Oakland Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Benjamin Bayat
Investor
Venture capital, entrepreneurial, and angel experience. Strong technology, operations, and sales (IBM). UC Berkeley MBA, Case Western Reserve Univ Physics.
Paul Freedman
Investor
CEO at @altius-education
Joshua Kauffman
Investor
Designer, Consultant, Angel Investor and Advisor to Multiple Ventures.
Mitch Kapor
Investor
Lotus Founder, from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF, founding Chair @mozilla. Investor: @twilio, @uber, @classdojo ,@clever, @optimizely,@formlabs
Ben Jealous
Investor
Partner at @kapor-capital. Former President and CEO of the NAACP
Gregory R. Raifman
Investor
Entrepreneur & Internet Visionary, Private Equity, Venture & Impact Investor, Board Director & Advisor. @proven leadership/partnership in start-up environments.
Lynzi Ziegenhagen
Investor
Founder/CEO @schoolzilla. @stanford Symbolic Systems, MS in CS. Was VP Technology @ Aspire Public Schools. Worked at startup @gearworks @Booz @microsoft.
Stephen Leist
Investor
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.
Peter Secor
Investor
Angel Investor, @university-of-california-berkeley
Chris Cooper
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur and angel investor | Founding CEO at @quote-com
Ryan Navratil
Business Development / Consultant
Naveen Jain
Investor
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Avi Bar-Zeev
Investor
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Lloyd Lawrence
Investor
Accredited Investor: Angel List, Funders Club, MicroVentures, Second Market, Shares Post, Circle Up. Worked at IBM, CEO at Roche Bobois San Francisco.
Chris Boden
Investor
Founder, Product Lead at Wenzani
Ryan Dawkins
Investor
Founder & President @project-sport-llc | Running/Cycling Production + Entertainment. Worked @montgomery-securities. 2 successful exits 2012/2014.
http://instagram.com/ryandawkins
Alex Bernstein
Investor
Founder of @north-social (exit in 2011), North Venture Partners, Echo Networks, Athleticode, & Inoak. Employee at Virgin, PTC, C-Bridge, & the NFL
Jared Hanson
Investor
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
JumpStartDays
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
Kai Chang
Investor
Zach Larson
Investor
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
Brian Brown
Investor
Founder, Stealth Startup
Naresh Singhal
Investor
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Richard Chen
Investor
International Daddy of Mystery. Investor. Hatena (Board), @google (PM), @optomail (Founder), @barclays-global-investors (Mktg)
Tony Gentile
Investor
CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.