Georges Harik

Associated with: (Independent Investor)

Investments per year: 3-5

Investments per startup:  $50,000 - 200,000

Georges Harik, though an independent investor has a strong profile. He is the co-founder of hslabs and imo.im an IM network. He has also worked with Google as the director of Googlettes; he is known to have contributed a great deal towards Google on its Gmail, GTalk, Video, Picasa, Orkut, Groups, Mobile and AdSense. Some of his portfolio companies include IndieGoGo, Justin.tv, Venturebeat, and ZocDoc.

Jawed Karim

Associated with: Youniversity Ventures

Investments per year: 2-3

Karim is a popular name; he was the co-founder of YouTube, which he later sold to Google for $1.65 billion in 2006.  He is also the founder of Youniversity Ventures, a firm that supports students and aspiring entrepreneurs with startups. He also played a role in PayPal, where he assisted the company with its fraud system. Qwiki, TotBox, and Eventbrite are some of the companies on his angel portfolio.