Jonathan Abrams is the founder and CEO of Socializr, an online service for sharing event and party information with friends.
He also created the social network Friendster in 2002. Previously, Jonathan he founded bookmarking community HotLinks, and worked as a software engineer at companies such as Netscape and Nortel.
Jonathan is the co-owner of San Francisco’s new modern speakeasy Slide, and an investor in Vintage 415’s restaurant Mamacita. Jonathan has also co-hosted parties in San Francisco with organizations such as GenArt, Hands on Bay Area, Delicious Karma, Mixed Elements, Donovan, and Martel & Nabiel.
Jonathan is a member of the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, and has been extensively involved in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial community, including past roles such as co-chair of the SDForum Venture Finance SIG, and a judge for the Stanford Entrepreneur’s Challenge business plan contest, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, and the Stanford-Berkeley Innovators’ Challenge.
Jonathan holds an Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science from McMaster University, which he received after flunking out of engineering school.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| SlideShare 1 | 5/08 | Series A | $3M | 8 |
