Jim Pastoriza
General Partner @ TDF Ventures
Washington, United States
Jim Pastoriza is a Series B investor at TDF Ventures in Washington focused on Software and Telecommunications. Jim joined TDF early in 2004 and is the Managing Partner at the Fund. He has more than two decades in the Communications and Technology sector initially in operating positions and the last 17 in venture capital. Before joining TDF Ventures, Jim was a Partner at J.P. Morgan Communications Partners at their Telecom, Media and Technology Fund inSan Francisco, CA. Before JPMorgan, he was a Partner at AT&T Ventures. Jim has led investments in over 15 exits via acquisition or public offerings. Prior to venture capital, Jim held operational positions at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. At AT&T, Jim was the Product Manager for AT&T’s largest P&L, Consumer Long Distance Service. He also served as the Executive Assistant to AT&T’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development. Previously, Jim was a Lucent Technologies Account Executive ranking in the top 1% of national sales. He received a BSEE from Columbia University and is a member of their Engineering Advisory Board. Jim earned a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Jim Pastoriza invests in
Stages Jim Pastoriza invests in
Countries Jim Pastoriza invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (18%)
- Telecommunications 2 (12%)
- ISP 1 (6%)
- FinTech 1 (6%)
- Finance 1 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 4 (24%)
- Series C 3 (18%)
- Seed 2 (12%)
- Series A 2 (12%)
- Funding Round 2 (12%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BlackCloak
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BlackCloak's Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform protects C-Suite Executives and High-Net-Worth Individuals from hacking, privacy, financial, and reputational risks. BlackCloak protects its clients in their personal lives, as opposed to corporate devices, monitoring the executive/high-profile person and their family. Oursolution protects (1) their privacy, (2) their devices, (3) their home, and (4) their peace of mind with bespoke solutions for this specific audience. | $17M / Series B / Sep 17, 2024 | |
Aervivo
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Aervivo’s mission is to democratize the ISP industry, enabling fiber-grade connectivity at a fraction of the cost. It partners with multi-family community owners and new entrants, empowering them to quickly launch new connectivity services to the residents they server. Our industry-leading hybrid fiber and wireless mesh technology, cloud-basedservice platform and SaaS business model allows our partners to quickly deliver affordable, high-speed connectivity with an industry-leading customer experience. | $3M / Seed / Oct 31, 2022 | |
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Aervivo
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Aervivo’s mission is to democratize the ISP industry, enabling fiber-grade connectivity at a fraction of the cost. It partners with multi-family community owners and new entrants, empowering them to quickly launch new connectivity services to the residents they server. Our industry-leading hybrid fiber and wireless mesh technology, cloud-basedservice platform and SaaS business model allows our partners to quickly deliver affordable, high-speed connectivity with an industry-leading customer experience. | $3M / Jun 01, 2022 | |
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BlackCloak
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BlackCloak's Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform protects C-Suite Executives and High-Net-Worth Individuals from hacking, privacy, financial, and reputational risks. BlackCloak protects its clients in their personal lives, as opposed to corporate devices, monitoring the executive/high-profile person and their family. Oursolution protects (1) their privacy, (2) their devices, (3) their home, and (4) their peace of mind with bespoke solutions for this specific audience. | $11M / Series A / Jul 29, 2021 | |
PICKUP
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PICKUP is a real-time, last-mile logistics network that enables consumers to experience same-day delivery of big, heavy, and specialty retail items. The company develops a delivery mobile application designed to provide a convenient way to move packages to desired places. Its application offers a network of on-demand professional and verifiedmovers that help retailers to transform the delivery experience, enabling users to move packages on short notice and improve sales conversion.PICKUP was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. | $15M / Series B / Mar 30, 2021 | |
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Aervivo
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Aervivo’s mission is to democratize the ISP industry, enabling fiber-grade connectivity at a fraction of the cost. It partners with multi-family community owners and new entrants, empowering them to quickly launch new connectivity services to the residents they server. Our industry-leading hybrid fiber and wireless mesh technology, cloud-basedservice platform and SaaS business model allows our partners to quickly deliver affordable, high-speed connectivity with an industry-leading customer experience. | $5.8M / Seed / Mar 16, 2021 | |
NS8
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NS8 is a comprehensive fraud prevention platform that combines behavioral analytics, real-time scoring, and global monitoring to help online businesses minimize risk. Its patented scoring technology provides actionable data about the type, quality, and trustworthiness of transactions, which businesses leverage to automate fraud management workflowsto suit their individual needs. | $26M / Seed / Mar 21, 2019 | |
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PICKUP
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PICKUP is a real-time, last-mile logistics network that enables consumers to experience same-day delivery of big, heavy, and specialty retail items. The company develops a delivery mobile application designed to provide a convenient way to move packages to desired places. Its application offers a network of on-demand professional and verifiedmovers that help retailers to transform the delivery experience, enabling users to move packages on short notice and improve sales conversion.PICKUP was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. | $5M / Series A / Nov 13, 2018 | |
FSLogix
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FSLogix is a developer of an app-provisioning platform designed to reduce the resources, time, and labor required to support virtualization. The company's platform offers real-time access to enterprise applications, image reduction, license management, Office 365 container, profile container, and demo videos as well as reduces the number ofWindows Gold images, enabling enterprises to execute their strategic IT vision of the enterprise-class virtual workspace easily and effectively while optimizing license costs. | $7.5M / Series C / Mar 07, 2018 | |
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NS8
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NS8 is a comprehensive fraud prevention platform that combines behavioral analytics, real-time scoring, and global monitoring to help online businesses minimize risk. Its patented scoring technology provides actionable data about the type, quality, and trustworthiness of transactions, which businesses leverage to automate fraud management workflowsto suit their individual needs. | $7.5M / Seed / Nov 20, 2017 | |
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Co-Investors
About TDF Ventures
TDF Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Washington DC and Silicon Valley. We focus on startups that serve enterprise markets within infrastructure, software, and services (IaaS, SaaS, XaaS). We invest from a $200M permanent pool of capital and are currently investing out of Fund V.
TDF Ventures Contacts
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Jim Pastoriza
General Partner
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Matthew Bressler
Principal
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Steven M. Mankoff
General Partner
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Mark Floyd
Partner
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Randy Brouckman
Partner
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What does Jim Pastoriza invest in?
Jim Pastoriza invests primarily in Software, Telecommunications and ISP startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 17 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 Jim Pastoriza last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jim Pastoriza closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 17 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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