Early-stage Venture
Capital with a Focus on the
Mobility & Wireless Ecosystem

Devices & Sensors

Computing

Networking

Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Cloud

How We're Different

Significant Sector Advantage

Our experience and networks give us a sustainable competitive advantage in the mobility ecosystem

Experienced Operators

Our experience and networks give us a sustainable competitive advantage in the mobility ecosystem

Founder Success Platform

We are the only early-stage VC firm with a proprietary platform for Founder Success. This includes certified EOS® implementation

We've Been Founders, Operators, Investors, and Limited Partners.

Collectively we’ve invested in over a dozen unicorns.

The Stormbreaker Team

Andy Funk

Partner

Andy is a serial entrepreneur and founder with multiple exits. He brings 25 years of experience as an operator and builder to each portfolio company. Always “sitting in the founder’s seat”, Andy helps to build companies from the ground up. 

Most recently, Andy co-founded and served as CEO of OverWatchID, which sold to SailPoint Technologies Inc. (NYSE: SAIL) in 2019.

– Serial Entrepreneur with Multiple Exits
– 3X Founder
– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Active Angel Investor

Glenn Lurie

Partner

Glenn brings more than 30 years’ experience scaling and leading multi-billion-dollar businesses to the Stormbreaker portfolio. With extensive experience leading public companies, Glenn is skilled at growing innovative businesses within larger organizations and catapulting businesses and teams to their next phases of growth.

Most recently the President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss Technologies. Prior to Synchronoss, Glenn served as President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations where he successfully grew AT&T into the nation’s leading wireless and consumer business.

– Former President, CEO, and Board Member of Synchronoss Technologies
– Former President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations
– Board Member of Avis Budget Group, Pivotal Commware, Teal Communications, and Blue Link Wireless
– Veteran Startup Advisor

Mark Freed

Partner

Mark brings over 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector to Stormbreaker, with deep experience in business development, finance, investor relations, and operations. He has served as both an entrepreneur and early-stage investor, with multiple successful exits.

Mark is a Managing Member of Eastlake Terminal / ETLL Railcar Repair & Cleaning, and was recently a Senior Vice President at Sendero Midstream Partners.

– Active Angel Investor & Serial Founder
– SVP at Sendero Midstream ($600M Sale to Crestwood Midstream)
– SVP at Intensity Midstream (Sale to Energy Transfer Partners)
– GP and Division Head at High Sierra Energy ($660M Sale to NGL Energy Partners LP)

Said Mia

Managing Partner

Said brings years of experience as an investor and advisor to Stormbreaker’s portfolio companies. He saw the opportunity and the need in the ecosystem to combine the agility of a small fund with the deep bench and resources of a larger one. With Stormbreaker, Said is bringing “more” back to venture, back to partnerships.

– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Behind Several Top Tech IPOs & M&A Deals
– Seasoned TMT Investment Banker
– Former eCommerce Startup Founder

Allison Light

Venture Advisor

Allison Light brings over 15 years of experience in brand strategy, positioning, and go-market-strategy for B2B and B2C companies, across industries from FinTech to Healthcare, Climatech, and Longevity.

Allison founded Lightweight Consulting, working with venture funds, startups, and high-growth companies on brand, marketing and PR. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Allison was a managing director at West Ventures, a marketing firm purpose-built to work with venture-backed startups around the world. She began her career at Goldman Sachs & Co. working in both Asset Backed Securities and Alternative Investment groups. After earning her MBA, Allison spent four years in Southeast Asia as a fellow of the Malaysia Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, focused on strategic initiatives to catalyze the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

-Founder, Lightweight
-Managing Director, West Ventures
-Fellow, Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, Malaysia
-Analyst, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York
-M.B.A. Duke Fuqua School of Business
-B.A. Cultural Anthropology, Columbia University (Magna Cum Laude)

Bart Lorang

Venture Partner & EOS Implementer-in-Residence

Bart brings an enhanced sense of entrepreneurial empathy with 30+ years experience starting and scaling technology companies from 0 to over 500 people. He has both bootstrapped companies and raised over $100M in capital. He is the only Professional EOS Implementer(R)  in the world focused on working with early-stage, VC-backed technology companies.

He was most recently the Founder & CEO of FullContact, an Identity Resolution SaaS company headquartered in Denver, with offices in Israel and India, as well as Contacts+, the world’s largest independent contact management platform. He previously co-founded v1.vc, a seed-stage venture capital firm and was the President of Dimension Technology Solutions.

