Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
Managing Director at Union Bay Capital
Founding Partner at Sadara Ventures – 1st early-stage tech VC in Palestine. Founded Equiom MENA, & co-founded & was CTO of Equiom, Inc. Worked at Microsoft.
http://saednashef.com
Founder @webassist • Worked at @meltwater-foundation-mest @rustic-canyon-partners, @webmethods • Studied at @duke-university
Partner at Madrona
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Managing Partner at @divergent-ventures
Seattle-based VC
@context-relevant : all things, #machinelearning, #predictiveanalytics, #datascience.
Previously early stage Enterprise-focused VC based in Silicon Valley
http://www.mutteringsontech.com
Founder Aventura VC.
Investor @silverton-partners. Looking for killer software deals. Personally into gardening, soccer, SUP and good books.
Director @galvanize-ventures-1 and Angel Investor. Ex - @foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate & @BoulderBeta Producer.
Angel investor and former GP at @googleventures. Investor in @optimizely, @parse, @firespotter-labs, @the-climate-corporation and @crittercism. Founded @google-analytics & @google-voice.
http://www.weschan.com/blog.html
General Partner at @maveron
Venture Partner with DFJ
Investor in @infospace, @stubhub, @serious-materials, @evite, @seagate, @spinner, @livebid. @squaretrade @angel-list-1, @splunk, @automattic @volaris @appvance
Been in a startup, ran a seed fund and now a VC, but an entrepreneur at heart. A Canadian who lived in the Silicon Valley and took it back home with him.
http://onceabeekeeper.com
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, real estate developer, father, surfer. cyclist. Worked at Accenture, Microsoft. Founded Loudeye, Imperium Renewables, Tippr, invested in over 60 startups.
Investor in @omniture, @qik, @mahalo, Validity, @bespoke-innovations, @invuity.
committed to more than his pro-rata this round.
Partner at @ia-ventures.
Investment Professional @ Madrona Venture Group in Seattle, WA. Early-stage startups in the Pacific Northwest.
Managing Director of The CAPROCK Group, a $2.5 billion multi-family office.
Entrepreneurial, results-driven with 12+ years in high-tech leadership, driving re-engineering initiatives and process improvements to drive revenue and efficiency.
Founder of @maxfoundry, @dotnetkicks, @theaposition.
Managing Director at GSharp Ventures
Venture Partner at 9Mile Labs
Cofounder at Voyager Capital
Managing Partner at @unitusseedfund. India and USA seed stage investor. @realnetworks, @sybase, @symantec
http://defeatpoverty.com
Principal at Madrona Venture Group in Seattle, WA.
Lawyer, Scientist and Entrepreneur
Ran digital media software startup Mimix until 1998 when i began investing in first rounds for tech startups in Seattle, Portland and Southern California.
Life sciences VC and early-stage investor with focus and expertise in research tools and synthetic biology. Kauffman Fellow. Operational experience; startup utility player. McKinsey. PhD Genetics. BS Physics. Unafraid of category-defying opportunities.
Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Investor @tastemaker
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Founded several companies in Hong Kong.
Partner at Ignition
Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance
Worked at @starwave • Investor @pressplane, @lumier