Investors

Venture investor at InMotion Ventures leading North American investing for Jaguar Land Rover's CVC arm InMotion Ventures investing Seed through Series B across enterprise, industrial tech and climate including enterprise/applied/physical AI, deep tech, manufacturing, climate.

Three-time venture-funded founder and VC with 250 angel investments, 17 LP funds, and over 80 investments in pre-seed B2B software, ex-Microsoft and Accenture

Tom joined Ibex Investors in April 2026 as an Associate based in Silicon Valley, where he focuses on the Mobility Revolution Early-Stage VC strategy. Prior to joining Ibex, Tom was an investor at BMW i Ventures, BMW’s independent corporate venture capital fund, where he led and supported investments in mobility, supply chain, and enterprise software companies. Earlier in his career, Tom held operations roles at several technology startups. Tom holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Paola "Pao" Correa is an early-stage tech investor and operator with over a decade building global strategies across Enterprise SaaS, AdTech, and Digital Media in North and Latin American markets. As Chief of Staff at Recursive Ventures, she leads fund operations, fundraising, and portfolio support for the firm's inception-stage AI portfolio. Previously, she was an Investment Associate at Techstars Miami, backing 48 underrepresented founders, and founded PAO & CO, producing conferences like Culture Shifting Labs and the Latinx VC Conference. Her path spans Facebook, Google, Prezi, and 500 Global. She holds an MBA from NYU Stern.

Polymath musician, legal engineer. To power next-gen pecuniary databases: published US Patent 12,664,142 for Hierarchical Script-Databases, ERC-7827 for JSON Value Version Control (NFT compatible; dynamic promises), OEIS.org/A330390 "Pell-Smith" rational halts of irrational perpetuity (ALU fidelity not FPU loss). Architecting "Exponential VC" via sublinear exponentiation of superlinear Power Law VC (e.g. Decile Hub is a sublinear catalyst). Three strategic VC pipelines: 1) the Network Union (fractalizing sovereignty), 2) ETH Music (using an A1S8C8 > SEC organizing principle) and 3) Smart Intelligence (LLMs-as-kilns and deterministic-code-as-bricks factory processes for agentic finance).

Adam is an Investor at Red Glass Ventures. Born and raised in Manila, he now splits his time between San Francisco and Boston. He's especially drawn to bridging research topics in academia to their societal applications, spanning robotics, open source models/infra, and AI-for-science verticals. Prior to investing, Adam spent two years working with Professor Jan Liphardt to build a robotics middleware startup, raising $20M for the venture. Before that, while a student at Harvard University (AB Computer Science, AB Economics, SM Computer Science), he worked on the Mosaic team at Databricks, building Agent Framework+Evals for non-technical users.

⦿ Formed HomeLab, Deep Science accelerator ⦿ Constructed portfolio valued at $3.3B over 6 years ⦿ 25 yrs Biotech Operator Experience (CEO, BD, MFG, R&D) ⦿ Scaled VC-backed TechBio startup to over $5M ARR ⦿ 100+ Investor Network from Angels to Corporate VCs

Waleed Shaarani is a Partner at Viaka Ventures, an early-stage venture fund backing exceptional MENA diaspora founders building category-defining companies across North America and Europe. He brings an operator-first lens to investing, shaped by his role as Head of Revenue at Spiky.ai, where he led GTM, commercialization, and revenue strategy. Waleed’s investment focus centers on technically defensible, platform-level businesses solving deep structural problems. Before venture, he built his career across sales, product commercialization, and go-to-market execution. He evaluates founders the way he builds — with urgency, clarity, and conviction.

Former operator turned VC. More recently a VC Principal at Struck Capital, Alumni Ventures, Mass. Clean Energy Fund. Started VC career at Flagship Pioneering as a Fellow and General Catalyst. ex- IBMer.

Trey Ikard is the Managing Partner of WIV Ventures and brings over 25 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur and executive, earning recognition as a leader in the fintech sector with a focus on early-stage companies. As a founder, executive, board member, advisor, and investor in startups, he excels at connecting investment capital with go-to-market strategies to fuel business growth.

