Investing Profile

Walter Kortschak(122)

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Former Managing Partner, Senior Advisor, Managing Partner, General Partner at Summit Partners
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Walter Kortschak's investing connections

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8 Investors

Connected to Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), and 5 other investors on Signal.

Networks Walter is a member of
UCLA Anderson School of Management Network
63 CONNECTIONS
SignalFire Network
23 CONNECTIONS
University of Southern California Network
19 CONNECTIONS
California Institute of Technology Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Summit Partners Managing Partner
Investment Range
$5.0M - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$20.0M
Investments On Record
118
Current Fund Size
$42B

Walter Kortschak is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Walter Kortschak's Investments On Record (87)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Swoop
SeedApr 2026$7M
$7M
Soma Energy
Pre SeedApr 2026
InkVell
Pre SeedDec 2025$1M
$1M
Giggles
Pre SeedOct 2025$1M
$1M
Overmind
SeedSep 2025$6M
SeedSep 2022
$6M
Co-investors: Adam Cragg (Osney Capital)
Inversion
SeedSep 2025$27M
$71M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange)
Sauna by Wordware
SeedNov 2024$30M
$30M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Terrence Rohan (Robinhood)
Twenty
SeedNov 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Dharmesh Shah

Walter Kortschak's Experience

Executive Chairman SignalFire2013 - Present
Producer/Principal End Cue2013 - Present
Managing Partner Kortschak Investments2010 - Present
Founder, USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity University of Southern California2009 - Present
Vice President/Associate Crosspoint Venture Partners1985 - 1989
Principal Software Engineer MSC Software1982 - 1985

Walter Kortschak's Education

UCLA Anderson School of Management M.B.A. Finance
California Institute of Technology M.S. Engineering
Oregon State University B.S. Engineering