Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Diego.
CTO/Founder of Piccee. Employee #88 at @qualcomm, product successes ( Eudora, OmniTRACS, WhisperNet, Vuforia), ex-CTO for Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Investor, talker, etc.
http://www.kedrosky.com
Angel Investor. Expertise in web site performance monitoring and load testing. COO of @webmetrics which sold to @neustar.
Founder @rainforest-la; Vice President Tech Coast Angels @ Los Angeles
Internet Entrepreneur | Lifestyle Designer | Problem Solver
Founder @winning-email, @dosocial • Worked at @motorola • Studied at @university-of-victoria
http://im-fun.com
Angel investor| Consumer Internet
Founder BUMP Network, Active Network, Thrower Ventures
http://www.ironmitch.com
CEO & Co-Founder at @classy. Board of @team-rubicon. Partner at @mixture-ventures
Partner at @science
http://science-inc.com/blog/
co-founded @urchin-software Corp., which is now @google Analytics. ex-COO @euclid Inc.
http://impunity.com
Founder @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Previously Co-Founder @streem (Acquired by Box), Engineering @asana, @livemagic. Studied @berkeley EECS
Founder/CEO of @webmetrics (sold to @neustar). Now focused on investing and animal welfare @causes. Engineering background. Mentor @fi.co.
Worked at @facebook • Investor @stem-centrx
Helped 6 Companies Navigate hyper-growth and VC funding. TweetPhoto, @mojopages, @dayak. Played interim exec role in all.
Former Hedge Fund Manager and CFO with Private/Public Cross-Over Financial Expertise
MD at @romulus-capital • Previously at @zynga • Founder at @lifeguard
CEO/Co-Founder of @stocktwits..GP of @social-leverage (Angel Investing)..@wallstrip creator (purchased by $CBS)..Momentum, Acceleration & LOL hunter..Love Popcorn
http://www.howardlindzon.com/
Co-Founder at Sightly, Appstack TrustEgg. GP of Foresight Ventures
Founder/CEO of @tvnnel. Partner/Brand Advisor @incase. Co-founder of @dc-shoes.
http://arkitipintel.com/reporters/damon/
Investor in @la-jolla-brewing-company, @taco-del-mar, @bc-abalone, @neighborhood-bar-grills, @moses-graphite, @overland-data, @acucorp, @quintessential-solutions.
CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.
Worked at @cooley, @packetvideo • Investor @bizeebee, @balance • Studied at @duke-university, @saint-olaf-college
Entrepreneur: Founder/CEO NextAge (sold to Alcatel NYSE: ALU), Founder/CEO/Chairman Contactual (sold to 8x8 NASDAQ: EGHT). MS @stanford, BS @Northwerstern
Venture partner at G2V accelerator and Angel investor in Tech & Software. Experienced exec investing in very early stage companies that will make a difference.
https://www.rebelmouse.com/harkawat/
President Hay House, Inc - 25 years+ building companies - CPA
CTO at MojoPages. Previous CTO at StockTwits. I'm an adviser and investor of startups.
Head of Operations @uber
Board of Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship
Biz Dev @foursquare
Allowance Manager
@inplace NetVisits
Ex-Apple
Ex-Adobe
UCB Economics
CEO of Raynforest, Strong sales and marketing background, influencer, Author of SOCIALIZED! Forbes Columnist
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/
Kimberly Davis King is angel investor and advisor. Lecturer at UCSD and SDSU.
7 years in Sales, Marketing, Corporate Development at @maxlinear from Pre-Series A to post-IPO on NYSE. Corp. VC at Philips Electronics & Hikari. Wharton MBA
Managing Director @ Vandaele Capital
CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.
Director of Product @intuit, Previously Co-Founder @goodapril. Former marketer @zecco, product guy @endurance-lending-network, and consultant (Bain, Monitor).
Advancing Your Passion with Unique Ideas
Founded @flud 1st social news reader, strong award winning product background, contract designed with Apple, Google, Dreamworks. Now a Director at Blue Shield.
http://www.bobbyonboard.com
Founder/Chairman - Connequity
SVP/Porfolio Management Director - Morgan Stanley
Angel investor - Tech Coast Angels
CTO & Co-founder of @viasat, Inc
Active in a variety of non-profits
CEO of arroWebs.com - Premier Web Solutions. ChE from University of Texas.
Co-Founder & CEO of Yapert. Angel Investor, Entrepreneur and Author in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Member Tech Coast Angels.
An early Yahoo! Alum, Marti has experience in the growth and management of online products including mobile, commerce, social, entertainment, community, etc...
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Founder, @gusanito • @intro marketing • Advisor at @grupo-manhattan • Investor @ohana
Cofounder/CTO Embarke.com,
Shipped code in 100M+ devices,
MS + TechStars Graduate,
Founder Institute Graduate
Founder Efficient Market Advisors • Worked at @lpl-financial, @bny-mellon • Studied at @university-of-california-santa-cruz
Cofounder of SDC, purchased by News Corp where launched the first Real Time Bidding platform in 2007. Now head of ad systems at Vindico/Specificmedia.
