Tom Cole
InvestorGeneral 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.
Experience
- Catchlight Capital PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- PantasticCo-Founder & CFO2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- TransLink CapitalVenture Partner2018 — 2020
- Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital)Managing Partner2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
- ValiMailAdvisor2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
- Beau-coupCEO2009 — 2015Mountain View, CA
- Trinity VenturesGeneral Partner1998 — 2008Menlo Park, CA
- Angel Investor / AdvisorAngel Investor / Startup Advisor2007
- PhotobucketInvestor2006 — 2007
- Sygate TechnologiesBoard of Directors2002 — 2005
- Speedera NetworksBoard of Directors2002 — 2005
- Wells FargoLead Software Architect1995 — 1997San Francisco
Skills & more
Management11Strategy33Strategic M&A1Cross-border M&A1Early Stage Investment1Secondary OfferingsPortfolio ManagementCapital FormationFinance5Business Development10Online Marketing40Return on Investment3
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Social MediaMarketingNew MediaStrategic PartnershipsCorporate DevelopmentMergersVenture CapitalE-commerceMergers & AcquisitionsStart-upsSaaSEnterprise SoftwareLanguages Mandarin Chinese
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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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tom Cole?
- 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.
- Where does Tom Cole work?
- Tom Cole is General Partner, Investments & Portfolio at CatchLight Capital Partners.
- Where did Tom Cole go to school?
- Tom Cole studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Yale University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).
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