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Tom Cole

Investor

General Partner, Investments & Portfolio at CatchLight Capital Partners

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Tom Cole is a General Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on secondary transactions. He brings over 25 years of experience across venture capital, software development, and e-commerce, including a decade as a General Partner at Trinity Ventures investing in early-stage technology companies, five years leading an e-commerce retailer through a successful private equity exit, and roles at venture platforms including Hone Capital and TransLink Capital.

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Experience

  1. Catchlight Capital PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. PantasticCo-Founder & CFO2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. TransLink CapitalVenture Partner2018 — 2020
  4. Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital)Managing Partner2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
  5. ValiMailAdvisor2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
  6. Beau-coupCEO2009 — 2015Mountain View, CA
  7. Trinity VenturesGeneral Partner1998 — 2008Menlo Park, CA
  8. Angel Investor / AdvisorAngel Investor / Startup Advisor2007
  9. PhotobucketInvestor2006 — 2007
  10. Sygate TechnologiesBoard of Directors2002 — 2005
  11. Speedera NetworksBoard of Directors2002 — 2005
  12. Wells FargoLead Software Architect1995 — 1997San Francisco

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
  2. Yale UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Skills & more

Management11Strategy33Strategic M&A1Cross-border M&A1Early Stage Investment1Secondary OfferingsPortfolio ManagementCapital FormationFinance5Business Development10Online Marketing40Return on Investment3
+12 moreSocial MediaMarketingNew MediaStrategic PartnershipsCorporate DevelopmentMergersVenture CapitalE-commerceMergers & AcquisitionsStart-upsSaaSEnterprise Software

Languages Mandarin Chinese

From Tom's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,141 more

Also attended Yale University491

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital)3

Veronica BreckenridgeFounder & Managing Partner at First Bight VenturesYuval ReismanCEO at Atitlan Asset ManagementKendrick KhoInvestor at Global Founders Capital

Also worked at ValiMail5

Juan Carlos SotoVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalBrian MeltonPartner at Tenaya CapitalSteve MockHead of Growth and Partnerships at Blumberg CapitalNitin ChopraManaging Director at Shasta VenturesThomas KraneManaging Director at Insight Partners

Also worked at Photobucket3

Frédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sergio MonsalveFounding Partner at Roble VenturesCraig ShermanPartner at Meritech Capital Partners

Also worked at Speedera Networks3

Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeShyam PillalamarriInvestor at Snow Hill PartnersChris SaccaInvestor at Lowercase Capital

Colleagues at CatchLight Capital Partners

Bryan Finkel
Venture Partner, Investing & Operations at CatchLight Capital Partners
Caroline Zhang
Investor at CatchLight Capital Partners
Greg Back
Founder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners
Jackson Polveri
Investor at CatchLight Capital Partners
Lee Fan
Venture Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners
Wei Jiang
Founder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners