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Jeff Bonforte(349)

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Venture Partner at Parade Ventures
catapultcap.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Jeff is a member of
Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Network
455 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
434 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
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Current Investing Position
Parade Ventures Venture Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $100.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
15

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Jeff Bonforte's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Bloks, Inc.
SeedSep 2024$2M
$2M
Checkmate
Series AMay 2023$15M
$23M
Co-investors: Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Trevor Neff (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Carter Reum (M13)
Nook
Pre SeedOct 2022$2M
$3M
Co-investors: Charles Delingpole (ComplyAdvantage), Emre Baran (Seedcamp), Olga Shikhantsova (Speedinvest), Daniel Cardenas-Clark
Sheltr
Seed RoundJun 2019$3.2M
SeedJun 2019$3M
$6.2M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Ben Porterfield (Self-employed), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons)
Printify
Seed RoundMay 2019$3M
SeedMay 2019$3M
$52M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Thomas Plantenga (FJ Labs), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Rohini Pandhi (First Round Capital), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), James Blouzard (Wonderbox), Rait Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Yrjö Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Bob Young (PrecisionHawk), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Ryan (AlleyCorp), Eva Lau (Two Small Fish Ventures), Rob Eldridge (Alliance of Angels), Andris K. Berzins (Change Ventures), Ott Kaukver (Ambient Sound Investments), Jose Marin (Serendipity Investments), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Markus Villig (Bolt), Ragnar Sass (Alex & Thiago), Martin Villig (Textmagic), Martin Henk (Unknown Ventures), Pete Koomen (Y Combinator), Kevin Lin (Lifelike Capital), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Varsha Rao (ViaSat Inc.), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Steve Chen (Modernist), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), Justas Janauskas (Mangrove Capital Partners), Joshua Schachter, Ameet Ranadive, Richard Branson, Mantas Mikuckas
Trimian
Series UnknownOct 2017$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Esther Dyson (Union Square Ventures), Josh Elman (Andreessen Horowitz), Vishal Makhijani (Shabodi), Tuoc Luong (My Investments), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Greg Badros
Finrise
SeedOct 2016$5M
$5.1M
Co-investors: Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), James Currier (NFX), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Tim Chang (Mayfield Fund), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital)
BrightCrowd
SeedOct 2016
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Joel Peterson (Peterson Partners), Luc Levesque (Shopify), Eric Chen (OVO Fund), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital)

Jeff Bonforte's Experience

President And Co-Founder HowcastPresent
President And Co-Founder Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent
President And Co-Founder The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory UniversityPresent
Founder Still Water DesignPresent
President And Co-Founder Still Water DesignPresent
Venture Partner Parade VenturesPresent
Founder i-drive.comPresent
President And Co-Founder i-drive.comPresent
Co-Founder and Chair OWOW.aiPresent
CEO and Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
VP Marketing Asset Management GroupPresent
President And Co-Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
Vice President, Real Time Communications Asset Management GroupPresent
Vice President, Social Search Asset Management GroupPresent
CEO Asset Management GroupPresent
Angel Investor and Advisor Asset Management GroupPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Asset Management GroupPresent
CEO and Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
VP Marketing Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
President And Co-Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Vice President, Real Time Communications Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Vice President, Social Search Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Angel Investor and Advisor Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
CEO and Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
VP Marketing Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
President And Co-Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Vice President, Real Time Communications Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Vice President, Real Time Communications yahooPresent
Vice President, Social Search Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Vice President, Social Search yahooPresent
CEO Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Senior Vice President; Mail, Search, Data and Research yahooPresent
Angel Investor and Advisor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Senior Vice President; Mail, Search, Data and Research Yahoo!Present
Chief Executive Officer GrindrPresent
Angel Investor and Advisor Brown Dog CapitalPresent
Managing Partner Catapult CapitalPresent
Co-Founder and Executive Chair OWOW.aiPresent
Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member AigencyPresent
CEO and Founder idrivePresent
Senior Vice President, Communications Products Yahoo2013 - 2019
CEO Xobni2008 - 2013
Vice President, Social Search Yahoo!2007 - 2008
Vice President, Real Time Communications Yahoo!2005 - 2007
Founder Starbox Systems2001 - 2005
President And Co-Founder Gizmo5 Technologies, Inc.2003 - 2005
VP Marketing New Internet Computer Company (NIC)2001 - 2002
CEO and Founder i-drive.com1997 - 2000

Jeff Bonforte's Education

UCLA BA Classical Civilizations
University of California, Los Angeles BA Classical Civilizations

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