News from Valhalla July 2012 - Volume 18
Valhalla Partners

Portfolio News

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Jumptap, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Jumptap, the stalwart mobile tech company based in Cambridge, MA, raises $27.5 million in a new financing round.

IPO or Acquisition Coming?

Valhallans in the News

Josh Resnik joins the Valhalla Team as Venture Advisor

Josh has more than 15 years experience in technology and media. He has proven success as an executive in leading organizations to high levels of performance, including generating more than $4 billion in revenue across a variety of roles.

This Month's News Stories

7.31.12 SEPATON Names Marie O'Brien Vice President of Federal Sales

20+ year sales executive experience in federal sector

7.24.12 Jumptap Appoints Frank Weishaupt to COO and John Hadl to Join Company Board

Weishaupt brings more than 15 years of digital media experience

7.23.12 Former Chief Software Architect of NBCUniversal Joins Nirvanix as Chief Strategy Officer

Dru Borden has over 15 years of experience in application development and software architecture

7.19.12 The Evolution of 'Programmatic Buying' Into 'Programmatic Premium'

AdExhchanger column written by Ran Cohen, president and co-founder of Legolas Media

7.19.12 Geomagic Expands its Global Presence into India

3D Imaging and Inspection in Demand as Country Focuses on Increasing and Optimizing its Manufacturing Economy

7.19.12 Agencies Need Social Media, But It's Not Clear Social Media Needs Agencies

Adaptly CEO Nikhil Sethi interviewed by AdExhchanger

7.16.12 SEPATON Names Kevin Shea Senior Vice President of Engineering

25+ years of experience in IT engineering and executive leadership

7.13.12 The stealth success of PostgreSQL

Simon Phipps on EnterpriseDB: "This company is actually taking business away from Oracle so effectively that it's seen an 80 percent revenue growth in the last year."

7.12.12 Adaptly CEO Interview with The MakeGood

Adaptly's Nikhil Sethi on Enabling Brands to Easily Buy Across Multiple Social Systems

7.11.12 Valhalla Changes Strategy, Makes Hires

Valhalla Partners has hired Randy Jacops as a venture partner and has at least two other hires in the works

7.11.12 SolidFire to Demonstrate Flash-Based Quality-of-Service Technology at HostingCon 2012

SolidFire Executive to Present a Session on Application Storage Alternatives in the Cloud

7.5.12 Parature Helps TMA Resources to Collect Nearly 12,000 Meals for Area Food Bank

TMA Resources Social Responsibility Efforts Motivate Parature and Other Organizations to Give Back

7.2.12 Jumptap Closes $27.5M Financing Round

IPO or Acquisition Coming?

7.1.12 Valhalla's GetWellNetwork wins the NVTC 2012 Hottest Company Culture Award

Annual Event Puts the Spotlight on the Region's "Hot" Technology Companie

The Valhalla Team

Investment Staff

Charles Curran, General Partner

Harry D'Andrea, Administrative General Partner

Dan Gordon, Director of Research

Kevin Greene, Partner

Kiran Hebbar, General Partner

Randy Jacops, Venture Partner

Hooks Johnston, General Partner

Art Marks, Managing General Partner

Josh Resnik, Venture Advisor

Gene Riechers, Senior Advisor

Administrative Staff

Claudia Bartz, Executive Assistant, Office Manager

Sara Endicott, Executive Assistant

Bibiana Speroni, Executive Assistant, Finance and Research

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