Western Technology Investment

Western Technology Investment is a California-based venture debt firm founded in 1980 that provides debt and lease financing to venture-backed technology and life science companies across North America. It targets early- and mid-stage, revenue-generating firms and offers flexible growth capital, sometimes with equity components such as warrants. The firm has extended more than three billion dollars of debt and equity capital to technology and life science companies ranging from early private to publicly traded. Based in Portola Valley, it focuses on technology-driven sectors and supports portfolio companies in scaling operations and achieving milestones through venture lending and growth financing.

JoBeth Abecasis

Venture Partner

JoBeth Abecassis

Venture Partner

Andrew Baldwin

Principal

Jon Beizer

Venture Partner

Dylan Bern

Principal

Josh Brody

Partner

Maddy Burleson

Associate

Jay Cohan

Partner

Ross Glasser

Principal

Greg Goldfarb

Investment Partner

Greg Goldfarb

Investment Partner

David Gravano

Investment Partner

Dave Gravano

Partner

Allison Lee

Principal

Rishabh Nijhawan

Associate

Rudy Ruano

Investment Partner

Jared Thear

CFO and CCO

Ryan Turner

Investment Partner

David Wanek

Partner

Patrick Ward

Associate

Maurice Werdegar

Partner

Past deals in Nigeria

Terragon

Series B in 2023
Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data aggregation and predictive analytics to help African-focused businesses intelligently connect with their customers across channels and devices. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Terragon also has operations in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, and India.

Kobo360

Seed Round in 2018
Kobo360 is a digital logistics platform that connects cargo owners, truck owners/drivers, and recipients. It uses data analytics and technology to streamline supply chains, reduce waste, and enable efficient delivery of goods across Africa.

Kobo360

Seed Round in 2018
Kobo360 is a digital logistics platform that connects cargo owners, truck owners/drivers, and recipients. It uses data analytics and technology to streamline supply chains, reduce waste, and enable efficient delivery of goods across Africa.

Andela

Venture Round in 2017
Andela is a technology company that recruits, screens, trains, and manages software developers for organizations worldwide. Through its AI-powered talent platform, Andela Talent Cloud, it enables clients to hire individual engineers or fully managed teams with rapid onboarding and flexible engagement models, often at lower cost and faster delivery than traditional hiring. The company handles the groundwork for global staffing, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and ongoing talent management, allowing clients to scale engineering capacity as needed. Andela maintains a diverse, geographically distributed network of developers across numerous countries, with emphasis on Africa and other emerging markets. Its expertise spans application development, artificial intelligence, cloud and DevOps, data engineering, and related fields. Andela serves a range of customers from startups to established brands, helping them accelerate project delivery and access top technology talent.
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