Investing Profile

Eric Ver Ploeg(126)

VCAngelFormer CEO

Growth Stage Venture, with the occasional Pre Series A angel investment

dtcp.capitalMenlo Park, California

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Eric Ver Ploeg's investing connections

13 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), and 10 other investors on Signal.

Networks Eric is a member of

Stanford University Network

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

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Current Investing Position

DTCP Managing Director

Investment Range

$100K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$350M

Eric Ver Ploeg is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Eric Ver Ploeg's Investments On Record (18)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Dynamic Signal	Series EJul 2018$10M	$114.8M
Co-investors: Ajay Chopra (Trinity Ventures), Scott Irwin (Rembrandt Venture Partners), Brian Ascher (Venrock), Donald Tucker (Cisco Investments), Robin Murray (Adams Street Partners), Russ Fradin
Zum	Series BMar 2018$19M Seed RoundFeb 2016$2.5M	$29.5M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Chun Xia (TEEC Angel Fund), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures)
Anomali	Series DJan 2018$40M	$96M
Co-investors: Karim Faris (GV), Martin Gedalin (Lumia Capital), Marcus Bartram, George Hoyem
UrbanSitter	Series COct 2017$17M	$38M
Co-investors: John Balen (Canaan Partners), David Ibnale (Advance Venture Partners), Courtney Broadus (Broadway Angels), Cynthia Ringo
Fastly	Series EMay 2017$50M	$179M
Co-investors: Sunil Dhaliwal (Amplify Partners), David Hornik (Lobby Capital), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures)
NameCoach	Seed RoundFeb 2017
Numerai	Series ADec 2016$6M Venture RoundApr 2016$1.5M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Nurzhas Makishev (NKM Capital), Naval Ravikant (AngelList Syndicator), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Ross Blankenship (Angel Kings), Nathan Montone (M31 Capital), Alex Pack, Samvit Ramadurgam, Nurzhas Makishev
PayJoy	Series AJul 2016$8.5M	$36.5M
Co-investors: John Buttrick (Union Square Ventures), Dan Bragiel (i/o Ventures), Safa Rashtchy (Think + Ventures), Dave Eisenberg (Zigg Capital), Deepak Jagannathan (DNX Ventures), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Sam Huleatt (IntangibleVC), Josh Mcfarland (Greylock Partners), Binh Tran (500 Startups)

Eric Ver Ploeg's Media (2)

SPACs are a Much-Needed Liquidity Alternative for Venture Backed Companies

everploeg.medium.com

The ONE THING that Helps Most in Raising a Series A Round

medium.com

most interested in

For my personal angel investing: category creators with defensible business models. For my DTCP investing: Enterprise SaaS and recurring revenue businesses who are past $10m ARR and interested in doing more business in Europe.

not interested in

Whatever category the venture echo chamber has declared "hot" right now.

Eric Ver Ploeg's Experience

Managing Director Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners2017 - Present

Managing Member Recursive Capital2011 - 2015

Founding Partner Metric Ventures2009 - 2010

Managing Director VantagePoint Venture Partners2001 - 2008

Founder, CEO Angara1996 - 2001

Founder AdKnowledge1995 - 1995

Eric Ver Ploeg's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA High Tech Entrepreneurship

Stanford University PhD Electrical Engineering. Semiconductor Device Physics.