Randy Hawks
Managing Director @ Claremont Creek Ventures
Oakland, United States
Randy Hawks is a Series B investor at Claremont Creek Ventures in Oakland focused on SaaS and GovTech. Randy is a managing director at Claremont Creek Ventures, bringing more than 25 years of technology industry experience as a senior general manager and venture investor to the group. Randy invests in Information Technology and has a special interest in Sensor Networks and Security.In the years prior to co-founding Claremont Creek Ventures,Randy was a general partner at Novus Ventures and a Venture Partner at Horizon Ventures.Before his venture capital career, Randy had startup experience as CEO at Captiva Software and as COO at Identix (from its founding through IPO and life on NASDAQ). He served as senior vice president at AT&T Paradyne and as a vice president of marketing and division general manager at ITT Information Systems (Qume).Early in his career, Randy served in a variety of roles in the minicomputer business at Texas Instruments and began work as a computer research engineer at Cornell Aeronautical Lab.Randy holds a BSEE from University of Arkansas and has completed the Stanford University Executive Management Program. He serves as a committee chair for Keiretsu Forum and is a member of the US Secret Service Electronics Crime Taskforce.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Randy Hawks invests in
Stages Randy Hawks invests in
Countries Randy Hawks invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (13%)
- GovTech 1 (13%)
- Big Data 1 (13%)
- Security 1 (13%)
- Marketing 1 (13%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (25%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Series C 1 (13%)
- Series D 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Investments
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SmartZip
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SmartZip Analytics is a national leader in predictive marketing solutions for the real estate industry. Using patent-pending predictive analytics, automated marketing campaigns and smart CRM follow-up tools, SmartZip makes big data actionable for real estate and mortgage lending professionals. Our flagship product, SmartTargeting, helps agents landmore listings by identifying and targeting the homeowners most likely to sell in any neighborhood across the U.S.As a rapidly growing startup backed by Intel Capital, SmartZip has assembled the most talented team and comprehensive predictive marketing platform in the industry. | $12M / Series B / Jul 23, 2014 | |
SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $12M / Oct 02, 2012 | |
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SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $6.9M / Jul 01, 2012 | |
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SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $10.5M / Jun 16, 2011 | |
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SmartZip
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SmartZip Analytics is a national leader in predictive marketing solutions for the real estate industry. Using patent-pending predictive analytics, automated marketing campaigns and smart CRM follow-up tools, SmartZip makes big data actionable for real estate and mortgage lending professionals. Our flagship product, SmartTargeting, helps agents landmore listings by identifying and targeting the homeowners most likely to sell in any neighborhood across the U.S.As a rapidly growing startup backed by Intel Capital, SmartZip has assembled the most talented team and comprehensive predictive marketing platform in the industry. | $2.1M / Series A / Mar 10, 2009 | |
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SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $7.5M / Series D / Jun 17, 2008 | |
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SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $12M / Series C / Jun 05, 2007 | |
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SoundThinking
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ShotSpotter they helps local, state, and federal law enforcement respond to, investigate, and deter crime through gunshot detection and alerting systems; investigative tools that immediately generate leads and streamline case management to accelerate crime solving and improve clearance rates; and patrol management software. | $9.4M / Series B / Apr 11, 2006 |
Co-Investors
Lauder Partners
5 deals together
Levensohn Venture Partners
5 deals together
City Light Capital
4 deals together
The Westly Group
3 deals together
Band of Angels
1 deal together
Broidy Capital Management
1 deal together
About Claremont Creek Ventures
Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV) is a seed and early stage venture firm. CCV invests in companies that serve essential, broad-impact industries with innovative digital solutions that increase efficiency or create entirely new high-growth, high-margin businesses. As part of CCV’s investment strategy, the firm practices “life cycle venturing”:establishing in-depth, active relationships with entrepreneurs alongside or even ahead of early-stage funding events. Claremont Creek Ventures has invested in over 40 companies including Clean Power Finance, EcoATM, and Natera and manages more than $300 million across two funds. Visit www.claremontcreek.com.
Claremont Creek Ventures Contacts
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Gianna Conci Orozco
Finance Manager
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Harveen Sethi
Associate
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Nathaniel Goldhaber
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Randy Hawks
Managing Director
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Bradford C. Webb, PhD
Venture Partner
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What does Randy Hawks invest in?
Randy Hawks invests primarily in SaaS, GovTech and Big Data startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Randy Hawks last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Randy Hawks closed in Jul 2014. Shizune tracks 8 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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