WK

Walter Kortschak

VC, Firestreak Ventures; Senior Advisor, Summit Partners; Trustee, Caltech

United States

VC
Investor
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Series B

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Skills

Business Strategy
Vision Development
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Entrepreneur
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Mergers
Business Development
Coaching
Analytics
Corporate Development
Competitive Analysis
Business Planning
Angel Investing
Asset Management
Enterprise Software
Funding
Emerging Markets
Equities

Education

Investments

Stability AI

Series Unknown

Total Funding: $210M

Crowded

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $6M

Rezi

Seed

Total Funding:

Deltia

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Skyflow

Series B

Total Funding: $100M

Etched.ai

Series A

Total Funding: $130M

Finni Health

Series A

Total Funding:

Permit.io

Seed

Total Funding: $14M

Vital Interaction

Series A

Total Funding: $20M

Hugging Face

Series D

Total Funding: $170M

Work Experience

Firestreak Ventures

2022

  • Partner

    2022

    https://www.firestreak.com

Kortschak Investments

2010

  • Partner

    2010

    http://www.kortschak.com

Summit Partners

1989

  • Senior Advisor

    2023

  • Former Managing Partner

    2017 - 2023

  • Senior Advisor & Board Member

    2010 - 2017

  • Managing Partner

    1998 - 2010

  • General Partner

    1989 - 1998

    http://www.summitpartners.com

SignalFire

2013

  • Chairman Emeritus/Founding Investor

    2023

  • Executive Chairman & CIO

    2017 - 2023

  • Founding Investor & Advisor

    2013 - 2017

    http://www.signalfire.com

Vital Interaction

2023

  • Board Member & Seed Investor

    2023

    https://www.vitalinteraction.com

Playco

2019

  • Board Member & Investor

    2019

    https://www.play.co

Rezi

2024

  • Board Member & Seed Investor

    2024

    https://www.rezi.ai

Sightline Payments

2011

  • Board Member & Founding Investor

    2011

    https://sightlinepayments.com

Toku

2020

  • Board Member & Seed Investor

    2020

    https://www.toku.com

Torpago

2021

  • Board Member & Seed Investor

    2021

    https://www.torpago.com