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Michael Birch, Co-Founder of Bebo
Michael also co-founded BirthdayAlarm.com and Ringo.com. In March 2008 Bebo was sold to AOL for $850 Million. Michael holds a BS in Physics from Imperial College London.
Saran Chari, Co-founder and CTO of Flixster
Before Flixster, Saran was one of the early employees at the startup Edusoft, where he ran the engineering team. Edusoft provided assessment management software based on unique, low-cost scanning technology to public school districts. Edusoft was bought by Houghton-Mifflin in 2003. Before Edusoft, Saran worked for Scient, the former internet consulting firm.
Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC
Based in Palo Alto, California, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 startups. Since 2004, Jeff has invested in more than 20 consumer Internet companies developing new concepts (such as social media) or revisiting “old” ideas with a new set of economics and technologies. In 2007, Jeff was recognized as one of the 13 “Web 2.0 King Makers” by Business 2.0, and is often noted for his investments in categories such as “passion-centric communities,” or for having already sold five of his companies in the past two years through successful M&As. Jeff’s 19 years of operational, entrepreneurial and venture capital experience enable him to add relevant perspective and value to the companies in which he invests.
European Founders Fund
The Samwer brothers of European Founders have built some of the most successful internet companies in Europe - Alando/eBay Germany and Jamba! which is now part of News Corp. European Founders fund early and later stage internet businesses that will play a defining role in their market segments in the future. European Founder have invested in Marketplaces, Gaming and Community Internet Services.
Ryan Gilbert, Co-Founder of Property Bridge
Ryan Gilbert is an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Venrock, a leading global venture capital firm, where he is focused on financial services and payments opportunities. Ryan was previously Vice President at MoneyGram International, a global payment services company, where he managed the PropertyBridge business unit. Ryan was CEO and co-founder of PropertyBridge and sold the company to MoneyGram in October 2007. Ryan is a member of the State Bar of California, and is also admitted to practice law in the United Kingdom and South Africa. He earned his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Joe Greenstein, Co-Founder and CEO of Flixster
Joe Greenstein is co-founder and CEO of Flixster – the largest community for movie fans on the web with over 20M monthly users. Prior to Flixster, Joe was Director of Product Management at Edusoft, a Curriculum management System for public schools used by over 4M students nationwide. Edusoft was acquired by Houghton-Mifflin in 2003. Joe holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a BSE Economics from the Wharton School where he was a Joseph Wharton Scholar.
Kevin Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite
Kevin co-founded Eventbrite, a popular event registration service. Kevin was co-founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company providing service in over 30 countries. Xoom's investors include Peter Thiel, Sequoia Capital, and Stanford University. Kevin previously co-founded ConnectGroup, a start-up providing high-speed Internet access to the hotel industry. ConnectGroup was acquired by Lodgenet in 1998. Kevin holds a BA and BS from Stanford University and an MA from Oxford University. He has been an early-stage investor and advisor to startups such as PayPal, Geni.com, Friendster, Flixster.com, and Trulia. Kevin is also a Sequoia Technology Partner at Sequoia Capital. You can see his full list of affiliations at www.kevinhartz.com.