Investing Profile

Eric Del Balso(109)

InvestorVCFounder

General Partner at Kohala Ventures

kohalaventures.comSan Francisco Bay Area

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Eric Del Balso's investing connections

Connected to 15 investors on Signal.

Networks Eric is a member of

Microsoft Network

621 CONNECTIONS

Yahoo Network

213 CONNECTIONS

Yahoo! Inc. Network

31 CONNECTIONS

Colorado College Network

14 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Kohala Ventures General Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Eric Del Balso's Investments On Record (12)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Apex	SeedOct 2022$10M	$720M
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Michelle Volz (Andreessen Horowitz), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Brittany Walker (CRV), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Paul Hudson (Glade Brook Capital Partners), Alexander Harstrick (J20 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Adam Corey (Village Global), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Lawrence Braitman (Quick Wins), Larry Braitman
Inversion	SeedNov 2021$10M	$81M
Co-investors: Santo Politi (Spark Capital), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Arjun Sethi (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Jenna Bryant (Embedded Ventures), Jordan Noone (Embedded Ventures), Aniq Kassam (Stealth Capital), Kyle Vogt (Unknown Ventures), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Chris Moran (Applied Materials), Andrew Steinwold (Sfermion), Serge Kassardjian (6MV), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments)
Embrace	SeedMay 2017$5M	$78M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), David Brown (Zintinus), Brad Zions (Pitbull Ventures), Shamin Walsh (BAM VENTURES LLC), Tx Zhuo (Fika Ventures), Kevin Weatherman (Attentive), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Paul Bricault (Greycroft Partners), Geoff Judge (iNovia Capital), Clark Landry (CESPPA), David Cohen (Techstars), Dan Wright (Armada), Jon Runyan (Goodwin), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Jared Heyman (Pioneer Fund), Andrew Miklas (Y Combinator), Ryan Chan (Ryan Venture), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Trevor Wright, Ashish Bhatia
Narrative	SeedJan 2017	$50M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Om Malik (True Ventures), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Sarah Fay (Moving Capital), Eric Franchi (Math Capital), Damon Cronkey (XSeed Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Bob Hower (Advanced Technology Ventures), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Kim Perell (Unknown Ventures), Chris Cunningham (C2 Ventures), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), Felix Petersen (Faber Ventures), Peter Read (BlueYard Capital), Johan Brenner (Creandum), Hugh Browne
Synapse Technology Corporation	Pre SeedDec 2016	$3M
Co-investors: Trevor Wright
Windfall	SeedDec 2016	$30M
Co-investors: Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Benjamin Savage (Clocktower Technology Ventures), Kim Perell (Unknown Ventures), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Naren Gupta (Nexus Venture Partners), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Pete Briger (Fortress Investment Group), Abhishek Sharma (Nexus Venture Partners)
Boom Entertainment	SeedJan 2016$1M	$23M
Co-investors: Christian Edler (Sequoia Capital), Patti Hart (IGT), Scott Frederick (Sands Capital), Jesper Søgaard (Dreamcraft Ventures), Mike Jones (Science), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Joshua B. Siegel (Rubicon Venture Capital), Neil Sequeira (Defy.vc), Lawrence Braitman (Quick Wins), Mark Pincus, Trevor Wright, Larry Braitman, Richard Jacklin
Ahalogy	GrantJan 2015	$12M
Co-investors: Brent Hill (Origin Ventures), Trevor Wright

Eric Del Balso's Experience

Technology Team Lead, Microsoft Network MicrosoftPresent

Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships Yahoo! Inc.Present

Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships YahooPresent

Chief Revenue Officer ThismomentPresent

Advisor & Investor (AdChina) Alibaba.comPresent

Operating Advisor Zentrick - acquired by DoubleVerifyPresent

Operating Advisor ZentrickPresent

Operating Advisor AhalogyPresent

Investor EmbracePresent

Investor Synapse Technology Corporation (acquired)Present

Advisor & Investor Synapse Technology Corporation (acquired)Present

Investor Boom EntertainmentPresent

Investor Boom SportsPresent

Investor Narrative I/OPresent

Investor RegentPresent

Investor & Ecosystem Lead for Hawaii REGENT CraftPresent

Investor Epsilon3Present

Investor AstroForgePresent

Investor InversionPresent

Investor & Advisor MLtwistPresent

Investor NyquistAIPresent

Investor Nyquist Data, Inc.Present

Investor Apex - Spacecraft ManufacturingPresent

Founder & Partner Ignite AdvisorsPresent

General Partner Kohala VenturesPresent

Eric Del Balso's Education

Colorado College BA Environmental Economics

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