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Technology Officer at Barracuda Networks. He also is an Angel Investor. He leads the innovation and development of Barracuda's security and storage solutions. Prior to Barracuda, he was Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Affinity Path, a self-service, private label and profitable DSL/dial-up ISP. Prior to Affinity Path, he was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Spinway Inc., which was acquired by Kmart Corporation. During his tenure at Spinway, he was the lead developer of the Spinway architecture. Levow has worked as a software development and architectural software design consultant for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Computer Sciences Corporation, Cadence Design Systems and Motorola. He received a B.S. in mathematics and computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Individual/Angel
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