– Professional EOS Implementer(R)
– Co-founder & CEO, FullContact
– Co-founder & CEO, Contacts+
– Co-founder, v1.vc
– 4x Founder (3 exits, 1 active)

Patrick Shutt

Venture Partner

A leader in the telecom, IoT and mobility, and adjacent software sectors for more than 25 years, Patrick brings a depth of experience and an extensive track record of success.  Patrick has held strategic leadership positions including Founder, CEO, COO as well as President and Board Member of high profile and fast-growing technology companies, both public and privately held.

Patrick is currently Board Chairman, Founder & Managing Director of Durham & Black, a strategic advisory firm specializing in the tech/telecoms market.

-Co-founded Universal Access and grew the company to $144m in four years as CEO
-Grew private cloud and information technology company from $2m to $50m annual revenue 
-Involved in over $800m in capital transactions
-Led IPO as CEO, raising $240m in equity and valuing the business at greater than $5b

Andy Funk

Glenn Lurie

Mark Freed

Said Mia

Allison Light

Bart Lorang

Patrick Shutt

Partner

Andy is a serial entrepreneur and founder with multiple exits. He brings 25 years of experience as an operator and builder to each portfolio company. Always “sitting in the founder’s seat”, Andy helps to build companies from the ground up. 

Most recently, Andy co-founded and served as CEO of OverWatchID, which sold to SailPoint Technologies Inc. (NYSE: SAIL) in 2019.

– Serial Entrepreneur with Multiple Exits
– 3X Founder
– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Active Angel Investor

Partner

Glenn brings more than 30 years’ experience scaling and leading multi-billion-dollar businesses to the Stormbreaker portfolio. With extensive experience leading public companies, Glenn is skilled at growing innovative businesses within larger organizations and catapulting businesses and teams to their next phases of growth.

Most recently the President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss Technologies. Prior to Synchronoss, Glenn served as President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations where he successfully grew AT&T into the nation’s leading wireless and consumer business.

– Former President, CEO, and Board Member of Synchronoss Technologies
– Former President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations
– Board Member of Avis Budget Group, Pivotal Commware, Teal Communications, and Blue Link Wireless
– Veteran Startup Advisor

Partner

Mark brings over 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector to Stormbreaker, with deep experience in business development, finance, investor relations, and operations. He has served as both an entrepreneur and early-stage investor, with multiple successful exits.

Mark is a Managing Member of Eastlake Terminal / ETLL Railcar Repair & Cleaning, and was recently a Senior Vice President at Sendero Midstream Partners.

– Active Angel Investor & Serial Founder
– SVP at Sendero Midstream ($600M Sale to Crestwood Midstream)
– SVP at Intensity Midstream (Sale to Energy Transfer Partners)
– GP and Division Head at High Sierra Energy ($660M Sale to NGL Energy Partners LP)

Managing Partner

Said brings years of experience as an investor and advisor to Stormbreaker’s portfolio companies. He saw the opportunity and the need in the ecosystem to combine the agility of a small fund with the deep bench and resources of a larger one. With Stormbreaker, Said is bringing “more” back to venture, back to partnerships.

– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Behind Several Top Tech IPOs & M&A Deals
– Seasoned TMT Investment Banker
– Former eCommerce Startup Founder

Venture Advisor

Allison Light brings over 15 years of experience in brand strategy, positioning, and go-market-strategy for B2B and B2C companies, across industries from FinTech to Healthcare, Climatech, and Longevity.

Allison founded Lightweight Consulting, working with venture funds, startups, and high-growth companies on brand, marketing and PR. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Allison was a managing director at West Ventures, a marketing firm purpose-built to work with venture-backed startups around the world. She began her career at Goldman Sachs & Co. working in both Asset Backed Securities and Alternative Investment groups. After earning her MBA, Allison spent four years in Southeast Asia as a fellow of the Malaysia Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, focused on strategic initiatives to catalyze the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

-Founder, Lightweight
-Managing Director, West Ventures
-Fellow, Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, Malaysia
-Analyst, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York
-M.B.A. Duke Fuqua School of Business
-B.A. Cultural Anthropology, Columbia University (Magna Cum Laude)

Venture Partner & EOS Implementer-in-Residence

Bart brings an enhanced sense of entrepreneurial empathy with 30+ years experience starting and scaling technology companies from 0 to over 500 people. He has both bootstrapped companies and raised over $100M in capital. He is the only Professional EOS Implementer(R)  in the world focused on working with early-stage, VC-backed technology companies.