Karen Sheffield is the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a San Francisco Bay Area pre-seed fund investing in the "Second Industrialization": the breakthrough materials, energy systems, and industrial platforms decarbonizing industry, energy, and transportation. She runs the fund as a solo GP and closed Fund I in June 2026. Before investing, Karen spent 16 years in Fortune 100 operating roles at Visa, PepsiCo, and American Airlines, and began angel investing in 2020. She holds degrees in Finance and Economics from TCU and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Domingo Guerra is Founder and Managing Partner of Chispa VC, a specialist seed fund focused on Security for AI. He has operated through three platform shifts: co-founder of Appthority, the mobile security pioneer and RSA Innovation Sandbox winner acquired by Symantec; go-to-market leader for Symantec and Broadcom's $1.5B security portfolio through the enterprise cloud migration; and EVP of Trust at Incode as identity scaled past a $1.8B valuation. His pre-fund angel track record spans 10 investments with 25x TVPI and 4x realized DPI. Forbes Top 50 Angel Investor in Latin America. Seven patents.

Rob is a veteran marketplace operator, investor and educator. He grew the Ariba Network, now the SAP Business Network, into the world’s largest B2B network, and has had three successful exits to SAP, Microsoft and Disney. He has invested in and/or advised dozens of marketplace startups, teaches marketplace management at Stanford, and writes the Marketplace Economy blog.

Principal at The Venture Reality Fund. A deep tech early-stage fund focused on Spatial AI, Physical AI, XR, and robotics. Leads sourcing, diligence, deal execution, and LP communications. Investing out of Fund II across pre-seed, seed, and Series A with check sizes ranging from $200K to $3M.

Chicago-based 3x founder - Demibooks exited to EDC, angel group Nameless Ventures and hard tech early stage VC Dipalo Ventures (energy, climate, physical AI). We de-risk via a product focused Residency. Earlier career on Motorola design team. EE & MBA, Virginia Tech.

I am an experienced litigation and business attorney with practice areas that include business formation, buying and selling businesses, contracts, leases and intellectual property. In addition, I have experience running businesses, specifically in the consumer goods and luxury sectors. I would say my domain expertise in business is in branding, marketing and sales.

Taras Romaniuk is a Venture Partner at Network VC and Founder of Golden Gate Syndicate. His investment focus includes defense, healthcare, longevity, AI, robotics, and cybersecurity. His background includes venture investing, strategic partnerships, business development, and international public-sector experience. He is actively involved in Silicon Valley through investing, founder engagement, community building, and ecosystem development.

Said Cherkaoui is the founder of Taskforce One and Africana Enterprise USA in the Oakland–Silicon Valley corridor. He leads the strategic implementation of a global software ecosystem featuring flagship platforms like FormPilot AI, Xyvaro, Souk Hub, Data Storage, the Trainer application, and goalusfreight.com. Operating across five international regions, his infrastructure bridges global founders with U.S. venture capital, institutional bankers, and Wall Street IPO drivers while channeling international investors directly into California tech markets.

I am the Founding Partner at Startup Foundry, based in San Francisco, California, USA. I back and support the next generation of founders building in AI and emerging technologies, working closely with early stage companies to help them go from idea to scale. I co-founded Bitpowr, a digital asset infrastructure platform, and scaled it to over $1 billion in transaction volume, enabling businesses globally to build and scale their operations.

Jordan Wahbeh is the Managing Partner of Silicon Valley Venture Group & Partner at Network.VC: As an investor , operator, and advisor, he helps startups grow and scale through operational excellence, fundraising, business development, product strategy, and leadership development. With more than 20 years of experience, Jordan has held executive leadership roles, including COO and Director of Operations at multiple startups, supporting founders through growth, execution, and scaling challenges. His experience spans AI, FinTech, HealthTech, GovTech, Dual-Use Technologies, IoT, Manufacturing, Software, Hardware, and other high-growth technology sectors.

Investing in Physical AI, Robotics, Digital Health, etc.

Aliya is an Associate at Precursor. She previously held research roles at Moffitt Cancer Center, UCSF, and MedImmune (AstraZeneca), and was a Fellow at MedTech and BioTools Innovator.

A dozen years as a chip designer and architect, followed by a decade in venture capital supporting founders in semiconductors, AI and robotics.

