Strategic value-add investor with on-the-ground GTM (Go To Market) teams in Japan and other overseas markets
Building a global business is exciting, and setting up in a new country market is very difficult and something you want to do with help of local experts. We know because we have done it ourselves . . . Over and over again.
Investment
Doorga provides unique access to mid-stage investment opportunities in companies who are already successful in USA (and often Europe) and are just entering new AsiaPac and LatAm markets.
Partial list of companies that Doorga's team of international sales leaders have introduced into AsiaPac and LatAm markets:
Doorga has decades-long personal relationships with many end-customers and channels.
Team
Doorga sales leaders are all former Country GMs, AsiaPac VPs or LatAm VPs who are technology-savvy and have built many personal relationships with customers and channels. Doorga’s team has worked together since early 1990’s and has developed unique expertise in introducing new products and business models to their markets
Founder and General Partner
- Stratacom – $4.5B acquisition by Cisco
- Infinera – $1.5B IPO in 2007 invested Series D alongside Level3
- Zscaler – $3.5B IPO in 2018
- Versa – Invested in Series C2 – valuation now exceeds $550M
- Phone.com – $10B IPO in 1999
Founder and General Partner, GM China
- China GM for StrataCom/Cisco, VP China for Alcatel-Lucent, RiverStone
- VP China/Asia for EMC, Aruba, Palo Alto Networks
General Manager, Japan
- Former GM of New Products for NRI-Secure
- Former GM of Space Satellite Services at Mitsubishi
Advisor, Japan
- Advisor to StrataCom/Cisco, GM of Mitsubishi Corp (IT Tech), Advisor to govt on KDDI & JT
- Tech advisor to CTOs/CEOs of Toyota, TEPCO, Tokyo Gas, SECOM, Mazda, Fujitsu & others
SE, Taiwan
- Technical Dir of Greater China for Cisco
- Technical Dir for Huawei Telco
- R&D Engr for Chunghwa Telecom
GM, Korea
- Director of Sun MicroSystems Korea
- GM of Total Network for Asiana Airlines
- Chief SE for STM (LG group) and SE for POSCO Steel
GM, Latin America
- VP LatAm for 3Com
- VP LatAm for Unity, AudioCodes, SonicWall, Kemp, SilverPeak, Riverstone
GM, Taiwan
- VP of Greater China for Cisco
- President/COO of Sun Seven Stars media group
- GM of Chunghwa Telecom, IBM Taiwan
GM, UK/Europe
- Former UK Sales Director for Juniper, Infinera, Triangle HealthTech and Ericsson
- Former Europe Sales/Channels Director for Pivot3, HiveIO and SpaceTalk
News
Acko Drive
Attivo
- SentinelOne completes acquisition of Attivo Networks
- Attivo recognized by Deloitte as a Fastest-Growing Company in North America
- Attivo announces integration with CrowdStrike
- Attivo Networks to be Acquired by SentinelOne; the XDR Journey Continues
- Attivo Networks Awarded U.S Department of Defense Contracts for Active Cyber Defense and Cyber Deception Technology
CoScreen
- Datadog completes Acquisition of CoScreen to Add Real-Time Collaboration for Developers
- CoScreen launches its screen-sharing product, announces $4.6M in fundraising
Elastics Cloud
- Elastics Cloud introduces market first CXL attached memory products
- Elastics.cloud Announces Strategic Investment by SK hynix
Empirical Spine
- Empirical Spine completes full PMA Pre Market Approval Module III submission to FDA
- FDA accepts Empirical Spine PMA Pre Market Approval Module II
- Empirical Spine Closes $10 Million Series B Financing
- Empirical Spine Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for the LimiFlex Device Targeting Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Luminar
- Luminar inks deal with Mercedes Benz
- Luminar announces 2Q2023 results
- Luminar launches factory for high volume lidar production
- Luminar and Gores announce closing of agreement and public NASDAQ listing
- Luminar accelerates commercial momentum with MobileEye design win
- Luminar and Volvo Cars Announce Plans for Next Generation SUV to be Revealed in 2022
- Luminar Lidar Selected for NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Autonomous Vehicle Reference Platform
Lyten
- Lyten raises $200M in new funding round
- Lyten battery tech could revolutionize the EV battery market
- Lyten Launches Lithium-Sulfur Battery Platform
- Lyten Receives National Security Innovation Capital Contract to Accelerate Battery Technology for Commercial and National Security Use
Niron Magnetics
- Niron appoints seasoned veteran Jonathan Rowntree as CEO
- Niron scores $17M in new grant from US Dept of Energy
- Niron raises $21M in new funding to develop clean magnets
Phononic
- Phononic announces strategic supplier relationship with lidar leader Luminar Technologies
- Phononic introduces active cooling tech for e-grocery fulfillment market
- Phononic Raises $50 Million Growth Financing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to Scale Global Adoption of Sustainable Solid State Cooling Solutions
- Phononic Partners with Mars to Deploy Solid State Merchandising Freezers Across North America
RapidSilicon
- Rapid Silicon announces $30M Series A funding round
- Rapid Silicon announces availability of RapidGPT AI software tools
- Rapid Silicon Announces Seed Funding of $15M
SiFive
- SiFive earns $2.5B valuation with fast growth
- SiFive delivers record growth in 2022 with fast-growing roster of customers
- SiFive awarded by TSMC as Open Innovation Partner of the Year
- SiFive raises $60M in Series E funding led by strategic investors
- SiFive hires Qualcomm executive as new CEO
- SiFive speeds up computing chip designs as it staffs up
Type One Energy
- Type One Energy collaboration with Tennessee Valley Authority electric utility
- Type One Energy $29M early Seed Round funding
UltraSense
- UltraSense partners with Mobase to bring smart touch technology to Korean automotive market
- UltraSense announces TouchPoint Q smart touch technology products for automotive
- UltraSense raises $20M funding round led by Bosch VC and Artiman Ventures
- UltraSense emerges from stealth with revolutionary new touch user interface
- UltraSense Systems Brings Neural Processing to Smart Surfaces with a New Generation of Multi-mode Sensing Solutions
- UltraSense Systems Raises $20 Million to Revolutionize Touch User Interfaces Using Ultrasound
Ushur
- https://ushur.com/newsroom/ushur-welcomes-deepak-vedarthan
- https://ushur.com/newsroom/ushur-recognized-as-a-leading-vendor-for-llm-and-hyperautomation-in-the-2024-gartnerhype-cycle-for-healthcare-payers
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/07/ushur-which-aims-to-automate-aspects-of-the-customer-experience-raises-50m/
Versa
- Versa receives highest score from 2023 Gartner report
- Versa Partners with SITA to launch global solution for airlines and airports
- Versa launched new AI-assisted SASE software
- Versa recognized as Leader by Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge
- Versa Work-From-Home Customer Usage Increases 100X
- Versa Networks Expands Executive Leadership Team to Continue Global Expansion and Meeting Accelerating Worldwide Demand for Versa SASE
- Versa Networks is Once Again Named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
Volterra
ZeroFox
- ZeroFox acquires IDX and becomes publicly traded on NASDAQ
- ZeroFox announces results for 2Q in fiscal year 2024
- ZeroFox acquires Cyveillance and expands digital risk protection capabilities
- ZeroFox announces $74M funding round led by Intel Capital
- ZeroFox, Leading External Cybersecurity SaaS Provider, Announces Plan to Acquire IDX
- Global Strategic Partnership between ZeroFox and Mandiant
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Doorga Capital LLC
530 Lytton Avenue
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Palo Alto, California 94301 USA