Investing Profile

Erik Buchanan

InvestorVCFounder
Founder and Partner at C3 Ventures
c3.venturesLos Angeles, California
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Current Investing Position
C3 Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
5

Erik Buchanan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Erik Buchanan's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Curebase
SeedOct 2018$3M
$58M
Co-investors: Ed Phillips (Future Planet Capital), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Patrick Chung (Xfund), Fanni Fan (Industry Ventures), Dave Messina (Pioneer Fund), Patrick S. Chung
FREY
SeedSep 2018$2M
$5M
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Giovanni Gardelli, Justin Mateen
Momentus
SeedAug 2018$8M
$34M
Co-investors: Ryan McCalley (SQN Venture Partners), Maximilian Winter (Harmonix Fund), Dakin Sloss (Prime Movers Lab), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Ben Davenport (Blockchain Capital LLC)
Shone
SeedJun 2018$4M
$4M
Co-investors: David Marcus (Lightspark), Ed Roman (Hack VC)
Qulture.Rocks
SeedMar 2018$120K
$120K
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Edson Rigonatti (Astella)

Erik Buchanan's Experience

Java/C++ Team Lead HotmailPresent
Teaching Assistant UC San DiegoPresent
Software Engineer Intern HotmailPresent
Software Development Engineer in Test MicrosoftPresent
Software Engineer: TurboTax Payment Systems HotmailPresent
Software Engineer: Windows Azure Storage MicrosoftPresent
Security Researcher ForcepointPresent
Software Engineer GooglePresent
VP Engineering Connectifier, Inc.Present
Senior Software Engineering Manager LinkedInPresent
Head of Artificial Intelligence for Hiring Products, Chief AI Evangelist LinkedInPresent
Head of AI SemgrepPresent
Founder and Partner C3 VenturesPresent
Co-founder and CTO CloseFactorPresent

Erik Buchanan's Education

University of California, San Diego Graduate research Security
UC San Diego Graduate research Security
University of California, San Diego Bachelor's degree Computer Science
University of California San Diego Bachelor's degree Computer Science
UC San Diego Bachelor's degree Computer Science