We are now accepting submissions and are screening for startups that have a strong focus on product and a sound revenue model. Above all, we care that the founder is serious about seeking funding, and is looking to take the company to the next level.

We have an amazing judge panel lined up for May 24th:

August Capital

Howard Hartenbaum joined August Capital in 2008. Prior to joining, he served as a General Partner at Draper Richards LP where he was the founding investor in Skype and a former member of the board of directors where his achievement resulted in his joining the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists.

Current Investments: Bubbli, DITTO, Livemocha, Memolane, Luminate (formerly Pixazza), Reputation.com, and RelayRides.

Previous investments: Skype (acquired by eBay – EBAY), Photobucket (acquired by Fox Interactive Media – NWS), Bebo (acquired by AOL – TWX), Netkraft (acquired by Adea Solutions) and DimDim (acquired by Salesforce.com – CRM)

Accel Partners

Jake Flomenberg has over a decade of experience building innovative software products and has held a variety of technical and operating roles. He joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on early stage investments in Big Data, cloud computing, SaaS, and storage technologies.

Prior to Accel, Jake was Director of Product Management at Splunk where he was responsible for Splunk’s user interface and user experience as well as Splunk’s Big Data strategy. Previously, he worked at Cloudera where he helped the founding team tackle a broad array of sales, marketing, and product issues.

Akkadian Ventures

An eleven year veteran of the private equity space, Ben Black co-founded Akkadian with Peter Smith, to specialize in offering early liquidity to entrepreneurs, early employees and investors in successful private companies. Ben co-founded, with Chris Tarr, the venture sector’s Momentum Index which tracks the top performing private companies across the venture ecosystem.
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Ben co-founded New Cycle Capital with Josh Becker to bring socially responsible investing to sectors like clean energy and social finance with investments in Renewable Funding.

Ben has managed investments in Lithium Technologies, Intelepeer, Splunk, Cloudmark, Docusign, Medio Systems, and Telephia.

As an entrepreneur, Ben was part of the founding team at Harris Interactive, which was pioneer in Internet-based market research. During Ben’s tenure, the company completed a successful IPO and generated $200M in revenue.

CBS Interactive

Peter Yared is the CTO of CBS Interactive and was previously the founder and CEO of four e-commerce and marketing infrastructure companies that were acquired by Sun, VMware, Webtrends and TigerLogic.

Peter’s software has powered brands from Fidelity to Home Depot to Lady Gaga. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Application Server Division and the CTO of the Liberty federated identity consortium. Peter is the inventor of several patents on core Internet infrastructure including federated single sign on and dynamic data requests. Peter began programming games and utilities at age 10, and started his career developing systems for government agencies. Peter regularly writes about technology trends for CNET and VentureBeat and has also written for BusinessWeek, AdWeek and InfoWorld.

With hundreds of millions of unique visitors from around the world each month, CBS Interactive is a global top 10 web property and the largest premium content network online.

Submission Criteria

We are currently accepting pitch submissions for 6 presenting companies.

If you are interested to pitch before a panel of judges and other investors in attendance, please submit an application here: http://jfenetwork.com/jfe-pitch/

All applications must be received by 6pm on May 18th to be considered for this pitch. You will receive an answer and further instructions from us within the next few days.

If you are not selected to present, you will still be able to attend and register for the event.

All pitch applicants for this event, as well as presenters and attendees from past events, are invited to attend and can buy tickets here:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3547752423

Investors please message us at team@jfenetwork.com for event details.

Event Outline
6-7pm – Networking
7-8:30pm – 6 presentations with Q&A.
8:30-9:30pm – Light food and networking.

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors in the Jewish community of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

We received tremendous feedback and numerous applications for our last pitch. Due to a high volume of submissions, we are screening for startups that have a strong product, market need, and a sound revenue model. Above all, we care that the founder is passionate about his/her startup, is serious about seeking funding, and is looking to take the company to the next level.

Our judging panel for April 26th consists of an amazing group of investors and founders from:

Venrock Associates-Venrock, a compound of “Venture” and “Rockefeller”, is a pioneering venture capital firm formed in 1969 to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family that began in the late 1930s.

At Venrock, Brian Ascher focuses on a broad range of Internet (both consumer and B2B) and Healthcare IT investments and currently serves on the Board of Directors of several private companies, including Vocera, Awarepoint, Retail Solutions, Inrix, and Billfloat. Past investments include ADiFY (acquired by Cox Enterprises), DATAllegro (acquired by Microsoft), Redbeacon (acquired by Home Depot), RelayHealth (acquired by McKesson) and Unicru (acquired by Kronos).

Brian has been named to the Forbes’ Midas List, which ranks the top venture capitalists in technology and life sciences, multiple times including the current edition.

Ooga Labs, a tech greenhouse, founded by Stan Chudnovsky.
Prior to Ooga Labs, Stan co-founded WonderHill, a social gaming company. With $50mil in revenues, WonderHill merged with Kabam, an interactive entertainment company. Prior to WonderHill, Stan spent 6-plus years and became a CEO at Tickle when it sold to Monster for over $100 million. Stan sits on the board of and is an investor in Branchout, Goodreads, Friend.ly, Pando Daily, and a few others.

Band of Angels-Silicon Valley’s oldest angel investor group. Ron Weissman heads the organization’s Software Special Interest Group and is also a Partner in Band of Angels’ Acorn Fund. Ron assists a number of venture capital and private equity firms including Greycroft, LLR Partners, Trident Capital and Apax Partners.
Ron is also on the board of numerous companies, including Chiliad and Attensity, executive Chairman of Host Analytics (SaaS-based CPM) and ofMarketBright (marketing automation via SaaS). He has recently been an advisor and/
or investor in a number of other early stage companies, including Allocade , Cataphora , Grid Agents,
Modius , Peoplechart,Practice Fusion, Ravenflow (natural language requirements documentation) and Sonim (handsets for the grey collar market).