He was most recently the Founder & CEO of FullContact, an Identity Resolution SaaS company headquartered in Denver, with offices in Israel and India, as well as Contacts+, the world’s largest independent contact management platform. He previously co-founded v1.vc, a seed-stage venture capital firm and was the President of Dimension Technology Solutions.

– Professional EOS Implementer(R)
– Co-founder & CEO, FullContact
– Co-founder & CEO, Contacts+
– Co-founder, v1.vc
– 4x Founder (3 exits, 1 active)

Venture Partner

A leader in the telecom, IoT and mobility, and adjacent software sectors for more than 25 years, Patrick brings a depth of experience and an extensive track record of success.  Patrick has held strategic leadership positions including Founder, CEO, COO as well as President and Board Member of high profile and fast-growing technology companies, both public and privately held.

Patrick is currently Board Chairman, Founder & Managing Director of Durham & Black, a strategic advisory firm specializing in the tech/telecoms market.

-Co-founded Universal Access and grew the company to $144m in four years as CEO
-Grew private cloud and information technology company from $2m to $50m annual revenue 
-Involved in over $800m in capital transactions
-Led IPO as CEO, raising $240m in equity and valuing the business at greater than $5b

Our Approach

Instead of throwing money and executive-level recruits at a problem and hoping for the best, Stormbreaker provides tangible tools and a proven platform for Founder Success

The Stormbreaker Founder Success Process:

We've designed a process that opens our network to founders, leverages our combined experience, and helps break down the most urgent barriers for our founders.

Intro

We kick off the process by getting to know one another, your company, and vision, along with how we work, and what you can expect from us.

Due Diligence

Then we move into our due diligence phase. We’ll introduce you to EOS(®) (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), the Stormbreaker Partnership, and dig into standard items like your Data Room and additional materials.

Investment

Expect 30 days from when we kick off the due diligence process to making a decision on an investment. We’ll finalize all terms, execute docs, wire funds and work with you to announce the investment.

Founder Orientation

Upon becoming a Stormbreaker Founder, we immediately introduce our network, our resources, and get to work.

The Founder Experience

Our Founder Experience consists of three distinct elements to help you get the most from our team: the EOS® Platform, Annual Stormbreaker Summit, and Quarterly check-ins. EOS is a complete system with simple, practical tools that help clarify vision, improve traction, and cultivate organizational health, resulting in improved capital efficiency and a platform for scale and growth.

Exit

Our founders remain Stormbreaker Founders for life with access to our entire ecosystem of resources, including an invitation to be a Limited Partner in future Stormbreaker Funds. Founders continue to participate in our Stormbreaker Summits and other events.

Spotlight

Metadata

Founder & CEO: Gil Allouche

B2B marketers use Metadata’s Marketing OS to drive more revenue without all the manual and repetitive work. From running paid campaigns to personalizing web experiences to optimizing everything to revenue – Metadata automates all of this.

Teal

Founder & CEO: Robert Hamblet

Teal’s patented technology connects any device onto any data network worldwide. With more network operator agreements than any other connectivity provider, Teal gives businesses everywhere the flexibility and control to remotely switch between networks, ensuring the highest level of reliability and performance for any internet of things (IoT) deployment. Teal supports applications across many industries including mobility, robotics, drones, industrial IoT, healthcare, and private LTE/5G.

Bright Security

CEO: Gadi Bashvitz

Bright Security is a developer-first Dynamic Application Security Testing Tool, also known as a DAST. Bright’s mission is to enable AppSec teams to provide the governance for securing APIs and WebApps while enabling developers to take ownership of the actual security testing and remediation work early in the SDLC. With Bright’s groundbreaking solution, there is no need for manual validation of security findings, removing costly and time consuming human bottlenecks that cripple rapid releases and drain dev team’s limited security resources.

Spotlight

  • Metadata

  • Teal

  • Bright Security

Metadata

Founder & CEO: Gil Allouche

B2B marketers use Metadata’s Marketing OS to drive more revenue without all the manual and repetitive work. From running paid campaigns to personalizing web experiences to optimizing everything to revenue – Metadata automates all of this.

Teal

Founder & CEO: Robert Hamblet

Teal’s patented technology connects any device onto any data network worldwide. With more network operator agreements than any other connectivity provider, Teal gives businesses everywhere the flexibility and control to remotely switch between networks, ensuring the highest level of reliability and performance for any internet of things (IoT) deployment. Teal supports applications across many industries including mobility, robotics, drones, industrial IoT, healthcare, and private LTE/5G.