Founder @surf-explorer (currently in beta release). Proven ability to build teams and solve complex problems.
Managing Director: Cursive Labs
CEO, COO: Active Network (ACTV)
Founder, Principal: Cedar Ridge Ventures
Co-founder: LeagueLink
BCG
Kellogg
Wharton
Distinguished Engineer, @cisco Collaboration • Investor
Co-founder @housecall. Advisor @IceHouseCorp. Managing Partner @light-mountain-partners. Ex-Product/BD for Gimbal @qualcomm Labs.
http://www.rolandligtenberg.com
President and Co-Founder of @deco-lighting
Tech Investment banking at @broadview-international-jefferies Product Dev @cymer
UCSD Electrical Engineering
Worked at @ibm, @aol-time-warner • Investor @ardica-technologies, @citybot
CEO @mindgruve, Managing Partner @mindgruveVentures
http://mindgruve.com/blog
Co-Founder of @recovery-brands. Angel, CEO of an SEO/SEM agency. 1st startup while at @columbia-university; MBA from @university-of-california-los-angeles Anderson.
COO @takelessons, formerly SVP @active
http://www.takelessons.com/blog
Tech Advisor, Angel. Worked at @facebook, @ebay, @blizzard-entertainment. Working with Computer Science Dept. at @university-of-california-san-diego.
Founder & CEO of DrivAd, CIO/SVP of Encore Capital Group (Nasdaq: ECPG), Serial Entrepreneur.
Investment Manager for Qualcomm Ventures
Advisor and Investor
Veteran TMT investor. Focus on TMT and Education.
James Hickey is a top leader in the Internet Marketing industry. He provides his clients with a @proven Internet Marketing Model for Businesses in San Diego.
http://www.sdccpro.blogspot.com
CEO @vionic, Inc.
http://blog.vionic.com/
Capserve Ventures LLC.
We serve entrepreneurs to build great companies.
http://www.capitalwindow.com/blog
Co-Founder & GM of @MyCaseInc(Acquired by AppFolio), practice management for lawyers. Lawyer, golfer, and angel investor.
Corporate Development at @qualcomm; @life-technologies; @zynga; @emc
Spine Surgeon; DIrector of Fellowship Training, Scripps Clinic/San Diego Spine Foundation; Chief Medical Officer, Top Doctors Labs; Advisor, FootPrintsMD
Co-founder, @gadzoox-networks. Tech Coast Angels. Storage industry, SaaS, IaaS, Consumer, New Media, and Semiconductor. 1 startup, 5 exits. Blackbelt in origami.
5-time technology startup CEO (4 as founder): 2 moderately successful exits, 2 died, and 1 is still rapidly growing. Great lessons learned from each.
Partner at StepStone Group
Founder @ec-tech-group-llc • Worked at @study-net-corporation-mcgoodwin-james-co • Investor @ec-tech-group-llc, Run-A-Mutt
Co-founder & Head of Product @hedgy. 4th Startup. UX/UI Designer. @northwestern-university & @harvard-university. Former NCAA Div I Athlete. Early Bitcoiner.
http://blog.warpaul.com
Serial Entrepreneur interested in investing in exciting new high tech companies.
Ophthalmologist in San Diego
Mobile web development. peer-to-peer lending, bitcoin, iOS, apple, golf and parcheesi,
I'm really quite good at parcheesi.
Worked at @nokia • Investor @betterdoctor • Studied at @london-business-school, @university-of-queensland
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
Entrepreneurial BD/sales exec in media advertising, mobile, and software
CFO @invitedhome
I thrive in startups environments having grown little companies into big ones. Management experience began with Cisco as Director, NSP Western Operations and have since been EVP Sales & Marketing for startups in the mobile, SaaS and Cloud infrastructure
Founder CyberFlow Analytics, LonoCloud • Worked at @microsoft, @cisco-systems • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
CTO @ @isosurf, Appstem Media
Founder @ Kiwi64, @genesis
BS in Computer Science from @university-of-california-santa-barbara / @cleveland-state-university CI
http://altdevblogaday.org/author/gavan-woolery/
Investor in Jambool, @rentjuice, PixelFish.
12+ years working with early-stage companies, 5 years VC and 10 years Seed/Angel. 13 companies, 5 exits (so far).
Serial Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, & Venture Catalyst...Co-Founder-Managing Partner at www.launchha.us, Hired-Gun and Angel/Founder at Parallel6,
http://www.chrisjsnook.com
President & COO, Digitaria, A JWT Company
15 Yrs Sales & Development in Wireless, Telecom, SMS, NFC, SDN • Aeronautical Engineer USAF /CCIE –VOIP, SMS, Networks • Mobile & Telephony Expert
Investor in @saymedia, @msnap, @vermont-com.
Active member of Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investment network in the US.
Experienced start-up founder, Board member and financed several start ups.
Startup Entrepreneur and Venture Capital / Private Equity Advisor. CEO at myIDkey.
http://lnkd.in/niksouris
CrowdFunding GuruIssimo
Founded Trade Ideas LLC. http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaferiat
http://maisonmarcel.blogspot.com
Adviser to other startups and investment funds. Founder Sirenas Marine Discovery • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-california-san-diego PhD 2010, BS 1998.
