Shasta Ventures

Shasta Ventures, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is a private equity firm that specializes in early-stage investments, primarily focusing on seed to series B-stage software companies in the United States. Over the past 15 years, the firm has supported more than 30 startups in achieving significant milestones, including going public or being acquired, by providing essential capital and expertise. In addition to its general investment activities, Shasta Ventures manages the Shasta Camera Fund, which focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in innovative technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and camera-first Computer Vision applications. This dedicated fund aims to support visionaries by investing up to $0.1 million per entrepreneur, with plans for 20 to 30 investments in groundbreaking ideas.

Jayaram Bhat

Venture Partner

Avery Cannon

CFO

Robert Coneybeer

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Tod Francis

Managing Partner

Austin Grose

Chief Financial Officer

Ravi Mohan

Managing Partner

Jacob Mullins

Managing Director

Jason Pressman

Managing Director

Issac Roth

Managing Director

Kenn So

Associate

Past deals in Arizona

Vector Launch

Series B in 2018
Vector was founded by several members of the original SpaceX team and is a disruptive innovator that connects space startups with affordable and frequent launch and platforms to enable space capabilities at a speed and price point never before possible. Vector has a big vision to reshape the 400 billion dollar space market by combining dedicated low-cost micro satellite launch and software defined satellites (Galactic Sky) to dramatically increase access and speed to orbit.

Vector Launch

Series A in 2017
Vector was founded by several members of the original SpaceX team and is a disruptive innovator that connects space startups with affordable and frequent launch and platforms to enable space capabilities at a speed and price point never before possible. Vector has a big vision to reshape the 400 billion dollar space market by combining dedicated low-cost micro satellite launch and software defined satellites (Galactic Sky) to dramatically increase access and speed to orbit.

Digital Air Strike

Venture Round in 2009
Digital Air Strike is the leading social media technology, social recruiting, digital engagement and lead response company that helps businesses internationally increase social engagement in digital and social environments while generating measurable ROI. A pioneer in digital response, social marketing and online reputation management, Digital Air Strike deploys industry-specific mobile apps, software and managed service platforms to monitor, improve and manage consumer engagement for thousands of businesses in the United States and Canada including seven of the largest automotive manufacturers. More information is available at www.digitalairstrike.com and www.facebook.com/digitalairstrike.

Digital Air Strike

Series A in 2008
Digital Air Strike is the leading social media technology, social recruiting, digital engagement and lead response company that helps businesses internationally increase social engagement in digital and social environments while generating measurable ROI. A pioneer in digital response, social marketing and online reputation management, Digital Air Strike deploys industry-specific mobile apps, software and managed service platforms to monitor, improve and manage consumer engagement for thousands of businesses in the United States and Canada including seven of the largest automotive manufacturers. More information is available at www.digitalairstrike.com and www.facebook.com/digitalairstrike.