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Founded
  
2008

Key people
  
David Gould, PartnerGlenn McGonnigle, PartnerSaid Mohammadioun , PartnerThomas E. Noonan, Partner

Website
  
http://www.techoperators.com

Headquarters
  
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Type of business
  
Early Stage Technology Venture Capital Firm

Profiles

LinkedIn

TechOperators is an early stage venture capital firm focused on software, Internet services, cloud computing, security, infrastructure, and mobile computing. It is based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., and was founded in 2008.

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Company Overview

TechOperators was established in 2008 to focus on filling what is commonly labeled as the “funding gap”. Led by veteran technology entrepreneurs and executives David Gould, Glenn McGonnigle, Said Mohammadioun, and Tom Noonan, the company provides up to $4 million of funding to software as a service companies (SaaS),that have annual revenues of at least $1 million. TechOperators takes an active role in their investments providing not only investment capital, but also applying their operational knowledge.

Partners

  • David Gould — Former chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based software maker Witness Systems Inc., which was acquired by Verint Systems Inc. in 2007.
  • Glenn McGonnigle — Former chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based VistaScape Security Systems Corp., which was acquired by Siemens Building Technologies Inc. in 2006.
  • Said Mohammadioun — Founded Atlanta software firm Samna Corp., which Lotus Development Corp. bought in 1990 for $65 million. Former CEO and chairman of Synchrologic Inc., which was sold to Intellisync Corp. in 2003 for about $85 million. Nokia Corp. bought Intellisync in 2006.
  • Tom Noonan — Co-founded Internet Security Systems Inc., which IBM Corp. acquired for $1.5 billion in 2006.

    • Current Fund and Investments

    TechOperators raised a $30 million fund in 2008 in addition to a series of personal investments by the company’s partners. In their first fund, TechOperators invested in Vocalocity, a VoIP company providing hosted PBX for small businesses.

    References

    TechOperators Wikipedia
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