Investing Profile

Walter Kortschak(103)

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Former Managing Partner, Senior Advisor, Managing Partner, General Partner at Summit Partners
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8 Investors

Connected to Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), and 5 other investors on Signal.

Networks Walter is a member of
UCLA Anderson School of Management Network
44 CONNECTIONS
California Institute of Technology Network
16 CONNECTIONS
SignalFire Network
13 CONNECTIONS
University of Southern California Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Summit Partners Managing Partner
Investment Range
$5.0M - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$20.0M
Investments On Record
105
Current Fund Size
$42B

Walter Kortschak is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Walter Kortschak's Investments On Record (75)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Langbase
Pre SeedAug 2024
$550K
Co-investors: Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Amrit Saxena (Saxena Capital), Sam Awrabi (Banyan Ventures), Guy Podjarny, Amjad Masad
Stability AI
Series UnknownJun 2024$80M
$210M
£89M
Co-investors: Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Colin Bryant (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Effie Epstein (Sound Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Chris Denny-Brown (O'Shaughnessy Ventures), Jim O'Shaughnessy (O'Shaughnessy Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Mei Z.
Dune Security
SeedMay 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Sky Dayton (Craft Ventures), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures)
Rezi
SeedMay 2024
Deltia
SeedApr 2024$5M
$7M
Co-investors: Christian Dahlen (Band of Angels)
Skyflow
Series BMar 2024$27M
$98M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Paul Hsiao (Canvas Ventures), George Mathew (Insight Partners), Jeff Immelt (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Ashu Garg (Foundation Capital), Chris Gottschalk (Mouro Capital), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Gokul Rajaram, Jonathan Bush
Etched.ai
Series AMar 2024
$130M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Brian Schechter (Primary Venture Partners), Mei Z., Amjad Masad, Thomas Dohmke, Kyle Vogt, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Cheever
Finni Health
Series AMar 2024
Co-investors: Yusuf Sherwani

Walter Kortschak's Experience

Producer/Principal End Cue2013 - Present
Executive Chairman SignalFire2013 - Present
Managing Partner Kortschak Investments2010 - Present
Founder, USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity University of Southern California2009 - Present
Vice President/Associate Crosspoint Venture Partners1985 - 1989
Principal Software Engineer MSC Software1982 - 1985

Walter Kortschak's Education

UCLA Anderson School of Management M.B.A. Finance
California Institute of Technology M.S. Engineering
Oregon State University B.S. Engineering