Bill Funcannon
Controller, Managing Director & CFO @ OVP Venture Partners
Seattle, United States
Bill Funcannon is a funding round investor at OVP Venture Partners in Seattle focused on Security and Energy. Bill Funcannon joined OVP Venture Partners in 1989, first as Controller and then as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. In this role he reviews all financing documents, negotiates term sheets, structures deals and assists in the due diligence process. Bill is responsible for the firm’s day-to-day administrative activities and all itsfinancial and reporting functions. Bill also sits on the Boards of RedSeal and EnerG2. He was previously a Board Membor for LeMond Fitness (sold) and Avenda (sold to Aruba).Prior to joining OVP, Bill spent eight years as Venture Fund Controller at Hambrecht & Quist, where he managed over $700 million in assets. Prior to H&Q Bill was a Registered Representative with the brokerage firm of CD Anderson & Co.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries Bill Funcannon invests in
Stages Bill Funcannon invests in
Countries Bill Funcannon invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Security 2 (40%)
- Energy 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Computer 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Funding Round 2 (40%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
Investments
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EnerG2
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EnerG2 engineers advanced nano-structured carbon materials for energy storage and is focused on the production of these materials for energy storage devices. Proprietary manufacturing technologies allow its products to surpass the material limitations of naturally occurring carbons, producing high surface area, high performance materials thatimprove power density and cycle life in batteries and other energy storage devices. EnerG2 is currently delivering its advanced carbons to customers for ultracapacitors, lead acid batteries, and lithium ion batteries. | $9.4M / Jan 12, 2013 | |
RedSeal
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RedSeal develops security risk management (SRM) software and solutions and helps companies eliminate cyber threats.RedSeal was founded in 2004, helps Global 2000 organizations defend their critical digital assets. RedSeal gets ahead of cyber criminals by calculating every possible internal and external “attack path” to the most valuable networkassets – before they do. Customers get a prioritized list of the most vulnerable paths to their most valuable assets. More than 200 corporations and government agencies worldwide have RedSealed their networks, including five of the top 50 financial institutions, all of the major security vendors, fifteen of the Fortune 100 retail companies, and a number of US government organizations including the US Army, US Navy, US Postal Service and the FAA. Key commercial customers include Nationwide, Oracle, Cisco and First Data.RedSeal partners with all of the top suppliers of network infrastructure (Cisco, Juniper Networks, Fortinet, Arista, Aruba, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, F5). Its software integrates with all industry leading security solutions (McAfee, Symantec, Qualys, HP ArcSight, Rapid7, Splunk,Tripwire, MaxPatrol, nMap) as well as with major workflow vendors (ServiceNow, Remedy), providing the most comprehensive validation of network security.RedSeal is backed by prominent venture investors including Venrock, Leapfrog Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, JAFCO Ventures, Olympic Venture Partners and In-Q-Tel. | $10M / Nov 16, 2011 | |
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RedSeal
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RedSeal develops security risk management (SRM) software and solutions and helps companies eliminate cyber threats.RedSeal was founded in 2004, helps Global 2000 organizations defend their critical digital assets. RedSeal gets ahead of cyber criminals by calculating every possible internal and external “attack path” to the most valuable networkassets – before they do. Customers get a prioritized list of the most vulnerable paths to their most valuable assets. More than 200 corporations and government agencies worldwide have RedSealed their networks, including five of the top 50 financial institutions, all of the major security vendors, fifteen of the Fortune 100 retail companies, and a number of US government organizations including the US Army, US Navy, US Postal Service and the FAA. Key commercial customers include Nationwide, Oracle, Cisco and First Data.RedSeal partners with all of the top suppliers of network infrastructure (Cisco, Juniper Networks, Fortinet, Arista, Aruba, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, F5). Its software integrates with all industry leading security solutions (McAfee, Symantec, Qualys, HP ArcSight, Rapid7, Splunk,Tripwire, MaxPatrol, nMap) as well as with major workflow vendors (ServiceNow, Remedy), providing the most comprehensive validation of network security.RedSeal is backed by prominent venture investors including Venrock, Leapfrog Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, JAFCO Ventures, Olympic Venture Partners and In-Q-Tel. | $12M / Series C / Oct 01, 2009 | |
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EnerG2
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EnerG2 engineers advanced nano-structured carbon materials for energy storage and is focused on the production of these materials for energy storage devices. Proprietary manufacturing technologies allow its products to surpass the material limitations of naturally occurring carbons, producing high surface area, high performance materials thatimprove power density and cycle life in batteries and other energy storage devices. EnerG2 is currently delivering its advanced carbons to customers for ultracapacitors, lead acid batteries, and lithium ion batteries. | $8.5M / Series A / Nov 04, 2008 | |
Avenda Systems
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Avenda Systems introduced the industry's first multi-function platform for network access control (NAC) and security that breaks through past deployment barriers found in early competitive solutions complexity, compatibility, compliance and cost.Avenda's flagship eTIPS solution is a scalable AAA platform that utilizes identity-basedpolicies to manage access control, endpoint health and device authorization for wired, wireless and VPN networks.Users are granted differentiated privileges to control which network resources and applications they can access. Employee's roles, location, and the health of their computer can be used as determining factors. Visitors can be granted Internet only access if required.Partnerships with Cisco, Microsoft and top wireless vendors ensure that Avenda's solution fits into any network environment. | $5M / Series B / Mar 15, 2008 |
Co-Investors
About OVP Venture Partners
OVP Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage technology-based companies.
OVP Venture Partners Contacts
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Gordon Steele
Board Member
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Bill Funcannon
Controller, Managing Director & CFO
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Chad Waite
Managing Director
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Dick Strayer
Founder & CEO
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Gerry Langeler
Managing Director
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What does Bill Funcannon invest in?
Bill Funcannon invests primarily in Security, Energy and Mobile startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Bill Funcannon last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Bill Funcannon closed in Jan 2013. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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