Jonathan Heiliger(605)

VCInvestor

Investor, Entrepreneur, Rebel

vertexventures.comPalo Alto, California

Current Investing Position

Vertex Ventures General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$150M

Jonathan Heiliger's Investments On Record (18)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
CloseFactor	Series ADec 2022$15M	$35M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital)
Metaview	SeedDec 2021$6M	$13M
Co-investors: Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Khaled Helioui, Ed Brandler, Sultan Murad Saidov, Abakar Saidov
Elotl	SeedNov 2021$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Dan Scheinman (Scheinman Angel Fund), Edith Harbaugh
Vintra	Series ASep 2021$9M SeedMar 2019$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Bradley Welch (Tusk Venture Partners), George Hoyem
VGS	Series CDec 2020$60M SeedOct 2016$1M	$110M
Co-investors: Alex Rampell (Andreessen Horowitz), Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Karim Atiyeh
LaunchDarkly	Series CMar 2019$44M Series BDec 2017$21M	$330M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Ethan Kurzweil (Bessemer Venture Partners), Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA), Andy Chou (11.2 Capital), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures), Neeraj Gupta (Cervin Ventures), Tom Drummond (Heavybit), Avery Rosin (Lead Edge Capital), Erik Eccles
PerimeterX	Series CFeb 2019$43M Series BJul 2017$23M Series ASep 2015$9M SeedJan 2015$3M	$150M
Co-investors: Ariel Tseitlin (Scale Venture Partners), Joydeep Bhattacharyya (Canaan Partners), Dmitry Dakhnovsky
Very Good Security	Series AAug 2018$8.5M	$8.5M
Co-investors: Alex Rampell (Andreessen Horowitz), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Karim Atiyeh

Jonathan Heiliger's Media (4)

Vertex Ventures US Raises $200 Million Third Fund to Double-down on high-conviction approach to venture capital

www.businesswire.com

Hey Jonathan: Is it OK to give myself a raise, or will my investors get weird about it?

medium.com

Hey Jonathan: Is it OK to give myself a raise, or will my investors get weird about it?

medium.com

Looking down from the clouds, I see the edge

medium.com

Looking down from the clouds, I see the edge

medium.com

Behind the Scenes of our Investment in LaunchDarkly

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Behind the Scenes of our Investment in LaunchDarkly

medium.com

most interested in

Fun SaaS, particularly with a defensible barrier to entry that is technical. Some infrastructure software & hardware. IoT for consumers and enterprises.

not interested in

We don't make consumer (B2C) or crypto investments, sorry.

Jonathan Heiliger's Experience

Co-Founder, CTO Frontier GlobalCenterPresent

COO, Product Operations Loudcloud (now Opsware, Inc.)Present

VP, Infrastructure & Technical Operations FacebookPresent

At-Large Director USA CyclingPresent

General Partner Vertex Ventures2015 - Present

General Partner North Bridge2012 - 2014

Director, Site Engineering Walmart2004 - 2005

VP, Service Engineering Danger, Inc.2002 - 2003

Founder, Senior Vice President Global Crossing Ventures1999 - 1999