Phoenix Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Phoenix.
Kori Handy
Investor
Mobile Product Designer • Currently Lead Mobile Designer @paypal, Founder @mymentor previously at @quietly ,@microsoft, @expedia and many others.
Matt Ekstrom
John Rogers
Founder CEO of Local Motors. 3rd Startup (1 China, 2 US). Company Commander US Marines. McKinsey Consultant. VC at New Island. HBS MBA 2007. CFA 1999.
Mario Martinez II
Investor
Present: Investor, advisor, board member for early stage ventures.
Past: Founder & former CEO of 360 Vantage, acquired by IMS Health.
Joshua Strebel
Founder/CEO @pagely among other things. Bootstrapping a growing empire. I really like Vodka.
http://saint-rebel.com
Anil Jain
Investor
SVP Biz & Corp Dev, Unicorn Media. Advisor, Mentor, Strategist focused on Business Design & Product Planning. Brightmonk Innovation. LOT2 Labs. M.I.T., TiE CM/Board.
Tom Harness
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Shane Ettestad
Founder of Per(se). Founder Blue Square Studios & Hospitality Toolkit (acquired by Travelclick). Co-founder Interactive Sites & PlanItOnline.com.
http://per-se.co/blog/
Neil Passero
B2B Rainmaker/Investor. 1st sales/mkt exec & investor at SiriusDecisions; advisor to Marc Benioff, Tom Siebel, @sequoia-capital execs. 20+ yrs in Silicon Valley.
Thomas Olson
Investor
Founder @vevue Founder @minute-list-it Founder @jewels-vintage
Seth Page
Investor
Experienced tech entrepreneur, operator, investment banker & financier. Last 2 firms co-founded were both acquired Nov 2011. Just acquired mSpot for Samsung.
Jonathan Cottrell
CEO @storybyte. Instigator #yesphx. Founder @user10. Sold first company to @mashable. Former GM at @godaddy. 10 years UX, product, marketing experience.
Dan Munro
Payer solution sold to WebMD (2004). CEO @ 4Blox; BD for Aerocast / Sequoia Software
http://blogs.forbes.com/danmunro
Adam Bruss
Investor
Adam is eleven-time start-up entrepreneur and angel investor.
Bubba Page
Founder @quotadeck Crowdsourcing Introductions, a @techstars Boulder 2014 company & Founder @launch-leads-technology-people-sales @Inc contributor
http://quotadeck.tublr.com
Dan Salcedo
@everpurse Founder & CTO. Aircraft builder & pilot by 14, entrepreneur at 18, top exec at #25 INC 500 startup by 24. Obsessed with the efficient.
http://thinkbiz.me
Adam Toren
Entrepreneur, Mentor, Award Winning Author & Investor. Co-Founder of iSell.com
http://Blogtrepreneur.com
Noah Spirakus
Solving business problems using software in a secure way
Stephen G. Barr
Investor
Mentor, Adviser, Strategist, Board Member, Advocate. Founder @startup-hive , CoFounder @crowdpad , CEO @sgb-media-group , Mentor @geteverwise
http://www.crowdfundingtimes.wordpress.com
Jeremy Gocke
Investor
Founder & CEO::@fliptu; Co-founder::@silicon-beach-la Founder::MMAMix (sold to Proelite [CBS/Showtime]); Apparel brand owner; B.S. Sys Eng - West Point.
http://vongocke.com
Chris Matthieu
Founder of Twelephone. Startups acquired to date include: Nodester, Teleku, and Digital Voice Technologies.
http://v01c3.com
CJ Cornell
Investor
Founder @chaos-media-networks, @protocorp-telesystems • Worked at @sun-microsystems, @arizona-state-university-1
http://metapreneurship.net
Scott Ferreira
Founder @mysocialcloud • Worked at @reputation-com • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
Jamie Glass
CEO of @artful-thinkers. Strategic and tactical marketing and sales consulting service. Clients include more than 40 businesses. Creative. Strategic. Results.
