Investing Profile

Eric Ver Ploeg(63)

VCAngelFormer CEO

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

https://dtcp.capitalMenlo Park, California

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Investing Profile

Eric Ver Ploeg(63)

VCAngelFormer CEO

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

https://dtcp.capitalMenlo Park, California

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

Cloud infrastructure (Seed)E-commerce (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)Fintech (Seed)Marketplaces (Seed)Payments (Seed)SaaS (Seed)Sales and CRM (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Security (Seed)Social mobile (Seed)Investors who invested in diverse founders Investors who invested in female founders Investors who were founders

Eric Ver Ploeg's Investments On Record (23)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Dynamic Signal	Series EJul 2018$10M	$114.8M
Co-investors: Brian Ascher (Venrock Ventures), Ajay Chopra (Trinity Ventures), Scott Irwin (Rembrandt Venture Partners), Brian Ascher (Venrock), Robin Murray (Adams Street Partners), Donald Tucker (Cisco Investments), Russ Fradin
Zum	Series BMar 2018$19M Seed RoundFeb 2016$2.5M	$29.3M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures), Chun Xia (TEEC Angel Fund)
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), Courtney Broadus (Broadway Angels), David Ibnale (Advance Venture Partners), Cynthia Ringo
Fastly	Series EMay 2017$50M	$179M
Co-investors: Sunil Dhaliwal (Amplify Partners), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures), David Hornik (August Capital)
NameCoach	Seed RoundFeb 2017
Numerai	Series ADec 2016$6M Venture RoundApr 2016$1.5M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (First Round Capital), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Nurzhas Makishev (NKM Capital), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Naval Ravikant (AngelList Syndicator), Nathan Montone (M31 Capital), Ross Blankenship (Angel Kings), Samvit Ramadurgam, Alex Pack, Nurzhas Makishev
PayJoy	Series AJul 2016$8.5M	$36.5M
Co-investors: John Buttrick (Union Square Ventures), Dan Bragiel (i/o Ventures), Sam Huleatt (IntangibleVC), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Deepak Jagannathan (DNX Ventures), Dave Eisenberg (Red Swan Ventures), Binh Tran (500 Startups), Safa Rashtchy, Josh Mcfarland
Snaplytics	Seed RoundJul 2016
Aromyx	Seed RoundMay 2015$1.2M	$1.2M
Co-investors: Eugene Zhang (TEEC Angel Fund)

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.