Jeffrey Tobias
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Jeffrey Tobias is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Local and Consumer. Jeffrey Tobias, M.D. was appointed our Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer in March 2012, after joining the company as Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer in 2011. Prior to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, he served as Executive Vice President, Research and Development at NeurogesX, Inc., where he had been Chief Medical Officer since 2005. Previously, he was Founder and Managing Director of Aquila Consulting Group, LLC, a biopharmaceutical consulting firm from 1996 to 2005, where he supported clients in all aspects of clinical development, technology assessment and strategic planning. Prior to that, he served in various roles in drug discovery and clinical development at ALZA Corporation, Chiron Corporation and XOMA Corporation. He received board certification in both Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine and completed training in Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received an M.D. with honors and a B.A. from the University of Illinois.
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- Local 1 (100%)
- Consumer 1 (100%)
- Advertising 1 (100%)
- Home Services 1 (100%)
- Small and Medium Businesses 1 (100%)
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| Oneflare is a new online startup that connects customers with home services providers.Oneflare challenges the traditional Yellow Pages model by creating a revolutionary online marketplace. This marketplace eliminates the need for customers to search for tradies and tradies to search for customers. With Oneflare, all it takes is one stop toget any job done. Entrepreneur and Co-founder Tommy Lim explains, ‘Our aim is to make hiring a service provider as easy as booking a flight on Expedia.’Oneflare tips the process of looking for a service provider on its head. Requesting a service is effortless and free. Customers complete a simple form detailing the job then sit back and relax while Oneflare does the finding. Oneflare’s unique matching technology alerts relevant businesses of each request, allowing them to submit competing price quotes for the job. Quotes are then pre-filtered and presented to the customer, ensuring that the only work the customer has to do is make the buying decision. Launched in January 2012, Oneflare’s innovative offering has driven drastic growth. Oneflare features 40,000 businesses spanning 40 categories throughout Australia. 90% of requests posted receive 3 or more competing quotes which leaves extra cash in happy customers’ pockets. With most quotes appearing within 15 minutes, Oneflare also puts free time back into busy customers’ schedules. Oneflare’s winning combination has generated over $5 million worth of jobs to date. While saving time and money is exciting, 69% of customers have stated that reputation comes before price when hiring tradies (Newspoll Survey sourced by Oneflare). Oneflare has implemented an assortment of trust and safety features to ensure that customers always find a quality service provider. Reviews and ratings by previous customers coupled with business profiles featuring photos, testimonials and verification create an open community on the platform. Oneflare’s Home Care Guarantee also covers customers up to $500 if something goes wrong, providing the ultimate peace of mind no matter the size of the job. Customers aren’t the only ones who Oneflare caters to. Oneflare has created a unique value proposition for businesses which only requires them to pay for successful connections. It’s free for service providers to register for the site and it’s free to receive leads, providing businesses with an incredible incentive to join. Gone are the days of businesses submitting their advert to the Yellow Pages, hoping it will lead to sales. Instead, Oneflare brings the work to them.Oneflare is driven by clever technology that is hidden behind a user-friendly interface. Oneflare uses natural language processing to match every request to the right service provider. Real time SMS and email updates are sent to customers and businesses alike. Users on the go can enjoy the Oneflare mobile site which can be particularly useful for those pesky jobs that need to get done fast. With a patented iPhone App in the pipeline, Oneflare has utilised the latest technology to deliver superior customer service. In the future, Oneflare aims to take Australian households into the 21st century by becoming the go to source for hiring quality tradies.www.oneflare.com.au | $876K / Seed / Oct 22, 2014 |
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What does Jeffrey Tobias invest in?
Jeffrey Tobias invests primarily in Local, Consumer and Advertising startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Jeffrey Tobias closed in Oct 2014. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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