# Jerry Murdock

> Jerry Murdock is a Series B investor at For The Forest (New York) backing Software and Apps. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [For The Forest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/for-the-forest)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymurdock
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aspenjfm
- Website: http://www.insightpartners.com

Jerry Murdock is a Series B investor at For The Forest in New York focused on Software and Apps. Jerry Murdock co-founded Insight Venture Partners in 1995, and today serves as a special adviser to the firm. He has spent his career investing in, and building, technology companies that change and positively impact businesses and social practices. Jerry had a defining role in Insight's investment strategy and success, and was primarilyresponsible for the development of many of the Firm's portfolio investments.Since 1999, eight of Jerry's investments have achieved successful IPOs on NASDAQ, several with market capitalizations in excess of a billion dollars. These include: Twitter (TWTR) Callwave (CALL, now Fuzebox), Click Commerce (CKCM ); Convergent Group (CVGP acquired by Schlumberger Ltd); DivX Inc (DVIX was subsequently acquired by Sonic Solutions (SNIC)); Illuminet (ILUM, acquired by VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN)); Quest Software (QSFT) and SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (SBYN).In January 2013 Jerry invested in Nest series C. He also invested in Snapchat in December 2013 series C, Serverless, Inc series B in July 2016, Influxdata series B August 2016.Jerry is passionate about public service, using his network and capabilities to impact causes he believes in. In particular, Jerry plays a leading role as a member of the Board of Trustees at:The Aspen Institute whose mission is to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. The Santa Fe Institute which is a multi-disciplinary research and education center focused on understanding complex adaptive systems as a critical component in addressing key environmental, technological, biological, economic, and political challenges.Jerry is a co-founder, along with John Doerr, of For the Forest, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the health of forests, with particular emphasis on promoting the long-term sustainability of Western forests by providing research, management, expertise and related resources.Jerry Murdock graduated with a degree in Political Science from San Diego State University and subsequently worked at the Georgetown Center for Strategic & International Studies (now known as CSIS).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$30M |
| Series B | $15M–$70M |
| Series C | $25M–$105M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 34% |
| Apps | 6 | 15% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Mobile | 4 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 10% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 17% |
| Series C | 7 | 17% |
| Seed | 6 | 15% |
| Series A | 5 | 12% |
| Series D | 4 | 10% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 44% |
| France | 3 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Slingshot AI | Slingshot is an AI research company driven by our mission to exponentially increase global access to mental healthcare.We’re developing technology to help humans feel and perform better, be more connected, and adapt to the future in a time where the demand for mental health support far exceeds providers by 10,000:1, and the large-scale changesahead are unprecedented.By leveraging AI to delve deep into human psychology, we expect to learn something about human nature that no humans have before, in order to help people change their minds.Based in NYC and London, our cross-disciplinary team of researchers, engineers, and broader mental health experts is dedicated to building tools that empower individuals to take on any challenge that arises. | $30M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Product Science | Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. It analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Its AI enables them to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations tohelp mobile developers identify the problem right away. The company's integrated development environment tools and plugins display video recordings of apps alongside performance traces, providing insights into what's going on behind the screen.Product Science was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $18M | Seed | Jan 04, 2023 |  |
| Docker | Docker develops an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. Its platform allows developers and system administrators to create and run applications as a collection of containers that work across laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also offers an application run-time andpackaging tool and a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows.Starting in 2008, dotCloud became Docker in October 2013, with its headquarters in San Francisco, California. | $105M | Series C | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Product Science | Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. It analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Its AI enables them to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations tohelp mobile developers identify the problem right away. The company's integrated development environment tools and plugins display video recordings of apps alongside performance traces, providing insights into what's going on behind the screen.Product Science was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $17M | Seed | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Product Science | Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. It analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Its AI enables them to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations tohelp mobile developers identify the problem right away. The company's integrated development environment tools and plugins display video recordings of apps alongside performance traces, providing insights into what's going on behind the screen.Product Science was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $17M | Series A | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| MetaMap | MetaMap is a customer identity platform with comprehensive, accurate, and unique data in emerging markets. By providing more complete ways for merchants to see their users, they empower merchants to extend more opportunities to more people. Builders across the spectrum, from developers to enterprises, partner with MetaMap to scale and differentiatetheir services. | $70M | Series B | Dec 28, 2021 |  |
| Scarf | Scarf is an AI Platform for Open Source usage analytics and enterprise technographics. Scarf provides intelligence for sales, marketing, security, and more based on how companies and governments around the world are using open source software. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Stateful | Install our extension in VS Code, share your status and use the Stateful score as your personal growth compass. Reach milestones, celebrate accomplishments and grow yourself as a developer. | $4.2M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| junolive | Juno is the service leader of live and on-demand digital platforms born from a history of community-building software. JUNO connects, educates and grows communities daily. Whether event participants engage virtually or in-person, Juno creates transformational experiences and drives results with our engagement, monetization, matchmaking, videostreaming and analytics tools. We reduce friction and support business growth with built-in revenue-generating opportunities. JUNO believes in the power of human connection, whether that occurs in-person or in digital space -- or where those two cross in hybrid events. Those intersections of connectivity are where growth, education and inspiration occur. The best part? Those community members could keep engaging in JUNO year-round. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 11, 2021 |  |
| Saturn Technologies | Saturn is a social network that operates on a temporal basis. Saturn organizes chaotic high school schedules and connects students with the people and information that are most important to them. | $44M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Nyca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nycapartners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tribe Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribe-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About For The Forest

VC Fund

For The Forest.

1 contacts available at For The Forest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jerry Murdock | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-murdock |

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## FAQ

### What does Jerry Murdock invest in?

Jerry Murdock invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jerry Murdock's check size?

Jerry Murdock typically joins rounds of $1M–$30M at Seed, $15M–$70M at Series B and $25M–$105M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jerry Murdock participates in.

### When did Jerry Murdock last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jerry Murdock closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 41 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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