Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Santa Monica Investment Partners. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Santa Monica Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Jesse Draper
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jesse Draper joined Halogen Ventures as General Partner in 2016. Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and…
Jose Feliciano
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
José E. Feliciano is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Clearlake Capital Group.
Laurent Grill
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Laurent is an Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist who works with start-up founders to successfully build scalable teams, strong company c…
Jamie Montgomery
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jamie Montgomery is a Founder and Managing Director of March Capital Partners. Prior he was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mon…
Allen Morgan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
After 12 years as a General Partner/Managing Director/Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund, I’m now fully-engaged in two pursuits: (1) as an act…
Scott Marlette
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
For two decades, Scott has been a pioneer in building tools and resources that help consumers live better lives. He was one of the first emp…
Jim Armstrong
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
A successful and experienced early stage venture investor across a variety of enterprise and consumer facing technology companies, Jim has e…
William Woodward
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bill’s technology interests include innovative software platforms, emerging new media models, and broadband convergence. His personal intere…
Samit Varma
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Samit was born in Mt. Sinai, New York. He has since lived in Maryland, South Carolina, Connecticut, Florida, and California. Samit is an avi…
William Barnes
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Operator turned investor – first 50 at UBER, started LA and scaled West Coast Operations.
Peter Chernin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Since June 2009, Chernin has served as Founder and Chairman of Chernin Entertainment, LLC, a film and television production company, and The…
Gregory Milken
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Gregory Milken is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, where he focuses on investments in digital media, gaming and esports. Gregor…
Ben Marcus
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ben Marcus is an aviation expert and executive. Prior to AirMap, he co-founded and was CEO of jetAVIVA, the world’s largest light business j…
Ben Savage
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Ben manages Clocktower Technology Ventures and is responsible for all of Clocktower Group’s private market activities. Ben was previously Di…
Scott Painter
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Scott Painter is the founder and former CEO of Fair and TrueCar. He is a serial entrepreneur having incorporated 37 companies and having r…
Andrew Brooks M.D.
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Andrew Brooks M.D. – Co-Founder/Chief Medical Officer @ TigerConnect
Bill Elkus
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Seed
Bill Elkus conceived the Clearstone Venture Partners concept in 1997 and has been a Managing Member of its General Partners since their ince…
Sumant Mandal
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Sumant is Managing Director and cofounder of LA-based March Capital Partners, in addition to being cofounder of two leading technology incub…
Adam Demuyakor
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Adam started his career at Morgan Stanley in the real estate private equity and banking groups, where he covered many of the largest REITs a…
Shaun Arora
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Shaun Arora graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with Honors and went to work as a cultural anthropologist for consumer package…
Brian McLoughlin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Mr. Brian McLoughlin is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at MTech Capital. Previously, he was a Partner at Upfront Ventures for 13 years. …
Kevin Boylan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Venture
Kevin Boylan is co-founder and partner at Powerplant Partners.
Josef Holm
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Josef Holm – Founding Partner @ Draper Goren Holm
Chris Ahearn
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Chris Ahearn is a Venture Partner at FirstMark Capital and an active independent investor. He is currently on the boards of NewsCred, WiserC…
Terren Peizer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Peizer is an entrepreneur, investor, and financier with a particular interest in healthcare, having founded and successfully commerciali…
Jim McDermott
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jim McDermott – Founder & Managing Partner @ Rusheen Capital Management
Matt Lydecker
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Matt Lydecker – Lead Investor @ Luma Launch
Matthew Safaii
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matthew has worked at several private equity firms in the U.S. and Europe. He is also an entrepreneur. His deal and board experience is conc…
David Travers
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
David Travers – Managing Partner @ Basepoint Ventures
Lucas Mann
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Lucas Mann – Managing Partner @ Acre Venture Partners
Han Kao
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Han Kao grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founde…
Jeremy Erlich
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Global Head of Music at Spotify.
Bryce Knight
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed
Bryce Knight is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Bryce is the CEO of Nanocap Ventures, a boutique management consulting fi…
Luke Armour
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Luke Armour – Founder and Managing Partner @ Chaac Ventures
Prashant Mehrotra
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Prashant Mehrotra – Partner @ Clearlake Capital Group
Thomas Unterman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Thomas E. Unterman founded Rustic Canyon in 1999 and has raised venture funds in excess of $800 million. Among his notable investments are N…
Jon Feltheimer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jon Feltheimer is the Chief Executive Officer at Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. Feltheimer serves as the …
Gerard Casale
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Managing Member/Co-Founder. Angel investor and securities lawyer that led over $1 billion in capital formation. Founder and CEO of X-Laborat…
Matt Klein
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matt Klein – Principal @ Arrowroot Capital Management
Alan Leavitt
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Alan Leavitt is Managing Director of Trently Advisors. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Wholesome Valley Foods (d/b/a Barnan…
Megan Guy
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Venture
Megan is Co-Founder and Partner at King River Capital and has over fifteen years’ experience at the intersection of finance, technology, and…
Alasdair Trotter
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Alasdair is a Partner at Innosight where he specializes in innovation strategy & incubation within the healthcare, finance & technology indu…
Ally Warson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ally Warson Principal at UP.Partners
Kareem El Sawy
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kareem is a founding Partner of Arrowroot Capital and is responsible for overseeing investment professionals & operating partners, qualifyin…
Jon Funk
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Seed
Jon Funk joined Ocean Road Partners as Founder in 2009.
Rusty Parks
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Rusty Parks
Michael Ackad
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Ackad
Susan Fleischman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Venture
Experienced physician executive with deep knowledge and experience in Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care, and care delivery to low income popul…
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