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John Petote

John Petote is an Angel Investor who has invested in over 100 start-up and early stage companies as well as various VC funds...

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Elizabeth Cholawsky

Elizabeth Cholawsky, PhD joined HG Insights as CEO in 2018. Elizabeth is a seasoned/established executive leader in...

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David Spaulding

Executive Recruiter specializing in senior Scientists, Managers, and Executives in biotech/pharma...

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Craig Ensley

Craig is a transformative CEO & Board Member who has led technology firms at every scale and phase of growth...

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Dave Dwelley

Dave spent 32 years in Silicon Valley as a field engineer, analog IC designer, and design center manager at...

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Joost Thesseling

Joost Thesseling has thirty years of experience in consulting, finance and private equity investing. From 2000 - 2022...

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Matthew Stotts

Matthew Stotts is a General Partner at Cerulean Ventures, a firm that invests in technologies for climate change and environmental sustainability. He is also a co-founder of Kano.One and serves on the investment committee for Sustainable Change Alliance.

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Jonathan Gartner

Jonathan Gartner is a multi-talented professional with global experience. Now focused on leadership roles in the field of sustainable investments.

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Zohar Ziv

Zohar has over 25 years of executive management experience and an excellent track record across a diverse set of business...

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George Tharakan

After designing microprocessors at Intel, George Tharakan became a professional investor...

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Jay McGonigle

Jay is the ex-Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company...

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John Gerngross

John founded Santa Barbara based Condor Engineering and served as Chief Executive Officer...

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Christian Felipe

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David Kalt

David Kalt is a serial entrepreneur focused on scaling consumer focused technologies and marketplaces...

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John Helson

John Helson is Partner at J2 Partners.

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Greg Goodman

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Loren McFarland

Strong background in Strategic and Financial decision support; primarily focused on Medical Device industry. SEC reporting...

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Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor has over 30 years of experience in the tech space – both as an entrepreneur and investor. Most recently...

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Robert Johnson

Bob is the Managing Partner of Founders Capital Partners, a venture capital angel group focusing on early-stage technology...

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David Higdon

David Higdon is a Managing Partner at Kern Venture Group. David’s focus is investment strategy, deal flow...

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Hans Hoeg

Hans Hoeg is a serial entrepreneur and innovator with 33 patents. He has founded seven startups, led product innovation at a medical device company, and advises startups on strategy and fundraising.

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Jill Feldman

Jill Feldman has over 30 years of experience in the technology space with a focus on strategic due diligence and voice of the customer insights.

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David Kramer

Peter Camenzind

Steve Hicks

Mike Pfau

Michael Probstel

Rafael Saavedra

Pierrick Vulliez

SBAA Members

Our members are accredited investors who have extensive experience as successful entrepreneurs, experienced executives, and early-stage investors.

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