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Katherine Przygode

Managing Partner at Venusberg Ventures

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Katherine Przygode is a tech entrepreneur who has successfully exited as a founder and CEO, and now serves as a board advisor for North.cloud and founder and managing partner at Venusberg Ventures. With expertise in cloud computing and a strong background in corporate governance, she has a track record of advising C-suite executives and providing strategic guidance to startups in various sectors, including AI, cybersecurity, and web3/blockchain. Przygode holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and has extensive experience as a CEO and founder at Stratalux, which is now Mission. She actively invests in diverse founders and female investors, specializing in sectors like cosmetics, fashion, and generative tech/AI, while also serving as a member of Athena Alliance and an angel investor with Tech Coast Angels.

Work Experience 

  • Board Advisor

    2024 - Current

    Board Advisor for North.cloud an AI powered cloud cost optimization platform helping customers reduce their AWS cloud spend.

Humanless cloud optimization.

Raised $2,600,000.00 from Looking Glass Capital, Uncommon Denominator, Alpaca VC, Tenzing.vc and Everywhere Ventures.

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2024

    Investments include: Mission Cloud Services, North.cloud, Holoclara Atraverse, Alleviate, ARwall Amsel Medical, Aurenar, Berri Organics Double A Labs, Fuego, GeerGarage Giftpack.ai, iCardio, IpourIT Karma Biotechnologies, KneeVoice, Octagon Therapeutics Neosoma, PreFix, Ready, Set, Food! RealSeq Biosciences, Rotender, Tympanogen Z-Polymers

  • Board Advisor

    2023

    Board Advisor for Capturely the leading remote headshot company. Capturely provides corporate headshots remotely via a smartphone app that connects employees with professional photographers.

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    * Co-chair of Pre-Screening Committee * Member Fund Committee * Member Executive Committee

  • Member

    2023

    Athena is the leading Executive Learning Community that accelerates leadership advancement to the C-suite, the CEO's office, and the boardroom through a unique model of modern business leadership education and a powerful network.

  • Partner

    2023 - 2024

    Newport is a unique national business advisory firm that offers experienced based client-centric solutions that help CEOs and owners of middle market companies grow, de-risk and realize their company's value.

  • Board Advisor

    2019 - 2023

Parquantix is a technology consulting firm for companies with deployments on amazon web services.

  • Management Consultant

    2019 - 2023

    After founding a business and exiting it to Private Equity, I decided to take a much needed vacation to focus on myself and family. In between I helped startup founders define their business models, go-to-market strategies, and advised them on investor pitches.

  • President, Media & Entertainment

    2018 - 2019

    Responsible for expanding Mission's Media & Entertainment book of business while shepherding a smooth transition of Stratalux's customers and employees to Mission.

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2019

Mission Cloud is a cloud managed services and consulting provider, offering cloud services, AI solutions, and software for AWS customers.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Great Hill Partners.

  • CEO & Founder

    2010 - 2018

    CEO and Founder of Stratalux, one of the first AWS Consulting Partners and leading cloud based Managed Services Providers. Stratalux specialized in cloud migrations, Serverless Software Development, configuration management solutions, infrastructure automation, and Managed Services utilizing DevOps best practices. Stratalux customers included: Dreamwork Animation, Lifelock, Red Digital Cinema, Active Network, Carl’s Jr., Toyota Financial Services, New Voice Media, Top Golf Media, Vungle, One Kings Lane among others. In 2018 I exited Stratalux to Great Hill Partners a leading private equity firm. Stratalux is now happily part of Mission Cloud Services.

  • Chairwoman of the Board

    2010 - 2018

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