NYVC: Speaker Series with Jeff Clavier from SoftTech VC April 6th, 6:30-8:30 PM Organized by New York Venture Community (NYVC) Dogpatch Labs 36 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003     Jeff Clavier Bio Based in Palo Alto, California, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0... [read more]

NYVC: Speaker Series with Jeff Clavier from SoftTech VC April 6th, 6:30-8:30 PM Organized by New York Venture Community (NYVC) Dogpatch Labs 36 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003     Jeff Clavier Bio Based in Palo Alto, California, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 startups. Since 2004, Jeff has invested in close to 100 consumer internet startups (Fund I, Fund II, Fund III)  in areas like social media, monetization, search, gaming or B2B/B2C web services. These investments are typically located in Silicon Valley, New-York and Boulder. With over 20 years of operational, entrepreneurial and venture capital experience, Jeff is able to  add relevant perspective and value to his companies as they grow from inception to maturity, and hopefully, success. In 2007, Jeff was recognized as one of the 13 “Web 2.0 King Makers” by (late)Business 2.0. BusinessWeek named him one of "The 25 Most Influential People on the Web" in 2008, and one of the "Top 25 Angels in Tech" in 2010. He was also nominated in the "Best Angel" category at the Crunchies in 2009 and 2010. He is often noted for his investments in categories such as “passion-centric communities” or online gaming, or for having sold a number of his Web 2.0 startups to the likes of Yahoo, AOL, Intuit or more recently Twitter and Groupon. In September 2007, after successfully investing as a business angel, Jeff announced the formation of SoftTech VC II, L.P.