Investing Profile

Barrett Parkman(598)

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Investor & VP, Portfolio Services at Goodwater Capital
goodwatercap.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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68 Investors

Connected to Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 65 other investors on Signal.

Networks Barrett is a member of
Stanford University Network
513 CONNECTIONS
Harvard Business School Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
307 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
298 CONNECTIONS
500 Startups Network
78 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Goodwater Capital Vice President
Investment Range
$50K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
20
Current Fund Size
$1B

Barrett Parkman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Barrett Parkman's Investments On Record (19)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Upaway
Pre SeedNov 2022$540K
$540K
Co-investors: Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (Visible Hands), Daniel Acheampong (Visible Hands)
instaHop
Pre SeedMar 2022$100K
$130K
Co-investors: Bashar Hamood (FasterCapital), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital)
BabyQuip
SeedApr 2018$1M
$2M
Co-investors: Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Adam Cragg (Osney Capital), Brandon Maier (LvlUp Ventures), Glenn Argenbright (Quake Capital), Michael Weiksner (Rostrum Capital), Timothy Dick (Startup Capital Ventures)
Edwin
SeedMar 2018$2M
$2M
EvaBot
SeedDec 2017$2M
$11M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Andrew Cleland (Comcast Ventures), Anil Advani, Tim Griffin, Tuoc Luong
Scoutible
SeedOct 2017$5M
$7M
Co-investors: Mark Cuban
Aros Labs
SeedJun 2017
Forensic Alpha
SeedMay 2017$650K
$1.4M
Co-investors: Mark Pearson (Fuel Ventures)

most interested in

Post-launch, seed consumer tech

not interested in

B2B

Barrett Parkman's Experience

Vice President, Portfolio Services Goodwater Capital2021 - Present
Senior Advisor Extreme Tech Challenge2021 - Present
Mentor HAX2013 - Present
Managing Director Extreme Tech Challenge2019 - 2021
Director, Startup and VC Ecosystem Samsung Catalyst Fund2019 - 2021
Managing Partner GWC Innovator Fund2016 - 2019
Mentor for Google Launchpad Accelerator Google2016 - 2019
Founder and Managing Director G-Startup Worldwide2010 - 2018
Co-Founder, Co-Producer, CMO GMIC - Global Mobile Internet Conference2009 - 2018
Co-Founder and Various Titles: Chief Marketing Officer, VP of International BD and Growth GWC Inc2009 - 2018
Advisor, "Geeks on a Plane Asia" 2010 & 2011 500 Startups2010 - 2011
Marketing and Business Development Manager (Internship) +8* Plus Eight Star | Mobile and Internet Strategy Consulting2008 - 2009
Global Account Manager, Canvas Systems (Acquired by Avnet) Avnet2005 - 2007
Economic Analyst (Internship) The Center for International Trade and Security | Athens, Georgia, USA2004 - 2004
Rock Climbing Guide and Teacher (College PT Job) Various Companies, Climbing Gyms, Schools, Camps2000 - 2004
Development Consultant (Internship) Global Partners International (NGO)2002 - 2002

Barrett Parkman's Education

The University of Georgia BA Economics
Harvard Business School Strategic Marketing Management
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Venture Capital Executive Program
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Leadership Development
Tsinghua University Master of Business Administration - MBA International Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management Certificate Management
Stanford University Stanford Tsinghua Exchange Program Global Management