Investing Profile

Walter Kortschak(62)

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

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

UCLA Anderson School of Management Network
31 CONNECTIONS
California Institute of Technology Network
14 CONNECTIONS
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Summit Partners Managing Partner
$5.0M - $50.0M
$20.0M
57
$42B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Elliptic
Series COct 2021$60M
Series BSep 2019$23M
Funding RoundDec 2017$5M
$88M
Co-investors: Stephen Trusheim (SignalFire), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Errol Damelin
Sightline Payments
Private Equity RoundAug 2021$240M
Private Equity RoundApr 2021$100M
Venture RoundSep 2016$3.2M
$350M
Torpago
Seed RoundAug 2021$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Carey Ransom (Operate)
Bubble
Series AJul 2021$100M
Seed RoundJun 2019$6.3M
$110M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Ross Mason (SignalFire), Ryan Hinkle (Insight Partners), Ali Partovi (Neo), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Charlie Songhurst (Acequia Capital), Michael Katz (mParticle), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Zach Weinberg (Operator Partners), Eric Rosenblum (Foothill Ventures (formerly Tsingyuan Ventures)), Eric Ries, Scott Belsky, Spencer Slaine, Nitesh Banta
Zeotap
Series CNov 2020$19M
$80M
Co-investors: Chris Scoggins (SignalFire), Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Julien-David Nitlech (Iris Capital), Eric Franchi (Math Capital), Christer Andersson (Sommet AB)
Playco
Series ASep 2020$100M
$100M
Co-investors: Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Keisuke Honda (Dreamers VC), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital)
Freshtohome
Series AMay 2019$11M
Convertible NoteJan 2016
$11M
Co-investors: David Krane (GV), Charles Seely (Hoxton Ventures), Rajan Anandan (Sequoia Capital India), Mark Pincus
Zume Pizza
Series BOct 2017$48M
Series AJul 2016
Seed RoundSep 2015
$48M
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Guimar Vaca Sittic (FJ Labs), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Grant Allen (SE Ventures), Vijay Chattha (VSC Ventures), Charles Seely (Hoxton Ventures)
Executive Chairman SignalFire2013 - Present
Producer/Principal End Cue2013 - 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
UCLA Anderson School of Management M.B.A. Finance
California Institute of Technology M.S. Engineering
Oregon State University B.S. Engineering