Where does Eric Tobias work?

Eric Tobias is Partner at High Alpha and Board director at Backstroke and Board director at Mandolin and Board director at ChampionHQ.

What check size does Eric Tobias write?

Eric Tobias typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What boards does Eric Tobias sit on?

Eric Tobias holds tracked board seats at Backstroke, Base HQ, Inc., Board Management Software, Casted, ChampionHQ, ClearScholar, Docket HQ, Inc., Doxly, Flaunt Software, Lessonly.

Where did Eric Tobias go to school?

Eric Tobias studied at Indiana University Bloomington; Cathedral High School.

Eric Tobias

InvestorFounder

Partner at High Alpha · Board director at Backstroke · Board director at Mandolin · Board director at ChampionHQ

Indianapolis, Indiana

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Co-founder of High Alpha, a serial entrepreneur and former Salesforce executive.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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Board director at Backstroke

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Backstroke's investors · 2

Ground Game VenturesIndianapolis · since 2024 High AlphaIndianapolis · since 2025

Co-founders at Backstroke

Tyler HillFounder

Board director at Mandolin

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Mandolin's investors · 7

645 VenturesNew York · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021 Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks High AlphaIndianapolis · since 2021 Maverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checks SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks SV AngelSan Francisco TimelessBal Harbour

Co-founders at Mandolin

Mary Kay HuseExecutive Officer, Director

Will YinCEO & Co-Founder

Rohit RustagiCo-Founder & COO

Board director at ChampionHQ

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ChampionHQ's investors · 1

High AlphaIndianapolis · since 2024

Co-founders at ChampionHQ

Jeffrey ReekersExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

OpendateCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
High AlphaCo-Founder & Operating Partnercurrent2024 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
High AlphaCo-Founder & Partner2015 — 2024Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Forty5Partnercurrent2019 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
StitchBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
BackstrokeBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
ChampionBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
FlauntBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
Boardable, Board Management SoftwareBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
The Vogue TheaterPartnercurrent2019 — presentIndianapolis, IN, United States
Lessonly by SeismicCo-Founder2012 — 2021
SalesforceVice President, Product2012 — 2015Greater Indianapolis
iGoDigitalFounder & CEO2004 — 2012Greater Indianapolis
Technuity, Inc.Founder2001 — 2007Greater Indianapolis
Batteries.comFounder1999 — 2007Greater Indianapolis

Education

Indiana University Bloomington1995 — 1998
Cathedral High School1990 — 1994

Skills & more

E-commerce85Entrepreneurship49Start-ups44Strategic Partnerships29Sales19Digital Marketing16Online Advertising17Email Marketing14Lead Generation10Marketing11Online Marketing9Cloud Computing9

+12 more

RetailIntegrated MarketingMobile DevicesDirect MarketingBusiness StrategyCRMAnalyticsOrganic SearchStrategyLeadershipManagementStrategic Planning

From Eric's professional profile.

Deals · 13

Flaunt SoftwareBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Jun 2026 · $1.5M raise

BackstrokeBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Jul 2025 · $4.8M raise

ChampionHQBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Sep 2024 · $5.2M raise

Board Management SoftwareBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Jun 2022 · $5M raise

Woven TeamsBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed May 2022 · $5.9M raise

Pillar SoftwareBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Mar 2022 · $2.8M raise

Docket HQ, Inc.Board seat

via High Alpha · filed Sep 2021 · $3M raise

MandolinBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Jun 2021 · $12M raise

Base HQ, Inc.Board seat

via High Alpha · filed Jun 2021 · $2M raise

CastedBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Jan 2020 · $2.8M raise

Loupe SoftwareBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Dec 2019 · $2.3M raise

DoxlyBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Sep 2016 · $2.3M raise

LessonlyBoard seat

via High Alpha · filed Mar 2016 · $5.2M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

ClearScholarStructural

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at High Alpha

Amanda Carroll

Senior Executive Assistant & Director of Real Estate at High Alpha

Ashley Blevins

Director of HR and Talent at High Alpha

Blake Koriath

Partner and CFO at High Alpha

Brooke Lamb

Senior HR Business Partner at High Alpha

Claire Kelley

Design Lead at High Alpha

Eric Goodman

VP, General Counsel at High Alpha

Jon Hubartt

VP, Design & Product at High Alpha

Katelyn Vierk

Investor at High Alpha

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Fred WilsonScout

Co-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures

Brad FeldScout

Co-founder of Foundry and Techstars

JimScout

Managing partner of Maven Ventures, a consumer-focused micro-VC fund and incubator in Palo Alto

Mark ClerkinScout

Venture Partner at High Alpha

Matt MurphyScout

Partner at Menlo Ventures

Byron Deeter

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Ade Olonoh

Mostly playing poker these days; formerly created Formstack and Formspring.

Benedict Rocchio

Venture Partner and Senior Advisor at Baird Capital

Blake Koriath

Partner and CFO at High Alpha

Brad Coffey

Investor at Silversmith Capital Partners

David Golden

Managing Partner, Revolution Ventures

David Kerr

Managing Director at Allos Ventures

▶4 more connections

Don Aquilano Katie Kopan Kristian Andersen Samantha Ginther

Investors connected to Eric in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Eric Tobias?: Co-founder of High Alpha, a serial entrepreneur and former Salesforce executive.
Where does Eric Tobias work?: Eric Tobias is Partner at High Alpha and Board director at Backstroke and Board director at Mandolin and Board director at ChampionHQ.
What check size does Eric Tobias write?: Eric Tobias typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What boards does Eric Tobias sit on?: Eric Tobias holds tracked board seats at Backstroke, Base HQ, Inc., Board Management Software, Casted, ChampionHQ, ClearScholar, Docket HQ, Inc., Doxly, Flaunt Software, Lessonly.
Where did Eric Tobias go to school?: Eric Tobias studied at Indiana University Bloomington; Cathedral High School.