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Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over fifteen years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, and internet marketing nerd. He is currently an advisor or investor for Mint Software, Spock Networks, Mashery, Simply Hired, HealthUnity, and Canopy Financial. Dave is also a board member for microfinance accelerator Unitus, and advisor to non-profit Kiva.org, and leads user groups and conferences on technology, entrepreneurship, venture capital, & microfinance.
From 2005 to 2006, Dave launched & ran marketing for job search engine SimplyHired.com, and its evil twin
Based in Palo Alto (CA), Jean-Francois "Jeff" Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech Venture Consulting, a firm providing services to the “software ecosystem”, primarily early stage consumer Internet startups. Jeff will typically get involved as an advisor, board member or part-time executive, focusing on business development, fund raising, and strategy matters. He is also one of the most active angel investors in the Web 2.0 space.
Roger McNamee is a co-founder and general partner of Integral Capital Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and Elevation Partners.
He has a B.A. degree from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Roger is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Mr. McNamee serves on the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College and on the Board of Overseers of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He is also a director of the Rex Foundation.
In his spare time, Mr. McNamee plays guitar and sings lead vocals in the Flying Other ...
Former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is now a Republican candidate for President. He has held interesting organizational roles in his career as Olympic coordinator for the 2002 Salt Lake City games. Prior to these civic roles, he was a private businessman at Bain & Company and helped form Bain Capital, a very successful VC firm.
Chad Brownstein co-founded ITU Ventures and shares responsibility for directing overall investment strategy and oversees day-to-day activities. Prior to founding ITU Ventures, Chad was a member of the Merchant Banking and Investment Banking divisions of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Previously he was employed in the investment banking division at DLJ, where he participated in public and private investment banking activities including equity, debt and merger/advisory transactions.
Chad Brownstein received a B.A. from Tulane and attended Columbia Business School.
Right after Stanford, Ryan was one of the co-founders of Excite. He then moved into venture capital investing and invested in some very interesting companies, including: Postini [recently acquired by Google], Technorati and Niman Ranch.. and many others.
He is an avid musician. Here is a link to his personal blog: http://www.ryanmcintyre.com .
Rachel Masters is Director of Business Development for Ning, Inc., social networking service with a twist - it empowers people to create their own social websites and social networks. Previously she was the Associate Director of Strategic Relationship and Business Development at Warner Music Group. In this role, she launched new relationships with innovative digital media companies such as YouTube. She also oversaw WMG’s investments in digital media companies including Emotive, a next-generation ring tone provider and advised Warner Music Group International on new companies and strategic relationships. Prior to Warner Music Group, Rachel was an Associate at StarVest Partner, ...
Naval is a highly regarded startup veteran and investor. He is currently the CEO of Vast.com and writes an active blog.
From his http://www.startupboy.com blog: ... started a few companies, back in good ol' bubble days - Genoa Corporation (acquired by Finisar), and Epinions, to name a few. ... made half a dozen investments as a VC, for a few years, in some great companies like Scintera, Neopath, Technorati, Microdisplay, DeviceScape, and Mimosa.
Famous for having the smarts to back Skype early on, here is the bio from http://www.draperrichards.com where Howard is a general partner:
Howard Hartenbaum focuses on investments in enterprise and consumer software and services, wireless network solutions, and peer-to-peer technology. His current directorships include BlackFoot, DecentralTV, LucidPort and NearbyNow. He led the founding investment in Skype (acquired by eBay), and was also a former member of the board of directors where his achievement resulted in his joining the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists for the years 2006-2007. Prior to joining Draper Richards, Mr. Hartenbaum held positions ...
Jon is one of the founders of True Ventures - a vc fund that specializes in early stage deals. Jon has a great track record and is very tuned into what startups need.
Too many companies and deals to list here, but there is more about him and his firm at www.trueventures.com.
