Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 30
  • Primary Job Title Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    GGV Capital
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Glenn Solomon is a venture capitalist. He is a partner at GGV Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in the U.S. and China.

Since 2006, Solomon has worked with entrepreneurs and leaders at companies where he has led GGV’s investments such as Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN), Pandora (NYSE: P), Successfactors (NYSE: SFSF/Acq by SAP), Isilon

(NASDAQ: ISLN/Acq by EMC), Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), Quinstreet (NASDAQ: QNST), Square, Conviva, Domo, AlienVault, HashiCorp, and Gridstore. He also assists his partners on other GGV investments such as Appirio, BlueKai, Buddy Media, China Talent Group (CTG), MediaV, Tujia, and Qunar.

Prior to GGV, Solomon was a general partner with Partech International, where he led investments in Broadbase Software, Datacenter Technologies, Digital Island, Pentasafe, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). Earlier in his career, he worked with Goldman Sachs and also with SPO Partners, a San Francisco-based private investment partnership.

Glenn Solomon graduated from Stanford University, where he majored in tennis, starting on three NCAA championship tennis teams, and he also earned an M.B.A from Stanford where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Number of Investments 4
Glenn Solomon has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - SwingVision on Oct 18, 2023, when SwingVision raised
$6.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 18, 2023
SwingVision
Series A - SwingVision
$6.2M
Oct 17, 2023
Swsh
Pre Seed Round - Swsh
$1.7M
Mar 8, 2023
Vantage
Series A - Vantage
$21M
Dec 16, 2021
Cal.com
Seed Round - Cal.com
$7.4M
Number of Partner Investments 87
Number of Current Jobs 5
Number of Past Jobs 3
Glenn Solomon has 5 current jobs including Venture Investor at Kong, Venture Investor at Slack, and Venture Investor at Airbnb. Additionally, Glenn Solomon has had 3 past jobs including Associate at SPO Partners & Co.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
SPO Partners & Co
Associate19931995
Goldman Sachs
Financial Analyst19911993
Partech
General Partner
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 30
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 9
Glenn Solomon holds 30 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Neon, Board Member at Torq, and Board Observer at Vercel.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Domo
Board MemberFeb 2013Mar 2019
Nimble Storage
Venture InvestorAug 2012Apr 2017
China Talent Group
Board Member2009Jan 2015
QuinStreet
Member of the Board of Directors2007Oct 1, 2012
Pandora
Member of the Board of ObserverMay 2010Jul 2011
Isilon Systems
Venture Investor20062008
Focus
Member of the Board of Directors
HyperGrid™
Board Observer
Gridstore
Member of the Board of Directors
Number of Events 1
Glenn Solomon has participated in 1 event, SaaStr Annual 2018 on Feb 6, 2018.
Number of News Articles 75
Funding RoundOct 18, 2023
SwingVision raised $6,200,000 / Series A from Alison Riske Amritraj and 9 other investors
Funding RoundOct 17, 2023
Swsh raised $1,700,000 / Pre Seed from Ansh .N and 7 other investors
Funding RoundMar 8, 2023
Vantage raised $21,000,000 / Series A from Andreessen Horowitz and 4 other investors
Funding RoundDec 16, 2021
Cal.com raised $7,400,000 / Seed from Alex Bouaziz and 18 other investors
NewsJun 16, 2020
NewsFeb 11, 2020
NewsAug 22, 2019
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