ALLEN PREGER
InvestorPartner at Building Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Allen Preger is a partner at Building Ventures, leading the firm's West Coast presence from San Francisco and focusing on built environment technology startups. He previously co-founded Newforma, where he served as Chief Product Officer and later as VP of Global Strategy in London, and earlier spent a decade at Softdesk (later acquired by Autodesk, where he worked as a product manager on early BIM products). He holds a BA in economics and math from Occidental College.
Invests in
Construction TechPropTech
Experience
- Building VenturesPartnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ParspecInvestor, Board Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HyparInvestor, Board Directorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HELIX REBoard Director2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Borealis VenturesOperating Partner2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- NewformaCo-Founder2003 — 2016
- MarinsoftPartner1998 — 2003
- Autodesk, Inc.Director of Product Management1997 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area
- Softdesk, Inc.Managing Director, Asia Pacific1993 — 1997Singapore
- Archsoft GroupApplication Engineer, Sales1989 — 1993San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Occidental CollegeBS, Economics and Math1983 — 1987
Skills & more
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EntrepreneurshipGo-to-market StrategySalesforce.comSolution SellingProfessional ServicesProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentNewformaSoftware DesignProduct MarketingConsultingAgile MethodologiesFrom ALLEN's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Occidental College22
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Shared employers
Also worked at Parspec4
Also worked at Hypar1
Also worked at Borealis Ventures10
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Also worked at Newforma6
Investments
Board seats
HyparParspec
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Building Ventures
Network6
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