Gregory Avis
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Gregory Avis is a Series A investor in San Francisco focused on Software and CRM. Gregory M. Avis cofounded Summit Partners in 1984. Prior to Summit, he worked for McDonald & Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co.Greg has served as a director of many public and private companies. His past directorships include Digital Link Corporation (NASDAQ: DLNK), IMPAC Medical Systems (NASDAQ: IMPC), Integrated Systems (NASDAQ: INTS),NxTrend Technology (acquired by Infor Global Solutions), Powerwave Technologies (NASDAQ: PWAV), RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW, later acquired by Oracle), Splash Technology Holdings (NASDAQ: SPLH, later acquired by Electronics for Imaging) and TGV Software (acquired by Cisco Systems).He holds a BA in political economy from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Greg is chair of the Williams College Board of Trustees, and serves on the boards of the James Irvine Foundation, Antioch College, New Profit and ARTSTOR. He has also served on the boards of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (chair), the National Outdoor Leadership School and the San Jose Repertory Theatre (chair). Greg teaches mathematics at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (33%)
- CRM 1 (17%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
- Solar 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (50%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Private Equity 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 4 (67%)
- Switzerland 1 (17%)
Investments
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Alosant
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Alosant is the leading provider of community-branded native mobile apps for lifestyle-centric master planned communities. | Series A / Sep 10, 2024 | |
PastureMap
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PastureMap helps ranchers and farmers make profits building healthy grasslands. The company builds a global regenerative agriculture movement that is restores soil health, sequestering carbon, and provides clean water while feeding local communities. | $800K / Seed / Jan 31, 2016 | |
ASSOS of Switzerland
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ASSOS of Switzerland’s mission is to provide innovative, technically outstanding cycling apparel with meticulous, lean design.Based in Ticino “Terra di Ciclismo”, Switzerland, ASSOS of Switzerland Gmbh was founded in 1976 with the creation of the first ever Lycra® cycling shorts. Thanks to its continued investments in R&D, the company hasdeveloped a number of innovations that have imposed the direction in which the bicycle industry has evolved – most of them are now industry standards: first Lycra® shorts (’76), first sublimination on a cycling jersey (’80), first Elastic Interface cycling short insert (2001), Choose your Comfort concept (2003), Project Starbust, the fastest cycling bodysuit on earth (2004), S5 the next cycling shorts generation (2008), S7_S7 is a game changer (2014) are only a few examples. | Private Equity / Sep 11, 2015 | |
Sunrun
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Sunrun is a United States-based provider of residential solar electricity and solar power services for homeowners. It invented a model known as solar service allowing homeowners to pay for the power, not the panels. It owns, maintains, and monitors the system while homeowners pay for the electricity it produces at a low, locked-in rate, saving themmoney over time.Sunrun operates in twelve states that include Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Connecticut. Each business day it puts 2 million U.S. dollars’ worth of solar onto people’s roofs and facilitates one solar installation every 10 minutes. The company’s network of over 30 solar installers employs more than 3,000 people.Sunrun was founded in 2007 by Edward Fenster, Lynn Jurich, and Nat Kreamer. It is headquartered in San Francisco, C.A. | $12M / Series A / Jun 20, 2008 | |
RightNow Technologies
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RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW) is helping rid the world of bad experiences one consumer interaction at a time, seven million times a day. RightNow CX, the customer experience suite, helps organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences across the web, social networks and contact centers, all delivered via the cloud. With more than eight billioncustomer interactions delivered, RightNow is the customer experience fabric for nearly 2,000 organizations around the globe.RightNow is a registered trademark of RightNow Technologies, Inc. NASDAQ is a registered trademark of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. | $15M / Series B / Jan 24, 2001 | |
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RightNow Technologies
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RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW) is helping rid the world of bad experiences one consumer interaction at a time, seven million times a day. RightNow CX, the customer experience suite, helps organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences across the web, social networks and contact centers, all delivered via the cloud. With more than eight billioncustomer interactions delivered, RightNow is the customer experience fabric for nearly 2,000 organizations around the globe.RightNow is a registered trademark of RightNow Technologies, Inc. NASDAQ is a registered trademark of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. | $16.2M / Series A / Jan 03, 2000 |
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What does Gregory Avis invest in?
Gregory Avis invests primarily in Software, CRM and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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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The most recent investment recorded for Gregory Avis closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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