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Saw this list at PEHub.com – worthy of publishing.
TheFunded.com put out a list of the top 50 most popular venture capitalists. It’s a good benchmark of which VCs are in the flow of deals and activity. In essence it’s the top 50 most engaging VCs in terms of popularity as voted on by entrepreneurs.
Some of my good friends are on there. Most notably Jon Callaghan of True Ventures who pioneered with Phil Black the notion of “friendly venture capital” – hey what a concept. Also Rich Levadov of Avalon Venture Partners who has been doing early stage for 1.5 decades and recently seed financed Zynga, and Mark Suster who is a contributor to SiliconAngle.com.
Here is my list from The Funded List of the VCs that I have met who are high quality.
John’s Favorites from The Funded List
19.) Jon Callaghan, General Partner at True Ventures, rated 4.4167 by 12 CEOs
14.) Richard Levandov, General Partner at Avalon Venture Partners, rated 4.5455 by 11 CEOs
15.) Phil Black, General Partner at True Ventures, rated 4.5 by 12 CEOs
2.) Mark Suster, Partner at GRP Partners and expert contributor to SiliconAngle.com, rated 4.8571 by 7 CEOs
43.) Mike Maples Jr., General Partner at Maples Investments, rated 4.1818 by 22 CEOs
16.) Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, rated 4.5 by 6 CEOs
29.) Bill Tai, Partner at Charles River Ventures, rated 4.2857 by 14 CEOs
36.) Bill Kaiser, Partner at Greylock Partners, rated 4.25 by 8 CEOs
39.) Joshua Kopelman, Managing Partner at First Round Capital, rated 4.2 by 30 CEOs
Following, culled from the 17,834 VCs that TheFunded lists, and the 13,287 CEOs or founding members who have taken the time to write up 22,049 ratings and reviews, here are the 50 most popular VCs, in descending order of top ranking:
TheFunded – Top 50 Most Popular Venture Capitalists
1.) Terrance G. McGuire, Managing General Partner at Polaris Venture Partners, rated 5 by 5 CEOs
2.) Mark Suster, Partner at GRP Partners, rated 4.8571 by 7 CEOs
3.) Andy Fillat, Managing Member at Leapfrog Ventures, rated 4.8333 by 6 CEOs
4.) Dan Rua, Managing Partner at Inflexion Partners, rated 4.8 by 5 CEOs
5.) Paul Klingenstein, Managing Partner at Aberdare Ventures, rated 4.6667 by 9 CEOs
6.) Stuart Ellman, Managing Partner at RRE Ventures, rated 4.6667 by 6 CEOs
7.) David Sze, Partner at Greylock Partners, rated 4.6429 by 14 CEOs
8.) Ross A. Jaffe, Managing Director at Versant Ventures, rated 4.6364 by 11 CEOs
9.) Steven Arnold, Managing General Partner at Polaris Venture Partners, rated 4.625 by 8 CEOs
10.) Brook Byers, Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, rated 4.6 by 10 CEOs
11.) John Doerr, Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, rated 4.5714 by 14 CEOs
12.) Philip Gianos, General Partner at InterWest Partners, rated 4.5714 by 7 CEOs
13.) James Robinson III, General Partner at RRE Ventures, rated 4.5556 by 9 CEOs
14.) Richard Levandov, General Partner at Masthead Venture Partners, rated 4.5455 by 11 CEOs
15.) Phil Black, General Partner at True Ventures, rated 4.5 by 12 CEOs
16.) Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, rated 4.5 by 6 CEOs
17.) Jed Katz, Managing Director at Javelin Venture Partners, rated 4.4737 by 19 CEOs
18.) William Link, Managing Director at Versant Ventures, rated 4.4444 by 9 CEOs
19.) Jon Callaghan, General Partner at True Ventures, rated 4.4167 by 12 CEOs
20.) Joerg Ueberla, General Partner at Wellington Partners, rated 4.4 by 5 CEOs
21.) Tom Bogan, Partner at Greylock Partners, rated 4.4 by 5 CEOs
22.) Maria Cirino, Managing Director at 406 Ventures, rated 4.4 by 5 CEOs
23.) Mark Menell, Partner at Rustic Canyon Ventures, rated 4.3333 by 12 CEOs
24.) Doug Pepper, General Partner at InterWest Partners, rated 4.3333 by 9 CEOs
25.) Michael Fitzgerald, General Partner at Commonwealth Capital Ventures, rated 4.3333 by 9 CEOs
26.) Bijan Salehizadeh, General Partner at Highland Capital Partners, rated 4.3333 by 9 CEOs
27.) Nicolas El Baze, Partner at Partech International, rated 4.3333 by 6 CEOs
28.) Howard Morgan, Partner at First Round Capital, rated 4.3077 by 13 CEOs
29.) Bill Tai, Partner at Charles River Ventures, rated 4.2857 by 14 CEOs
30.) David Ladd, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund, rated 4.2857 by 7 CEOs
31.) Frank Boehnke, General Partner at Wellington Partners, rated 4.2857 by 7 CEOs
32.) Michael Moritz, Partner at Sequoia Capital, rated 4.2778 by 18 CEOs
33.) Peter Sinclair, Managing Member at Leapfrog Ventures, rated 4.2727 by 11 CEOs
34.) Donald Milder, Managing Director at Versant Ventures, rated 4.25 by 8 CEOs
35.) John Burke, General Partner at True Ventures, rated 4.25 by 8 CEOs
36.) Bill Kaiser, Partner at Greylock Partners, rated 4.25 by 8 CEOs
37.) Bill Elmore, General Partner at Foundation Capital, rated 4.25 by 8 CEOs
38.) Mark Hatfield, Partner at Fairhaven Capital, rated 4.2222 by 9 CEOs
39.) Joshua Kopelman, Managing Partner at First Round Capital, rated 4.2 by 30 CEOs
40.) Lon Chow, General Partner at Apex Venture Partners, rated 4.2 by 5 CEOs
41.) Dave Fachetti, Managing Director at Globespan Capital Partners, rated 4.2 by 5 CEOs
42.) Edward Cahill, Partner at HLM Venture Partners, rated 4.2 by 5 CEOs
43.) Mike Maples Jr., General Partner at Maples Investments, rated 4.1818 by 22 CEOs
44.) David Stern, Venture Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners, rated 4.1818 by 11 CEOs
45.) Curtis Feeny, Managing Director at Voyager Capital, rated 4.1667 by 12 CEOs
46.) John Jarve, Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, rated 4.1667 by 6 CEOs
47.) Shawn Carolan, Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, rated 4.1667 by 6 CEOs
48.) Bob Spinner, Managing Director at Sigma Partners, rated 4.1667 by 6 CEOs
49.) Stuart MacFarlane, Managing Director at Momentum Venture Management, rated 4.1667 by 6 CEOs
50.) Roelof Botha, Partner at Sequoia Capital, rated 4.1538 by 26 CEOs
Being popular is one thing which speaks to the integrity of VCs. Most VCs who screw over entrepreneurs are not popular. The rubber hits the road when we talk about exits. So come on folks lets talk “Exits”.
Show me popular AND with exits and that is the short list.
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