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