Who are the top 100 venture capitalists for 2013? The list compiled by the Silicon Valley publication AlwaysOn has a number of notable names, and all will be honored at a ceremony to be held at Draper University February 13th 2014.
(For more information on the event contact Shannon Calvin ([email protected], 954.663.2086), Grant Gunderson ([email protected], 916.217.0427), or Paul Hamadeh ([email protected], 415.269.3738) for details on how your company can participate.)
The VC who will be honored at that event is the legendary Fred Wilson Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures. Wilson’s known for his most notable investments, Twitter, Tumblr, and Zynga, as well as his widely-read blog AVC: Musings Of A VC In NYC.
Joining him will many of the top 100 venture capitalists for 2013 that AlwaysOn has selected. Names like Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Daniel Burstein, Bradford Burnham, Ron Conway, John Doerr, Brent Jones, John Malloy, Mary Meeker, Yuri Milner, and Sonja Perkins, to list just a few of them.
One name on the list may be familar to regular readers of my content over the years: Rick Bolander, the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Gabriel Venture Partners. Here’s Rick talking to me about the Facebook purchase of Instagram in 2012:
Rick’s notable exit is the online textbook rental company Chegg.
Here’s the full list of venture capitalists who will be honored at the Draper University event, February 13th:
The 2013 Venture Capital 100 For 2013 by AlwaysOn:
Neeraj Agrawal
General Partner, Battery Ventures
www.battery.com
Notable Exits: MarketoMarc Andreessen
Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com
Notable Exits: TwitterMark Bailey
Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
www.dfj.com
Notable Exits: Silver SpringThomas Ball
General Partner, Austin Ventures
www.austinventures.com
Notable Exits: RetailMeNotKarey Barker
Managing Director, Cross Creek Advisors
crosscreekadvisors.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelForest Baskett
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
www.nea.com
Notable Exits: Tableau SoftwareJeff Bezos
Founder, Bezos Expeditions
www.bezosexpeditions.com
Notable Exits: TwitterGeorge Bischof
Managing Director, MeriTech Capital Partners
www.meritechcapital.com
Notable Exits: Barracuda Networks, Model NJames Boettcher
Founding Partner, Focus Ventures
www.focusventures.com
Notable Exits: Marin Software, CyanRick Bolander
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Gabriel Venture Partners
www.gabrielvp.com
Notable Exits: CheggJohn Borthwick
CEO, Betaworks Studio
betaworks.com
Notable Exits: TwitterRoelof Botha
Partner, Sequoia Capital
www.sequoiacap.com
Notable Exits: FireEye, Xoom, TumblrBen Boyer
Managing Director, Tenaya Capital
www.tenayacapital.com
Notable Exits: QunarMichael Brown
General Partner, Battery Ventures
www.battery.com
Notable Exits: ExactTargetBradford Burnham
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures
www.usv.com
Notable Exits: TumblrDaniel Burstein
Founder and Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners
mtvlp.com
Notable Exits: TwitterW. Eric Carlborg
Partner, August Capital
www.augustcap.com
Notable Exits: ZulilyNavin Chaddha
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
www.mayfield.com
Notable Exits: Quanar, SolarCity, ZenpriseTodd Chaffee
Managing Director and General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
www.ivp.com
Notable Exits: Twitter, WebsenseMax Chee
Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners
mtvlp.com
Notable Exits: TumblrYoung Chung
Managing Director, DAG Ventures
www.dagventures.com
Notable Exits: RingCentral, YuMeBruce Cleveland
General Partner, InterWest Partners
www.interwest.com
Notable Exits: MarketoKevin Comolli
Partner, Accel Partners
www.accel.com
Notable Exits: SupercellRon Conway
Special Advisor, SV Angel
svangel.com
Notable Exits: Twitter, LocuByron Deeter
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
www.bvp.com
Notable Exits: Criteo, Adap.tvJohn Doerr
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
www.kpcb.com
Notable Exits: TwitterBarry Eggers
