Investing Profile

Eric Ver Ploeg(108)

VCAngelFormer CEO

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

dtcp.capitalMenlo Park, California
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14 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), and 11 other investors on Signal.

Networks Eric is a member of
Stanford University Network
384 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
217 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
DTCP Managing Director
Investment Range
$100K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
23
Current Fund Size
$350M

Eric Ver Ploeg is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Eric Ver Ploeg's Investments On Record (18)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Dynamic Signal
Series EJul 2018$10M
$114.8M
Co-investors: Ajay Chopra (Trinity Ventures), Brian Ascher (Venrock), Donald Tucker (DocuSign), Robin Murray (Adams Street Partners), Scott Irwin (Rembrandt Venture 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), Bryan Scheier (Sequoia Capital), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), 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), Douglas Carlisle, Cynthia Ringo
Fastly
Series EMay 2017$50M
$179M
Co-investors: Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), David Hornik (Lobby Capital), Sunil Dhaliwal (Amplify Partners), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit)
NameCoach
Seed RoundFeb 2017
Numerai
Series ADec 2016$6M
Venture RoundApr 2016$7.5M
$13.5M
Co-investors: Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Naval Ravikant (AngelList Syndicator), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Nurzhas Makishev (NKM Capital), Ross Blankenship (Angel Kings), Samvit Ramadurgam, Alex Pack
PayJoy
Series AJul 2016$8.5M
$36.5M
Co-investors: Josh Mcfarland (Greylock), 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), Binh Tran (500 Global)

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.
Case Western Reserve University BS Electrical Engineering