Number of Portfolio Companies 17
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
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Operator/Investor/Advisor. Led pre-IPO teams at: BigCommerce, Twitter, Salesforce.

CV:

• Senior Vice President of Engineering at Trustly. Leading a global team of 130+ to enable online banking payments as an alternative to credit & debit cards.

• Vice President of Engineering at Carta responsible for its flagship product. Led a

global team of Engineers across San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, Rio, and Waterloo.

• Vice President of Engineering at AppDirect. Led a global team of 200+ across San Francisco, Montréal, Buenos Aires, and Pune.

• Senior Vice President of Engineering at BigCommerce. Scaled the Engineering team from 65 to 130 across San Francisco, Sydney, and Austin.

• Director of Engineering at Twitter from 2012 thru its IPO. Responsible for the Engineering Services teams: Trust & Safety, User Services, Content Management Tools, Platform Intelligence, Open Source Programs, Developer Productivity.

• In 2004, joined pre-IPO Salesforce when team was ~36 in Engineering. As Senior Director, he was responsible for a large portion of the Salesforce Platform. Ron also worked closely with the corporate development team (Salesforce Ventures) on mergers & acquisitions.

Number of Investments 17
Ron Pragides has made 17 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - Jet HR on Jun 26, 2023, when Jet HR raised
€4.7M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 26, 2023
Jet HR
Pre Seed Round - Jet HR
€4.7M
Dec 28, 2021
MetaMap
Series B - MetaMap
$70M
Nov 10, 2021
Momentum
Seed Round - Momentum
$5M
Oct 12, 2021
Nelo
Series A - Nelo
$20M
Sep 30, 2021
SproutFi
Seed Round - SproutFi
R$30M
Sep 1, 2021
Cacheflow
Seed Round - Cacheflow
$6M
Aug 9, 2021
Plato
Seed Round - Plato
Jul 15, 2021
Dragonboat
Seed Round - Dragonboat
$3M
Jul 1, 2021
Allstacks
Seed Round - Allstacks
$4M
Apr 1, 2021
PeachPay
Pre Seed Round - PeachPay
$460K
Number of Partner Investments 155
Number of Exits 
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Ron Pragides has exits. Their most notable exits are Cacheflow and Aspecto.
  • Cacheflow Cacheflow is a zero-code SaaS sales platform that automates the proposal-to-payment process.
  • Aspecto Aspecto is an operator of an efficiency platform intended to eliminate the need for quality assurance.
Number of Current Jobs 5
Number of Past Jobs 10
Ron Pragides has 5 current jobs including Limited Partner at Scribble Ventures, Limited Partner at MKT1 Capital, and Limited Partner at GTMfund. Additionally, Ron Pragides has had 10 past jobs including Senior Vice President of Engineering at Trustly.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Trustly
Senior Vice President of EngineeringMar 1, 2022Sep 19, 2023
Trustly
Vice President of EngineeringApr 5, 2021Feb 28, 2022
FootPrint Coalition
Limited PartnerJan 2021Dec 2021
Carta
Vice President of EngineeringFeb 19, 2019Apr 16, 2020
AppDirect
Vice President of EngineeringJun 5, 2017Nov 1, 2018
BigCommerce
Senior Vice President of EngineeringJan 2015Sep 2016
BigCommerce
Vice President of EngineeringMar 2014Jan 2015
X (formerly Twitter)
Director of EngineeringSep 2012Dec 2013
Salesforce
Senior Director, Mergers & AcquisitionsMay 2011Aug 2012
Salesforce
Senior Director, Software EngineeringJun 2004May 2011
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 4
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 6
Ron Pragides holds 4 board and advisor roles including Advisor / Investor at Cake, Advisor / Investor at FlexClub, and Advisor / Investor at Allstacks.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Truv
Advisor / InvestorSep 2020May 2021
Terminal
Executive in ResidenceOct 2020Jan 2021
First Round Capital
MentorMar 2020Jun 2020
AppDirect
AdvisorNov 1, 2018Jan 31, 2019
BigCommerce
AdvisorSep 5, 2016Sep 1, 2017
First Round Capital
MentorJan 2017Apr 2017
Number of News Articles 86
Funding RoundJun 26, 2023
Jet HR raised €4,700,000 / Pre Seed from 2100 Ventures and 17 other investors
NewsApr 5, 2022
NewsJan 18, 2022
Funding RoundDec 28, 2021
MetaMap raised $70,000,000 / Series B from Alameda Research and 9 other investors
Funding RoundNov 10, 2021
Momentum raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Basis Set Ventures and 5 other investors
Funding RoundOct 12, 2021
Nelo raised $20,000,000 / Series A from Anthony Pompliano and 11 other investors
Funding RoundSep 30, 2021
SproutFi raised R$30,000,000 / Seed from Brian Requarth and 18 other investors
Funding RoundSep 1, 2021
Cacheflow raised $6,000,000 / Seed from GGV Capital and 2 other investors
Funding RoundAug 9, 2021
Plato raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from 2 | Twelve and Ron Pragides
NewsJul 24, 2021