We believe in a future where venture capital is more equitable, more efficient, and more genuine.
Our Approach
We see an opportunity within venture capital to be true partners to our founders.
We partner with the high-velocity, high-conviction companies that stand out from their peers because they are driven to build efficiently.
When we make investments, we are committed to our companies for their lifespan.
We become trusted and preferred partners of our entrepreneurs.
Niels Martin Brochner
CEO, Contractbook
Stormbreaker doesn’t care about vanity metrics or who you know. What matters to Stormbreaker are solid business fundamentals and drive. Have both, and they will support you with everything they’ve got.
Jesse DePinto
CPO, Frontdesk
Partnering with Stormbreaker was one of the most impactful decisions we made. Stormbreaker is not just an investor, they are a partner. Their extensive operator experience has been a significant asset to our growth. Throughout all the challenges and opportunities, they have never wavered in their eagerness to help us build a transformative company.
Dean Kelly
CEO, Gainful
The Stormbreaker team was one of the first institutional investors to believe in the Gainful vision––back when Gainful was just a few people. They showed up early and have never swayed from their commitment to our team. And not only have they been incredibly supportive of Gainful, they are genuinely nice people - even sending me a gift when we had our first born son!
Niels Martin Brochner
CEO, Contractbook
Stormbreaker doesn’t care about vanity metrics or who you know. What matters to Stormbreaker are solid business fundamentals and drive. Have both, and they will support you with everything they’ve got.
Jesse DePinto
CPO, Frontdesk
Partnering with Stormbreaker was one of the most impactful decisions we made. Stormbreaker is not just an investor, they are a partner. Their extensive operator experience has been a significant asset to our growth. Throughout all the challenges and opportunities, they have never wavered in their eagerness to help us build a transformative company.
Dean Kelly
CEO, Gainful
The Stormbreaker team was one of the first institutional investors to believe in the Gainful vision––back when Gainful was just a few people. They showed up early and have never swayed from their commitment to our team. And not only have they been incredibly supportive of Gainful, they are genuinely nice people - even sending me a gift when we had our first born son!
We bring instinct, drive, and grit to each founder and business in our portfolio.
The Stormbreaker Team
Said Mia
Managing Partner
Said brings years of experience as an investor and advisor to Stormbreaker’s portfolio companies. He saw the opportunity and the need in the ecosystem to combine the agility of a small fund with the deep bench and resources of a larger one. With Stormbreaker, Said is bringing “more” back to venture, back to partnerships.
– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Behind Several Top Tech IPOs & M&A Deals
– Seasoned TMT Investment Banker
– Former eCommerce Startup Founder
Andy Funk
Partner
Andy is a serial entrepreneur and founder with multiple exits. He brings 25 years of experience as an operator and builder to each portfolio company. Always “sitting in the founder’s seat”, Andy helps to build companies from the ground up.
Most recently, Andy co-founded and served as CEO of OverWatchID, which sold to SailPoint Technologies Inc. (NYSE: SAIL) in 2019.
– Serial Entrepreneur with Multiple Exits
– 3X Founder
– Veteran Startup Advisor
– Active Angel Investor
Mark Freed
Partner
Mark brings over 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas sector to Stormbreaker, with deep experience in business development, finance, investor relations, and operations. He has served as both an entrepreneur and early-stage investor, with multiple successful exits.
Mark is a Managing Member of Eastlake Terminal / ETLL Railcar Repair & Cleaning, and was recently a Vice President at Intensity Midstream.
– Active Angel Investor & Serial Founder
– GP and Division Head at High Sierra Energy ($660M Sale to NGL Energy Partners LP)
– Vice President at J. Aron (Goldman Sachs)
Glenn Lurie
Venture Partner
Glenn brings more than 30 years’ experience scaling and leading multi-billion-dollar businesses to the Stormbreaker portfolio. With extensive experience leading public companies, Glenn is skilled at growing innovative businesses within larger organizations and catapulting businesses and teams to their next phases of growth.
Most recently the President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of Synchronoss Technologies. Prior to Synchronoss, Glenn served as President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations where he successfully grew AT&T into the nation’s leading wireless and consumer business.
– Former President, CEO, and Board Member of Synchronoss Technologies
– Former President and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Operations
– Board Member of Avis Budget Group, Pivotal Commware, Teal Communications, and Blue Link Wireless
– Veteran Startup Advisor
Said Mia
Andy Funk
Mark Freed
Glenn Lurie
Spotlight
Copper Cow Coffee
Founder & CEO: Debbie Wei Mullin
Copper Cow Coffee makes all-natural specialty portable pour over Vietnamese coffee that blends the uniquely rich flavors from the Central Highlands of Vietnam, with the sweetness of creamy California milk. Sustainably sourced with all-natural flavors, the Portable Pour Over makes a fresh cup of coffee anytime, anywhere.
ZecOps
Founder & CEO: Zuk Avraham
ZecOps is a cyber security company that leverages attackers’ mistakes to hunt stealthy threats that cannot be found in any other way and to discover security weaknesses in your assets and applications using ZecOps Crash Forensics technology.
Cameyo
Co-founder & CEO: Andrew Miller
Cameyo is a cloud-native Digital Workspace solution that delivers Windows and internal web apps to any device from the browser, enabling remote workers to be productive from anywhere. Cameyo delivers the highest level of security, redundancy, scalability, load balancing, API-based integrations, and more.
