Avi Goldberg

Partner

2022 - Current

Strategic Advisor

2022

Founder and Board Advisor at Dispatch (Vista Equity portfolio company)

2020

Founder and CEO

2013 - 2020

Co-Founder, Investor & Board Member

2019

Strategic Advisor

2021

Whetstone AI provides architectural, strategic, and implementation services to technology organizations of all sizes, focused on big data, AI, and automation. We help companies avoid the hype of AI and instead adopt a holistic data strategy involving both long-term IP and data asset creation as well as tactical, continuous value delivery through targeted data & AI applications.

Investor

2019

Strategic Advisor

2020

Co-Founder and Board Member

2005 - 2016

Zafgen is an innovative, capital efficient company dedicated to addressing unmet needs of severely obese patients by bringing beloranib, a first-in-class novel medicine, to market.

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

2005 - 2013

GreatPoint Energy is commercializing new catalytic technology to convert cheap abundant coal into clean natural gas. Secured $260M in equity and $700M in debt and debt guarantees from Wanxiang Holdings, Peabody Energy, Dow Chemical, CitiGroup, Suncor, AES, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla, ATV, DFJ. Selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 10 cleantech companies in the U.S. in 2011

Co-Founder

2002 - 2012

A specialized venture development firm focusing on seed-stage commercialization of exciting, new technologies. GPV invests in "big picture" opportunities that have the potential to lead innovation and transform markets. GPV has been active in a broad spectrum of investment sectors including biotech, energy, cleantech, telecommunications, material science and semiconductors and believes that a "market first" investment philosophy holds true across industries. Portfolio Includes: Sirtris - Raised $166M in venture capital. Acquired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for $720M in June 2008 Coskata - is a biology-based renewable energy company Altarock - develops and commercializes geothermal technology to produce clean, renewable power. Oasys Water - developed a suite of proprietary water treatment products to address the growing, global water crisis.