Mala Ramakrishnan is the founder and managing partner of Progressive Ventures, a seed stage venture firm, that fuels the next wave of AI innovation. She is also the founder & president at Founders Creative, a non-profit with over 40,000 founders, investors and executives out of Silicon Valley that elevates under-represented technologists. Mala is an entrepreneurial leader with three successful exits and 20+ years experience in leadership roles in product, engineering, and marketing in companies of varied sizes. Mala holds a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and Masters in Information and Data Science from UC Berkeley.

• Julien Plouzeau is Senior Partner at Oraseya Capital, the US$136 million venture capital arm of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority, investing from pre-Seed to Series B. He is one of the founding partners, will full operational responsibility for the firm. • He began his career in investment banking at Société Générale CIB in Milan before moving to Dubai in 2012 to found the region's first online platform for booking entertainers, which he later exited. He has closed over 70 investments, and sits on several boards.

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Investor at WTI for over 7 years, providing venture-backed technology companies with non-dilutive, covenant free venture debt in addition to small equity checks.

Faisal is a results-oriented and visionary C-suite executive, board member, investor, and entrepreneur with extensive leadership experience. He has guided organizations through digital transformations, business growth, organizational scaling, innovative product delivery, efficiency improvements, and market share expansion in both fast-paced private companies and Fortune 500 enterprises. With over two decades of experience leading global teams and business initiatives for top industry organizations, he excels at setting and executing strategic visions, fostering a culture of innovation, and achieving outstanding results.

Ryan is a Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures investing in early-stage startups in Mobility, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Robotics, AI/ML and Deep Tech.

Former exited founder turned investor. 15 years of experience in many verticals.

Successful founder, experienced investor, and accelerator director. Over 15 years in biotechnology and as a founder of multiple companies in Life Sciences and Technology with two successful exits. Managing Partner of Neuvation Ventures, co-founder of MatchPlay Group, and mentor to 100+ startup companies, with focus in Healthcare and other DeepTech innovation.

Gayatri Panda is a British climate tech investor, entrepreneur, and global innovation leader. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Austral Capital, an emerging Climate Tech investment platform focused on high-growth startups at the intersection of climate, AI, and deep technology. Over the past decade, she has built businesses and strategic partnerships across the UK, Europe, the US, India, and the UAE, working closely with founders, investors, corporates, and governments to accelerate innovation, investment, and sustainable growth.

Tonya J. Long is a venture investor, fund operator, and Future of Work thought leader with 25 years of experience across enterprise innovation and emerging technology. She's the Managing Partner of Daymaker Ventures, where she helps early-stage companies access and deploy capital more strategically, and the CEO & Co-Founder of Daymaker Connect, a network intelligence platform that "turns your network into action." A longtime technology executive, she has helped bring more than 400 products to market, led over 20 M&A transactions, and is the author of the bestseller "AI and the New Oz: Leadership’s Journey to the Future of Work".

Serial Tech Entrepreneur and Investor since the early 1990s

Managing Partner (Solo GP) of Jolly VC Fund I, LP which is $10 million fund. Also Operating Partner for another $100 million fund. Angel investor in 44 startups since 2016. VC investor in 25 startups since 2024. Many Exits, with Unicorns, IPOs, M&As, Stock Buybacks. 26 years in SF Bay Area. Former Operator and Founder with multiple granted patents.

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Kavon Badie is a Senior Associate at Mighty Capital. Prior, he served in investment roles at Village Capital, Recursive Capital, and Greenspring Associates. He also founded MZZ Ventures, an organization that connected global talent with startups in the global south. Kavon holds a BS in Finance from the University of Maryland.

I run G2C Ventures, a pre-seed and seed enterprise AI fund out of Palo Alto. Founder before investor. Spent 20+ years building B2B companies, took a couple to exit, and returned 15X to my LPs. We back what we call Systems of Outcome. Companies whose software actually owns the decisions inside mission-critical workflows. The way we think about it: AI isnt the thesis. Rebuilding enterprise workflows is. AI is just the layer that makes it possible.

