| Company type | Early Stage Technology Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta , US |
Key people | Dave Gould, Partner Glenn McGonnigle, Partner Said Mohammadioun, Partner Thomas E. Noonan, Partner Tom McNeight, Partner Bill Jones, VP Daniel Ingevaldson, VP Patrick Taylor, VP |
| Website | http://www.techoperators.com |
TechOperators is an early stage venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity and B2B software. It is based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., and was founded in 2008.
TechOperators was established in 2008 [1] to focus on funding "early-stage firms too small and risky to attract traditional VC dollars and too big for angel investors" and is now investing out of its third fund. Led by veteran technology entrepreneurs and executives David Gould, Glenn McGonnigle, Said Mohammadioun, and Tom Noonan, the firm provides early stage capital financing from under $1m to $5 million. TechOperators takes an active role in their investments providing not only investment capital, but also applying their operational knowledge.[ citation needed ]
TechOperators raised $100m for its third and current fund. [3] Notable investments include Automox, Polarity, Tala Security, Todyl, Scytale (acquired by HPE [4] ) and Kyck Global.
TechOperators Fund II includes investments in Springbot, Phantom Cyber (acquired by Splunk [5] ), Flashpoint and Ionic Security (acquired by Twilio [6] ).
TechOperators raised $30 million for its inaugural fund in 2008. [1] In their first fund, TechOperators invested in Vocalocity, a VoIP company providing hosted pbx for small businesses, [7] Immunet (acquired by Sourcefire [8] ) and JouleX (acquired by Cisco).
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