Podcasts about north bridge venture partners

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Jonathan Heiliger (@heiligerj), General Partner at Vertex Ventures US, a boutique fund that invests early (often the first!) in enterprising founders who make it possible for new applications and services to be born. Jonathan and his partners have created $6B+ of value as founders themselves, and 'first check' backers. Jonathan co-founded Vertex US in 2015 to empower the next generation of pioneers who are passionate about solving hard problems with tech.Before Vertex US, Jonathan was General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, where he led investments in Lytro (acquired by Google), Periscope, Quora, and Ravel Law (acquired by LexisNexis), in addition to co-founding Coolan (acquired by Salesforce). He spent the previous five years at Facebook as Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations, leading global infrastructure, site architecture, and internal systems as the company scaled from 35 million to nearly 1 billion users.Earlier in his career, Jonathan held executive engineering roles at Walmart and Danger (acquired by Microsoft) and spent several years as Chief Operating Officer for Loudcloud/Opsware (IPO then acquired by HP for $1.6 billion). At 19, he co-founded and was Chief Technology Officer of GlobalCenter, one of the first web hosting providers and the world's first native-optical IP network, serving CNN, Netscape, Playboy, and Yahoo! as initial customers. He also founded Global Crossing's venture capital group.Today, through his role at Vertex US, Jonathan holds board seats for a number of their portfolio companies. Looking ahead, he is particularly excited about innovations that will improve how and where we live, specifically in construction and real estate.Website: Vertex Ventures USLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jheiliger/Twitter: @heiligerjEmail: jh@vertexventures.comShow Notes: Where and how Vertex Ventures US is investing How their focus has shifted since launching in the U.S. in 2015 The major changes Jonathan has observed in the VC industry over the years What helps Jonathan and Vertex stay laser focused despite the quick-paced nature of the industry Navigating fund strategy as the market changes How both Vitalize and Vertex address ownership targets How Jonathan approaches mentorship and hard conversations with founders Jonathan's angel investing and advising journey  More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

Jonathan Heiliger, General Partner at Vertex Ventures, talks about how the startup ecosystem has changed, and explains why founders DO/DON'T need to be in Silicon Valley. Jonathan also sheds light on the problem of matchmaking. He proposes solutions for ensuring that founders meet and partner with investors who are fit for them.In this episode, you'll learn:4:27 A lot has changed in the startup ecosystem but Silicon Valley hasn't lost its culture of supporting people.16:05 What founders should expect when they work with investors and partners who run a concentrated portfolio.24:28 Diversity in technology hubs is critical to maximizing the technology revolution's potentialNon-profit organization that Jonathan is passionate about: VC OpenDoorAbout Guest SpeakerJonathan Heiliger is a General Partner at Vertex Ventures. Jonathan currently serves on the board of directors of Webmonsters, in addition to Vertex portfolio companies PerimeterX, CloudAcademy, and SpaceIQ. He has individually invested in and actively helped several companies, including Cloudera, Coravin, Diffbot, Dropbox, Square, and ThousandEyes.Prior to founding Vertex Ventures, Jonathan started the seed practice at North Bridge Venture Partners where he was General Partner (2012- 2014) and led global infrastructure, site architecture, and internal systems at Facebook  (2007- 2012). Previously, Jonathan held executive engineering roles at Wal-Mart and Danger (acquired by Microsoft), was COO for Loudcloud (Opsware), and co-founder and CTO of GlobalCenter.Fun fact: Jonathan started rebelling against his parents when he was nine years old by staying up all night to game, hack, and program a new computer.About Vertex VenturesVertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. Vertex is a trusted partner to some of the world's most enterprising founders who seek to disrupt large markets. The firm supports entrepreneurs with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses. Its portfolio includes LaunchDarkly, PerimeterX, Very Good Security (VGS), Desktop Metal, testlio, and many more.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode that will drop next Tuesday. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Couchbase Inc's stock jumped more than 23% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday. The company raised $200 million in its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday. Investors include GPI Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Accel. The company's market debut comes at a time when data storage, security, and processing are in high demand.

