Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Designer, Consultant, Angel Investor and Advisor to Multiple Ventures.
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Lotus Founder, from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF, founding Chair @mozilla. Investor: @twilio, @uber, @classdojo ,@clever, @optimizely,@formlabs
CEO of Threadbare Games. Previously co-founder and CPO of @sidereel, acquired by Rovi. Product, Technology, Teams. Lean and LeanUX advocate. Giant nerd.
http://zachlarson.org
Founder, Stealth Startup
Serial Entrepreneur and angel investor | Founding CEO at @quote-com
JumpStartDays is a mentoring program for seed-stage pre-funded, pre-revenue tech startups. Each month 12 startups present to a panel of Keiretsu Forum angels.
http://www.keiretsuforum.com
Accredited Investor: Angel List, Funders Club, MicroVentures, Second Market, Shares Post, Circle Up. Worked at IBM, CEO at Roche Bobois San Francisco.
International Daddy of Mystery. Investor. Hatena (Board), @google (PM), @optomail (Founder), @barclays-global-investors (Mktg)
Angel Investor, @university-of-california-berkeley
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Founder, Product Lead at Wenzani
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
Founder/CEO @schoolzilla. @stanford Symbolic Systems, MS in CS. Was VP Technology @ Aspire Public Schools. Worked at startup @gearworks @Booz @microsoft.
Founded Wall St. Sandwiches, a Jewish Deli chain in Tokyo, manages a family office and PPGV, LLC, a private equity company. Likes, basketball and cycling.
CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.
Founder of @north-social (exit in 2011), North Venture Partners, Echo Networks, Athleticode, & Inoak. Employee at Virgin, PTC, C-Bridge, & the NFL
CEO at @altius-education
Partner at @kapor-capital. Former President and CEO of the NAACP
Business Development / Consultant
Founder & President @project-sport-llc | Running/Cycling Production + Entertainment. Worked @montgomery-securities. 2 successful exits 2012/2014.
http://instagram.com/ryandawkins
Entrepreneur & Internet Visionary, Private Equity, Venture & Impact Investor, Board Director & Advisor. @proven leadership/partnership in start-up environments.
Venture capital, entrepreneurial, and angel experience. Strong technology, operations, and sales (IBM). UC Berkeley MBA, Case Western Reserve Univ Physics.