Niels Gron
Investor at Public Equity Fund
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2017 - Current
Angel Investor
2017
Managing seed fund. Investing in early stage software startups across all industries.
CEO / Founder
2002 - 2017
Designed, developed and supported versions 1,2,3 & 4 of Aqua Data Studio out of my apartment in Mountain View. Hired some old and new friends to continue to building Aqua Data Studio as a product and AquaFold as a company. Grew and managed AquaFold to a successful business and acquisition. AquaFold was acquired by IDERA.
AquaFold is a developer and manufacturer of markets tools for database developers.
Director of Software Development
2001 - 2002
Designed, developed a secure and high performance application server for biometric financial transactions. Worked with a team to deploy a service in pilot programs for merchants in different sectors. The product was called PayByTouch. Indivos was a VC funded company which was acquired by Solidus Networks, which later renamed itself PayByTouch.
Software Architect, Co-Founder
2000 - 2001
Co-founded software company building secure peer-to-peer networks. Built version 1.0 of product.
Software Architect, [Founding Team]
1999 - 2000
Designed and implemented version 1.0 of an online service for group buying. Demandline was a VC funded company which didn't survive the Dot Com Crash.
Senior Software Engineer
1998 - 1999
Building, enhancing and tuning high performance C++ application server for the company's SaaS CRM product. UpShot was a VC funded competitor to Saleforce.com which was acquired by Siebel Systems.
Upshot specializes in total brand engagement, brand initiatives, and shopper marketing.
Raised $1,009,998.00.
Software Architect / Co-Founder
1994 - 1998
While in college, co-founded a software company producing and licensing shrink-wrapped software for real estate brokers and a public Internet listing service.