San Jose Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
Marian Dusan
Investor
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Jim Schreitmueller
Co-founded Spotzot (Foundation), Navis (Summit Partners); ADP (sold to Solera for $1B). Studied at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Fawad Khan
Advisor @glassjar VP @relevvant , Ran a $3B business @ibm , oversaw @coremetrics $400MM acquisition, successful IPO @rightnow-technologies MBA @stanford
Mohamed Kassem
Investor
Founder efabless.com • Worked at @texas-instruments, @mentor-graphics • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Sharlik Shah
Investor
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Jonathan Summerton
Entrepreneur, Investor, Racing Driver, and Sales Executive
Jonathan Chizick
Investor
COO @ Candy Lab • Founder @walkabout-wireless-inc & @marketingcamp • Mentor @500startups & @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20 • Angel Panel @fundersclub
http://jonathanchizick.com
Chadwick Horn
Graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Biology from @stanford-university. Avid sweat equity investor in promising startups.
http://www.ChadHorn.com/
Robert Finney
BS in Business Administration, JD from USF.
Tracy Lee
Founder enjoying the thrill of the hunt. Mastered what most people cannot- offline infrastructure. Grew @dishcrawl into 250 cities in 1 yr. Worked w/100+ brands
Patrick Suzuki
Business development, GTM & Sales Process. Lead role in $40,000 Kickstarter campaign. Solid results in case competitions.
Nikhil "Nik" Kundra
Founder/CEO of @partender • @quilt Alum
BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology @emory-university and MS in Entrepreneurship @university-of-florida.
Joe Monastiero
Founder of nFlate. Former President of @ludei. Co-Founder, @appmobi and @intervideo. Helped start 2 industries, DVD software and HTML5 mobile app development.
Mimi Nguyen
Co-Founder of @vakargo, former Senior Analyst at @goldman-sachs, fervent "Y'all" Advocate
Cameron Wendt
Founded Vinehub, a social media aggregator. Sold company after strong growth, and joined Palantir's BD team.
http://cameronwendt.com/category/blog/
Connor McGill
Product Manager / Developer @hackers_and_founders & @h-f-fund-2014-oversubscribed-1.
http://hackersandfounders.com/blog/
Jonathan Cortes
Manager of Innovative Business Development, Competitive and Innovative
Brian Berger
Investor
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Ian Utile
Husband, Father, Chief at Gorilla Branders and Partner at Slingshot SV. I empower organizations to leverage art & technology. Passionate about entrepreneurship!
http://gorillapodcast.com
Christian Demartini
BA from UC Santa Cruz in Business Management and Economics with experience as a small business operator and immense experience in European and Asian Culture.
Doreen O'Donovan
EdTech for 10 years. Worked for SmarterCookie, SchoolCity and Santa Clara County Office of Education. Extensive K-12 Contacts primarily in California.
Joseph Okafor
Co-founded B2C marketplace. Strong business background (private equity)(PPGV) @broadcom, @american-century-investments • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
Ngan Pham
Finance/Tax
Daniel Charvat
Strategy at Innovation Cafe. MA from Tsinghua University, China. Worked on social innovation theory with Jay van Zyl on Built to Thrive.
Victoria Krivtsova
Eric Gonzalez
Technology executive with over 12 years experience, combining creative dealmaking, technical acumen, c-level leadership, and entrepreneurial drive.
Abasi Ene-Obong
Imperial London Grad., PhD in Cancer, Masters in Business-California. Management Consultant- IMS. Previously consultant at Gilead, Panasonic, Univ of California
Sam Chen
UC Berkeley grad; @jive-software ;have extensive experience in startups like @techvalidate-software and @yuuzoo-global-mobile
Shrenik Dedhia
Jacob Rodak
Creative marketing and business strategist.
Zev L
Previously Founder @StorageBucket
Chris Guayasamin B
Global Marketer. Adwords Guru. Social Media Hacker and advocate for Autism.
Wesley Roberson
San Jose State Graduate. Previous Fluent Grp - Microsoft marketing intern with skills in sales, marketing and public relations with a strong passion to grow.
Aubrey Littleton
Global Citizen | Brand Enhancer | Solution Creator | Tech Aficionado | Voracious Learner | Seeking new challenges
David Sato
BS in Economics from Santa Clara University, consulted for startups in Europe, interned for Paymentwall, and have a fire to continually improve my skillset.
Navepreet Brar
Student, programmer, and entrepreneur studying Business and Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Elias Eldabbagh
Investor
Unhindered Innovator and Empathetic Pioneer -- Worked at @best-buy, @the-geek-squad • Studied at @california-state-university-sacramento.