SK Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Siesta Key, Florida. The firm prefers to invest in the finance, enterprise software, mobile and information technology sectors.
Eric Norlin began organizing technology conferences in 1999. In 2002, he became an owner and organizer of Digital ID World, which was acquired by IDG via a joint venture in 2005. He went on to found conferences like SaaScon (Software as a Services conference) in conjunction with IDG World Expo, as well as work on conferences like LinuxWord. Since 2007, Eric has started and runs three successful technology conferences with his wife, Kim: Defrag and Glue.
In May, 2011, Eric Norlin founded SK Ventures, a seed fund focused on early-stage investing around the themes he explores at Defrag and Glue.
Investment
SK Ventures' investments include Fantasy Life, Educative, Groundhog, SkyWatch, Klue, Metamoto, Swish Analytics, Nima, Understory, MindTouch, Socar and Spansive.
Their exited investments include Cloudability, Keen, Lenda, Kinvey, Shippable, AlphaDraft, Circa, ONtheGO Platforms, Revolv and numberFire.
Timeline
Funded Companies
LiftopiaLiftopia is a San Francisco-based company founded by Ron Schneidermann.
San Francisco
SpheroEducational toy company
Boulder, Colorado
OpenROVOpenROV is a company that produces underwater exploration devices. It is located in Berkeley, California and was founded in 2011.
Berkeley, California
KLUEKlue is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Jason Smith and Sarathy Naicker.
Vancouver
SkywatchA company providing the digital infrastructure for distributing earth observation data and derived intelligence.
Waterloo, Ontario
FullcontactA company building an identity resolution & insights platform
Denver
3D RoboticsAmerican technology company
WanteringWantering is a company founded by Matt Friesen, Nicholas Molnar and Nick Cairns.
Firefly AerospaceFirefly Aerospace is a company founded in 2014.
Austin, Texas
Earth, Texas
Fantasy Life (company)
Lenda
Understory (understory weather)Understory is a Madison, Wisconsin-based company.
Madison, WisconsinAssociated investment funds
Siesta Key, FloridaPeople
Ed Costello
Investor
Eric Norlin
Founder
Greg Bettinelli
Investor
Louis Chappuie
Investor
Paul Kedrosky
Founder
Venture capital firm
Company
Venture capital
Educative
Groundhog (company)
Swish Analytics
