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ID 53917

Jason Traff

Investor

Investor @bisonwood . Founded @leaky (Acq 2013). @y-combinator alum, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology dropout . Former pro gamer, ultramarathon runner.
http://459pm.com

ID 58679

Kerry Rupp

Investor

CEO of @dreamit-ventures. Founded Holiday Golightly. Worked @allrecipes.com @jobster @classmates.com @lexisnexis. Studied at @harvard-business-school, @duke-university

ID 223623

Central Texas Angel Network

Investor

One of the most active angel networks in the US; investing in Texas entrepreneurs

ID 246

Kip McClanahan

Investor

Founder @broadjump (IPO), over six startups returned $800m in shareholder equity
http://www.reoverthinking.com

ID 172674

Michael Trafton

Investor

On my 3rd successful bootstrapped tech company. Investor/Mentor at @Capital Factory. Advisor to several Austin startups. CS Rice University.

ID 172619

Justin Jensen

Investor

Technologist. Photographer. Entrepreneur.

ID 936

Yvonne Tocquigny

Investor

CEO and founder of @tocquigny, an internationally recognized digital marketing firm. 3 year mentor for Capital Factory
http://www.17stories.com

ID 114266

Sean Lane

Investor

Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.

ID 181143

Matthew Kimball

Investor

Investor @doctorbase, @gablit

ID 66013

Brian Grigsby

Investor

General Partner at @corsa-ventures

ID 28282

Howard Marks

Investor

co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.

ID 35393

Morgan Flager

Investor

I've been a partner with Silverton since 2006. Prior to Silverton, I worked with FTV Capital in San Francisco. I was a entrepreneur with Kintana and Ingrian.

ID 29363

Robert Afshar

Investor

Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.

ID 1151

Rick Wittenbraker

Investor

CMO at @howler-brothers-2, Partner/Co-founder of @stage-one-capital. Multiple start-ups, former private equity. Marketer and fisherman at heart.

ID 281671

Cameron Drummond

Investor

Founded Mastodon Capital Management, and run a hedge fund. BS & ME in engineering from Cornell; MBA from UCLA. Live in Austin, TX.

ID 2100

Bradley C. Harrison

Investor

Founder/Managing Partner @scout-ventures; early-stage VC focused on media, tech, and entertainment. Focused on great people; @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management '01; USMA '94; Airborne Ranger

ID 143346

Robin Reyes

Investor

Founder @mita Ventures, • Worked @Silvergate Bank, @ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico) • Studied @harvard, Advisor @manattjones

ID 99574

Cotter Cunningham

Investor

RetailMeNot CEO/Founder [SALE]. Former COO Bankrate [RATE].

ID 33226

Chris Gillan

Investor

Serial entrepreneur, investor, consultant. Co-Founder & VP Business Development of Gazzang.

ID 102834

Andy Ambrose

Investor


ID 1701

Ebetuel (Beto) Pallares

Investor

Worked at @at-kearney • Investor @lead Investor in Edioma Inc., @lead Investor in Fiberio Technology Corp. • Studied at @brandeis-university (Econ), UTEP PhD Intl Business

ID 127079

Patrick Duncan

Investor

Vice President , Business & Market Development at Cognite

ID 116601

Jacob Shea

Investor

Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate at @monthly-ventures-1 , Software Architect turned Agency GM / CIO / CDO, Founder of Digital Boss.
http://www.startupmonthly.com/

ID 131298

Ryan Cush

Investor

VP of Business Development, Food on the Table

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 403006

Taylor Benefield

Investor

Work at @trinet • Studied at @texas-tech-university VP @bsfund Investor @aceable

ID 390075

Ben Gaddis

Investor

Innovation lead at T3. TechStars mentor. Angel investor.

ID 381285

Taleeb Noormohamed

Investor

Seasoned, strategic tech entrepreneur and investor; strong experience working with startups to multibillion $ market cap companies. @princeton, @oxford.

ID 423373

JD Weinstein

Investor

@capitalfactory , Previously @UTHorizonFund

ID 183919

Jeff Gemperle

Investor

20 years in technology sales. Helped start enterprise sales team for Winternals (purchased by Microsoft); Alliance sales manager for Sonicwall/Dell leading to Dell's purchase of Sonicwall; investor in SubtleData

ID 101899

John Curtis

Investor

CEO at @quotient-solutions-inc

ID 522810

Kurt Wilkin

Investor

Founded The Controller Group (sold to Tatum), founded HireBetter to help high growth companies scale, angel investor, advisor, YPO officer and board member

ID 1596

Bill Clark

Investor


ID 46651

Brandon Marker

Investor

Analyst @techstars. Previously @microventures-1.

ID 95565

Gregory O. Welch

Investor

Partner, Ingk Labs

ID 461045

Joe Ross

Investor

Joe Ross is President and Co-Founder of CSID, with more than 15 years of experience in managing and directing corporate operations on an international level. Ross is responsible for all aspects of global operations, sales, marketing and client services fo

ID 24685

Hector Ruiz-Cardenas

Fmr Chmn/CEO AMD, Trustee Rand Corp and Rice U, Presidents Council of Advisors in Sci/Tech

ID 425296

Roy Sosa

Investor

Co-Founder: MPOWER Ventures, NetSpend (NTSP), REV Worldwide. Advisor, CGAP. Chairman, MPOWER Foundation. Co-Founder, Empowerment Lab @ Harvard. CGI Member.

ID 568203

Shahzil Shaz Amin

Investor

Founder @blue-track-media, @plugged-inc • Managing Partner at @karlani-capital
http://shahzil.com

ID 224171

Manoj Saxena

Investor

MD, The Entrepreneur's Fund. Former GM, @ibm Watson ; Founder & CEO @webify (Acquired by IBM) @Exterprise (Acquired by Commerce One). Board Member @ Various

ID 434633

Joe Freedman

Investor

Founder of two businesses sold to publicly-traded companies. CEO of four companies listed on the Inc. 500/5000, eight times. Start-up to exit multiple times.

ID 329080

Michael Marshall

Investor

Founder @weeli • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

ID 682376

Thomas Fredell

Investor

Founded CTV, sold to IntraLinks. Grew IntraLinks to acquisition and later IPO (NYSE:IL). UVA undergrad, Wharton MBA.

ID 133646

Eric Clymer

Investor

Leading Mobile at Rocket.

ID 238902

Akash Bansal

Investor

Interested in early -stage startups (seed to pre-series A)

ID 195335

Jay R. Stanka

Investor

Internet TV & Social Media, Humanitarian Assistance, Special Forces, Platform Development, Global Human Networks, Disaster Relief, Medical & Corporate Diplomacy

ID 292828

Josh Kivenko

Investor

Fortune 500 Marketing Executive and investor for a privately held fund. Looking to invest in dynamic people with ideas that solve real-world problems.

ID 632030

Tom Inman

Investor

12+ years of venture capital investing experience at Limestone and Gefinor Ventures. Focus on early stage investing in software & tech-enabled services.

ID 271946

Paul Rafalowski

Investor

~20 year software veteran with strong executive, sales, marketing and technical background

ID 591617

Jai Mehta

Investor

Serial Entrepreneur and Angel investor in Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and Technology; Chicago Booth MBA, Practicing Anesthesiologist, Acute Pain Medicine Specialist

ID 137989

Dennis Carpenter

Investor


ID 242394

Venture Scholar

Mentoring leaders from top graduate schools across the country via access and review of Start-ups.

ID 467454

Fehzan Ali

Investor

Founder Adscend Media , @macrobucks

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