Advisor-to and commenter-on emerging ventures

Tim is a proven venture investor and experienced global executive, and was named on the 2011 Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Dealmakers.

Jed Katz is the Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners. One of the pioneers of online commerce, Jed has spent his 20 year career developing, advising & investing in early stage tech ventures.

Venture Capitalist
Entrepreneur
Volunteer
Tinkerer

Managing Director, MEST Incubator. Former General Partner with Rustic Canyon Partners (RCP), an early-stage focused investment fund with $500MM under management

Tech investor & entrepreneur. Harvard graduate, helped lead the Microsoft Internet Explorer in the 90s. Co-founder at Tellme, iLike. Investor or advisor at Facebook, Dropbox, Zappos, Airbnb, OPOWER

Tom is Founder of Heighten. Pres. at Nextag, CEO Wize, EIR at Mayfield , SVP Markettools, Board Dale Carnegie, weekly wisdom @ http://wizebits.com

Serial entrepreneur turned VC looking to support to outstanding teams building great companies.

Co-founder and CEO of Blink, previously an early engineer at Google and YouTube. Also worked at Apple & Boxee. BS Computer Science, UCSD.

I invest in, advise and found media and technology companies

Bill established CRV's Silicon Valley office. Past Board Director of 7 public companies from his investments.

World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer Committee; Adjunct Professor of Innovation, Curtin University; Sponsored Athlete in Kiteboarding

Founder/Managing Partner @Genacast Ventures, technology seed fund w/exits to @Google & Adobe. Founder/CTO @RealMedia (acq by 24/7 & WPP). CTO @Tacoda (acq by AOL).

Lewis Gersh is a Managing Partner at Metamorphic Ventures which invests in seed and early stage digital media and digital commerce technology companies.

David Samuel is a seasoned entrepreneur, internet pioneer and enabling investor.

Managing director at Launchpad LA

Cindy Padnos is founder/managing partner of Illuminate Ventures, an early stage VC firm focused on enterprise cloud and mobile computing. A prior founder herself, she is an entrepreneurial enthusiast!