9Plus Incubator is a seed investor and company building incubator from the YouWeb Incubator team that funds and works actively with seed-stage startups. We offer broad, hands-on mentoring to product entrepreneurs in startup fundamentals across all areas of company development: product design and development, strategy, recruiting, distribution, marketing, sales, business development, financing, M&A negotiations.9Plus is scaling up the approach of YouWeb Incubator, which delivered to its investors a higher net cash-on-cash multiple and IRR than any disclosed by venture capital funds of the same vintage.

Platform for communities with voice, video, and text chat.

Distributed Ledger Technology for regulated financial institutions.

Global provider of electronic trading services across multiple asset classes, including foreign exchange, commodities, equities, options, and futures. Chairman of the Compensation Committee. IPO December 2010 (NYSE: GCAP). Acquired by StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) July 2020.

Acquired by Internet Brands, a KKR portfolio company. Digital marketing and advertising solutions: audience analytics, media monetization, and email marketing platforms. Merged with CONTEXTWEB to create PulsePoint. Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee.

Global multi-stage venture capital and growth equity firm focused on energy innovation and efficiency, internet and digital media, and healthcare. >$4 billion in committed capital.

Business Process Management (BPM) software. Acquired by Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS) January 2010.

Application management and automation solutions. Acquired by Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) May 2009.

Full-service, broad-line online retailer including delivery. Revenue grew from $0 to $336 million run rate. Ambitious plan that was ultimately a spectacular failure.

Oracle is the #1 vendor in the Application Server market.

Private investment firm with concentrated, long-term investments in public and private companies through strategic minority positions (often with representation on the boards of directors) or controlling ownership of a company. Invest in good businesses that are fundamentally undervalued, and work with management and boards of directors to implement strategies to increase shareholder value (strategy, capital structure, capital allocation, M&A, and talent management).

Networking startup that developed the technology used for 100 Mbps Ethernet and Cisco’s first Ethernet switch (Catalyst 1200). Acquired by Cisco Systems Sept. 1993 (Cisco's first acquisition). Backed by Sequoia Capital, IVP, and Mayfield. Summer job during business school.

Venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology companies at all stages: seed, early stage, growth, and buyouts. >$13 billion in committed capital.