Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Diego.
co-founded @urchin-software Corp., which is now @google Analytics. ex-COO @euclid Inc.
http://impunity.com
Founder/CEO of @webmetrics (sold to @neustar). Now focused on investing and animal welfare @causes. Engineering background. Mentor @fi.co.
Investor in @la-jolla-brewing-company, @taco-del-mar, @bc-abalone, @neighborhood-bar-grills, @moses-graphite, @overland-data, @acucorp, @quintessential-solutions.
Founder BUMP Network, Active Network, Thrower Ventures
http://www.ironmitch.com
Partner at @science
http://science-inc.com/blog/
Founder @rainforest-la; Vice President Tech Coast Angels @ Los Angeles
Former Hedge Fund Manager and CFO with Private/Public Cross-Over Financial Expertise
CTO/Founder of Piccee. Employee #88 at @qualcomm, product successes ( Eudora, OmniTRACS, WhisperNet, Vuforia), ex-CTO for Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Founder @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Previously Co-Founder @streem (Acquired by Box), Engineering @asana, @livemagic. Studied @berkeley EECS
Helped 6 Companies Navigate hyper-growth and VC funding. TweetPhoto, @mojopages, @dayak. Played interim exec role in all.
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/
MD at @romulus-capital • Previously at @zynga • Founder at @lifeguard
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/
Worked at @facebook • Investor @stem-centrx
Angel investor| Consumer Internet
CEO & Co-Founder at @classy. Board of @team-rubicon. Partner at @mixture-ventures
Investor, talker, etc.
http://www.kedrosky.com
Internet Entrepreneur | Lifestyle Designer | Problem Solver
Founder @winning-email, @dosocial • Worked at @motorola • Studied at @university-of-victoria
http://im-fun.com
Angel Investor. Expertise in web site performance monitoring and load testing. COO of @webmetrics which sold to @neustar.
Head of Operations @uber
Board of Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship
Biz Dev @foursquare
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).
CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.
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/
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
CTO at MojoPages. Previous CTO at StockTwits. I'm an adviser and investor of startups.
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
CEO of Raynforest, Strong sales and marketing background, influencer, Author of SOCIALIZED! Forbes Columnist
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/
CTO & Co-founder of @viasat, Inc
Active in a variety of non-profits
Worked at @cooley, @packetvideo • Investor @bizeebee, @balance • Studied at @duke-university, @saint-olaf-college
Founder/Chairman - Connequity
SVP/Porfolio Management Director - Morgan Stanley
Angel investor - Tech Coast Angels
Allowance Manager
@inplace NetVisits
Ex-Apple
Ex-Adobe
UCB Economics
President Hay House, Inc - 25 years+ building companies - CPA
Entrepreneur: Founder/CEO NextAge (sold to Alcatel NYSE: ALU), Founder/CEO/Chairman Contactual (sold to 8x8 NASDAQ: EGHT). MS @stanford, BS @Northwerstern
Advancing Your Passion with Unique Ideas
Kimberly Davis King is angel investor and advisor. Lecturer at UCSD and SDSU.
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.
CEO of arroWebs.com - Premier Web Solutions. ChE from University of Texas.
CEO @mindgruve, Managing Partner @mindgruveVentures
http://mindgruve.com/blog
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
Founder & CEO of DrivAd, CIO/SVP of Encore Capital Group (Nasdaq: ECPG), Serial Entrepreneur.
Co-founder @housecall. Advisor @IceHouseCorp. Managing Partner @light-mountain-partners. Ex-Product/BD for Gimbal @qualcomm Labs.
http://www.rolandligtenberg.com
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.
Investment Manager for Qualcomm Ventures
COO @takelessons, formerly SVP @active
http://www.takelessons.com/blog
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Founder, @gusanito • @intro marketing • Advisor at @grupo-manhattan • Investor @ohana
An early Yahoo! Alum, Marti has experience in the growth and management of online products including mobile, commerce, social, entertainment, community, etc...
Advisor and Investor
Founder Efficient Market Advisors • Worked at @lpl-financial, @bny-mellon • Studied at @university-of-california-santa-cruz
President and Co-Founder of @deco-lighting
Tech Investment banking at @broadview-international-jefferies Product Dev @cymer
UCSD Electrical Engineering
Co-Founder & CEO of Yapert. Angel Investor, Entrepreneur and Author in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Member Tech Coast Angels.
Worked at @ibm, @aol-time-warner • Investor @ardica-technologies, @citybot
Cofounder/CTO Embarke.com,
Shipped code in 100M+ devices,
MS + TechStars Graduate,
Founder Institute Graduate
Tech Advisor, Angel. Worked at @facebook, @ebay, @blizzard-entertainment. Working with Computer Science Dept. at @university-of-california-san-diego.
Entrepreneurial BD/sales exec in media advertising, mobile, and software
Spine Surgeon; DIrector of Fellowship Training, Scripps Clinic/San Diego Spine Foundation; Chief Medical Officer, Top Doctors Labs; Advisor, FootPrintsMD
Capserve Ventures LLC.
We serve entrepreneurs to build great companies.
http://www.capitalwindow.com/blog
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
Co-founder, @gadzoox-networks. Tech Coast Angels. Storage industry, SaaS, IaaS, Consumer, New Media, and Semiconductor. 1 startup, 5 exits. Blackbelt in origami.
Partner at StepStone Group
Worked at @nokia • Investor @betterdoctor • Studied at @london-business-school, @university-of-queensland
Ophthalmologist in San Diego
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
Corporate Development at @qualcomm; @life-technologies; @zynga; @emc
Mobile web development. peer-to-peer lending, bitcoin, iOS, apple, golf and parcheesi,
I'm really quite good at parcheesi.
