Brexit will bring chaos but as an investor it won’t put me off
If I could vote for Britain’s EU status from an eight hour time zone away, I would vote to keep the UK in Europe for many reasons. However, as an American and an investor in…
The Need for Speed
It has been almost 18 months since we invested in Workato and first wrote about our thinking behind the business. With the announcement of their next round of financing, I thought I would revisit some…
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…
The First Date – Just Get Out the Slides
I have had a few meetings in the last few weeks that have reminded me how important some structure is for the first date – or at least when you are really pitching – just…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Helping to Recruit and Build Teams.
It is a goal to help wherever I can and get out of the way when I can’t. Helping to recruit and build teams is one way I can do something other than write a…