VECKER
Capital
Our Mission is to provide CEOs and Entrepreneurs with investment capital to help them build and run their businesses.
What is VECKER Capital?
VECKER Capital provides growth capital to CEOs and Entrepreneurs and their IT centric technology companies. We work with CEOs and entrepreneurs who want to transform good companies into great companies. Our team consists of proven technology entrepreneurs and leading investors, with decades of operating experience and investment successes (and missteps).
Our team believes that CEOs and entrepreneurs need constructive help in building their companies. We use VECKER Software’s web-based software applications to help CEOs and entrepreneurs better manage their operations and measure their results by focusing and aligning the critical identified business actions with their goals and Board requirements.
Our Team
Erik “Dutch” Jansen, Managing Partner
Erik Jansen brings more than fifteen years of venture capital investment success and operational experience to VECKER. Mr. Jansen founded RockRidge Capital, LLC after many successful years as General Partner with Pequot Ventures, the direct venture investment arm of Pequot Capital Management, with close to $2.0 billion under management across five technology funds, and one early stage healthcare fund. At Pequot Ventures, Mr. Jansen co-founded the firm's venture funds, was a member of the Operating/Investment Committee and focused primarily on making investments in the software and services sectors. He was involved in a variety of software and services companies such as Accruent Software, Asiademand, Authoria, Nitorum, Outerforce, OutlookSoft, Service Metrics, Syncra Software, Tian Software (subsequently merged into Outlooksoft), and Vcommerce. Prior to his tenure at Pequot, Mr. Jansen co-founded and managed Digital Media Capital, LLC, alongside Marco Arese (co-founder of Hyperion Solutions) and Art Samberg, the founder and CEO of Pequot Capital. As Managing Partner of Digital Media Capital, he invested in seed and early stage software and telecommunications companies including Critical Path (CPTH), Sandpiper Networks/Digital Island (CWP.N), Foundation Technologies (now Authoria), Globalcast Communications (sold to Talarian (TALR)), and Mediaplex (MPLX, now VCLK). Mr. Jansen is a native Dutchman with deep relationships in the U.S. and throughout Europe and Asia. Before his permanent move to the U.S. from the Netherlands, Mr. Jansen held sales and marketing positions with Procter & Gamble and Philips. Mr. Jansen received a B.B.A. from the Netherlands School of Business at Nijenrode, and a M.B.A. from the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. While at SMU, Mr. Jansen received the distinction of being selected the Outstanding MBA by the Financial Executive Institute. Mr. Jansen has been a regular speaker at various Venture Conferences including Internet Outlook, TIE of New York, New York New Media, NY Angel Zone Conference, Connecticut Venture Group, IBF and several European based private equity conferences. Mr. Jansen serves on the Eli Whitney Investment Advisory Committee of Connecticut Innovations, Inc., the State of Connecticut venture fund and resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Thomas Cowan
Mr. Cowan has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years for both large and small companies, public and private alike. He has built companies of all sizes – from OutlookSoft (approx. $100M), to Tivoli Systems ($100-500M), to the Communications, Media & Entertainment Sector of IBM (over $1B). Prior to VECKER, Mr. Cowan served as Chairman, CEO, and President of OutlookSoft Corporation, which he built into a significant competitor in the business performance management marketplace with revenue growth of 10 times during his three-year tenure. OutlookSoft was acquired by SAP in May 2007. Mr. Cowan has an extensive background in organizational strategy – from restructuring and building Vcommerce (a private technology company based in Arizona) to downsizing IBM’s development site in Southbury, Connecticut. When IBM acquired Tivoli Systems, he was the senior IBM executive responsible for the transition of Tivoli from an independent public company to a subsidiary. During the early phase of Lou Gerstner’s and Jerry York’s leadership of IBM, he led the design and implementation of a delegated model for pricing all of IBM’s hardware, software, and services worldwide. Mr. Cowan serves as Chairman of Tagetik North America (a private technology company in Italy), Chairman of The Stables (a private services company in Arizona), and Chairman of Vcommerce Corporation. He also serves on the boards of SMTC (a public technology manufacturer in Canada), Open Box Technologies (a private technology company in New York), and Cormont (an arts-related non-profit organization in New Hampshire). He has served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University’s Graduate School of Management and on the boards of OutlookSoft, Tivoli Systems, NHL.com and PGA.com. His academic and training credentials include a BA from Wake Forest University in Economics and Philosophy and an MBA from the University of South Carolina.
V Eric Roach
In 1994, Eric Roach founded Lombard Brokerage, which pioneered online stock trading and invented many of the technologies used in banking, brokerage and insurance industries today. In 1997 Mr. Roach sold Lombard to Morgan Stanley and was asked by CEO Phil Purcell to serve on their Management Committee at their world headquarters in New York, where he worked in marketing, e-commerce and internal acquisitions. In early 2000, Eric was recruited by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins (KPCB), and Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures to be the CEO of Elance, a services marketplace on the web. At the end of 2001, he left Elance to form Roach Capital Partners. In 2006, Mr. Roach ran for Congress, in an effort to bring pragmatic leadership to our government.
For More Information About VECKER Capital
Please contact Erik Jansen at: ejansen@vecker.com
VECKER Capital, LLC
One Stamford Plaza
263 Tresser Blvd
9th Floor
Stamford CT 06901
USA
Our Mission is to provide CEOs and Entrepreneurs with investment capital to help them build and run their businesses.