http://artfulthinkers.wordpress.com
Jake Huber
Operations at @uber. Started @gigawatt. Graduated @boost-vc. Created Blitz Fundraising™ Going #88mph
http://jakehuber.com/blog
Sean Tierney
CEO JumpBox & Grid7. 5th employee at iTOOL (acquired by Onvia). Cum Laude Trinity U & Kauffman Fastrac grad. Runs Lean Startup Circle Phx.
http://scrollinondubs.com
Troy Jensen
Investor
Co-Founder, CEO & Senior Managing Director of nxVenture Capital Ltd, an innovative private equity firm with their global headquarters in New York City.
http://www.nxventure.com/the-nxventure-blog
Kevin Luikens
Founder & CTO @serverpilot. Computer Science @university-of-arizona. Engineer @heartflow. Computer networks & GPU researcher. Web developer.
Michael Krotchie
CTO and Founder @flicksea • Worked at @raytheon • Studied at University of Arizona
Edward Loew
2002 - Founder PE Real Estate Fund (Exit 2006) 2010 - Dir of Ops for ADF. 2012 - Co-Founder Veebow - strong business background
Ryan Charleston
Founder of @bitcorati, growth hacker, Bitcoin & startup entrepreneur, techie, and EDM fan!
Scott Menor
Cofounder and CEO @roambotics
Dennis O'Mahoney
Entreprenuer, Tech Ideator, Builder... Founded ClaimForce, the insurance industries first claim service marketplace. Transacted over $500M in services.
Mike Dietrich
Founder NFINITE-SUPPLY
Daehee Park
Co-founder of @tuft-needle.
Brandon Clarke
Product Focused Entrepreneur & Strategist
Peter Fleckenstein
Founder Lifestr • Worked at @achieveglobal, @gartner-meta-group
Naser Chowdhury
Review
Nima Jacob Nojoumi
Teen Entrepreneur. Former adviser @godaddy. Co-Founder & CEO @GetSourcely. Founder @HouseOfGenius Phoenix. Growth Hacker.
http://www.Nima.Co
James Weddle
Investor
@cospace. 8th startup, 3 sold. @arizona-state-university. Work: @digital-equipment-corporation
@lockheed-martin @sandia-national-laboratory @jpmorgan-chase @sierra-health-services
http://jamesweddle.com
Benjamin Bronson
★ Creator - Designs, Methods, & Devices
★ Leader - Team builder, Inspirer, & Front Runner
★ Futurist - Utopia through Technology Evangelist
Mark G
Founder of 944 Magazine, UNIQ Lifestyles Magazine, Background before creating magazines: #1 Web Development Firm Business Journal Book of Lists.
Will Curran
Founder @endless-entertainment • Studied Business & Special Events at @arizona-state-university-1
http://blog.helloendless.com
Richard Swanson
CEO @Resumoto Track record with over $500MM in sales and two successful exits. Former CEO @FreeMe.com @wopodo @OnLineStaffing
Timber Barker
Founder @myrooms, @gelpay • Worked at @at-t, @xerox @ey
Marc Chung
Empowering millions of users @lookout.
Taylor DiGilio
Currently studying Media Arts at the @university-of-arizona-1. Founder at @flicksea, a new startup looking for investors.
Imran Mirza
Investor
Founder & CEO @parc-financial-group
Peggy Dold
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
Mark Ng
HuntersDB cofounder, technologist in entrepreneurship and innovation labs at @arizona-state-university.
Previously, @twitfave cofounder, hNews coauthor.
Chase Granberry
Founded AuthorityLabs. Customer development, sales and growth.
Tom O'Brien
Founded Breeasy.com - a small bus. platform. Co-Founder and COO @Data Insurance Licensing Ltd. Founder and Lead Consultant at BootstrapTechnology Consulting.
http://brze.me
Roze
Founder MINDPLATE.tv • Worked at @moving-picture-film-and-television, @suncast-entertainment
Humberto Valle
Founder/CEO of OppenUp. GCU BA. I'm a passionate and social entrepreneur. I consult social enterprises. Proud Rotarian, Gangplank anchor and global citizen.
Cl. Alex. Chien
Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.
