How many investments has Opus Capital made?

Opus Capital has 32 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited.

What stage does Opus Capital invest at?

Opus Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.

Where is Opus Capital located?

Opus Capital is headquartered in Burlingame, US.

Who does Opus Capital co-invest with?

Opus Capital most often shares deals with Lightspeed Venture Partners, August Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 82 tracked co-investors.

Opus Capital

Venture capital

Burlingame · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 20 people tracked

Also known as OPUS CAPITAL GROUP LLC · Opus Capital Group, Llc

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Investment thesis

Opus Capital focuses on early-stage funding of technology companies, drawing on more than 60 years of collective operating experience at market-leading firms such as AOL, Decru, EFI, Juniper Networks, Radius and UUNet. The firm partners with committed, high-integrity entrepreneurs who have a clear vision for how their technology can create new markets. It encourages founders to reach out directly to the general partner whose expertise and sector experience most closely aligns with their company.

Invests inCloud Computing Consumer Data & Infrastructure Deep Tech Enterprise Software Hardware SaaSSector AgnosticSemiconductors Burlingame Cincinnati Israel North America United States

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Late Stage

Burlingame, California, US

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2005

AUM

$1.5B

VC funds

Tracked investments

Unicorns

IPOs

Acquisitions

Team · 20 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Judith Estrin· Founder and CEO, Packet Design, LLC

Judith Estrin is a technology entrepreneur and executive who currently serves as CEO of JLABS, LLC and previously led Packet Design, LLC. She was Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000 after Cisco acquired her company Precept Software, and earlier co-founded Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, and Precept Software. She authored "Closing the Innovation Gap" (2008) and holds a B.S. in math and computer science from UCLA and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford.

Phil Greer· Special Limited Partner

Phil Greer has decades of venture capital experience and was a founding partner of Weiss, Peck & Greer in 1971, where he provided ongoing leadership. He was an early investor in and director of Federal Express Corporation from 1974 to 2008. Before founding Weiss, Peck & Greer, he worked at White, Weld & Co. and A.G. Becker & Co. He holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Dan Avida· General Partner

Dan Avida is a General Partner at Opus Capital with an operating background in building and scaling technology companies. He co-founded storage security company Decru Inc. in 2001, serving as President and CEO until its 2005 acquisition by Network Appliance, and was previously a founding member of Electronics for Imaging (EFI), where he led the Fiery project and rose to Chairman and CEO. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Technion and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Force.

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Joseph Cutts· CFO and Administrative Partner

Joseph Cutts brings 25 years of financial and operational leadership across multiple industries. From 1997 to 2007 he was an executive officer at Electronics for Imaging (NASDAQ:EFII), holding roles including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and previously spent 11 years in finance and accounting roles at Hills Bros. Coffee and Nestle Beverage Company. He holds a finance degree from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master's from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

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Serge Plotkin· Venture Partner

Serge Plotkin is a venture partner at Opus Capital, where he sources and evaluates investments and provides technical support to portfolio companies. He is an associate professor of Computer Science at Stanford University (since 1989) and co-founded the storage encryption company Decru in 2001 with Opus Capital's Dan Avida, serving as CTO and VP of engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ben Gurion University, and has published over a hundred technical papers and holds fourteen patents.

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John M. Thompson· Chairman of the Board, TD Bank Financial Group· New York, New York, United Statesin

John Thompson is Chairman of the Board of TD Bank Financial Group and the retired Vice Chairman of the IBM Board of Directors. During a career at IBM from 1966 to 2004, he held roles including CEO of IBM Canada, Corporate Vice President of Marketing, and Group Executive over the company's worldwide software and server businesses. He holds a degree in Engineering Science and has completed executive programs at the University of Western Ontario and Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business.

Regis McKenna

Regis McKenna founded Regis McKenna, Inc., a high tech marketing firm, more than 35 years ago; the firm worked with early-stage technology companies including America Online, Apple Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intel, National Semiconductor, Silicon Graphics, and 3Com. Retired from active consulting since 2000, he now works as a seed investor in high tech ventures and has authored five books on technology marketing. He is a founding member of Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology & Society and a trustee of the university.

Sam Nunn· Co-Chairman and CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative

Sam Nunn is Co-Chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, an organization focused on reducing threats from nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. He served as a United States Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996) and previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, and is retired from the law firm King & Spalding. He is a professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech and chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; he studied at Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Emory Law School.

Sanford R. Robertson· Partner, Francisco Partners

Sanford R. Robertson helped establish the West Coast technology banking industry beginning in the late 1960s. He founded Robertson, Coleman, Siebel & Weisel (later Montgomery Securities) and in 1978 founded Robertson, Stephens & Company, a technology investment bank he chaired until its sale to BankAmerica in 1998. He is a principal with Francisco Partners, a technology buyout fund, and holds BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan.