What is VECKER Capital?
VECKER Capital provides growth capital to CEOs and Entrepreneurs and their IT centric technology companies. We work with CEOs and entrepreneurs who want to transform good companies into great companies. Our team consists of proven technology entrepreneurs and leading investors, with decades of operating experience and investment successes (and missteps).
Our team believes that CEOs and entrepreneurs need constructive help in building their companies. We use VECKER Software’s web-based software applications to help CEOs and entrepreneurs better manage their operations and measure their results by focusing and aligning the critical identified business actions with their goals and Board requirements.
Our Team
Erik “Dutch” Jansen, Managing Partner
Erik Jansen brings more than fifteen years of venture capital investment success and operational experience to VECKER. Mr. Jansen founded RockRidge Capital, LLC after many successful years as General Partner with Pequot Ventures, the direct venture investment arm of Pequot Capital Management, with close to $2.0 billion under management across five technology funds, and one early stage healthcare fund. At Pequot Ventures, Mr. Jansen co-founded the firm's venture funds, was a member of the Operating/Investment Committee and focused primarily on making investments in the software and services sectors. He was involved in a variety of software and services companies such as Accruent Software, Asiademand, Authoria, Nitorum, Outerforce, OutlookSoft, Service Metrics, Syncra Software, Tian Software (subsequently merged into Outlooksoft), and Vcommerce. Prior to his tenure at Pequot, Mr. Jansen co-founded and managed Digital Media Capital, LLC, alongside Marco Arese (co-founder of Hyperion Solutions) and Art Samberg, the founder and CEO of Pequot Capital. As Managing Partner of Digital Media Capital, he invested in seed and early stage software and telecommunications companies including Critical Path (CPTH), Sandpiper Networks/Digital Island (CWP.N), Foundation Technologies (now Authoria), Globalcast Communications (sold to Talarian (TALR)), and Mediaplex (MPLX, now VCLK). Mr. Jansen is a native Dutchman with deep relationships in the U.S. and throughout Europe and Asia. Before his permanent move to the U.S. from the Netherlands, Mr. Jansen held sales and marketing positions with Procter & Gamble and Philips. Mr. Jansen received a B.B.A. from the Netherlands School of Business at Nijenrode, and a M.B.A. from the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. While at SMU, Mr. Jansen received the distinction of being selected the Outstanding MBA by the Financial Executive Institute. Mr. Jansen has been a regular speaker at various Venture Conferences including Internet Outlook, TIE of New York, New York New Media, NY Angel Zone Conference, Connecticut Venture Group, IBF and several European based private equity conferences. Mr. Jansen serves on the Eli Whitney Investment Advisory Committee of Connecticut Innovations, Inc., the State of Connecticut venture fund and resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Thomas Cowan
Mr. Cowan has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years for both large and small companies, public and private alike. He has built companies of all sizes – from OutlookSoft (approx. $100M), to Tivoli Systems ($100-500M), to the Communications, Media & Entertainment Sector of IBM (over $1B). Prior to VECKER, Mr. Cowan served as Chairman, CEO, and President of OutlookSoft Corporation, which he built into a significant competitor in the business performance management marketplace with revenue growth of 10 times during his three-year tenure. OutlookSoft was acquired by SAP in May 2007. Mr. Cowan has an extensive background in organizational strategy – from restructuring and building Vcommerce (a private technology company based in Arizona) to downsizing IBM’s development site in Southbury, Connecticut. When IBM acquired Tivoli Systems, he was the senior IBM executive responsible for the transition of Tivoli from an independent public company to a subsidiary. During the early phase of Lou Gerstner’s and Jerry York’s leadership of IBM, he led the design and implementation of a delegated model for pricing all of IBM’s hardware, software, and services worldwide. Mr. Cowan serves as Chairman of Tagetik North America (a private technology company in Italy), Chairman of The Stables (a private services company in Arizona), and Chairman of Vcommerce Corporation. He also serves on the boards of SMTC (a public technology manufacturer in Canada), Open Box Technologies (a private technology company in New York), and Cormont (an arts-related non-profit organization in New Hampshire). He has served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University’s Graduate School of Management and on the boards of OutlookSoft, Tivoli Systems, NHL.com and PGA.com. His academic and training credentials include a BA from Wake Forest University in Economics and Philosophy and an MBA from the University of South Carolina.
V Eric Roach
In 1994, Eric Roach founded Lombard Brokerage, which pioneered online stock trading and invented many of the technologies used in banking, brokerage and insurance industries today. In 1997 Mr. Roach sold Lombard to Morgan Stanley and was asked by CEO Phil Purcell to serve on their Management Committee at their world headquarters in New York, where he worked in marketing, e-commerce and internal acquisitions. In early 2000, Eric was recruited by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins (KPCB), and Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures to be the CEO of Elance, a services marketplace on the web. At the end of 2001, he left Elance to form Roach Capital Partners. In 2006, Mr. Roach ran for Congress, in an effort to bring pragmatic leadership to our government.
For More Information About VECKER Capital
Please contact Erik Jansen at: ejansen@vecker.com
VECKER Capital, LLC
One Stamford Plaza
263 Tresser Blvd
9th Floor
Stamford CT 06901
USA