# Joseph Alsop

> Joseph Alsop is a Series A investor at Progress (Prides Crossing) backing Windows and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Progress](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/progress-software)
- Location: Prides Crossing, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-alsop-59082013/

Joseph Alsop is a Venture Partner. He was the founder and until 2009 the CEO of Progress Software Inc., a public company (PRGS) selling application infrastructure technology, including application development tools and the world’s leading imbedded database. He graduated from MIT in 1967 with a BSEE degree. He is investing in and working withcompanies in Massachusetts applying information technology in various areas.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Windows | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Data Center | 1 | 100% |
| Virtualization | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VirtaMove | Automating onboarding and deployment of server applications to private, public, and hybrid clouds, VirtaMove modernizes Windows Server applications in days instead of months. VirtaMove can move applications to the cloud and to a new version of an OS at the same time. VirtaMove is the fastest and most flexible way to move workloads across cloudsand datacenter servers, without re-engineering, re-installation, or lock-in.VirtaMove containerizes and moves Windows production server applications from a source machine – physical or virtual – to any destination server, in any cloud or datacenter. It separates an application from the operating system and machine, copies it and reinstalls the application on a new machine. This approach allows you to modernize [upgrade] the operating system and move to the cloud in one step. | $3M | Series A | Mar 05, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Progress

VC Fund · Bedford, United States

Progress (formerly Progress Software) is a global software company that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business applications on-premise or in the cloud, on any platform or device, to any data source, with enhanced performance, minimal IT complexity and low total cost of ownership.

5 contacts available at Progress.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Svetozar Georgiev | SVP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svetozar-georgiev |
| Anton Hristov | Director Product Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-hristov |
| George Westwater | Director of Software Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-westwater |
| Jon Cowie | Senior Manager, Customer Architecture | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-cowie |
| Joseph Alsop | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-alsop |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph Alsop invest in?

Joseph Alsop invests primarily in Windows, Software and Data Center startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joseph Alsop last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Alsop closed in Mar 2014. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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