C Squared Ventures
Venture capitalScottsdale · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
C Squared is a privately held and privately financed investment group comprising two funds invested in three companies and an IP holding company, with a team directly involved in developing and growing its portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 2, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
Co-founder of C Squared and co-inventor of FinaTech's technology. A veteran CFO and banker who worked on early mortgage pass-through and REMIC structures and, with Scott Smith, structured the nation's first mixed-property CRE mortgage pool.
Co-founder of C Squared and board member of MPT and Fathym. Founder and CEO of ThoraGenix Innovations, with over twenty years of entrepreneurial experience across medical device sales and company-building.
Co-founder of C Squared and co-inventor of FinaTech's technology. A structured finance pioneer on Wall Street who helped develop early loan securitization models and structured financing for South Africa's Mandela-era redevelopment program; author of 'A Tale of Two Economies.'
Joined C Squared at inception and is a co-inventor of FinaTech's IP. A Stanford graduate in neuroscience and emerging technologies, he supports IP development, licensing, asset protection, legal documentation, and go-to-market strategy.
Advises C Squared on its portfolio companies and serves on Fathym's board. President of Harbor Research, a consulting firm serving Fortune 500 industrial automation and Industrial IoT companies.
A Washington DC-based partner at law firm King and Spalding who advises FinaTech on regulatory and business development matters, including SEC engagement, and helped shape FinaTech's channel partnership program.
Advises C Squared on MPT's patent portfolio. A renowned computer scientist known for Gustafson's Law and the Unum number format, a former Intel Labs director and AMD chief product architect, and currently a Visiting Scholar at Arizona State University.
Co-founder of portfolio company Massively Parallel and inventor of MPT's technology and patent portfolio, plus a co-inventor of FinaTech's IP. A computational expert and Mensa member with 40+ patents and multiple DARPA grants.
Joined C Squared as a managing member in 2012, overseeing investor relations and helping manage business development and partner alliances for Massively Parallel. Previously spent 20+ years in the medical device field and earlier worked in food and beverage capital investment.
Investments · 5 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathPortfolio company involved in industrial automation.
Structured finance technology company; C Squared holds related IP.
Develops patented computational IP for structuring private equity funds, including its Launch Enhancer solution that lets GPs acquire portfolio assets before capitalizing a fund.
Portfolio company developing parallel processing technology (referred to as MPT).
Developer of SelfAware Compute technology that reduces energy consumption and increases code execution speed for data centers; originally built advanced parallel processing tech for DARPA.
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does C Squared Ventures focus on?
- C Squared Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Where is C Squared Ventures located?
- C Squared Ventures is headquartered in Scottsdale, US.
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