# Tom Goodrich

> Tom Goodrich is a Series A investor at Corner Ventures (Palo Alto) backing Music and Video. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Corner Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corner-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2011
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-goodrich-30462618b/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cavs67a

Tom Goodrich is a co-founder and general partner at Corner Ventures. He is also the co-founder and managing director of DAG Ventures. Prior to co-founder Corner Ventures and DAG Ventures, Tom was a principal at Bechtel Investments, where he was responsible for overseeing a number of management buyouts of mid-size growth companies and specialsituation investments. He was formerly a co-founder and Vice President of Dimensional Corporate Finance, Inc., a specialty corporate finance company with significant financial backing from Xerox. Prior to this, Tom served as an independent consultant to the office of the Chairman of Bank of America and as a consultant with the Stanford Research Institute. Tom holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 17% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Sports | 1 | 17% |
| Security | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stoke | Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks. | $17M | Series E | Jan 18, 2011 |  |
| Metacafe | Metacafe is a web site that specializes in short-form video entertainment in the categories of movies, video games, sports, music and TV.The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv. Metacafe is privately held and its investors include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital,DAG Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.In its early years, Metacafe was similar to other video viewing websites such as YouTube or Dailymotion, but has since transformed itself into a short-form video entertainment site with several differences. The site now showcases more curated, exclusive and original premium entertainment-related video content than any other entertainment destination on the web.The company's partners include marquee content providers such as major movie studios, video game publishers, broadcast and cable TV networks, music labels and sports leagues.The site is advertising supported, working closely with brands in the entertainment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, and automotive sectors. | $5M | Debt Financing | Jun 04, 2010 |  |
| Stoke | Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks. | $15M | Series D | Apr 20, 2009 |  |
| Metacafe | Metacafe is a web site that specializes in short-form video entertainment in the categories of movies, video games, sports, music and TV.The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv. Metacafe is privately held and its investors include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital,DAG Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.In its early years, Metacafe was similar to other video viewing websites such as YouTube or Dailymotion, but has since transformed itself into a short-form video entertainment site with several differences. The site now showcases more curated, exclusive and original premium entertainment-related video content than any other entertainment destination on the web.The company's partners include marquee content providers such as major movie studios, video game publishers, broadcast and cable TV networks, music labels and sports leagues.The site is advertising supported, working closely with brands in the entertainment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, and automotive sectors. | $30M | Series B | Aug 01, 2007 |  |
| Stoke | Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks. | $20M | Series C | Jan 01, 2007 |  |
| CallVision.com | CallVision.com is a Seattle based application service provider, and is recognized as the leading developer of web-based, business-to-business Internet billing and analysis applications. | $5.8M | Series A | Aug 16, 2000 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Highland Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highland-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Integral Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/integral-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Net One Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/net-one-systems) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pilot House Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pilot-house-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Corner Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Corner Ventures, re-branded from DAG Ventures (c. 2004) in 2018, with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Tel Aviv and Tokyo, focuses on building category leading companies in a variety of industries including information technology, cyber-security, financial services, healthcare, software among others.

5 contacts available at Corner Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marvin Tien | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marvin-tien |
| Jerome Letter | Partner, CFO, COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-letter |
| John Cadeddu | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-cadeddu |
| Jonathan Pulitzer | General Partner, Israel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-pulitzer |
| Tom Goodrich | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-goodrich |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Goodrich invest in?

Tom Goodrich invests primarily in Music, Video and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 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 Tom Goodrich last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Goodrich closed in Jan 2011. Shizune tracks 6 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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