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Gil Elbaz

InvestorFounder

Partner at TenOneTen Ventures · Founder at Ten on Ten

Los Angeles

Writes $250K – $1.5M checks

FoundedTen on Ten

About

Gil Elbaz co-founded Applied Semantics, which built AdSense and contextual advertising products before being acquired by Google in 2003; he then served as Director of Engineering for Google's Santa Monica office. He later founded Factual Inc., an open data platform, and established the Common Crawl Foundation, an open repository of web data. He holds a BS from Caltech.

Invests in

AdTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Founder at Ten on Ten

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Experience

  1. TenOneTen VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — presentLos Angeles, CA
  2. FoursquareCo-Chairmancurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  3. Common CrawlFounder & Chairmancurrent2007 — present
  4. X PRIZE FoundationBoard Membercurrent2006 — present
  5. Factual IncFounder/CEO2008 — 2020Los Angeles
  6. IABMobile Board Member2014 — 2019
  7. California Institute of TechnologyTrustee2008 — 2013
  8. GoogleEngineering Director of Google Santa Monica2003 — 2007Santa Monica
  9. Applied SemanticsCo-Founder, CEO1998 — 2003Santa Monica
  10. Silicon GraphicsDatabase Architect1996 — 1997Mountain View
  11. MicroUnitySenior Database Engineer1995 — 1996
  12. SybaseEngineer1994 — 1995Emeryville
  13. IBMProgrammer and DBA1991 — 1994San Jose

Education

  1. CaltechBS, Engineering & Applied Science, Economics1987 — 1991

Skills & more

Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital58Strategic Partnerships87Big Data99Information Extraction8Data Mining14Web Crawling4Natural Language Processing11Business Development16Emerging Technologies3Business Strategy24
+12 moreProduct ManagementComputer ScienceCorporate DevelopmentMapReduceAnalyticsCloud ComputingProduct DevelopmentInformation RetrievalSaaSStrategySearchE-commerce

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Gil Elbaz work?
Gil Elbaz is Partner at TenOneTen Ventures and Founder at Ten on Ten.
What does Gil Elbaz invest in?
Gil Elbaz invests in AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS.
What check size does Gil Elbaz write?
Gil Elbaz typically writes checks of $250K – $1.5M.
What companies did Gil Elbaz found?
Gil Elbaz founded Ten on Ten.

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