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XG Ventures

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XG Ventures is a venture capital firm that advises and invests in early-stage teams.

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XGVC

founded date

01.03.2008

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Private

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The firm's core assets include mentorship, operational and strategic expertise, global networking contacts, and access to seed capital and beyond. XG Ventures focuses on investing in the consumer internet, including mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors, with a preference for the mobile, e-commerce, enterprise, consumer, and SaaS sectors. Founded in 2008 and based in Menlo Park, California, XG Ventures is dedicated to helping start-up teams successfully navigate the next stage of growth.
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David Lee
David Lee

David Lee

David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google, David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC. David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations). BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAuj Decoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefz Techcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chz Top Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm “New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6 "[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0 “스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mC Sina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc

current job

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Pietro Dova
Pietro Dova

Pietro Dova

Pietro Dova was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google’s operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietro was VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996, Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies’ European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.

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XG Ventures
XG Ventures

count Of Investments

5

count Of Exists

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Pietro Dova

Andrea Zurek
Andrea Zurek

Andrea Zurek

Andrea Zurek, as an early ex-Googler, is one of the Original Founders and Managing Directors of XG Ventures. She has been named one of the top 25 tech angels by Businessweek. She has also been named one of 25 Influential Business Women in SF/Silicon Valley and profiled in the Top 40 Under 40 in the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Since 2008, XG Ventures has invested in over 100+ companies with 36 exits, including such companies as Facebook, Wish, Rappi, Third Love and Carta. Andrea worked at Google for over 7 years as one of the first ad sales executives. She has her BA/MBA from Santa Clara University. She is on the Board of Regents and the Board of Fellows for Santa Clara University School of Business.

current job

XG Ventures
XG Ventures

count Of Investments

4

count Of Exists

2

Andrea Zurek

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Andrea Zurek

Andrea Zurek

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Pietro Dova

Pietro Dova

Founding Partner

David Lee

David Lee

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Shayna Modarresi

Shayna Modarresi

Venture Partner

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