Venture Capital and Angel Investor Profiles

Investor Profile: Updata Partners

info@FundingPost.com (FundingPost) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:32:56 GMT

Conor Mullett, co-founder and General Partner, Updata Partners

Conor Mullett is a co-founder and General Partner of Updata Partners. Since joining the Updata team in 1999, Mr. Mullett has been actively involved in building the Updata Partners organization and partnering with entrepreneurially driven, high-growth IT companies. Prior to joining Updata, Mr. Mullett was a Senior Vice President with William E. Simon & Sons, a leading New Jersey and California-based private equity firm where he focused on developing the IT investment strategy. At Simon and earlier at GE Capital, Mr. Mullett participated in over 30 initial venture capital and private equity investments and follow-on acquisitions and divestitures.

Conor participated in the FundingPost event: Perfect Venture Conference on April 5-7, 2006 in NY

Updata Partners
Updata Partners is a leading venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage information technology companies with innovative intellectual property enabling market-leading products and services. Led by an investment team averaging 20 years of operational and investment experience in the technology industry, we seek investments where the combination of our financial backing and operating expertise will accelerate growth.

Some Previous Investments:
ContextWeb
ContextWeb provides real-time contextual advertising solutions to publishers and advertisers that maximizes the impact of online advertising by getting advertisers closer to motivated customers.

CoreStreet
CoreStreet is the only provider of massively scalable validation products for identity management and access control. With CoreStreet's Real Time CredentialsTM, organizations can control physical and logical access to buildings, computer networks, applications and devices.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

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Investor Profile: Contour Venture Partners

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Matt Gorin, General Partner, Contour Venture Partners

Matt Gorin is a general partner and co-founder of Contour Venture Partners and has experience in technology operations, start-ups and turnaround management, with a focus on the financial services and applied technology sectors. Matt was previously part of the launch team at Promontory Interfinancial Network and before that worked at Red Hat. Earlier in his career Matt was at Morgan Stanley within its financial services focused venture capital fund and was a turnaround consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Some of his investments include YellowJacket Software, SwapDrive, On Deck Capital and OwnEnergy. Matt received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. in Economics and American Studies from Brandeis University.

*Come meet with Matt in this exclusive New York City speaking engagement:
Perfect Venture Conference V on November 12, 2009

Contour Venture Partners
Contour Venture Partners is a New York based early stage venture capital firm focused on working with companies that provide leading-edge technology enhanced products and services in the financial services, internet and business services sectors. We partner with passionate entrepreneurs and management teams to build great businesses that will ultimately transform their industries. The professionals at Contour have been active in all stages of venture capital throughout their careers and understand the unique set of challenges facing management teams at each phase as our portfolio companies grow. The principals at Contour have a long and successful track record, having directly supported over 40 companies through numerous market cycles since the late 1980s. The target investment size is between $300,000 and $1.5 million per round and we prefer to act as the lead or co-lead investor as well as represent the first institutional capital in the company.

Some Example Investments:
SwapDrive
is a Washington, DC based company that provides a remote file backup and storage solution, delivered through well known global channel partner brands. The service allows consumers and small businesses to remotely backup, store, share, and access critical information more easily, reliably and efficiently, with the highest levels of security and availability. In June, 2008 the company was acquired by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC).

Media6
is a New York based company that provides major marketers with transformative analytics and marketing insight that helps deliver a more targeted message to the right consumer using social graph data.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

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Investor Profile: FirstMark Capital

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Amish Jani, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital

Amish Jani, a Founder and Managing Director of FirstMark Capital, focuses on software and systems investments in the enterprise, communications and digital media sectors, and serves on FirstMark Capitals Investment Committee. Amish also leads FirstMarks investment strategies for the Indian marketplace. Prior to founding FirstMark Capital, Amish served as a Partner with Pequot Ventures.

*Come meet with Amish in this exclusive New York City speaking engagement:
Perfect Venture Conference V on November 12, 2009

FirstMark Capital
Some invest in entrepreneurs. At FirstMark Capital, we invest in visionaries, those who not only envision the future but make it happen through high-growth businesses in key technology markets. You'll find us at the forefront of the most complex and rapidly evolving industries, among them media, advertising, financial services and telecom. Why? In part because some of the biggest players reside here in New York City, our home, where we're among the city's most active investors. We work closely with entrepreneurial visionaries and their management teams. Daily collaboration is the key to building exceptional, sustainable and world-changing businesses.