I’m an early-stage investor at MS&AD Ventures based in San Francisco, where I invest in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across fintech, healthcare, vertical AI, and cybersecurity. Prior to MS&AD Ventures, I invested and operated across early-stage ecosystems including Precursor Ventures and Hustle Fund. I’m particularly excited about partnering with founders building category-defining companies and always enjoy connecting with entrepreneurs and investors across the startup ecosystem.

Mitchell’s experience spans investing in and advising category-defining technology companies. Most recently, Mitchell was a Senior Associate at Silver Lake, a global technology investment firm with over $100B in assets under management, where he focused on investments across enterprise software, AI, digital infrastructure, and social media. Prior to Silver Lake, Mitchell was an investment banker at Lazard, where he advised several leading technology companies on a broad range of strategic transactions, including acquisitions, capital raises, divestitures, and spin-offs. Mitchell holds a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University, where he graduated with distinction.

Ogni is an investor at Section Partners, a multi-strategy late-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, where he focuses on investments across AI, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, and robotics. Prior to Section Partners, Ogni was at the Technology Investment Group at GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and an Investment Banker in J.P. Morgan's Technology Coverage Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is based in San Francisco.

William is Managing General Partner of Orbit Ventures the Emerging Markets VC with over US$125m in investment value managed. Orbit invests in technology startups that digitize traditional industries, boost earnings potential, and drive sustainable growth. With over 30 years in tech investment, Magnitt named Orbit #4 most active VC in Emerging Markets in the world in 2025.

Started in quant finance, then was a founder in fintech and agentic AI, and now am on the investment side.

Founder & CEO of Fintech Next and General Partner at Fintech Next Fund, an emerging venture fund dedicated to re- imagining financial services through innovation in payments, banking, and AI-driven Fintech. With 25+ years as an operator at global enterprises and startups including Amazon, Western Union, and Netopia (acquired by Google) launched and scaled products that have touched millions of customers worldwide. Today, brings that same operator’s lens to investing, helping founders build fintech businesses that are not only high-growth but also durable and impactful.

Itamar is the founder of Recursive Ventures, a AI pre-seed fund. Itamar has been on all sides of the startup table: A founder and executive, an institutional VC. He has supported over 50 successful startups, including Deel, Honeybook, Placer, and SafeGraph. He’s been recognized by Business Insider as a Top 100 global seed investor consecutively since 2022. As an operator, Itamar helped take Life360 from Seed to IPO.

Investment leader with over a decade of experience in multi-stage venture investment and private markets. Founding CIO of Oceanic Partners, where I built the investment arm from the ground up, leading 57 primary and secondary investments across $120M deployed. Portfolio achieved a 51% exit rate and 32% net realized IRR. CFA charterholder with deep expertise in AI, fintech, SaaS, health tech, and blockchain sectors.

Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized, award-winning “All-In AI” thought-leader as an early-stage AI investor, CXO advisor & board member, adjunct MBA professor, and keynote speaker. As the Founder and Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has directly invested in 150+ early-stage startups and 25+ funds across Cloud AI, Edge AI, and Applied AI. He is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles incubating and growing a series of new businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras across three decades at Intel Corp and Qualcomm.

ML/AI Engineer turned Investor.

Investor with a technical background, interested in companies in healthcare, AI infastructure, and beyond.

Focused investor in early stage startups. Very founder-centric and who understands the risks founders are taking.

Maker and Venture Capitalist, focused on deep tech. Berkeley Physics, Stanford Management Science

Jean-Philippe "JP" Persico has over 20 years of experience in business transformation, corporate growth development, and digitalization across various industries including SaaS, e-commerce, and automotive. He is currently a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, a $8M Bay Area seed fund investing in AI-powered B2B software companies.

Zain Moosa is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth strategist based in the United States, with over a decade of experience across North America, the Middle East, and South Asia. He is a Partner at Magnus Ventures and leads operations and business growth across the Magnus Group, including Magnus Communications and Magnus Technologies. Zain specializes in go-to-market strategy, digital transformation, and cross-border expansion. He has worked with global brands like Zoom, Uber, and Canon, while mentoring startups through Techstars and other ecosystems. His work focuses on helping businesses scale internationally, particularly between the U.S., GCC, and emerging markets.