12 Marketplaces Investors Based in Palo Alto

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Palo Alto-based founders connect with marketplaces-based investors that write checks into Marketplaces companies. Here are 12 investors that match that criteria.

1) Ajay Ramachandran

Fund: Happiness Ventures
Title: Founding Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

2) Amir Kabir

Fund: AV8 Ventures
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Clean Tech, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Transportation

3) Ary Vaidya

Fund: Palm Drive Capital
Title: Investment Analyst
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Cloud, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Marketplaces, Enterprise

4) Brittany Walker

Fund: CRV
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Sales Tech, Travel

5) Grace Geng

Fund: DST Investment Management
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Marketplaces

6) Hannah McQuaid

Fund: PruVen Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, Fintech, DEI, Insurtech, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Proptech

7) Matthew Divack

Fund: Moment Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Robotics, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

8) Michelle Nie

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Venture Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, eSports, Marketplaces, Consumer, Proptech

9) Otilia Barbuta

Fund: HP
Title: Senior Associate / HP Tech Ventures
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

10) Patrick Ward

Fund: Western Technology Investment
Title: Senior Associate
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, eSports, Fintech, Proptech, Logistics, EdTech, E-Commerce, Digital Health and Wellness, Web3, Fashion, Cosmetics, Travel, Other Tech, Marketplaces

11) Stella Zhang

Fund: Conductive Ventures
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
Sectors: AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Recruiting, Internet of Things, Insurtech, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Robotics, Sales Tech, Transportation

12) Victoria Cheng

Fund: PruVen Capital
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, Fintech, Insurtech, Legal, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Sales Tech

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC