Catharine Merigold
General Partner @ Vista Ventures
Catharine Merigold is a Series C investor at Vista Ventures focused on Software and Data Center. Catharine has worked with communications and information technology companies for twenty years, as an investor, as a board member and advisor, and as an entrepreneur. She started her venture career in 1992 with Centennial Ventures, the largest venture firm in the Rocky Mountain region. She was the founding CEO of a venture-backed company, a vicepresident at a Fortune 100 telecommunications company, and CEO of UTC, the company that manages all the technology developed at the four University of Colorado campuses. Catharine received her BS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Stanford University.
- Total investments:
- 1
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- Lead investor:
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Industries Catharine Merigold invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 1 (100%)
- Data Center 1 (100%)
- Data Storage 1 (100%)
- Virtualization 1 (100%)
- Information Technology 1 (100%)
Investments
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| LeftHand Networks Inc. offers data storage systems and IP-based storage area networks (SAN). It offers iSCSI SANs that are composed of multiple storage nodes, pooled together into a single storage system; integrated storage systems; and virtual storage systems. The company also offers evaluation software, such as SAN/iQ software and virtualSAN appliance, which aggregate disparate resources into a single, larger storage system. In addition, it provides IT project solutions, including disaster recovery, business continuance, and data center virtualization; application solutions, including data protection manager, exchange server, sharepoint server, SQL server, and VMware; and industry solutions for education, government, financial services, and healthcare industry. The company offers its products through distributors and resellers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. LeftHand Networks was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado with additional offices in Reading, United Kingdom and Zaltbommel, the Netherlands. As of November 13, 2008, LeftHand Networks Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. | $25M / Series C / Sep 06, 2005 |
Co-Investors
About Vista Ventures
Vista is often the lead investor, and they typically co-invest with other firms in both early and follow-on rounds. They believe in forming strong syndicates as a means to bring the broadest set of resources and contacts to the companies in which they invest. They will usually take a board seat with their investment and establish strong workingrelationships with portfolio company management. The team has the skill setsto provide relevant coaching on operational issues such as team building, strategy and sales and marketing.
Vista Ventures Contacts
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Catharine Merigold
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Dave Dwyer
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Jim Hogan
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Kirk Holland
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Lisa Reeves
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What does Catharine Merigold invest in?
Catharine Merigold invests primarily in Software, Data Center and Data Storage startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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