# Doug Mackenzie

> Doug Mackenzie is a Series A investor at Radar Partners backing Content and Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Radar Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/radar-partners)
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2012
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Doug Mackenzie is a Series A investor at Radar Partners focused on Content and Software. Doug Mackenzie joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1989 and became a Partner in 1992. Since joining KPCB, Doug has focused his investment activities in the software sector, including enterprise applications, entertainment and educational software, and internet applications, tools and services. He currently serves on the Board ofDirectors of Safeway (public), as well as the following private companies: Devicescape Software, OnFiber, Scintera Networks, Trumba Corporation, and WeddingChannel (formerly Della.com). Previously, Doug had been either a Director of, or actively involved with KPCB's investments in: Pivotal Corporation (public), HomeGrocer.com (public, acquired by Webvan), Accept.com (acquired by Amazon.com), Collabra Software (acquired by Netscape), Crystal Dynamics (acquired by Eidos), Diamond Lane Communications (acquired by Nokia), Edmark (public, acquired by IBM), E.piphany (public, acquired by SSA CRM) Marimba (public, acquired by BMC Software), On Technology (public), Preview Travel (public), Shiva (public) and Visio Corporation (public, acquired by Microsoft). Doug holds a bachelor's in Economics and a master's in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, as well as an MBA from Harvard.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 18% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| Q&A | 1 | 9% |
| iOS | 1 | 9% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 45% |
| Series B | 3 | 27% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rewarder | Rewarder is a marketplace for knowledge and expertise covering a wide variety of topics ranging from home repair to product & auto advice.Everyone has unique skills and knowledge they have gathered through their life experiences and personal interests. Rewarder enables individuals to offer a monetary Reward in exchange for knowledge orexpertise from real people whose experience they can always trust. Whether it is help with a home repair project, troubleshooting a car problem or resolving a tech issue, Rewarder’s community of experts can help. Over 500K people have signed up to become a Rewarder expert. The company started when a team of two entrepreneurs set out to build a better way for people to tap into the vast knowledge around the world. Unlike forums or free Q&A sites, the monetary Reward ensures that the person in need will always receive a high quality solution, quickly from someone they can trust.Founded in 2010, Rewarder is located in San Francisco, CA and backed by Granite Ventures, Radar Partners, and other industry-leading investors. | $7M | Series A | Aug 01, 2012 |  |
| Devicescape | Devicescape offers Wi-Fi software solutions that makes mobile devices easy to set up, easy to use, and effortlessly connect to any Wi-Fi network. Unlike piecemeal technologies and clumsy reference software, Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi product is comprehensive, easy to integrate and backed by industry veterans and a world-class team of softwareexperts and support staff.Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the company is privately held and backed by leading venture capital companies including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, Enterprise Partners, and JAFCO. | $3M |  | Jan 01, 2012 |  |
| Wealthfront | Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition. Through the power of software, the company delivers high-yield saving, diversified investing, and low-cost loans to help both sophisticated and new investors learn, lower costs, and grow wealth. Wealthfront is one of thehighest rated financial apps in the Apple App Store and has been named Best Automated Investment App, Best Overall Robo-Advisor, and Best Robo-Advisor for Goal Planning by Investopedia (2022), Best Cash Management Account and Best Investing App by Bankrate (2023), Best Robo-Advisor for Portfolio Options by NerdWallet (2023), and Best Robo-Advisor for DIY Financial Planning by Forbes (2023). The company currently oversees more than $30 billion for over 500,000 clients in the US. | $3M | Angel | Dec 16, 2008 |  |
| Scintera Networks | Scintera has developed a programmable analog signal processing platform that improves performance more than 10X and reduces power consumption more than 10X compared to traditional DSP platforms. Their unique solution, implemented in a standard CMOS process, also eliminates the need for expensive, power-hungry, and performance-limiting A/Dconverters. | $12M | Series C | Jun 29, 2006 |  |
| Trumba Corporation | Trumba Corporation is a Seattle-based developer of innovative event calendar publishing technology that helps businesses and organizations more effectively publish, promote, and communicate their events online. Trumba enables customers—from small businesses to large organizations—to connect key audiences with their events, transforming thoseevents into unique and highly valued marketing and communication opportunities. | $8M | Series B | Nov 21, 2005 |  |
| Automattic | Automattic Inc. is a technology company focused on developing and providing web-based solutions and services. Known for its robust suite of products, Automattic offers WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, Jetpack for site performance and security, and other tools aimed at enhancing web functionality. | $1.1M | Series A | Oct 12, 2005 |  |
| Surphace | Surphace (formerly Sphere) provides contextual content tools that make connections between text, video, photos and ads. Surphace helps online publishers create a more engaging reader experience leading to longer time spent on site and increased PVs per visit along with a new incremental revenue stream. Surphace is currently integrated into over150,000 leading sites and is live on over 1.2 Billion monthly article pages across the web. Surphace's core technology is a patent-pending process utilizing Sphere’s proprietary Content Genome.™ The Content Genome™ was developed specifically to deliver high-precision, low-cost (automated) related content delivery in dynamic online publishing and news environments. Unlike many other solutions, the Content Genome™ does not require a taxonomy or training — Surphace can index any text artifacts, or media with associated text, and generate related content out of the box. Integration time on the publishers’ side is minimal, and no additional meta-data is required. Surphace has a broad range of partners including leading A-list publishers, micro-publishers and independent blogs. | $500K | Series A | Apr 01, 2005 |  |
| Devicescape | Devicescape offers Wi-Fi software solutions that makes mobile devices easy to set up, easy to use, and effortlessly connect to any Wi-Fi network. Unlike piecemeal technologies and clumsy reference software, Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi product is comprehensive, easy to integrate and backed by industry veterans and a world-class team of softwareexperts and support staff.Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the company is privately held and backed by leading venture capital companies including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, Enterprise Partners, and JAFCO. | $12.2M | Series B | Jan 31, 2005 |  |
| Trumba Corporation | Trumba Corporation is a Seattle-based developer of innovative event calendar publishing technology that helps businesses and organizations more effectively publish, promote, and communicate their events online. Trumba enables customers—from small businesses to large organizations—to connect key audiences with their events, transforming thoseevents into unique and highly valued marketing and communication opportunities. | $4.8M | Series A | Jul 20, 2004 |  |
| Scintera Networks | Scintera has developed a programmable analog signal processing platform that improves performance more than 10X and reduces power consumption more than 10X compared to traditional DSP platforms. Their unique solution, implemented in a standard CMOS process, also eliminates the need for expensive, power-hungry, and performance-limiting A/Dconverters. | $9.5M | Series B | Jan 07, 2004 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Radar Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/radar-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [August Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/august-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Applied Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/applied-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CNET Networks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cnetnetworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Granite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/granite-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HuffPost](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/huffingtonpost) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Radar Partners

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Radar Partners is a principal investment firm. The firm invests in early stage technology companies.

4 contacts available at Radar Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| J. Andrew Bugas | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-andrew-bugas |
| Doug Mackenzie | Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-mackenzie |
| Kevin Compton | Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-compton |
| Stratton Sclavos | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stratton-sclavos |

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## FAQ

### What does Doug Mackenzie invest in?

Doug Mackenzie invests primarily in Content, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 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 Doug Mackenzie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Doug Mackenzie closed in Aug 2012. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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