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    VC Profile: FF Venture Capital

    Headquarters: New York, NY Sectors: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, hardware, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding Description:  ff Venture Capital was founded in 2008 and since then has invested in 90+ companies and helped to create aggregate market value exceeding $4 billion. They were founded by John Frankel and Alex Katz, who are general partners at the firm, Alex also serves as CFO. The firm’s other general partners include David Tenten, Michael Faber, and Adam Plotkin. Their team of over 25 people actively works with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Their funding criteria seeks out those who create new technologies and build upon the expanding capabilities of technology to develop new markets, change behaviors, and solve important problems. They are looking for new ideas and business models before they become established themes, not once they have become mainstream. They want game changers and believe the best companies define their own categories. A few examples of their consistent investing themes include: deep software stack that enables new functionality, efficiencies, and cost savings; Low-cost/High-value networks that tend to gain new users at low marginal cost and improve the user experience with each marginal user. ff Venture Capital does not only provide capital but, every company receives support of their Acceleration Team, which provides hands-on and comprehensive guidance and resources to each of their portfolio companies’ management teams. With them they provide a team of expertise in communications, marketing and branding, recruiting, product engineering and strategy, financial modeling, account and budgeting, community management, and strategic and partner development. In all of their guidance they provide, ff Venture Capital’s main focus is to keep value over valuation. Recent Investments: Socure $13M / Series B Dashbot $2M / Seed (Lead) Estify $6.3M / Series B cielo24 $1.07M / Convertible Note Website: http://ffvc.com/  

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    VC Profile: Mercato Partners

    Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah Sectors: Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware + Software, Ad Tech, Healthcare, Consumer Description: Founded in 2006 Mercato Partners is a Utah-based growth equity fund that pursues investments in high technology and consumer businesses nationwide. They are looking for companies that are on the path to sustainable cash flow with $10 to $50 million in revenue. Mercato generally invests in later financings as a minority shareholder and are active participants in company’s growth. “Working shoulder to shoulder with talented management teams, Mercato has helped create value for founders and shareholders and has built one of the highest returning growth equity funds in the nation.” Recent Investments: Stance $30M / Series D (Lead) SteelHouse $49M / Venture (Lead) Sphero $45M / Series E (Lead) Stance $50M / Series C Website: http://mercatopartners.com/ As principal at Mercato, Ryan Sanders has the relevant experience to interact with the companies and investors Mercato seeks, along with a rich network of contacts in Texas. Prior to Mercato Partners, Ryan was a principal at Escalate Capital Partners, a leading mezzanine firm focused on investing in high growth, later-stage technology companies. Before joining Escalate, Ryan worked as a business operations manager with Comcast Converged Products, helping Comcast launch its next-generation X1 platform. Previously, Ryan was a founder and held various management positions at The University of Texas Golf Club. Ryan began his career as an entrepreneur and was a founder and board member of Calixus, a venture–backed software company in the online media industry (acquired by Media News Group).

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    VC Profile: GE Ventures

    Headquarters: Menlo Park, California Sectors: Energy, Enterprise, Health Care, SaaS, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology, Manufacturing Description: GE Ventures combines capital, technical and commercial expertise to scale great ideas that drive growth for partners and GE. Focused on the areas of software, healthcare, advanced manufacturing and energy, GE Ventures helps entrepreneurs and startups accelerate their ideas by providing access to GE’s global network of business, customers and partners. Offering a tailored approach and unparalleled resources through its Global Research Center, GE Ventures helps reduce development cycles and accelerate time to market for entrepreneurs and companies. “We scale ideas and grow companies that advance industries and improve lives.” Recent Investments: Lora Health $75M / Series D Evidation Health $3.4M / Series B Clearpath Robotics $30M / Series B Sarcos $10.5M / Venture Website: //geventures.com Ty Findley is a Sr. Associate where he focuses on early stage and growth equity investments in advanced manufacturing technologies. Ty joined the GE Ventures team after graduating from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Prior to joining GE Ventures, Ty was a product development engineer at Boeing working in the New Airplane Studies team and he also completed enterprise rotation assignments in the Engineering Leadership Development program.  Ty was also previously a Venture Fellow analyst at G51 Capital, an Austin – based venture capital firm. Ty received his Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University.

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    VC Profile: Accel Partners

    Headquarters: Palo Alto, California Sectors: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software, Financial Technology, Design, Big Data, Internet of Things, Security, Media Description: Founded in 1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel is a leading early and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. “The first partner to entrepreneurs around the world who have the uncommon brilliance, dedication and fearlessness to re-imagine it – and discover what comes next.” Recent Investments: HolidayMe $7M / Series A OpenGamma $13.3 / Series D (Lead) Moglix ₹280M / Series A (Lead) Propeller Aero $3.1M / Seed (Lead) Website: //accel.com Connor Theilmann joined Accel in 2014 and focuses on consumer hardware, vertical software, infrastructure, cybersecurity and mobile businesses.  Connor started a company called Emerald Exam (desktop software for secure in-class testing) and an app called “Treat” (a mobile, student discount card).  He grew up in Dallas and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

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    VC Profile: Fraser McCombs Capital

    Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas Sectors: E-Commerce, Social Commerce, Finance Description: Fraser McCombs Capital (FMC) is a leading automotive-focused investment firm. Founded in 2012 by an automotive entrepreneur and a longtime automotive investor, we have roots in the automotive sector going back decades across all three tiers of the industry. FMC was created to bring capital and mentorship to the underserved automotive startup marketplace, where traditional investment firms refused to participate. We look to invest in new technologies and business models within the automotive vertical. “By leveraging our deep knowledge base, we are able to find connections between key players in the sector on behalf of our portfolio companies.” Recent Investments: Phunware, Inc $19.3M / Series F Phunware, Inc $30M / Series E uParts $2M / Series A (Lead) TRED $1.7M / Angel Website: http://www.fmcap.com Tony Rimas is a Managing Partner with Fraser McCombs Capital, Tony also serves as the Director of Operations for the McCombs Automotive Group the 37th largest dealer group in the United States.  In this capacity, he is recognized for growing McCombs Automotive to the 3rd largest privately held online retailer in the country. Over the last decade he has specialized in B2B sales and management while serving the McCombs Partners portfolio. Tony originated investments in HomeNet Automotive, ClickMotive, and AutoVest.  All of which are best in class solutions to the automotive retail industry.  HomeNet became the market share leader in automotive inventory management; Autotrader.com acquired the company in November 2010. DealerTrack (NASDAQ: TRAK) acquired Clickmotive in October 2012. Tony is also a regular guest speaker at industry events.  His technical background and education includes multiple degrees in Chemistry, Physics, and the NADA Dealer Candidate Academy.

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