# Denis Coleman

> Denis Coleman is a seed investor at Startup Capital Ventures backing iOS and Apps. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startup Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-capital-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Denis Coleman is a seed investor at Startup Capital Ventures focused on iOS and Apps. Denis earned his B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT and his Ph.D. in management (computer science minor) from Stanford. In 1979 he obtained his CPA and left an academic career that featured teaching positions in Canada, the University of Hawaii, and Stanford.In his first project, he wrote the software and ran a company that soldthe first spelling checker for microcomputers. Then in 1983, he co-founded a software company now known as Symantec Corporation, the fourth largest software company in the world in 2007. He spent five years at Symantec, serving as VP of R&D for development of the initial product, Q&A. This productivity software package won many product-of-the year awards and eventually had retails sales of over half a billion dollars.Since 1989, he has served variously as early board member, founder, software designer/developer in ten other startups, two of which had IPO's -- NEOF (online medical supply and equipment marketplace) and VSNR (hardware/software office imaging solutions, now merged with Nuance). Financial Engines (Internet based retirement investments) and Claria (Internet advertising) each achieved profitability and annual revenues in excess of $80 million. C Level Design (C language translated into ASIC hardware designs) and WealthCycle (Internet based investment advise) had successful product development but hasty exit sales to larger entities after the bubble burst of 2001.Since 2004, he has been interested in bioengineering, particularly in the area of drug discovery and has shifted new portfolio investments and startup energies to the life sciences.He has been a member of the Band of Angels since 1997, serving on deal screening committees and making about 12 private investments.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 100% |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Android | 1 | 100% |
| Web Development | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verious | Verious is the world's first marketplace for mobile app components, enabling developers to license pre-built, pre-tested libraries to accelerate time-to-market, access 3rd party content and increase in-app monetization. Verious serves as a lens on the Mobile App Development category so mobile app developers can find all the resources theyneed to accelerate their development efforts, in one place. Verious lists mobile application components for iOS, Android, HTML5 and Windows Phone; mobile SDKs; mobile app development tools and services; major open source projects; and freelance and outsourced mobile app service providers. Verious serves independent app developers, enterprise developers and service providers so they can find, discover and license software libraries to accelerate the development of their mobile apps and incorporate 3rd party services that they would not be able to develop on their own (including components for in-app monetization). The company's patent-pending MobileCode Wrapper allows a developer who is listing a component to publish libraries that are both copy-protected and metered, enabling Verous to enforce various licensing models (annual fee, perpetual fee, volume-based tiered pricing, source code buyout). For buyers, Verious also features the ability to post and follow a component request so that a component developer can see which components are most in demand to meet the needs of the market. | $800K | Seed | May 30, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Startup Capital Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Startup Capital Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the enterprise. Based in Silicon Valley, we focus on early-stage companies that require relatively small amounts of capital to achieve success. The firm leverages its investments with unparalleled operations experience from a team of seasoned professionals. Generally, wetarget capital efficient companies, such as software, that are generating some revenue and can show likelihood of reaching near-term profitability.We focus on investing in strong management teams, not just technologies and strive to build a supportive working relationship with their companies based on flexibility, integrity, and patience.We know firsthand the hard work and challenges of building successful companies. Our extensive network of strategic contacts and their presence makes a difference in how rapidly our companies achieve critical milestones. Our geographic focus is principally Silicon Valley as well as Hawaii, Texas, and Oklahoma, where the firm has extensive relationships.

5 contacts available at Startup Capital Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Rees | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-rees |
| Catherine Ngo | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/photo-a-catherine-ngo-a-catherine-ngo |
| Denis Coleman | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-coleman |
| Donavan Kealoha | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donavan-r-kealoha |
| John Davidson | Founder & GP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-davidson |

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## FAQ

### What does Denis Coleman invest in?

Denis Coleman invests primarily in iOS, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed 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.

### When did Denis Coleman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Denis Coleman closed in May 2011. Shizune tracks 1 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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