Why this US investor is on the hunt for European founders
A US investor’s love letter to European startups. You might think that as an American investor in the heart of the tech startup universe — Silicon Valley — I’d want to stay local in my…
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“As the number of senior women increases, the numbers of females at all levels will increase.” with Ryan Floyd and Tyler Gallagher
Change must happen from the top. We need to increase the number of female partners in venture firms. As the number of senior women increases, the numbers of females at all levels will increase. Don’t…
There’s no need to fear AI: It will create as many jobs as it steals
It is understandable that automation and its effect on jobs is the subject of much recent debate. Visions of robots doing all of our work and computers telling us our future is a scary picture….
Why we need to give more funding to female entrepreneurs
We all know the dismal figures for the lack of women on boards and the rarity of female investors, now the attention has turned to the number of women receiving funding. In honour of International…
Why Storm invested in Workato
As enterprises continue to migrate applications and workflows to the cloud, Storm has been interested in investing in companies that make that process even more compelling and easier. Companies need to be able to connect…
Getting Outside of Silicon Valley
Storm Ventures is an early stage investor and partner for enterprise leaders. I am not a road warrior. I don’t even spend a week a month on the road. But as an investor, I see…
Gather
Recently in January, Storm was fortunate enough to invest in Gather, an Atlanta based company focused on event management SaaS. I say fortunate because we are always grateful when we find a team and opportunity…
The Story behind Digital Shadows
With the next round of financing behind us and a great new investor, Fred Wang from Trinity Ventures, on the board, I thought I would look back at why we invested in Digital Shadows just…
Storm Celebrates 15th Anniversary
In 2000 Tae Hea, Alex, Sanjay, Dick and myself founded Storm Ventures. We have had many struggles and many successes. This past June we celebrated our 15 year anniversary along with our Annual Meeting. …
AtScale has Soul
A Storm portfolio company AtScale made a little noise this week in the press mostly around detailing the recent financing. Some of you might have heard of the company before: it got a lot of…