Our unique team based approach empowers founders to leverage the network and expertise of all members of our ecosystem

Our Team

Anton Simunovic

 
  • Former Chief Investment Officer of Alumni Ventures, America’s largest venture firm for individual investors
  • Founded and led Vener8 Technologies, a technology commercialization company he started with GE
  • Former head of GE Equity’s Infrastructure Software Group. Invested $72 million into 10 companies, generating more than $500 million of realized gains
  • Served on the board of directors of more than 20 private and public companies
  • BSc Engineering from Queen’s University in Canada and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ben Holzman

 
  • Former investor and Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures focused on infrastructure software companies
  • Former CFO and COO at software companies including ObserveIT, Artemis Health and others
  • Former Sales Ops Executive at Iron Mountain 
  • Board member at private and public software companies
  • Enjoys mentoring founders and CEOs
  • Loves the outdoors and cooking

Ben Nye

 
  • Former Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, created the infrastructure software investing practice
  • Former CEO of Turbonomic acquired by IBM for $2 billion 
  • Former SVP at Veritas Software Corporation; COO and CFO of Precise Software Solutions, Ltd.; and Partner at Allied Capital
  • Served US Treasury Secretaries Lloyd Bentsen and Robert Rubin and received the Exceptional Service Award

Jenny Pyle

 
  • Former member of Human Resources team at Turbonomic to advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Director of Mentoring, Training and DEI
  • A lifelong coach and leader, Jenny’s passion is promoting equal opportunity by bridging racial and socioeconomic divides
  • Former trial and appellate attorney in criminal law in Washington DC. 
  • Turned around a 50+ year old school, Roxbury Weston Programs, Inc, as President and Chair of the Board

Leigh Moore

 
  •  Former VP Marketing, Marketing Growth & Product.  Early Marketing leader at Snyk, building out the marketing organization focused on brand awareness, demand gen, developer advocacy, product led growth and customer education. 
  • Former VP of Marketing at Logentries, acquired by Rapid7. 
  • Former VP of Marketing at Threat Stack and AppNeta. 
  • Advisor and coach to emerging tech founders and marketing leaders.

Mike Shanahan

 
  • Founder and Managing Partner of Egan Managed Capital - three venture funds with 45 investments in early-stage technology companies
  • Reviewed nearly 3,000 investment opportunities and served on 24 boards, including 2 publicly traded companies
  • Former CFO and SVP of Operations at SevOne, a rapidly growing network performance management company
  • Former Managing Partner of Eastech - three venture funds with 40 investments in early-stage technology companies

Mo Garad

 
  • Former CFO at Turbonomic. Former Chief Customer Officer 
  • Former CFO and first US-based employee of Dynatrace software
  • Former BCV infrastructure software team. Key investments included Solarwinds, AppNeta, and Dynatrace 
  • Former VP of Finance and Strategy at Precise

Newt Davis

 
  • Former General Counsel at Turbonomic 
  • Former partner at Bingham, advising such clients as Oracle Corporation and Citrix on their M&A transactions and such clients as Bain Capital Ventures and their portfolio companies on venture financings and other transactions
  • Newt also spent eight years working at Debevoise & Plimpton and Coudert Brothers in New York, primarily on transactional matters

Nishkam Prabodh

 
  • Former Co-founder at Remo, a seed-stage venture, where he led product and fundraising, closing $6M across two rounds of fundraising
  • Former Product/GTM Manager at Cipla Health Limited, a growth stage venture in India which he helped scale to $21M
  • Former Management Consultant at A. T. Kearney,  where he worked with PE/VC, e-commerce, and retail clients.
  • Holds a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Harvard Business School

Roslyn McLean

 
  • Former Office Manager and Executive Assistant, Bain Capital Ventures, Boston MA/Palo Alto, CA 
  • Former Executive Assistant, Investor Relations, Summit Partners, Boston, MA
  •  Former Executive Assistant, Office of CFO, State Street, Boston, MA
  •  Volunteer and logistics lead, Pan Mass Challenge, Babson College/Wellesley, MA

Sage Nye

 
  • Former Turbonomic Strategic Alliances Manager for the IBM Alliance
  • Honors degree in applied social sciences and economics at Harvard University, awarded magna plus on senior thesis
  • Former Director of the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, managing a staff of 40 and over 200 volunteers
  •  Mindich Fellow at Harvard University

Will Schnoor

 
  • Formerly held multiple GTM Strategy & Operations roles at Turbonomic and Snyk across Sales Ops, Post Sales Ops, and Global Planning
  • Former Enterprise Sales Engineer at Turbonomic
  • Holds a Bachelor's degree and MBA (McDonough scholar) from Georgetown University
  • Previously worked as an investment banking associate at BMO Capital Markets

Tessa Doman

 
Tessa has over a decade of software start-up experience as a sales leader launching sales programs, GTM strategies and driving rapid revenue growth. With an entrepreneurial background, she is passionate about building successful businesses and developing diverse, high performing sales talent. Tessa will lead the full-time VG Sales program out of the VG SALES office in Boston.

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