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Floodgate Fund: Opening the Gates to Success Superangel-ISAI ISAI, a superangel fund started by some of France's most experienced internet entrepreneurs, announced that it has closed his first fund, of 25 million euros (~$33 million). What sets ISAI apart is that it is "by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs" and that it plans to invest in round sizes between business angels and traditional VCs. It will try to be the lead investor in a startup's first round and might follow on in a VC Series A. They plan to do one investment per quarter. A big trend in early stage investing in general and in France in particular is the rise of so-called "superangels," either groups or individuals, often experienced entrepreneurs themselves, who invest in startups as business angels but with the financial firepower of VC.
Accel Partners J im is passionate about investing, social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy, contemporary and modern art, photography, film, wine, and music. He actively supports numerous educational and environmental non-profit initiatives. In February, 2013, Jim was elected a fellow of the Harvard Corporation, Harvard University's senior governing board. Jim is a Partner at Accel and is the Founder/CEO of Breyer Capital, an investment and venture philanthropy firm. Jim has been an investor in over 30 consumer Internet, media, and technology companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. Several of these investments returned over 100 times their cost and many additional of these investments have returned over 25 times their cost to investors.
Zoosk Y Combinator Menlo Ventures Investing in seed to growth stages in consumer and enterprise markets Knowing where, how much, and when to invest is the secret sauce to getting top tier returns. Everyone at Menlo has deep domain expertise in their target investment areas. Entrepreneurs want to be associated with successful VCs. Investors want to work with entrepreneurs who have grand visions and see new market opportunities. We’ve partnered with market leading companies in every technology sector.
Flybridge Venture Capital SoftTechVC: Building great companies... Harrison Metal Michael Dearing is the Founder of Harrison Metal. Prior to Harrison Metal, Michael spent many years at eBay (NASDAQ – EBAY) , where he worked as Senior Vice President & General Merchandise Manager for eBay.com. In that role, he led category management, product marketing, seller development, eBay Stores and direct-to-consumer marketing for eBay North America. Michael was also responsible for the launch and growth of many new merchandise categories and new businesses, such as Buy-it-Now, listings upgrades, eBay Stores and ProStores. Before eBay, Michael worked at Bain & Company, Filene’s Basement, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE-DIS) and Industrial Shoe Warehouse. In the spring of 2006, Michael joined the d. school faculty at Stanford University, teaching courses such as Launchpad, Creating Infectious Action and Entrepreneurial Finance.