Tom Siegel
Managing Direcor @ Shepherd Ventures
Tom Siegel is a Series A investor at Shepherd Ventures focused on Mobile and Software. Tom has over 25 years of experience as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and management consultant. He focuses on investments in software, mobile/wireless, and the internet/digital media. With Shepherd Ventures, Tom has served on the boards of and/or managed investments in portfolio companies including SpecificMedia, Quickoffice,LTI Lighting, Planet ATE, Voyager Systems, and WiSpry.Earlier in his career, Tom was Senior Vice President of Advantage Capital Partners, a large early stage venture fund. While with Advantage Capital, the US Small Business Administration selected him as a Financial Services Advocate of the Year.Prior to Advantage Capital, Tom founded and/or served as President and Chief Executive Officer of various companies, primarily in the software and publishing industries. Tom was also a Management Consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick, where he served as a member of the firm's M&A Group.Tom received a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of Illinois. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and also holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Tom is a member of the CFA Institute, a past Chairman and President of the CFA Society of San Diego, an advisor for numerous privately-held companies and serves on the board of the San Diego Software Industries Council (SDSIC).
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Tom Siegel invests in
Stages Tom Siegel invests in
Countries Tom Siegel invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- iOS 1 (9%)
- Local 1 (9%)
- Music 1 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Series C 2 (18%)
- Seed 1 (9%)
- Series D 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| TakeLessons is the trusted marketplace for finding online and local instructors and taking online classes across a wide array of subjects ranging foreign languages, math and photography to music, dance and acting. Instructors rely on TakeLessons to simplify marketing and manage their business with integrated scheduling, billing, payment, andcommunication tools that work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices. | $6M / Series A / Aug 03, 2011 | ||
| TakeLessons is the trusted marketplace for finding online and local instructors and taking online classes across a wide array of subjects ranging foreign languages, math and photography to music, dance and acting. Instructors rely on TakeLessons to simplify marketing and manage their business with integrated scheduling, billing, payment, andcommunication tools that work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices. | $1.8M / Seed / Oct 01, 2009 | ||
| WiSpry is a fabless RF semiconductor company, develops, manufactures, and markets radio frequency (RF) silicon integrated circuits, components, and modules for manufacturers of wireless communication products. It offers tunable RF components, such as digital RF capacitors and RF capacitor networks, as well as digital RF-MEMS tunable capacitors. Thecompany's products are used in various applications, including RF matching circuits, digital control phase shift networks, antenna array frequency shifting, antenna diversity systems, agile frequency generation, tunable filter systems, and tunable anti-alias filters. It serves mobile phone OEMs, RF module manufacturers, and integrators, cellular base station suppliers, cable and satellite set-top box providers, laptop computer developers, test and instrumentation equipment manufacturers, and electronic system OEMs. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. WiSpry is a former subsidiary of Coventor, Inc. | $10M / Series C / Apr 06, 2009 | ||
| Mobile, and ATT. The program is fully localized in 36 languages, and ships worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones. via: | $3M / May 23, 2008 | ||
| Mobile, and ATT. The program is fully localized in 36 languages, and ships worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones. via: | $7M / Series D / Feb 05, 2007 | ||
| Specific Media is a leading global media company connecting brands with consumers across one of the largest audiences worldwide. Our exclusive data partnerships, multi-screen and multi-format targeting capabilities, and innovative advertising solutions enable brands to influence purchasing decisions as they are being made. With over 500 premiumpublishing partners, superior reporting methodologies, and a suite of proprietary products, Specific Media allows for smarter and more efficient campaigns.Specific Media is headquartered in Irvine, California, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, and Minneapolis. Our international offices are located in The United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Germany. For more information, visit specificmedia.com and find us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. | $10M / Series A / Jun 01, 2006 | ||
| Mobile, and ATT. The program is fully localized in 36 languages, and ships worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones. via: | $11.5M / Jan 01, 2006 | ||
| Mobile, and ATT. The program is fully localized in 36 languages, and ships worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones. via: | $7M / Series C / May 25, 2005 | ||
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About Shepherd Ventures
Shepherd Ventures was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, part of Southern California's Tech Coast, with easy access to other technology centers throughout the region. The four original Managing Directors of Shepherd Ventures were George Kenney, Peter Fisher, Tom Siegel and Richard Kuntz. The region has vibrant high technologyand life sciences industries, is underserved by the venture capital community, and offers compelling investment opportunities.Shepherd Ventures focus is on information technology and life sciences companies characterized by passionate and experienced management teams, compelling value propositions and extraordinary upside potential. They concentrate on companies located in Southern California and the Southwest, particularly San Diego, where they believe there is a significant shortage of venture capital. Their objective is to generate significant capital appreciation through a balanced portfolio of first and later stage equity investments in carefully selected, wisely shepherded growth companies.First stage companies are those with products that incorporate a disruptive technology, that are (or are about to be) commercially released, and that are capable of creating a valuable new paradigm in their category. In particular, Shepherd Ventures look for companies with completed products, where sales channels have been defined, and when possible, validated by a purchase order or letter of intent from a bona fide customer. Companies should exhibit a sustainable competitive advantage that will drive them to market or sector dominance and a credible path to profitability. Investments in these companies may be part of the first or second round of institutional capital. Seed stage opportunities will generally not be considered.Later stage companies are those that either have received prior rounds of venture capital, or have achieved growth and operational maturity without venture funding. These companies would be established technology companies with existing revenue and proven management teams. They likely will have profitable products, brand identity, market traction, and satisfied customers.The Shepherd Ventures Managing Directors, Venture Partners and Advisors are industry leaders who have extensive experience operating, guiding and investing in first and later stage information technology and life sciences companies.Shepherd Ventures takes pride in its people. They have a dynamic team of experienced professionals who hold diverse, yet extremely relevant backgrounds. The Shepherd team is disciplined, committed, capable, and always eager to assist Shepherd Ventures companies in any area they need to succeed. While Shepherd Ventures structure and lead most of the investments they make, they recognize the value of partnering to help entrepreneurs execute and build world class businesses.
Shepherd Ventures Contacts
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George C. Kenney
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Olga Kitsakos
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Richard P. Kuntz
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What does Tom Siegel invest in?
Tom Siegel invests primarily in Mobile, Software and iOS startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Tom Siegel closed in Aug 2011. Shizune tracks 11 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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