Bright Security

CEO: Gadi Bashvitz

Bright Security is a developer-first Dynamic Application Security Testing Tool, also known as a DAST. Bright’s mission is to enable AppSec teams to provide the governance for securing APIs and WebApps while enabling developers to take ownership of the actual security testing and remediation work early in the SDLC. With Bright’s groundbreaking solution, there is no need for manual validation of security findings, removing costly and time consuming human bottlenecks that cripple rapid releases and drain dev team’s limited security resources.

Our Companies

Aervivo enables ISPs to solve their connectivity challenges by providing a fixed wireless, platform-as-a-service solution.

Beehive AI, the Qualitative Intelligence (QI) platform, is the scalable solution to answer the question of what motivates customers to act.

AI-powered application security testing.

Cameyo is a cloud-native Digital Workspace solution that delivers Windows and internal web apps to any device from the browser, enabling remote workers to be productive from anywhere.

Cargo connects brands with their real-world customers via connected digital displays on rideshare vehicles, in partnership with Uber.

Chatdesk uses machine learning to enable companies to scale their customer support team with the click of a button.

Cloudrise focuses on securing data wherever it resides.

CodeZero enables anyone to easily connect existing cloud applications to navigate the world's ocean of data.

inFeedo offers an AI bot that engages employees & predicts attrition.

Kaizo improves team’s operational efficiency, performance, and engagement with an AI-powered KPI orchestration platform that turns support-performance metrics into actionable, gamified insights.

Automated risk identification, powered by computer vision.

SenseIP revolutionizes the way tech companies manage their IP portfolio using an AI-based IP/ERP SaaS platform that maximizes value and aligns IP and business strategies.

Teal is at the forefront of the extremely fast-growing IoT, Private LTE & 5G space, enabling global IoT and private network services through an intelligent, cloud-based eSIM platform.

Remote-controlled last mile delivery and logistics

ZecOps is a cybersecurity automation company that develops solutions for servers, endpoints, mobile and custom devices.

ACQUIRED

AR for Talent via Zoom - become an instant hiring expert

Arcade is a workplace engagement solution that increases sales revenue and employee performance by keeping your employees motivated everyday.

Audience Republic is an all-in-one CRM & marketing platform for events

A Revenue Acceleration Platform based on a co-dynamic lead scoring and routing engine living at the intersection of marketing and sales.

High quality pet nutrition that reduces the carbon pawprint

Contractbook is a digital contract management platform that enables users to manage the entire lifecycle of their contracts in one flow.

DTC all-natural specialty portable pour over Vietnamese coffee brand.

Custimy enables SMB e-commerce companies to take their business to the next level. Automating both acquisition and retention.

Elo Nutrition with Precision.

ENTITY is an upskilling platform for women, focused on closing the gender wage gap by training, mentoring, and preparing women for the 21st century workforce.

Finexio simplifies accounts payable payments for medium and large corporates by digitizing manual paper checks.

Frontdesk is a leading tech-enabled hospitality brand serving guests in over 150 apartment communities today across 34 U.S. markets with a vertically integrated short-term rental model and an asset-light focus.

Gainful is personalized protein tailored specifically to body type and fitness goals.

The digital wallet for the remittance community.

Jenfi is a financial technology company that lends to small businesses in Asia based on revenue.

Journey Meditation offers simple meditation practices designed for the modern world.

U.S. Business Formation for International Founders.

KarmaCheck is a tech enabled background check platform.

B2B marketers use Metadata’s Marketing OS to drive more revenue without all the manual and repetitive work.

An alternative to shampoo for guys. No more poofy, dry, itchy heads.

Plotify is a full stack data, analytics and investment platform which helps accredited investors build wholly owned portfolios of residential investment properties.

Reigning Champ is the designer and manufacturer of premium athletic wear.

Acquired

Sonoro is a global media company developing content for Latinx and global Hispanic audiences.

Stringr is an end-to-end video production platform that pairs on-demand videographers with media, corporate and entertainment clients around the world.

Thnks enables sales and customer success teams to build stronger business relationships through a digital gratitude platform.

Flavored sparkling water brand. Beyond quenching thirst, Ugly aims to celebrate the real, the raw, the imperfect.

Designer of premium plant-based protein beverages. Powering active lifestyles through clean organic ingredients, never sugar.

Super powers for growth teams.

The world’s most-sophisticated competitive intelligence solution for digital product and strategy teams.

Wealth is an integrated financial management and estate planning platform.

Zaraz makes any website 40% faster with a single line of code, by optimizing how it loads third-party tools. This results in 2x conversion rates and better SEO rankings.

ACQUIRED

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