Groupon

Techstars is a global accelerator which invested in more than 3,300 early-stage startups. As one of the largest pre-seed investors in the world, their portfolio is as diversified as their 7,300 founders are unique - from HealthTech and FinTech, to Web3 and CleanTech; from Miami and Silicon Valley to Lagos and London.

Global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare

Seed-stage consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.

Forged in 2015 as the private investment arm of the multi-billion dollar hedge fund, Maverick Capital, Maverick Ventures backs early-stage healthcare and technology-driven businesses through an evergreen fund structure.

Invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer, crypto, and enterprise software companies across all stages.

Kleiner Perkins was founded in the 1970s by Tom Perkins and Eugene Kleiner. The firm is focused on early-stage digital consumer and enterprise, green tech and life sciences companies.

Global, technology-focused investment firm with offices in the U.S., Europe, and Israel. They practice a collaborative, research-focused style of investing and regularly make early, growth, and buyout investments in the same tech sector.

Backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere.

SV Angel is an angel firm that helps startups with business development, financing, M&A, and other strategic advice.

With $300 million of capital from a world-class investor base, Clear is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that is purpose-built to help startup teams win in business technology and services. Founded by veteran company builders and venture investors Chris Rust and Rajeev Madhavan, formerly of Sequoia Capital and USVP and founders of four successful companies, Clear provides access to customers, talent and insight to bold startup teams so their ideas can grow into market-leading companies.

Eric is the co-Founder of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in disruptive technology businesses. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), a global e-commerce marketplace, and an early investor in Uptake Technologies, a leading predictive analytics platform for the world’s largestindustries; Mediaocean, a leading provider of integrated media procurement technology; Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), a technology-enabled transportation and logistics outsourcing firm; and InnerWorkings (NASDAQ: INWK), a global provider of managed print and promotional solutions.

Chelsea focuses on investments in the software sector. In 2013, Chelsea was named to the Forbes Midas “Hot Prospects” list of up-and-coming venture capitalists, and in 2018 she was included on Business Insider’s 23 Top Venture Capitalists in Enterprise Tech list. Prior to Battery, she was an associate at the private equity firm Key Principal Partners. Earlier in her career, Chelsea was a manager at Accenture and she also has held positions with Merrill Lynch and with Classified Ventures. She received a BS with honors in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Former entrepreneur who invests in talented founders building innovative consumer-technology companies. Before joining Battery, Roger spent 10 years as an entrepreneur and operator. He was the co-founder and president of NetMarket, an ecommerce company that executed the first retail transaction on the Internet in 1994. NetMarket was acquired by Cendant Corporation. Roger also co-founded Corio, a leading managed-service provider that went public and was later acquired by IBM. Finally, he co-founded SMART, a non-profit that provides disadvantaged students access to educational opportunities, personal experiences and social support services to foster academic excellence and access to a college education. Roger has been named to the Forbes Midas List many times. Roger graduated from Yale University and is the President of the Yale University Council.

Matthias wants to find obsessed entrepreneurs who intuitively build products that make consumers obsessed too.