Dan Farfan
Computer Scientist. Creator, http://ArtCollectorGame.com Homeland Security system architect. Ballroom Dancer. Author, The Next 10 Amendments
Cindy Matthews
Founder & CEO, @rc-xtreme-technologies
Chad Baniecki
Founder @disco-melee • Worked at @happy-s-irish-pub, @plucker-s-wing-bar • Studied at @louisiana-state-university, @oklahoma-state-university
Zach Solomon-Beloin
I’m a public relations, community manager and digital marketing professional with a passion for using technology to design, build and grow communities.
http://zachsb.com/work
Scott Bundgaard
Founder/CEO ProcureNetworks. Crossfit. Paleo. Cyclist. Thunderbird MBA 2005. Fmr State Senator.
David Bilfeld
David Bilfeld, CEO of ACP Property Preservation, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
http://davidbilfeld.wordpress.com/
Stephen Cordova
Active duty Air Force 4 years - Logistics
Air National Guard 4 years - Logistics
Private Military Contractor 2 years - Logistics
Billy B
Founder of @thegorillaunderground, Inc. Chief Branding Officer of @black-door-visual. Innovative Thinker, Strategic Doer, and Radical Mover. Let's talk.
http://www.about.me/billbackus
Aaron Bare
Founder @the-career-platform • Studied at @thunderbird-school-of-global-management, @indiana-university-bloomington
http://www.aaronbare.com
Tyler Crandall
Founder @endorsedbuy, Economics at @arizona-state-university, International Business in South China.
Carlos Tobin
Builder of personal finance, mortgage debt, management rails web app. Interested in innovation in the mortgage industry. West Coast Swing on the side
Daniel Valencia
Analyst @vuurr; Strong business background (@deloitte&Touche). Specialize in data analysis and analytics.
Eric Trappen
Investor
Experienced entrepreneur and investor.
Christopher G. Lopez
Investor
Angel Fund Manager and Venture Fund Analyst
Matt Blake
Head Geek at @fansided.com and golfmix. Former co-founder of @fanster.com and @az-sports-hub. Worked at @jobing and Corpedia.
http://golfmix.com
Bill Sutherland
Founder @wannawow-llc
Scott Kaufmann
Investor
Founder @lucid-agency, @energy-advisors • Investor @lucid-ventures, @tailwater-ventures
Scott Swanson
After 18+ years at @microsoft, rediscovering my inner developer as CTO of Fluid Group, Inc. Delivering social media insights to niche product markers.
Howard Nutt
Howard Nutt has been an innovator in the world of business development for more than three decades.
http://howardnutt.gather.com/
Jaime Abromovitz
Founder @dreamalings. 3rd startup success. Polyglot: 6+ languages. Worked at Intel with Dell, Sony, LG, Samsung, Microsoft, HP, IBM, NVidia. Thunderbird MBA.
Ted Gladish
Founder Innovative Green Technologies
Kurt Ohlson
Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign
Rafeed Chaudhury
PhD student at @asu '15. @georgia Tech Alum '10.
Ryan Hemelt
Founder of @textbuch; Studying Finance, Psychology, and Computer Science at the University of San Diego
Venkatesh Rao
Co-founder/CEO of @meshlabs-1, a developer of text analytics software.
http://meshlabsinc.com/index.php/resources/blogs.html
Brett Perkins
CEO Of @powder-puff-extreme; NFL Free Agent; 2x Minor League Football 1st Team All-American & Tight End of the Year; Team USA Football Captain.
Benson Garner
Business designer, strategist, innovator, entrepreneur, enterprise consultant, lifelong learner. Husband, father, son, brother, friend. Mesa, AZ native. Mormon!
Darrin Stark
Investor
Worked at @skymall, @JDA Software, @petsmart • Studied at @kelley of Business- Indiana, @Middlesex
Harlan Robinson
Founder @haveoneon-me • Worked at @intel, @at-t • Studied at @morehouse-college
Kam Kudla
Co-founder @glass-health. Engineer, hacker. Previous experience in data analytics, semiconductors, photolithography. Studied at @university-of-toronto-1
Sanjay Rao
Founder Jade Falcon IT. Founder Encora. MS Comp Sc., BS Comp.Sc.
