Todd H Poole
Director/Board Member at Lightmatter, Inc.
Profile
Todd is a Director at Pathfinder Ventures and leads investments in traditional and deep technology.
Recent areas of investment interest include hardware, software, edge, core, AI/ML, quantum, computer vision, sensors, silicon, and cybersecurity.
Before joining Pathfinder, Todd's venture capital career included investment roles at a $50M early-stage venture firm, a $500M mid-stage firm, and several years of activity as a small, private angel in the San Francisco, Seattle, and Chicago startup scenes.
Prior to his venture capital career, Todd held several roles as a founder, an early operator, and an early engineer at several startups and early-stage technology companies including a food-delivery startup, a virally successful video game studio, and a logistics startup.
Todd started his career working as an automation engineer in a manufacturing environment and a simulation engineer and cryptography technologies expert at a research and development laboratory for a major Department of Defense contractor.
Todd spent his academic career at Northwestern University, earning several degrees from McCormick's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science program and Mechanical Engineering program.
When he's not investing personally or professionally, Todd enjoys speaking publicly about venture investing, participating in panel talks, serving as a panel judge for startup competitions, and volunteering at several incubators and accelerators.
Todd H Poole active positions
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Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
 Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Lightmatter, Inc.
 Lightmatter, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lightmatter, Inc. provides software consultancy services which builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. The company was founded by arius Bunandar, Thomas Graham and Nicholas Harri in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2021 |
Mythic, Inc.
 Mythic, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Mythic, Inc. develops neural network hardware platform that supports weight neural networks in a tiny chip package. The firm specializes in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and neural networks. The company was founded by Michael Henry and David Fick in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2021 |
Safebreach, Inc.
 Safebreach, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Safebreach, Inc. develops a cyber security platform. It security platform provides a ?hacker?s view? of an enterprise's security risks to give the advantage of time to mitigate issues. The company was founded by Itzik Kotler and Guy Bejerano in August 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2020 |
Kadence Ltd.
 Kadence Ltd. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Kadence Ltd. provides wireless charging network. The firm also offers a platform to venues for the real-time communication and interaction with their customers to promote their products and brands. The company was founded by Dan Bladen and Charlie Cannell in June 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2019 |
Classiq Technologies Ltd.
 Classiq Technologies Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Classiq operates as a quantum software stack. The company was founded by Amir Naveh, Nir Minerbi & Yehuda Naveh and is headquartered in Israel. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2022 |
PubNub, Inc.
 PubNub, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services PubNub, Inc. operates a network which enables software developers to build and scale real-time apps. Its solutions include chat, ChatEngine, IoT device control, real time updates and ProjectEON, WebRTC, VoIP signalling, dating apps and crypto currency solutions. The company was founded by Todd Greene and Stephen Lawrence Blum in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2021 |
Kadence, Inc.
 Kadence, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kadence, Inc. develops enterprise software solutions and provides office administration services. The CEO of the American company is Daniel Bladen. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2019 |
Dragos, Inc.
 Dragos, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Dragos, Inc. develops a platform which provides cyber security solutions. Its platform engages in continuous passive monitoring software that identifies and visualizes assets, detects threats through intelligence-driven analytics, and provides a workbench with playbooks to respond to attacks with speed and confidence. The firm offers incident response and threat view services. The company was founded by Robert M. Lee, Justin Cavinee and Jon Lavender in 2016 and is headquartered in Fulton, MD. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2020 |
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Training of Todd H Poole
| Northwestern University | Undergraduate Degree |
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BMW i Ventures, Inc.
 BMW i Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BMW i Ventures Inc (BMW i Ventures), a venture capital subsidiary of of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Finance |
PubNub, Inc.
PubNub, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services PubNub, Inc. operates a network which enables software developers to build and scale real-time apps. Its solutions include chat, ChatEngine, IoT device control, real time updates and ProjectEON, WebRTC, VoIP signalling, dating apps and crypto currency solutions. The company was founded by Todd Greene and Stephen Lawrence Blum in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
11.2 Capital Management LLC
 11.2 Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance 11.2 Capital Management LLC (11.2 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Shelley Zhuang. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Safebreach, Inc.
Safebreach, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Safebreach, Inc. develops a cyber security platform. It security platform provides a ?hacker?s view? of an enterprise's security risks to give the advantage of time to mitigate issues. The company was founded by Itzik Kotler and Guy Bejerano in August 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Dragos, Inc.
Dragos, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Dragos, Inc. develops a platform which provides cyber security solutions. Its platform engages in continuous passive monitoring software that identifies and visualizes assets, detects threats through intelligence-driven analytics, and provides a workbench with playbooks to respond to attacks with speed and confidence. The firm offers incident response and threat view services. The company was founded by Robert M. Lee, Justin Cavinee and Jon Lavender in 2016 and is headquartered in Fulton, MD. | Technology Services |
Mythic, Inc.
Mythic, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Mythic, Inc. develops neural network hardware platform that supports weight neural networks in a tiny chip package. The firm specializes in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and neural networks. The company was founded by Michael Henry and David Fick in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Electronic Technology |
Flywheel Exchange, Inc.
 Flywheel Exchange, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flywheel Exchange LLC develops cloud-based software which helps scientists and researchers to share data and algorithms. The firm also provides computer programming services. It offers life sciences, clinical research, imaging research and AI developer solutions. The company was founded by Brian Wandell, Troy D. Kopischke, Ryan Chamberlai and Gunnar Schaefer in 2012 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Technology Services |
Lightmatter, Inc.
Lightmatter, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lightmatter, Inc. provides software consultancy services which builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. The company was founded by arius Bunandar, Thomas Graham and Nicholas Harri in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Classiq Technologies Ltd.
Classiq Technologies Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Classiq operates as a quantum software stack. The company was founded by Amir Naveh, Nir Minerbi & Yehuda Naveh and is headquartered in Israel. | Technology Services |
Kadence Ltd.
Kadence Ltd. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Kadence Ltd. provides wireless charging network. The firm also offers a platform to venues for the real-time communication and interaction with their customers to promote their products and brands. The company was founded by Dan Bladen and Charlie Cannell in June 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Electronic Technology |
Kadence, Inc.
Kadence, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kadence, Inc. develops enterprise software solutions and provides office administration services. The CEO of the American company is Daniel Bladen. | Technology Services |
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