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Derek Collison

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
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Derek Collison is the Founder and CEO of Synadia Communications.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 3
Derek Collison has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - TigerBeetle on
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Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 6
Number of Past Jobs 8
Derek Collison has 6 current jobs including Investor at Covaxx, Founder and CEO at Synadia Communications, and Investor at Savonix. Additionally, Derek Collison has had 8 past jobs including Founder & CEO at Apcera.
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Founder & CEOMar 1, 2012Dec 2017
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Rakuten
Technical FellowJul 2012Dec 2014
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VMware
CTO & Chief Architect - Cloud Application PlatformsAug 2009Feb 2012
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Google
Technical DirectorOct 2004Jul 2009
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TIBCO
SVP & Chief ArchitectSep 2003Sep 2004
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TIBCO
VP & Chief ArchitectJan 1999Aug 2003
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Senior Software EngineerJan 1993Dec 1998
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Heavybit
InvestorMar 2013—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Derek Collison holds 2 board and advisor roles as Innovation Board Member at XPRIZE and Advisor at Iron.io.

Related Hubs

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Software Early Stage Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue Logo
Software Early Stage Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue
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California Early Stage Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees Logo
California Early Stage Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees
19,069
Cloud Computing Early Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees Logo
Cloud Computing Early Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees
51,547
Network Security Startups Logo
Network Security Startups
33,935
Cloud Data Services Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees Logo
Cloud Data Services Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees
3,407
Western US Mobile Apps Companies Logo
Western US Mobile Apps Companies
14,829
Mobile Apps Early Stage Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue Logo
Mobile Apps Early Stage Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue
54,378
California Mobile Apps Companies Logo
California Mobile Apps Companies
20,531
West Coast Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
West Coast Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)
668
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Western US Early Stage Companies
16,334

Education

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Derek Collison studied at University of Maryland.

Events

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Number of Events 3
Derek Collison has participated in 3 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, O’Reilly Open Source Convention 2019 on Jul 15, 2019.

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•Jan 30, 2023
TigerBeetle raised
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Funding Round•Feb 22, 2018
Synadia Communications raised
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Funding Round•Feb 1, 2017
360ofme raised
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