Managing Partner Carib Ventures, founder of multiple successful technology exits. Deep advertising, brands and international tech market experience. Youngest recipient of Advertising Leadership Award. Philanthropist with my global non-profit: lovefutbol
Managing Partner at @ansir-innovation Center (A I Center)
Founder of Pantek Partners and Pandexa.com. Advising American companies on doing business in China as a management consultant and investment banker since 2004.
Worked at @organic, @chromatin • Studied at @the-ohio-state-university-1
Co-Founder, BioInnovation; CFO at @gnubio; Sr Mgmt Team at @cequent-pharmaceuticals and @boston-heart-diagnostics-1, Alum at @leerink-swann
Worked at @ameritech, @nuera • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @williams-college
Director of UX & Strategy @netconstructor, Inc.
http://talent.adweek.com/christian-hochfilzer
Wireless Tech Entrepreneur, at Nokia in 90's, raised $100M+ in funding, just exited Procon, in acquisition by Bertram Cap. Now in www.freelawyer.com & others
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
worked at @EnvisionSolar and @NobleEnvironmentalTechnologies ; past politico
product manager and entrepreneur, web and mobile products. cofounder of TROS interactive; ran the TFL - tech accelerator for the Technion alumni (Israel).
President @brockway-media. Founder & CEO @a4d, Founded @pixlwise-1. Director of Franchise Development @blimpie-international.
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
Internet/Digital Media Entrepreneur
Founder (and CEO) EarthRisk Technologies, Founder MRV Systems, SEAR Technologies, P Fleet (sold), Plavan Petroleum (sold), others.
CEO of @digitaria • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.
Founder @zeeto-media
@starsvu Web Application streamlines the video production process by creating socially connected online communities that collaborate on producing wide varieties
Co-Founder @ www.saambaa.com / Backend Architect / iOS Ninja / Algorithmic Trading Hacker / An Alright Guy
Associate Director of Sales & Trading; $5MM in Personal Sales; 150+ Transactions; Capital Markets; Private Equity; M&A Advisory Background
Managing director, Rady Venture Fund, student-assisted VC fund at the Rady School of Management at UCSD
Senior Marketing and General Manangement Executive with over 25 years of experience at HP and Kodak
CEO On-Ramp Wireless, Former CEO at DivX, Former Chairman EvoNexus
Schooled in making it happen, specializing in investor relations
Principal GTD Acquisitions, Previously CEO Anonymizer, Board of Director/Advisor several companies, MBA Kellogg Graduate School Northwestern University
Founder @edrinkit-com, @sfinx • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
Principal Interaction Designer @intuit, Mobile UX'er, Innovation Catalyst, Design Thinker, Gamification'er. Previously @independa, @wingcast, Ford, GM, HP.
http://mobilemojitos.com
Advisor at @loudie
Founder @fitcommerce, @momentix • Worked at @sapient, @motorola • Investor @fitcommerce, @momentix • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
Entrepreneur, Tech Investor, Advisory Board Member, Digital Marketer focusing on SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Software Platforms and Apps.
Founder @archinomist • Worked at @nbc-universal, @anheuser-busch • Studied at @cornell-university
Chief Financial Officer
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Digital marketing background turned software and online advertising entrepreneur. 3 for 3 growing companies to > 8 figures in revenue in <2 years.
Executive
Entrepreneur | Investor | Fitness/MMA junkie
Founded @cyva-research. Sr. Solutions Architect @cray. Investor @cyva-research, @cyva-com.
Founded Direct EDI (sold to SPSC), Founded Kantora (Sold to IT@ONCE), Mentor, Technologist, Product Strategist
Deal maker & payments consultant @visa, previously built world's largest restricted access network at @tacobell.
Internet Marketing Co-Cofounder... Avid Data junkie
Founded I DRIVE SAFELY, the largest provider of e-learning in the driver training/education industry. Over 20 years experience in tech, e-commerce, online marketing, government/legislative affairs.
CEO TICKETsage
Coder+Biz. PPC/Ad expert ($100M's).
VP at Teradata. Serial entrepreneur, worked at MarkMonitor (acq. by Thomson Reuters), Responsys, Intuit, Sun Microsystems. Univ of Pitt, UCSB.
Career professional in technology businesses, including angel investing for prior decade. Successful exits, board, and executive leadrship experience. Currently a board member at Tech Coast Angels.
Co-founder & CEO @ ZipCap • Studied @columbia-university, entrepreneur focus on finance, technology, small business, marketing & personal passions
CEO-Bubbakush International, CFO-Santo Reyno De La Noche, Marketing Director-Mr. eJuice, Certified Coach- Life Purpose Institute San Diego, All Around Bad-Ass
President at BlackCastle Strategies, P.C.
Studied at @san-francisco-state-university
Founder of @trellisoft, @dimeric-development-corp Investor in @trellisoft.
Driven by Sustainable Solutions in Education, Environment & Health