We constantly evaluate the market shifts that underlie the next wave of business opportunities and stay ahead of a constantly-changing marketplace. We also partner early in our companies' lifecycles, and frequently become the first institutional investor - to ensure we maximize the impact of our investments. Our team of investment and operations veterans has decades of real-world experience and leadership in core technology markets. That makes FirstMark uniquely qualified to offer what breakout companies need to succeed: industry insight, relationships and the operational expertise to build lasting businesses.

Some Example Investments:
Conductor
Emerging leader in natural search solutions, helping organizations manage information for greater search engine visibility, developing industry leading SEO solutions, and providing thought leadership for the natural search industry.

Scalent Systems
is the emerging technology leader providing IT infrastructure virtualization software for enterprises, enabling on-demand and utility computing.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

In the mean time, You can learn about and see photos from our previous events, as well as purchase tickets for our Venture Capital and Angel Investor events here: http://www.fundingpost.com/event

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Investor Profile: Edison Venture Fund

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Tim Foster, Business Development Manager, Edison Venture Fund

Tim Foster serves as Manager of Business Development. Tim is responsible for managing and expanding Edison's referral source network of service provider professionals and financing sources in the Mid-Atlantic region (PA, DE, MD, VA, DC, NJ, NY, CT, MA) Tim identifies and builds new relationships for mutual referral opportunities. This includes trading deal flow and facilitating lead sharing with referral network contacts and sourcing Edison deals and portfolio company opportunities to service providers. In addition Tim represents Edison in the market on behalf of the regional investment teams. He increases awareness of and reinforces Edison's brand and strategy in each market. Tim regularly attends regional trade, venture and networking events and works closely with entrepreneurial and technology-related organizations such as ACG, MAVA, ETC, and the NJTC.

Tim previously served as the Manager of Industry Development for 1SYNC. 1SYNC is a not-for-profit subsidiary of GS1 US which specializes in data synchronization. In his role, Tim was responsible for expanding data synchronization adoption across targeted industries and global regions as well as customer relationship management. Mr. Foster brings to Edison many years of proven experience in the software and technology industry. Prior to joining 1SYNC in October 2003, he served as Director of Sales and Operations for Consolidated Business Services. He has also served in several sales and account management roles with SAP and Princeton Softech.

Tim earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania

*Come meet with Tim in this exclusive New York City speaking engagement:
Perfect Venture Conference V on November 12, 2009

Edison Venture Fund
Many entrepreneurial companies have partnered with Edison Venture Fund, and subsequently have experienced dramatic multiplication of their valuation. Edison specializes in information technology - we have invested in over 100 IT companies. Achieving 16 IPOs and over 75 company sales, we have helped many companies to exit with substantial proceeds that made their founders wealthy and achieved significant rewards for key employees.

Edison is committed to the Mid-Atlantic region. We have made more investments in the New York to Washington DC corridor than any other private equity firm. Our investment professionals actively participate and take leadership roles in the technology, entrepreneurial and private equity communities both regionally and nationally.

Some Example Investments:
Billtrust
Paper and electronic billing / payment solutions.

CorasWorks
The company's industry leading software enables application builders to create integrated solutions on Microsoft's SharePoint collaborative platform.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

In the mean time, You can learn about and see photos from our previous events, as well as purchase tickets for our Venture Capital and Angel Investor events here: http://www.fundingpost.com/event

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Investor Profile: Brand Building Ventures

info@FundingPost.com (FundingPost) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:32:56 GMT

Parker Gilbert, Angel Investor, Managing Partner, Brand Building Ventures

Parker Gilbert is the Managing Partner of Brand Building Ventures, based in Westchester County, New York. Brand Building Ventures, founded in September, 2004, is committed to investing in emerging consumer goods and services companies that possess unique selling propositions. Mr. Gilbert has thirteen years of classic consumer packaged goods marketing experience across a range of product categories. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gilbert has won two sales awards and one national advertising award. He has a track record for building consumer brands that deliver top and bottom line growth. Most recently, he was Vice President of Marketing on Banana Boat Suncare at Playtex Products, Inc., located in Westport, Connecticut. His experience ranges from health and beauty aids, frozen food, medical devices, suncare, baby care and household cleaning. Prior to Playtex, Mr. Gilbert held marketing positions at Pepperidge Farm and Wyeth. He received his MBA in marketing from the Stern School of Business at NYU and an undergraduate degree in history from Middlebury College in Vermont.