Neel Mehta
Disciplined, career focused individual interested in Healthcare entrepreneurship, Small Business Development, Statistics and Translational Bioinformatics.
https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/1716655
Tyler Coleman
Founder @retora-game-studios, @future-is-games
Andrew Lewis
Founder/Technologist @MezzoPartners. Veteran w/ MPP technologies. Strong enterprise background. Experienced building big data services org w/Knightsbridge.
Jeff Moskowitz
Founder @dsmart-industries • Worked at @vp-operations-dsmart
Nick Hutchens
Founder/CEO Beatbook, ASU, Business and Law Enforcement background.
Matthew Silverstone
Co-Founder @notebowl • Studied Business Marketing at @the-university-of-arizona
Brian Harvey Hogue
John Mendez
Co-Founder of @EnsureBilling and @iCoachFitness, Technology Consultant,BS Computer Science,AAS Network Administration,15+ years in technology.Love a challenge
Kim Dillon Meteorologist
Studied at @arizona-state-university. Television Host and TV Personality.
http://kimdillon.posterous.com/
Chuck Shaw
Billy Coover
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Sports Nut. Founder & CEO of @Nearby_Now.
http://coovtech.com
Kirk Morales
Founder & CEO of Intrakr. Have been founding / assisting start-ups for 10 years. Strong development, product management, and analytics background.
http://www.kirkmorales.com/blog
Brett B
Experienced web marketer specializing in ad based monetization for web properties. Also, currently developing a filtering/analytic platform for web traffic.
Phyo Kyaw
Founder of RezTech. Launched 3 products. A Sr. Achitect who mastered the modern web and mobile development technology stack from UI Layer to Big Data.
Jon Olawski
Founder APE Privacy. Entrepreneur, Software Engineer, Security Consultant (I hack stuff). Sold a private lead manager (SaaS) in 2009.
http://www.apeprivacy.com/blog
Imee Rose Tagaca Chellevold
Founder @baby-at-work • I fill the gaps in technical / product team • I need a B2B sales expert
Darcy Bergen
With more than two decades of experience, financial expert Darcy Bergen established Clear Solutions, LLC, in 2003.
http://darcybergen.wordpress.com/
Rob Vinciguerra
Cofounder of @wepolls. Expert applications and UI designer.
Ben Sheedy
Built and sold three local businesses, small business sales/support focus, work @godaddy, very slow triathlete
Nicholas Golob
CTO/Co-Founder of Pair Post, has more than 10 years of IT experience. Knows various programming languages, including Android.
Kevin Eric Carman
Founder IP Cyborg , @Crazy 8s Drums • Worked at @ibm, @godaddy
http://ircyb.org
Johnathan Croom
Ambitious developer. Started entrepreneurship at age of 10. Built @streeetball.com in 3 weeks without previous Ruby experience. Nothing I cannot accomplish.
Hyland Stokes
Preparing customers for their futures, Hyland Stokes serves Arizona as a professional financial advisor.
http://hylandstokes.wordpress.com
Emil Pikula
Owner of Concure Systems LLC, construction industry specifically related to floor covering failures due to moisture.
http://emilpikula.tumblr.com/
Paul Honnen
Advanced Eco Filtration
Phillip Page
Founder/CEO of Pair Post. Strong business background and a BBA graduate at Northwood University
Luke McGrew
Founder Fluid Fish Finder. Managing member of Saner Sound, a custom smart home automation integration firm that specializes in mobile app control.
Scott Bundgaard
Studied at Thunderbird School of Global Management. President/CEO of ProcureNetworks, Inc.
http://sbundgaard.tumblr.com
Pablo Benvenuto
Founder and CEO of StudyBuddyCampus. Instructional Systems Designer with over 10 years of experience.
Craig Gordon
Director of Business Development and Strategic Alliances at @connect-4-healthcare, LLC.
http://blog.connect4healthcare.com/
Ryan Riell
Studied at University of Illinois at Chicago. President and Team Director at Break Through Elite Racing.
http://ryan-riell.tumblr.com/