Gil Elbaz
InvestorFounderPartner 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
Intro paths
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Experience
- TenOneTen VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — presentLos Angeles, CA
- FoursquareCo-Chairmancurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Common CrawlFounder & Chairmancurrent2007 — present
- X PRIZE FoundationBoard Membercurrent2006 — present
- Factual IncFounder/CEO2008 — 2020Los Angeles
- IABMobile Board Member2014 — 2019
- California Institute of TechnologyTrustee2008 — 2013
- GoogleEngineering Director of Google Santa Monica2003 — 2007Santa Monica
- Applied SemanticsCo-Founder, CEO1998 — 2003Santa Monica
- Silicon GraphicsDatabase Architect1996 — 1997Mountain View
- MicroUnitySenior Database Engineer1995 — 1996
- SybaseEngineer1994 — 1995Emeryville
- IBMProgrammer and DBA1991 — 1994San Jose
Education
- CaltechBS, Engineering & Applied Science, Economics1987 — 1991
Skills & more
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Product ManagementComputer ScienceCorporate DevelopmentMapReduceAnalyticsCloud ComputingProduct DevelopmentInformation RetrievalSaaSStrategySearchE-commerceFrom Gil's professional profile.
Colleagues at TenOneTen Ventures
Network7
Investors connected to Gil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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.
Founder mafias
Caltech mafia63
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Foursquare mafia9
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Same school
Also attended Caltech135
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Shared employers
Also worked at Common Crawl2
Also worked at X PRIZE Foundation20
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Also worked at IAB13
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Also worked at Google1,560
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