*Come meet with Parker in this exclusive New York City speaking engagement:
Perfect Venture Conference V on November 12, 2009

Brand Building Ventures
Brand Building Ventures, based in Westchester County, New York, was founded in September, 2004, is committed to investing in emerging consumer goods and services companies that possess unique selling propositions.

Some Example Investments:
Circle Lending
a loan facilitator between friends and family

Scientific Intake
a medial device company going for FDA approval on a non-intrusive weight control device.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

In the mean time, You can learn about and see photos from our previous events, as well as purchase tickets for our Venture Capital and Angel Investor events here: http://www.fundingpost.com/event

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Investor Profile: RRE Ventures

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James Robinson IV, Managing Partner, RRE Ventures

Jim Robinson is a co-Founder & Managing Partner of RRE Ventures. He has been active within the technology community for over twenty years as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur and banker.

Since co-founding RRE in late 1994, Jim has been responsible for over thirty technology investments, with a focus on digital consumer, enterprise and financial services technologies. He is currently a Director of AdaptiveBlue (semantic personalization) GoMobo (mobile order systems), iCrossing (e-marketing technologies), Mixed Signals (digital broadcast monitoring), m-Via (mobile remittances), OpenPeak (home infotainment platforms), SmartPay Jieyin (mobile top-up & payments in China), Vivre (luxury brand retailing), and WisdomTree (developer of indexes/ETFs).

While earning a dual degree in Computer Science and Business Administration at Antioch College during the early 1980's, Jim worked as a programmer for state government, and later founded and was President of IV Systems Inc., a firm that created small business applications for unix workstations. In 1986, Mr. Robinson joined JP Morgan & Company, where he spent four years working on technology-related assignments, first within the group charged with building global risk management systems, and later as an investment banker in corporate finance. Mr. Robinson earned an MBA from Harvard in 1992, and subsequently joined Hambrecht & Quist Venture Capital in San Francisco. While at H & Q he led investments primarily within the software and communications sectors.

Jim is involved in several non-profit endeavors, with a particular interest in children's issues and rights. He is also involved with the New York Software Industry Association (NYSIA), the New York City Investment Fund's Information Technology Group, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Association of Drug Abuse Problems. Jim has been a member of the Young President's Organization since 1998.

*Come meet with James in this exclusive New York City speaking engagement:
Perfect Venture Conference V on November 12, 2009

RRE Ventures
Since its founding in 1994, RRE Ventures has been dedicated to helping talented management teams build industry-leading companies. Today we manage $850 million in assets dedicated to investing in private information technology companies. We focus on rapidly growing markets in the software, communications, and financial services industries. We back entrepreneurs and management teams that possess the industry knowledge, vision, and discipline to create market-dominating companies. Our team brings a unique combination of management, operations, and investment expertise, as well as an unrivaled network of relationships, to help our entrepreneurs drive growth.

At RRE, we have one mission...to help entrepreneurs build great companies.

Some Example Investments:
GoMobo
Mobile payment application allowing customers to order ahead and pay online or with a text message in order to skip lines at busy quick service restaurants.

On Deck Capital, Inc.
Proprietary financial products and technology that improve upon standard credit models to offer performance-based loans to small businesses that may not have access to traditional bank financing.

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The Perfect Venture Conference V: November 12, 2009
20 early-stage technology companies and 50+ VCs and Angel Investors meet in NYC with networking, pitching, 1-on-1 meetings, panels and a Cocktail Party! NOTE that there are no general admission tickets for this one, just the 20 companies and the investors will be present.http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc/index.asp?refer=rss

Arizona Early-Stage Venture Capital Event: Dec 3, 2009
Meet VC Funds and Angel Groups at our panel event and Pitching Workshop! http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=160&refer=rss

FREE Conference Call with VCs and Angel Investors! Available for immediate listening. Hear from 13 VCs and Angel Investors. You can register for the conference call MP3 here: http://www.fundingpost.com/pvc

Additional 2009 and 2010 events will be announced shortly!

In the mean time, You can learn about and see photos from our previous events, as well as purchase tickets for our Venture Capital and Angel Investor events here: http://www.fundingpost.com/event

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