Dayna Grayson is a Partner @ NEA, one of the leading venture firms over the last 4 decades with a portfolio including the likes of Opendoor, Jet.com, Uber, WorkDay, Plaid, Box and many more incredible companies. As for Dayna, she has led the firm's investments in the likes of Desktop Metal, Formlabs, Onshape, Glamsquad, Framebridge and Curalate, just to name a few. Prior to joining NEA, Dayna was an investor at North Bridge Venture Partners where she championed companies including Camiant (acquired by Tekelec) and Tapjoy. Before venture Dayna was an engineer at Eye Response Technologies, later acquired by Dynavox Mayer-Johnson and also a product designer at Blackbaud (BLKB), the leading global provider of software to nonprofit organizations. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Dayna made her way into the world of venture and came to be a Partner at NEA from her roots in product design and engineering? 2.) Sourcing: How does Dayna approach the sourcing component of venture today? What does the deck filtering process look like to Dayna, prior to meeting? What has Dayna found works best in really building rapport in the first meetings? What does the conviction building process look like for Dayna from there? If negative, how has Dayna found is the most effective way to say no? 3.) Decision-Making: How does Dayna think about optimising the investment decision-making process? How does Dayna balance between data vs gut? Does NEA require unanimous decision-making? Why does Dayna believe that at A or earlier, the price really does not matter? When does price really become a big issue? 4.) Evolution of Expectations: How does Dayna believe entrepreneurial expectations of VC has changed over the last decade. Where does Dayna believe investors can really provide the most value? Which board member has been the most impressive to Dayna when sitting alongside them on the board? Why? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Dayna’s Fave Book: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America Dayna's Most Recent Investment: WhireWheel As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Dayna on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

"Daniel Ha is the CEO and cofounder of Disqus. Daniel studied computer science engineering at UC Davis and interned at big companies before deciding to drop out of school to pursue the startup world. Disqus is the web's most ubiquitous discussion network, reaching over 2 billion unique visitors every month and spanning nearly any topic or type of community imaginable. Backed by Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Iris Capital as well as many great angel investors. Daniel often writes and speaks about digital media, online publishing, consumer products, and startups. Outside startups, he spends his time on the race track."

My guest the week is venture capitalist and charter G20 Member Jeff McCarthy. Jeff’s a Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, focused mainly on materials. He played leadership roles at two early, successful companies within the North Bridge portfolio, Cadia Networks and New Oak Communications, where he was the CEO until that company was acquired by Nortel. Before joining New Oak, Jeff was Vice President of sales and business development at Cadia Networks, a developer of ATM concentrator products for the service provider marketplace, and held senior management positions at Wellfleet Communications, including Vice President of Carrier and Channel Operations. Jeff is a proud and active graduate of the Northeastern University School of Management, and serves as an advisor to the University. In this week’s second segment Jeff and will focus on a problem that seems like a great one until you have it, which is how to pick the right VC partner when you have more than one to choose from. Jeff will share thoughts on the importance of chemistry and vertical expertise, respond to my question about what’s different for female entrepreneurs, and compare funds specialized in individual stages of the venture journey with those that invest throughout it. As always, How Hard Can It Be is sponsored by G20 Ventures, early traction capital for East Coast enterprise tech startups, backed by the power and expertise of 20 ​of the Northeast's most accomplished ​entrepreneurs. G20 Ventures.​..​​ ​People first. How Hard Can It Be is ​also ​sponsored by Actifio​, the world’s leading Enterprise Data-as-a-Service platform. Deliver your data just like your applications and infrastructure... as a service available instantly, anywhere. For hybrid cloud, faster DevOps, and better business resiliency, Actifio is Radically Simple. Here now, my conversation with G20 Member Jeff McCarthy...

Michael Skok (ex-North Bridge Venture Partners) and John Pearce (former CEO of Demandware)join me to talk about their new firm, _Underscore.VC https://underscore.vc/about Follow Underscore: twitter.com/underscoreVC Follow Tech In Boston: twitter.com/techinboston

Brook Colangelo is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Michael Skok has been a Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners since 2002.