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
lsvp.com
Notable Exits: Nimble StorageMarie Ekeland
Partner, Elaila Partners
www.elaia.com
Notable Exits: CriteoBill Ericson
General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
www.mdv.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelKarim Faris
Partner, Google Ventures
www.gv.com
Notable Exits: RetailMeNotPeter Fenton
General Partner, Benchmark Capital
www.benchmark.com
Notable Exits: TwitterAdam Fisher
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
www.bvp.com
Notable Exits: Wix, Intucell, SolutoTony Florence
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
www.nea.com
Notable Exits: CventNorm Fogelsong
General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
www.ivp.com
Notable Exits: MarketoSameer Gandhi
Partner, Accel Partners
www.accel.com
Notable Exits: Sourcefire, GracenoteJohn Gardner
Partner, Nokia Growth Partners
www.nokiagrowthpartners.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelGaurav Garg
Founding Partner, Wing Venture Partners
wing.vc
Notable Exits: FireEyeAaron Gershenberg
Managing Partner, SVB Capital
www.svb.com/svbcapital/
Notable Exits: FireEyeRandall Glein
Managing Director, DFJ Growth
www.dfjgrowth.com
Notable Exits: Tremor Video, TumblrJim Goetz
Partner, Sequoia Capital
www.sequoiacap.com
Notable Exits: Nimble Storage, Barracuda NetworksMichael Goguen
Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital
www.sequoiacap.com
Notable Exits: Virident SystemsGreg Goldfarb
Managing Director, Summit Partners
www.summitpartners.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelDavid Golob
Partner, Francisco Partners Management
www.franciscopartners.com
Notable Exits: Barracuda NetworksBob Goodman
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
www.bvp.com
Notable Exits: Liazon Corporation, IntucellMike Gordon
Managing Director, MeriTech Capital Partners
www.meritechcapital.com
Notable Exits: Cyan, Tremor, SourcefireMark Gorenberg
Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
www.humwin.com
Notable Exits: MarketoBenoist Grossmann
Managing Partner, IDInvest Partners
www.idinvest.com/en/?
Notable Exits: CriteoTim Guleri
Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
www.sierraventures.com
Notable Exits: SourcefirePromod Haque
Senior Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
www.nvp.com
Notable Exits: FireEye, Cyan, Virtela Technology ServicesPaul Holland
General Partner, Foundation Capital
www.foundationcapital.com
Notable Exits: CheggRobert Hower
General Partner, G20 Ventures
www.atvcapital.com
Notable Exits: Acme Packet, Channel AdvisorJoi Ito
Co-Founder, DG Incubation
www.dgincubation.co.jp/en/
Notable Exits: TwitterBrent Jones
Managing Director, Northgate Capital Group
www.northgatecapital.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelJeff Jordon
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com
Notable Exits: ZulilyDeepak Kamra
General Partner, Canaan Partners
www.canaan.com
Notable Exits: Acme PacketRaj Kapoor
Venture Advisor, Mayfield Fund
www.mayfield.com
Notable Exits: QunarVijay Khanna
General Partner, GIV Venture Partners
www.givventurepartners.com
Notable Exits: CventBen Kortlang
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
www.kpcb.com
Notable Exits: Silver SpringLarry Kubal
Partner, Labrador Ventures
www.labrador.com
Notable Exits: Rocket FuelDoug Leone
Partner, Sequoia Capital
www.sequoiacap.com
Notable Exits: RingCentralJeffrey Lieberman
Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
www.insightpartners.com
Notable Exits: CventJohn Lilly
Partner, Greylock Partners
www.greylock.com
Notable Exits: TumblrRichard Lim
Managing Director, GSR Ventures Management
www.gsrventures.cn/en/
Notable Exits: QunarFrank Lin
General Partner, DCM
www.dcm.com
Notable Exits: 58.comJeff Lipton
Vice President, Venture and Strategic Investments, Juniper Networks
www.juniper.net
Notable Exits: FireEye, CyanJohn Malloy
Co-Founder and General Partner, BlueRun Ventures
brv.com
Notable Exits: Waze Mobile, Topsy LabsJules Maltz
General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
www.ivp.com
Notable Exits: RetailMeNotMike Maples Jr.
