17.Justin Stanford
Vital Stats
- Types of Start-ups funded: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Mobile, Internet, Security, Cloud Computing, B2B, Small and Medium Businesses.
- Bio: Justin Stanford is a hacker, turned founder, turned angel and early-stage VC. Also co-founder of the Silicon Cape movement in Cape Town.
- Background info: “I have over 15 years of start-up experience in the tech sector, with balanced exposure to the tech and business sides. Originally a hacker turned entrepreneur, now turned investor, advisor and board member. I am the founding partner of an early-stage fund manager 4Di Capital, and an angel investor,” explains Stanford.
Examples of start-ups they’ve funded:
- Authy: Building the strong authentication platform for the cloud. Acquired by Twilio.
- Coinsetter: Wall Street-based high performance bitcoin exchange. Acquired by Kraken Digital Asset Exchange.
- Motribe: Making the mobile web social.