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ID 11984

Joseph Dwyer

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Venture Partner at OCA Ventures
http://dwyerlab.com

ID 11582

Victoria Levine

Investor

principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff

ID 105919

Joe Pensinger

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COO of Community Capital Investment. Managing Director and Principal of Emercor Partners. Active angel investor. Formerly of Allston Trading.

ID 223870

Shobhan Thakkar

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Former Biglaw, Big4, GC and Executive. Assisted in sale of Weather Central to Weather Channel; 1st Place in WI Business Plan Contest-IT Category. MACC and JD.

ID 2245

Kapil Chaudhary

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Investor in @brighttag, @ycharts, @sittercity, @viewpoints, @ifbyphone.

ID 266831

Dmitry Kobyshev

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Angel Investor. M&A, IPO, financial analysis background. Passionate for bright investment opportunities. Investor @havoc @descomplica @onthego-platforms

ID 37190

Bo Patel

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Venture Capital/Angel Investor looking to help a multitude of start-ups....

ID 366437

Iman Jalali

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Founder TicketLab • President at @trainsignal until acquired in 2013
http://www.imanjalali.com

ID 139410

Jens Horstmann

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Former CEO/CTO of DVDPlay (Redbox techn./acq by NCR), founded X1, Ensemble, Opengrid, MXGO, worked at Sun, LSI, Siemens, Coinstar.

ID 31911

David Wald

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Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic

ID 3864

Ryan Jeffery

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Founder @belly • Worked at @lightbank • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison

ID 105994

Sasha Gribov

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chief of staff @groupon; former associate @lightbank, consultant @bain

ID 197351

Jumpstart Ventures

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ID 31336

Peter Krupp

Partner Skadden Arps and Angel Investor

ID 139585

Ken Pelletier

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Designer/technologist, former CTO at @groupon, investor/advisor to @desktime, investor in Seaborn Networks, investor/partner at City Winery Chicago.

ID 595

Lauren Flanagan

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Former sw entrepreneur; invested in 34 companies over past 8 years. Run 2 early stage funds: BELLE Capital USA, LP & Phenomenelle Angels Fund.
http://laurenslens.net

ID 1107

Brad Keywell

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Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank

ID 344505

Ryan Broshar

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Seed investor via @ConfluenceCap, @kidblog @at-scene-llc Founder @boomboom. @university-guide (sold) . MBA @university-of-colorado-boulder, Carlson @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities

ID 59742

Adam Koopersmith

Investor

Partner at New World Ventures Board Member Techstars Chicago

ID 268249

Ed Scanlan

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Founder @total-attorneys
http://edscanlan.com

ID 82883

Dan Armbrust

Investor

Founder @gener8tor, @granite-med-systems • Investor @eatstreet • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee

ID 232598

John Ciasulli

Investor

David, I received your email intro via angle.co and am encouraged by your progress thus far. I would be happy to speak with you via phone or over coffee. Feel free to email me at [email protected] or [email protected] Sincerely, Joh

ID 234104

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Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.

ID 71937

Aristo Partners

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Founder Ariso Partners • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @novartis • Investor @zocdoc, @tethys-bioscience • Studied at @northwestern-university

ID 6016

Matthew Caston

Investor

CSO at 365 Retail. Strong finance and sales operations background. Startup to enterprise management expertise. Moderately irreverent.

ID 412402

Alex Ross

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I like to make nothing into something. KU Grad, International exp, Fundraising and people Guru.

ID 101480

Christopher Pauly

Investor

Strong business background in emerging tech (Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Smart Meters). Kellogg MBA; @depaul-university University College of Law JD

ID 218503

Peter Liu

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associate @newworldvc, early-adopter, wahoo alumn, sportsfan, lover of any combination of food, music, and beer, happier when traveling

ID 40

Bob Shapiro

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Investor in @chromatin, @theranos, @plum-choice, @navicure, @divergence, @launchcyte, @darkstrand, @apt, @referme, Callisto, @tlcontact, @healthcare.

ID 20655

Avinoam Eden

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Investor in @musicdealers-com, @www-neurostechnology-com.

ID 18403

Clayton Cohn

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Self-taught securities trader turned angel investor, incubator and entrepreneur.
http://www.stocktwits.com/claytoncohn

ID 104652

Phil Hammer

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Founder & CEO @procureapp-1 I'm passionate about new technologies and in helping corporation's to save expenses via new internet applications.

ID 95013

Conor Barnes

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Investor via Pipeline Fellowship, Board Member @philantech, student at Rutgers Business School

ID 246692

Ankur Mittal

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Founded CVM (sold to Altegrity), Founded Smart Dimensions, C-Level Exec, Masters in Computer Science with MBA from Kellogg, Worked for Shasta Venture

ID 221611

Energy Foundry

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An impact venture fund which supports game changing energy-tech companies, and empowers consumers to harness the benefits of the energy-tech revolution.

ID 72349

Liad Wagman

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ID 190992

John Lustig

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CEO at National Health Care Provider Solutions; HCIT Angel; Actively Involved w/ Disque Foundation & Ronald McDonald House of Chicago

ID 38999

Brian Rosenzweig

Investor

Worked at @janvest • Investor @hybrid-security, @todacell • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
http://janvest.wordpress.com/

ID 232919

A. Alexander Gillan

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President of Eco Save Solutions, Inc. (Current Venture). Started my first business during college in wholesale liquidation in 2005. Conducted business in 13 countries.

ID 65451

Brian Axelrad

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Business counselor and advisor: Chief Investment Officer at Beyond Capital Fund and business lawyer for startups and investors through Horwood Marcus & Berk

ID 7780

Laurence Hayward

Investor

Investor in @tagnetics, @10x-technology, @advanced-diamond-technologies, @jiminy and @autonomic-materials Inc.
http://www.independence-equity.com

ID 277364

Joe Jacobs

Investor

Indiana University Kelley school of business - marketing. Built and sold 2 companies by age 33.

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