Managing Partner, Floodgate
floodgate.com
Notable Exits: Twitter, YuMe, CheggMary Meeker
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
www.kpcb.com
Notable Exits: Waze Mobile Limited, LendingClubJeb Miller
General Partner, JAFCO Ventures
www.jafco.com
Notable Exits: FireEye, MoPubYuri Milner
Founder, DST Global
www.dstglobalsolutions.com
Notable Exits: TwitterYatin Mundkur
Partner, Artiman Ventures
www.artiman.com
Notable Exits: Virident SystemsTae Hea Nahm
Founding Managing Director, Storm Ventures
www.stormventures.com
Notable Exits: MarketoRory O’Driscoll
Founding Member and Partner, Scale Venture Partners
www.scalevp.com
Notable Exits: ExactTargetDeven Parekh
Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
www.insightpartners.com
Notable Exits: Chegg, TwitterDouglas A. Pepper
General Partner, InterWest Partners
www.interwest.com
Notable Exits: MarketoSonja Perkins
Managing Director, Menlo Ventures
www.menloventures.com
Notable Exits: Acme PacketNick Pianim
Managing Director, DAG Ventures
www.dagventures.com
Notable Exits: FireEyeShervin Pishevar
Venture Advisor, Menlo Ventures
www.menloventures.com
Notable Exits: TumblrNed Renzi
Founding Partner, Birchmere Ventures
www.birchmerevc.com
Notable Exits: CventGordon Ritter
Founder and General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners
www.emcap.com
Notable Exits: Veeva SystemsT.J. Rylander
Partner, In-Q-Tel
www.iqt.org
Notable Exits: FireEyeBijan Sabet
General Partner, Spark Capital Partners
www.sparkcapital.com
Notable Exits: Tumblr, TwitterScott Sandell
New Enterprise Associates
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
www.nea.com
Notable Exits: Workday, Tableau, SpreadtrumTheodore Schlein
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
www.kpcb.com
Notable Exits: Chegg, The 41st Parameter, EdgeSpringBarry Schuler
Managing Director, DFJ Growth
www.dfjgrowth.com
Notable Exits: Twitter, TumblrSamuel Schwerin
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners
mtvlp.com
Notable Exits: CheggCraig Sherman
Managing Director, MeriTech Capital Partners
www.meritechcapital.com
Notable Exits: ZulilyJaon Stoffer
General Partner, Maveron
www.maveron.com
Notable Exits: ZulilySunny Sugaya
General Partner, JAFCO Ventures
www.jafco.com
Notable Exits: FireEyeRyan Sweeney
General Partner, Accel Partners
www.accel.com
Notable Exits: Braintree Payment SolutionsGus Tai
General Partner, Trinity Ventures
www.trinityventures.com
Notable Exits: ZulilyRob Theis
Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
www.scalevp.com
Notable Exits: RingCentralRobin Vasan
Managing Dircetor, Mayfield Fund
www.mayfield.com
Notable Exits: MarketoDominique Vidal
Partner, Index Ventures
www.indexventures.com
Notable Exits: CriteoRavi Viswanathan
Partner, New Enterprise Associates
www.nea.com
Notable Exits: Braintree Payment SolutionsPeter Wagner
Founder, Wing Venture Partners
wing.vc
Notable Exits: Nimble StorageRob Ward
Managing Director, MeriTech Capital Partners
www.meritechcapital.com
Notable Exits: Tableau Software, Rally SoftwareDavid Weiden
Partner, Khosla Ventures
www.khoslaventures.com
Notable Exits: RingCentralWarren Weiss
General Partner, Foundation Capital
www.foundationcapital.com
Notable Exits: Silver SpringHarry Weller
Partner, New Enterprise Associates
www.nea.com
Notable Exits: SourcefireGeorge Zachary
General Partner, Charles River Associates
www.crai.com
Notable Exits: Twitter
Stay tuned.
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