RP

Robert Pease

Managing Director, Cascade Seed Fund, Solver of Problems, Startup Vet, Early Stage Investor

Bend, Oregon

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2016

    Pre-seed and seed stage venture capital fund focusing on software/technology companies in the Pacific Northwest and rising entrepreneurial hubs across the US.

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2024

    Non-profit organization responsible for building and maintaining over 600 miles of mountain biking trails in Central Oregon.

2014 - 2016

  • Practice Lead, Sales Pipeline Performance

    2014 - 2016

    B2B sales and marketing acceleration consulting firm. Developed the Pipeline Development Framework to provide strategic planning and tactical execution of sales and marketing efforts.

2014 - 2014

  • Vice President of Product Marketing

    2014 - 2014

    Acquired by SugarCRM, Inc. May 2019. Salesfusion helps marketers attract new opportunities, convert them into customers and nurture them into lifetime relationships. With Salesfusion’s smart marketing automation platform, marketing teams deliver more lead-to-revenue results by focusing on the right leads at the right time and help sales close more deals. - Joined executive management team following the LoopFuse, Inc. acquisition. - Responsible for overall product strategy and market awareness efforts.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2012 - 2014

    LoopFuse offered a B2B marketing automation platform that tells you who is visiting your website, helps you capture their information, sends lead nurturing emails, scores the best opportunities, and integrates it all into your CRM system with advanced reporting. - Led the turnaround and eventual sale of this SaaS Marketing Automation company. - Responsible for P&L, business operations, and strategy for a software-as-a-service marketing automation platform. - Secured additional venture capital financing from True Ventures for turnaround efforts and managed the eventual sale to Salesfusion, Inc.

  • Founder/Chief Executive Officer

    2011 - 2012

    Merged with LoopFuse and became CEO of the combined company. Nearstream is a social analytics product that finds buying signals via social channels like Twitter and Facebook. It also provides opportunities to engage and interact with people in context - increasing your influence and building awareness. It became Social Signals functionality in the LoopFuse marketing automation platform.

  • Vice President of Marketing

    2008 - 2011

    Gist provided social CRM and contact management across mobile, web, and enterprise applications. - Led all aspects of marketing as a member of the executive management team for this social customer relationship management software company. - Managed a high-velocity freemium user acquisition model and product launches across the Google Apps Marketplace, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Google Play, Apple App Store as well as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes applications.

2004 - 2008

  • Vice President of Marketing

    2004 - 2008

    Provided policy-based security and control software for email and other types of corporate messaging. Spun out of Boeing, Inc. and backed by Polaris Venture Partners, Newbury Ventures, and Northwest Venture Associates. - Led all aspects of marketing as a member of the executive management team for this information security and email compliance software company. - Managed a team responsible for lead generation, market awareness, and product marketing for regulated industries like financial services, energy, and healthcare.

  • Director, Product Marketing

    2002 - 2004

    Provided policy-based control and monitoring software for email and other electronic communication activities. - Responsible for product planning, solution definition, and sales enablement for this email messaging and electronic communications compliance software company. - Worked extensively with UK-based software development team to position company and product around compliance needs in the broker-dealer sector as well as other regulated industries.

2001 - 2002

  • Director, Product Management

    2001 - 2002

    (via nuBridges and Liaison Technologies acquisitions) Provided ebusiness and data security solutions for business to business electronic collaboration. - Led the design, development, and launch of a B2B data integration and collaboration product as a member of the founding team.