Veteran TMT investor. Focus on TMT and Education.
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
CFO @invitedhome
Founder @ec-tech-group-llc • Worked at @study-net-corporation-mcgoodwin-james-co • Investor @ec-tech-group-llc, Run-A-Mutt
Co-Founder & GM of @MyCaseInc(Acquired by AppFolio), practice management for lawyers. Lawyer, golfer, and angel investor.
CEO @vionic, Inc.
http://blog.vionic.com/
Serial Entrepreneur interested in investing in exciting new high tech companies.
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.
Investor in @saymedia, @msnap, @vermont-com.
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
Startup Entrepreneur and Venture Capital / Private Equity Advisor. CEO at myIDkey.
Active member of Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investment network in the US.
Adviser to other startups and investment funds. Founder Sirenas Marine Discovery • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-california-san-diego PhD 2010, BS 1998.
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/
President & COO, Digitaria, A JWT Company
Founder CyberFlow Analytics, LonoCloud • Worked at @microsoft, @cisco-systems • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
15 Yrs Sales & Development in Wireless, Telecom, SMS, NFC, SDN • Aeronautical Engineer USAF /CCIE –VOIP, SMS, Networks • Mobile & Telephony Expert
Experienced start-up founder, Board member and financed several start ups.
CrowdFunding GuruIssimo
12+ years working with early-stage companies, 5 years VC and 10 years Seed/Angel. 13 companies, 5 exits (so far).
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
http://lnkd.in/niksouris
Managing Partner at @ansir-innovation Center (A I Center)
Founded Trade Ideas LLC. http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaferiat
http://maisonmarcel.blogspot.com
Investor in Jambool, @rentjuice, PixelFish.
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
Worked at @ameritech, @nuera • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @williams-college
CEO of @digitaria • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Founder (and CEO) EarthRisk Technologies, Founder MRV Systems, SEAR Technologies, P Fleet (sold), Plavan Petroleum (sold), others.
@starsvu Web Application streamlines the video production process by creating socially connected online communities that collaborate on producing wide varieties
Co-Founder, BioInnovation; CFO at @gnubio; Sr Mgmt Team at @cequent-pharmaceuticals and @boston-heart-diagnostics-1, Alum at @leerink-swann
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
Worked at @organic, @chromatin • Studied at @the-ohio-state-university-1
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
Internet/Digital Media Entrepreneur
Founder @zeeto-media
Director of UX & Strategy @netconstructor, Inc.
http://talent.adweek.com/christian-hochfilzer
Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.
President @brockway-media. Founder & CEO @a4d, Founded @pixlwise-1. Director of Franchise Development @blimpie-international.
Founder of Pantek Partners and Pandexa.com. Advising American companies on doing business in China as a management consultant and investment banker since 2004.
product manager and entrepreneur, web and mobile products. cofounder of TROS interactive; ran the TFL - tech accelerator for the Technion alumni (Israel).
worked at @EnvisionSolar and @NobleEnvironmentalTechnologies ; past politico
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Co-Founder @ www.saambaa.com / Backend Architect / iOS Ninja / Algorithmic Trading Hacker / An Alright Guy
Founder @fitcommerce, @momentix • Worked at @sapient, @motorola • Investor @fitcommerce, @momentix • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
Founder @archinomist • Worked at @nbc-universal, @anheuser-busch • Studied at @cornell-university
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Schooled in making it happen, specializing in investor relations
Advisor at @loudie
Managing director, Rady Venture Fund, student-assisted VC fund at the Rady School of Management at UCSD
Founder @edrinkit-com, @sfinx • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
Entrepreneur | Investor | Fitness/MMA junkie
Chief Financial Officer
Principal GTD Acquisitions, Previously CEO Anonymizer, Board of Director/Advisor several companies, MBA Kellogg Graduate School Northwestern University
Digital marketing background turned software and online advertising entrepreneur. 3 for 3 growing companies to > 8 figures in revenue in <2 years.
Principal Interaction Designer @intuit, Mobile UX'er, Innovation Catalyst, Design Thinker, Gamification'er. Previously @independa, @wingcast, Ford, GM, HP.
http://mobilemojitos.com
Executive
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
Entrepreneur, Tech Investor, Advisory Board Member, Digital Marketer focusing on SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Software Platforms and Apps.
Associate Director of Sales & Trading; $5MM in Personal Sales; 150+ Transactions; Capital Markets; Private Equity; M&A Advisory Background
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.
CEO TICKETsage
CEO-Bubbakush International, CFO-Santo Reyno De La Noche, Marketing Director-Mr. eJuice, Certified Coach- Life Purpose Institute San Diego, All Around Bad-Ass
Co-founder & CEO @ ZipCap • Studied @columbia-university, entrepreneur focus on finance, technology, small business, marketing & personal passions
Studied at @san-francisco-state-university
Deal maker & payments consultant @visa, previously built world's largest restricted access network at @tacobell.
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.
President at BlackCastle Strategies, P.C.
Internet Marketing Co-Cofounder... Avid Data junkie
VP at Teradata. Serial entrepreneur, worked at MarkMonitor (acq. by Thomson Reuters), Responsys, Intuit, Sun Microsystems. Univ of Pitt, UCSB.
Founded @cyva-research. Sr. Solutions Architect @cray. Investor @cyva-research, @cyva-com.
Coder+Biz. PPC/Ad expert ($100M's).
Founded Direct EDI (sold to SPSC), Founded Kantora (Sold to IT@ONCE), Mentor, Technologist, Product Strategist
Driven by Sustainable Solutions in Education, Environment & Health
Founder of @trellisoft, @dimeric-development-corp Investor in @trellisoft.