Vinnie Lauria

Vinnie Lauria
Other names Vincent Edward Lauria
Alma mater Boston University (B.S.)
Kauffman Fellow (Class 17)
Occupation Venture Capital
Known for Co-Founder of Lefora, Meetro, and Golden Gate Ventures

Vinnie Lauria (born Vincent Lauria) is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a General Partner at Golden Gate Ventures[1] and a fellow of the Kauffman Fellows Program.[2] He is an adviser to Blueseed, a seasteading venture to create a startup community located on a vessel stationed in international waters near the coast of Silicon Valley.[3] He was part of the founding team of Meetro, a notable start-up that built a location-based services (LBS) social messenger built out of a garage in Palo Alto.[4] It was launched in 2004 and has since been terminated.[5]

Lauria co-founded Lefora.com and served as VP of Product until the company's acquisition by CrowdGather, Inc.[6] Lefora.com is a forum hosting service, home to topics as varied as Automotive, Music, Gaming, Sports, and Finance forums. Lauria is also known for founding the 10,000+ member Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup in Palo Alto, CA.[7] He was a contributing author to the book "Web 2.0 Fundamentals: With AJAX, Development Tools, and Mobile Platforms".[8] Lauria is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Engineering.[9]

Golden Gate Ventures

In late 2011, serial entrepreneurs Vinnie Lauria, Paul Bragiel, of i/o Ventures, and seasoned investor Jeffrey Paine raised a $10 million seed venture fund to invest in early-stage technology companies in Southeast Asia.[10] The fund also helps to bring successful Asian entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley.[11] As of March 2012, Golden Gate Ventures has been accredited as a Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) incubator by Singapore’s National Research Foundation.[12] As of July 31, 2013 the firm has invested in over 6 companies.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Team Profile". Golden Gate Ventures. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Current Fellows". Kauffman Fellows. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Advisors". Blueseed. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Guynn, Jessica (30 June 2006). "Live-in Startups Combine Frat-House Culture with Venture Capital". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ↑ Lee, Ellen (9 April 2008). "Goodbye Meetro, hello Lefora". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. ↑ "CrowdGather, Inc. Acquires Lefora". Bloomberg. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Holson, Laura (8 April 2009). "On the Job, but on the Lookout for Work". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Oswald Campesato; Kevin Nilson (5 April 2010). "18.3". Web 2.0 Fundamentals: With AJAX, Development Tools, and Mobile Platforms. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 660–663. ISBN 978-0-7637-9893-2. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Summer 2012 Alumni Web". Boston University Alumni Association. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Harper, Justin (29 February 2012). "Singapore 'The next Silicon Valley'". Telegraph UK.
  11. ↑ Shah, Semil (21 April 2013). "Iterations: From Singapore To Silicon Valley, The Cross-Pacific Journey Of Developer-Focused Nitrous.IO". TechCrunch. AOL.
  12. ↑ "NRF Selects Eight More Technology Incubators to Mentor High-Tech Start-ups in Singapore.". National Research Foundation, NRF. 9 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Portfolio". Golden Gate Ventures. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

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