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Niels Gron

Investor and Advisor

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Software Development
Java
Software Engineering
Web Applications
MySQL
Software Project Management
Oracle
DB2
SQL Server
Sybase Adaptive Server
Sybase IQ
Sybase SQL Anywhere
Informix
Netezza
Teradata
ParAccel
nCluster
PostgreSQL
Microsoft SQL Server
Databases

Work Experience

Public Equity Fund

2017

  • Investor

    2017

Seed Fund

2017

  • Angel Investor

    2017

    Managing seed fund. Investing in early stage software startups across all industries.

2002 - 2017

  • CEO / Founder

    2002 - 2017

    Designed, developed and supported versions 1,2,3 & 4 of Aqua Data Studio out of my apartment in Mountain View. Hired some old and new friends to continue to building Aqua Data Studio as a product and AquaFold as a company. Grew and managed AquaFold to a successful business and acquisition. AquaFold was acquired by IDERA.

Indivos

2001 - 2002

  • Director of Software Development

    2001 - 2002

    Designed, developed a secure and high performance application server for biometric financial transactions. Worked with a team to deploy a service in pilot programs for merchants in different sectors. The product was called PayByTouch. Indivos was a VC funded company which was acquired by Solidus Networks, which later renamed itself PayByTouch.

PITO Networks

2000 - 2001

  • Software Architect, Co-Founder

    2000 - 2001

    Co-founded software company building secure peer-to-peer networks. Built version 1.0 of product.

Demandline

1999 - 2000

  • Software Architect, [Founding Team]

    1999 - 2000

    Designed and implemented version 1.0 of an online service for group buying. Demandline was a VC funded company which didn't survive the Dot Com Crash.

1998 - 1999

  • Senior Software Engineer

    1998 - 1999

    Building, enhancing and tuning high performance C++ application server for the company's SaaS CRM product. UpShot was a VC funded competitor to Saleforce.com which was acquired by Siebel Systems.

RISE Computer Systems

1994 - 1998

  • Software Architect / Co-Founder

    1994 - 1998

    While in college, co-founded a software company producing and licensing shrink-wrapped software for real estate brokers and a public Internet listing service.