Abraham Herbert Fruchthandler· Executive Officer

Alan Howard Schechter· Executive Officer

Dunbar McGavock· Executive Officer

Gabe Judah Feder· Executive Officer

Isaac Fruchthandler· Director

Josh Raphael Spierer· Executive Officer

Maziar Jake Arjang· Executive Officer

Neil Avery Simon· Executive Officer

Paul Pless· Executive Officer· Birmingham, Alabama, United Statesin

Yehoshua Leib Fruchthandler· Executive Officer

Gill Cogan· General Partner

Gill Cogan is a General Partner at Opus Capital with over 25 years of venture capital experience in software, communications, and semiconductors. Before Opus, he was a founding partner and Managing Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and Managing General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, and earlier ran the West Coast operations of Adler & Company and helped form an early independent Israeli venture fund. He previously served as CEO of Formtek Inc. and holds an MBA from UCLA.

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Founder mafia

4 people who came through Opus Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

Dan AvidaGeneral PartnerFounded Engageli +1 Jason StarrAssociateFounded Awakened Foods Ayal YogevSenior Associate InternFounded Anjuna Rohit GuptaAssociateFounded Sentenai

What they invest in

from 12 of 32 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Marketing Tech ×4Cloud Computing ×3AdTech ×2Cybersecurity ×2

HQs:United States×13

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies

88%

solo founders

7 of 8 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×1

Investments · 32 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2020 · 1 2019 · 1 2016 · 2 2015 · 3 2014 · 18 dated

Courseracoursera.org in 𝕏NYSE: COURAug 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Coursera is an online learning platform offering courses, certificates, and career programs from universities and companies such as Google.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaSMountain View, US

Daphne Koller(Co-Founder & President)in Andrew Ng(Director)inRichard Levin(Chief Executive Officer)

Board Scott Sandell(Director)in John Doerr(Director)in

Board seat Dan Avida· per SEC Form D · $62.6M raise · filed Sep 2015

Co-investorsAllied Venture Partners Felicis Ventures G Squared GSV Ventures Kleiner Perkins Learn Capital +10 more

Cienaciena.comNYSE: CIEN

Ciena is a NYSE-listed American optical networking systems, routing and automation software company based in Hanover, Maryland.

Gary B. Smith(President and Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners CRV (Charles River Ventures)Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Kleiner Perkins Norwest Venture Partners Rho Capital Partners +2 more

Solaredgesolaredge.comNASDAQ: SEDG

Develops a unique photo-voltaic power harvesting system that provides high performance in real-life scenarios.

Guy Sella Shuki Nir inYehoshua (Shuki) Nir(Chief Executive Officer / Director)

Co-investorsJerusalem Global Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners Prelude Ventures

Cloud4Wicloud4wi.com in 𝕏Feb 2020

Cloud4Wi provides a cloud platform that manages guest WiFi and location-based services across physical venues, serving global brands in retail, hospitality, transportation, and real estate.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Andrea Calcagno(Executive Officer, Director)inDavide Quadrini(Director)Scott Ackerman(Director)

BoardMassimiliano Magrini(Director)in

Board seat Gill Cogan· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsUnited Ventures

Panzura inDec 2016

Campbell, US

John Taylor(Executive Officer, Director)inPatrick Harr(Executive Officer, Director)

Board Andrew Verhalen(Director)in Paul Madera(Director)inMark Santora(Director)

Board seat Gill Cogan· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsChevron Technology Ventures Khosla Ventures Matrix Meritech Capital Partners

Sisensesisense.com in 𝕏Jun 2019

Sisense provides embedded analytics software that enables teams to integrate data visualization and insights into business applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Ariel Katz(Chief Executive Officer)inAmir Orad(Executive Officer, Director)inTodd Sloan(Executive Officer)in

Board Teddie Wardi(Director)in Bob Goodman(Director)in Itzik Parnafes(Director)in

Board seat Dan Avida· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBattery Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Insight Partners AUTHENTIC VENTURES Claltech Founders Circle Capital +7 more

Space-Time Insightspacetimeinsight.comSep 2016Acquired

Space-Time Insight builds geospatial visual analytics and industrial IoT software for utilities, energy, transportation and manufacturing.

San Mateo, US

Rob Schilling(Chief Executive Officer)

Board James Huff(Director)inBill Kingsley(Director)Jasvir Gill(Director)John Luongo(Director)

Board seat Gill Cogan· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsClearSky Zouk Capital EnerTech Capital

AlertEnterprisealertenterprise.com in 𝕏

AlertEnterprise offers the Guardian AI Platform, which unifies physical access control, identity management, and AI-driven decisioning across an organization's doors, systems, and employees.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFremont, US

Jasvir Gill(Founder)in

Co-investorsKleiner Perkins

Apteligentapteligent.com

Provides mobile application intelligence solutions enabling enterprises to accelerate their mobile business.

