Investing Profile

Jeff Bonforte(347)

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Managing Partner at Catapult Capital
catapultcap.comSan Francisco, California
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64 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 61 other investors on Signal.

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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Catapult Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $100.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
15

Jeff Bonforte is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jeff Bonforte's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Bloks, Inc.
SeedSep 2024$2M
$2M
Checkmate
Series AMay 2023$15M
$23M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Chris Herd (Logos Labs), Shane Mac (Squared Away), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Trevor Neff (Sound Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Deborah Liu, Ron Pragides, Tim Kendall
Nook
Pre SeedOct 2022$2M
$3M
Co-investors: Emre Baran (Seedcamp), Olga Shikhantsova (Speedinvest), Daniel Cardenas-Clark, Charles Delingpole
Sheltr
Seed RoundJun 2019$3.2M
SeedJun 2019$3M
$6.2M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Ben Porterfield
Printify
Seed RoundMay 2019$3M
SeedMay 2019$3M
$52M
Co-investors: Thomas Plantenga (FJ Labs), Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), Justas Janauskas (Mangrove Capital Partners), James Blouzard (Wonderbox), Rait Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Yrjö Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Ryan (AlleyCorp), Eva Lau (Two Small Fish Ventures), Rob Eldridge (Tapas Capital), Andris K. Berzins (Change Ventures), Edward Lando (Biowear), Ott Kaukver (Pipedrive), Jose Marin (Serendipity Investments), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Martin Villig (Textmagic), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Varsha Rao (Nurx), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Mantas Mikuckas, Bob Young, Rohini Pandhi, Richard Branson, Markus Villig, Ragnar Sass, Martin Henk, Pete Koomen, Kevin Lin, Ameet Ranadive, Steve Chen, Adrian Aoun, Joshua Schachter
Trimian
Series UnknownOct 2017$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Esther Dyson (23andMe), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Vishal Makhijani (you.com), Greg Badros, Tuoc Luong
Finrise
SeedOct 2016$5M
$5.1M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Tim Chang (Mayfield Fund)
BrightCrowd
SeedOct 2016
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Luc Levesque (Facebook), Eric Chen (OVO Fund), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Joel Peterson (Eaglehead Capital)

Jeff Bonforte's Experience

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