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October 2011 Top 50 Venture Capitalists to Follow on Twitter

Guest post by: Evan Carmichael

Article Overview: This is a list of the top 50 recommended venture capitalists to follow on Twitter for October 2011.

October 2011 Top 50 Venture Capitalists to Follow on Twitter

	#1) @sacca - Chris Sacca - Dreamily married to @crystale and investor in Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Turntable.fm & other fun startups that I Tweet about. Learn more: www.lowercasellc.com.
	#2) @howardlindzon - howardlindzon - CEO/Co-Founder of Stocktwits..GP of Social Leverage (Angel Investing)..Wallstrip creator (purchased by $CBS)..Momentum, Acceleration & LOL hunter..Love Popcorn
	#3) @Sequoia_Capital - Sequoia Capital - A company building partner to founders of startups who want to turn business ideas into enduring companies.
	#4) @Bill_Gross - Bill Gross - Founder of Technology Incubator Idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences
	#5) @GoogleVentures - Google Ventures - Google Ventures is Google's venture capital arm.
	#6) @joshk - Josh Kopelman - VC. Father. Geek
	#7) @bgurley - Bill Gurley - VC on Sand Hill Road.
	#8) @peHUB - pehub - peHUB feeds on private equity and venture capital.
	#9) @davidhornik - David Hornik - David Hornik is an investor at August Capital, the author of VentureBlog, & the executive producer of The Lobby Conference.
	#10) @bryce - Bryce Roberts - VC, Dad
	#11) @BostonVC - David Skok - Serial entrepreneur turned VC. - Author of forEntrepreneurs blog. - Interested in investing in Cloud Computing, SaaS, Software, etc.
	#12) @tonysphere - Tony Conrad - Co-founder about.me; Sphere & True Ventures; Board Automattic (WordPress); Charities: Opportunity Impact & Grist; Cubs Fan; Serious Parking Karma.
	#13) @VCMike - Mike Hirshland - Internet investor, blogger, dad, sports enthusiast.
	#14) @robgo - robgo - Cofounder of NextView Ventures. Founding advisor at Boundless Learning. Seed investor. Formerly VC @ Spark Capital and Internet Product Guy @ Ebay
	#15) @christine - Christine Herron - Early-stage-leaning investor at Intel Capital. Venture Advisor at 500 Startups, Advisor to SSE Labs. Tribal kitchen goddess and @calista's mom.
	#16) @firstround - First Round Capital - Seed-stage investors
	#17) @trueventures - True Ventures - True Ventures is a very early stage venture firm investing in internet, media, and software.
	#18) @albertwenger - Albert Wenger - VC at http://usv.com
	#19) @Venture_Capital - Venture Capital - News from the world of startups and venture capital.
	#20) @rich_wong - Rich P Wong - Partner @Accel_Partners & investor in Admob (formerly), Angry Birds, Atlassian, Fidelis, MoPub, SunRun, ec - Bio at http://www.accel.com/bio/richardwong.php
	#21) @mokoyfman - Mo Koyfman - VC at Spark Capital
	#22) @GreylockVC - Greylock Partners - We are investors and company builders. We partner with tech entrepreneurs to create consumer and enterprise software, Internet and mobile businesses.
	#23) @erichippeau - Eric Hippeau - Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, media executive (ex-CEO of The Huffington Post, ex-CEO of Ziff-Davis), passionate about the oceans
	#24) @IndexVentures - Index Ventures - Investing in early and growth stage tech, biotech and clean tech co's across Europe, Israel and the US
	#25) @DJVentureWire - VentureWire - Get updates from Venture Capital Dispatch, a WSJ blog by the editors of VentureWire, and news from venture research group VentureSource.
	#26) @Benchmark - Benchmark Capital - At Benchmark Capital, we're focused on helping talented entrepreneurs build great technology companies. That's what drives us and everything we do...
	#27) @TimDraper - Tim Draper - Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson
	#28) @fundingpost - Joe Venture Capital - introducing Entrepreneurs to Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors for over 9 years! Investor, entrepreneur, and my favorite title: Dad
	#29) @usv - USV - NYC-based venture capital firm investing in web services.
	#30) @Joshmedia - Josh Felser - Seed investor and serial entrepreneur. Co-founded: Freestyle (early stage VC), Spinner (sold to AOL), Grouper/Crackle (sold to Sony) & FYILiving.com
	#31)@HighlandCapital - HighlandCapital - Venture capital firm partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs to build breakthrough companies in the digital media, healthcare, technology & consumer markets.
	#32) @roelofbotha - roelof - Grew up in Cape Town. Came to Stanford in 1998. Joined PayPal in 2000 & became CFO. Joined Sequoia in 2003. Invested in YouTube in 2005.
	#33) @austinventures - Austin Ventures - Most active early stage venture capital firm in Texas (tweet feed managed by @kdhughes)
	#34) @davidcowan - davidcowan - partner of Bessemer Venture Partners, blogger, father of 3, born again atheist, singer with VIH
	#35) @AndySack - Andy Sack - Founder and CEO, Lighter Capital. www.lightercapital.com My bag o' thoughts: About entrepreneurship, venture capital, parenthood, and the world in general.
	#36) @sarahtavel - Sarah Tavel - native new yorker, newly minted SF-resident. currently VC at bessemer venture partners. my tweets are my own.
	#37) @ewiesen - Eric Wiesen - Web-focused VC in NYC
	#38) @nvca - NVCA News - The venture capital industry's trusted source for advocacy, professional development, networking and industry research and analysis.
	#39) @kraneland - David Krane - Partner: Google Ventures, Dad to three, TEDster, aspiring hockey star...
	#40) @john_frankel - john frankel - Early stage venture capitalist
	#41)@davidbeisel - David Beisel - Venture capital investor and entrepreneur
	#42) @antrod - Antonio - General partner at Matrix Partners. Former founder of Tabblo, ex CTO at HP.
	#43) @Rajil - Rajil Kapoor - adventure and venture capitalist
	#44) @Lowercase - Lowercase Capital - We invest in startups, acquire later stage companies, and advise businesses and funds of all sizes on strategy and execution.
	#45) @gcvp - General Catalyst - Diversified venture capital firm backing great entrepreneurs and ideas. Managing approx $1.7B. Based in Harvard Sq, Cambridge, MA.
	#46) @santopoliti - santopoliti - Founder and General Partner Spark Capital - a Boston based early stage venture fund
	#47) @carmelventures - Carmel Ventures - One of Israel's top-tier venture capital firms. Focused on helping to grow great ideas into exceptional companies.
	#48) @jdh - Josh Hannah - Entrepreneur and Investor. Gambler, guy who knows how to do a lot of things.
	#49) @jimihendrixlive - Jim Breyer - venture capital /investor: passions: where to start :-) social/non-profit education and environmental sustainability; modern/contemporary art; music; travel
	#50) @laragon - lawrence aragon - Venture capital and tech reporter/editor for Thomson Reuters' peHUB.com blog and Venture Capital Journal. Views expressed here are MY OWN.

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