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Charlie Plauche

General Partner at S3 Ventures

Austin, Texas

Overview 

Charlie Plauche is a General Partner at S3 Ventures in Austin, Texas, with a notable track record of investing in successful startups like BrainCheck, Atmosphere, and ZSuite Technologies. He holds an MBA from Texas McCombs School of Business and has served on the boards of several innovative companies, including Alkami Technology and LeanDNA.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2010 - Current

  • Member, Board of Directors / Shareholder

    2011

    Joined the board after S3's original investment in 2011 when Alkami had $0 in ARR and <10 employees. I served in that role for 9+ years until just prior to IPO when the company was 600+ employees with $150M+ in ARR. In April 2021, Alkami had their IPO debut on the NASDAQ (ticker: ALKT).

Alkami Technology provides cloud-based digital banking solutions for credit unions and banks.

Raised $385,182,200.00 from D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity, Stockbridge Investors and Franklin Templeton.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2018

BrainCheck is a mobile interactive test for cognitive health, allowing users to track their brain health to share results with clinicians.

Raised $41,245,000.00 from UPMC Enterprises, S3 Ventures and Next Coast Ventures.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2019

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2019

Atmosphere is a streaming TV platform for businesses, offering 21 original and partner TV channels.

Raised $213,742,685.00 from S3 Ventures, Valor Equity Partners and Sageview Capital.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2019

LeanDNA is an analytics platform that improves on-time delivery, optimizes inventory, and reduces operational costs for factories.

Raised $19,500,000.00 from Ronyp Kahan, Next Coast Ventures and S3 Ventures.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2020

Upkey is a provider of remote career readiness and talent engagement tools for students, universities, and companies.

Raised $3,000,000.00 from Bronze Valley, S3 Ventures, Steve Schaffer, Lofty Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Michael Polsky and Chicago Ventures.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2021

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2021

UpEquity is a tech-enabled mortgage platform.

Raised $76,650,000.00 from Alumni Ventures.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2021

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