# Terry Garnett

> Terry Garnett is a seed investor at Garnett & Helfrich Capital backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Garnett & Helfrich Capital
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/terry-garnett/0/ab2/284

Terry Garnett is a seed investor at Garnett & Helfrich Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Analytics. Terry and partner David Helfrich formed Garnett & Helfrich Capital in 2003. He was also actively involved in forming and funding Crossworlds Software, whose founder and CEO was his wife Katrina Garnett. Crossworlds went public in 2000 and was acquired by IBM in 2001.Prior to founding his own company, Terry spent eight years with VenrockAssociates where he was an early investor in Siebel, Checkpoint Software, Niku, Neoforma, and Neon Software.Prior to Venrock, Terry reported to Larry Ellison at Oracle Corporation, where he was a member of the Executive Management Committee and served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| SMS | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ortto | Switch ON better marketing for your business with Autopilot. The Best Marketing and Customer Data Platform for Ecommerce and SaaS.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 10,000 customers globally spanning Ecommerce, SaaS and B2B.Autopilot has raised $32M in funding to date, backed by Salesforce Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, andBlackbird Ventures. | $10M | Series B | May 21, 2014 | http://www.autopilotapp.com |
| Ortto | Switch ON better marketing for your business with Autopilot. The Best Marketing and Customer Data Platform for Ecommerce and SaaS.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 10,000 customers globally spanning Ecommerce, SaaS and B2B.Autopilot has raised $32M in funding to date, backed by Salesforce Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, andBlackbird Ventures. | $3.4M | Series A | Feb 13, 2013 | http://www.autopilotapp.com |
| DEY Storage Systems | DEY Storage Systems, Inc., provides innovative software defined storage solutions. Our software virtualizes storage by unbundling storage management from the physical layer, enabling customers to design and operate dynamic storage platforms supporting their services-based infrastructures. DEY is a global company based in San Mateo, CA. | $3M | Seed | Aug 12, 2012 | http://www.dey-sys.com |
| Sparql City | SPARQL City is devoted to the open-source and commercial versions of SPARQLverse, very high performance, and highly scalable analytics on schema-less NoSQL databases using the W3C-standard SPARQL query language extended with advanced analytic functions. SPARQLverse product development began in late 2011 by a team of highly experienced andtalented massively-parallel database system engineers. The company’s developers are headquartered in the San Diego and Boston areas.We are currently looking for additional development, support, QA, and documentation engineers interested in devoting the next stage of their careers to the success of this product. In the development area, we are looking for talented C++/Java/HTML engineers to create management and monitoring GUIs and interfaces with other products in RDF/SPARQL and related “Big Data” space, including relational databases. All positions include stock options, benefits, and compensation competitive with startup corporations. If you would like to be considered for either current or future phases, | $11.6M |  |  | http://sparqlcity.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Southern Cross Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southern-cross-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rembrant-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Garnett & Helfrich Capital

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

Formed in March 2004, Garnett & Helfrich Capital, The Venture Buyout Firm:tm: is a $350 million fund for mid-sized technology spinouts. Garnett & Helfrich Capital specializes in spinning out businesses from large global technology companies and growing them as focused, standalone businesses.

1 contacts available at Garnett & Helfrich Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Terry Garnett | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terry-garnett |

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## FAQ

### What does Terry Garnett invest in?

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