Co-investorsAngelPad GV (Google Ventures)Kleiner Perkins Shasta Ventures

Aptrinsicaptrinsic.com in 𝕏acquired by Gainsight

Data & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsStorm Ventures

Aquantiamarvell.com in 𝕏Mar 2015acquired by Marvell Technology · May 2019 · $452M

Marvell designs custom silicon and provides interconnect and network switch products for AI data center infrastructure, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and telecom carriers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Phil Delansay(Co-Founder; President & CEO (2004-2009), later SVP Business Development)Ramin Farjadrad(Co-Founder; Chief Architect (2005-2012), later VP Technology Development)inRamin Shirani(Senior Vice President, Engineering; Director)Linda Reddick(Senior Vice President, Finance (previously Chief Financial Officer, Sept. 2009-Jan. 2016))Phillippe Delansay(Executive Officer)Mark Voll(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsAllegisCyber Capital August Capital Celesta Capital GLOBALFOUNDRIES ICCP Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners +10 more

Ark PESarkpes.com

Ark provides a customizable digital platform for venture capital and private equity firms to manage investor communications, performance reporting, and document sharing with their limited partners.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAcies Investments Aloft VC Alta Partners Amity Ventures Artis Ventures Asymmetric Capital Partners +21 more

Blue Nilebluenile.com in 𝕏

Blue Nile is an online retailer of diamonds, engagement rings, wedding bands, and fine jewelry featuring diamonds, pearls, and gemstones in precious metals.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSeattle, US

Co-investorsAugust Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners Lobby Capital Windspeed Ventures ACE & Company

Brocadebrocade.com

Kumar Malavalli(Founder)in

Co-investorsNorwest Venture Partners

Devpostdevpost.com in 𝕏

Devpost operates a platform that hosts software competitions (hackathons) for developers, serving customers including corporations, non-profits, government agencies, and universities.

Developer ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Brandon Kessler(Founder)in

Dome9dome9.com inacquired by Check Point

Check Point offers a prevention-first cloud security platform that protects applications, workloads, network, and APIs across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity

Co-investorsJAL Ventures Ltd.ORR Partners SoftBank Group

Edunavedunav.com

Leading provider of student academic planning and institutional resource optimization for higher education.

Co-investorsLearn Capital

Insighterainsightera.com

Learning B2B personalization and targeting platform that helps marketers personalize onsite experiences based on prospect data.

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture Partners Glilot Capital Partners

Jivoxjivox.com in

Jivox operates DaVinci Commerce, an AI platform that generates personalized ad creatives and orchestrates omnichannel campaigns across retail and commerce media networks, and builds brand-curated conversational shopping experiences inside LLMs such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSan Mateo, US

Diaz Nesamoney(Founder & CEO)inJaimie Villacarlos(Chief Growth and Partnerships Officer)inAnna Luo(Chief Marketing and Customer Innovation Officer)inLeo Yen(Chief Financial Officer)Claudia Rafello(Chief People Officer)inTaran Singh(Chief Technology Officer)in

Kidarokidaro.com

Leverages desktop virtualization to bring improved manageability and security to enterprise desktop computing.

Lotamelotame.com in 𝕏No public record

Lotame provides a data exchange marketplace and the Spherical data collaboration platform, which help marketers connect, enrich, activate, and target audience data across identity, curated marketplaces, and audience analytics.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechColumbia, US

Andy Monfried(CEO)inMichael Sullivan(Executive Officer)Jeremy Pinkham(Executive Officer)inAdam Lehman(Executive Officer)in

BoardSatya Patel(Director)Jason Green(Director)in

Co-investorsBattery Ventures Savano Capital Partners Sozo Ventures Emergence Capital Partners TrueBridge Capital Partners

Provepayfone.com

Phone-centric identity platform that helps companies mitigate fraud while accelerating revenue and reducing operational expenses.

Co-investorsBlue Venture Funds MassMutual Ventures Second Alpha Partners Capital One Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

PayfoneAdaptecAdMobiusArrayentNicira NetworksProdeaSpiderCloud WirelessSprintTrapxWanova

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 8

3 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 7

CourseraNYSE: COURCienaNYSE: CIENSolaredgeNASDAQ: SEDGAptrinsicacq. by GainsightAquantiaacq. by Marvell TechnologyDome9acq. by Check PointNicira Networksacq. by VMware

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Ciena options suggest 9.4% stock move after earnings release By Investing.com

Ciena · investing.com · Aug 27, 2026

Aligned raises $60 million Series B to streamline messy B2B sales processes | Ctech

Sisense · calcalistech.com · Jul 1, 2026

Blue Nile Inc. - Wikipedia

Blue Nile · en.wikipedia.org · Jun 16, 2026

Cloud4Wi Secures $2. | SignalBase

Cloud4Wi · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026

Jivox Raises Strategic Financing, Rebrands As DaVinci Commerce To Power The New Era Of Agentic Commerce Marketing

Jivox · finance.yahoo.com · Jan 12, 2026

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 2

as of Sep 2025

Fund	Vintage	Committed	Net IRR	TVPI	DPI
Opus Capital Venture Partners VILPs: Oregon Public Employees Retirement System	2011	—	-10.1%	0.64x	0.64x
Opus Capital Venture Partners VLPs: Oregon Public Employees Retirement System	2006	—	-1.5%	0.89x	0.89x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Opus Capital made?: Opus Capital has 32 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited.
What stage does Opus Capital invest at?: Opus Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Opus Capital focus on?: Opus Capital focuses on Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
Where is Opus Capital located?: Opus Capital is headquartered in Burlingame, US.
Who does Opus Capital co-invest with?: Opus Capital most often shares deals with Lightspeed Venture Partners, August Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 82 tracked co-investors.

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