Submission Criteria

We are currently accepting pitch submissions for 6 presenting companies.

If you are interested to pitch before a panel of judges and other investors in attendance, please submit an application here: http://jfenetwork.com/jfe-pitch/

All applications must be received by 6pm on April 17th to be considered for this pitch. You will receive an answer and further instructions from us by April 18th. If you are not selected to present, you will still be able to attend and register for the event. If you are selected to present, you will receive further instructions on how to prepare for the event.

All pitch applicants for this event, as well as presenters and attendees from past events, are invited to attend and can buy tickets here:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3334709205

Investors please message us at team@jfenetwork.com for event details.

Event Outline
6-7pm – Networking
7-8:30pm – 6 presentations with Q&A.
8:30-9:30pm – Light food and networking.

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors in the Jewish community of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

We received tremendous feedback and numerous applications for our last pitch. Due to a high volume of submissions, we are screening for startups that have a strong product, market need, and a sound revenue model. Above all, we care that the founder is passionate about his/her startup, is serious about seeking funding, and is looking to take the company to the next level.

Our judging panel for March 22nd consists of an amazing group of investors and founders from:

Founders Fund – A leading VC firm that invests at every stage in companies with revolutionary technologies. The firm’s six partners, Peter Thiel, Sean Parker, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Bruce Gibney, and Brian Singerman have been founders of or early investors in numerous well-known companies such as Facebook, PayPal, Napster, and Palantir Technologies.

http://www.foundersfund.com/

Bessemer Venture Partners- Founded more than 100 years ago, Bessemer Venture Partners is one of the longest-running records of success in the venture capital industry. Over the course of its history, investors at the firm formed or funded over 100 startups that grew into independent public companies. BVP has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Mumbai and Herzliya and manages more than $2 billion of venture capital invested in more than 130 companies located around the world. http://www.bvp.com/

Redbeacon- Founded by Ethan Anderson, Redbeacon is the 2009 TechCrunch50 and Business Insider Startup 2010 grand prize winner that was recently acquired by The Home Depot. Prior to its acquisition, Redbeacon raised $7.4 million from Venrock and Mayfield Fund. www.redbeacon.com

WhatsApp- Founded by Jan Koum, WhatsApp is an app which allows unlimited free text-messaging between users. It became a top-selling iPhone, Android and BlackBerry app in 61 countries, including the United States, Germany, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Kenya and Taiwan. It is also among the top 10 highest revenue-grossing iPhone apps in 47 countries. WhatsApp received $8 million funding from Sequoia Capital in April 2011.
www.whatsapp.com

Submission Criteria

We are currently accepting pitch submissions for 6 presenting companies.

If you are interested to pitch before a panel of judges and other investors in attendance, please submit an application here: http://jfenetwork.com/jfe-pitch/

All applications must be received by 6pm on March 12th to be considered for this pitch. You will receive an answer and further instructions from us by March 15th. If you are not selected to present, you will still be able to attend and register for the event. If you are selected to present, you will receive firther instructions on how to prepare for the event.

All pitch applicants for this event, as well as presenters and attendees from past events, are invited to attend and can buy tickets here:

http://jfenetworkpitch.eventbrite.com/

Investors please message us at team@jfenetwork.com for event details.

Event Outline
6-7pm – Networking
7-8:30pm – 6 presentations with Q&A.
8:30-9:30pm – Light food and networking.

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors in the Jewish community of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

We are currently accepting pitch submissions for 5 presenting companies.

If you are interested to pitch before a panel of seasoned entreprenuers and investors, you have to submit an application at http://jfenetwork.com/jfe-pitch/

Investors, presenting founders, and founders who submitted a pitch application will receive a ticket access code applied here: http://jfepitch.eventbrite.com/.

Investors interested in attending please email us at team@jfenetwork.com.

Admission is open to investors, presenting founders, and founders who submitted an application.

Event Details

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6-9:30pm
Private Mansion, 2546 Greenwich Street , San Francisco, CA

Event Outline
6-7pm – Networking
7-8:30pm – 5 presentations with Q&A.
8:30-9:30pm – Light food and networking.

Best Talent, best networking opportunities.

A limited number of tickets will be available.
Ticket link:http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2749404543

Event Details:

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7-9:30pm
Restaurant Soleil and Luna Lounge at the Westin
75 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA

Validated parking. 21+

Join us for a networking evening in the beautiful Luna Lounge at the Westin in Palo Alto on October 26, 7-10pm.

JFE Network’s mission is to cultivate leadership, entrepreneurship, and professional ties in the Jewish community.

We invite you to this unique opportunity to connect with new entrepreneurs and business professionals in the area.

REGISTRATION

registration at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2330765382

Cash Bar
Validated Parking

See you soon!

JFE Team

We are excited to announce our third Pitch event as a Fall season opener!

If you are interested in pitching before a panel of investors and entrepreneurs, please submit a form under the JFE Pitch tab. All instructions are provided there. The pitch will take place on September 21st, 7-10pm.

Thank you,

JFE Network Team

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Only resumes with a substantial SALES background and/or relevant experience will be considered.

Commission-based compensation with bonus.

Must be open to work weekends. Please send a cover letter and resume to info@sanyokgallery.com 

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