Jonathan Ebinger
Founder at Transform Capital
Profile
Jonathan is a General Partner at Transform Capital, and brings 20+ years of investing experience to the role from his time as a General Partner at BlueRun Ventures.
Early in Jonathan’s career, he worked for MCI Communications developing innovative services in the wake of the AT&T break-up, which catalyzed the next generation of innovation in voice and data communications.
Starting his own internet business in the Web 1.0 world in 1996, he successfully exited to Qwest Communications, where he ran consumer marketing until he signed on with BlueRun Ventures in 2000.
Initially investing in mobile communications start-ups globally, Jonathan’s portfolio regularly took him to board meetings ranging from San Francisco to Reyjyvik to Beijing to Bangalore.
Over six funds and over $1.5B in funds raised, he developed an area of expertise in financial services and enterprise software, leading Series A investments in Coupa, FreedomPay, Kabbage, Paystand, and others.
The relationships built with founders and co-investors at BlueRun laid the foundation for what became Transform Capital.
Jonathan found that with an approach of a smaller follow-on investor, opportunities arise that would otherwise be closed to larger investors with board and ownership mandates.
He has found that providing value well in excess of the check size, and directing half of the firm’s GP profits to philanthropy is a formula for success.
Jonathan received in B.S.
Finance from Virginia Tech, and his MBA from The Darden School of Business at The University of Virginia.
He lives in the heart of Silicon Valley in Woodside, California with his wife and occasionally his two adult daughters as school breaks permit.
Jonathan Ebinger active positions
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BlueRun Ventures
 BlueRun Ventures Investment ManagersFinance BlueRun Ventures, formerly Nokia Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by W. Pete Buhl, John Gardner and John A. Malloy. The headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2000-08-31 |
Availink, Inc.
 Availink, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Availink, Inc. develops chips for consumer electronics markets. It offers a variety of demodulators, system-on-a-chips, embedded software solutions to digital TV and multimedia customers throughout the world. The firm produces chips for satellite, terrestrial and cable TV, as well as for OTT applications. The company was founded in 2005 by Feng-Wen Sun and Yimin Jiang and is headquartered in Germantown, MD. | Director/Board Member | - |
Verve Group, Inc.
 Verve Group, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Verve Group, Inc. provides location-based mobile marketing solutions. It specializes in customer advisory panels, online brand communities, market research, agile insight and online communities. The company was founded by Thomas C. Kenney and Arthur Howe in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 2010-09-29 |
BlueCart, Inc.
 BlueCart, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BlueCart, Inc. engages in development of a mobile application that allows users to purchase food and alcohol for their businesses. It offers an operations management and inventory ordering service that allows restaurants to consolidate and track their inventory ordering process information and suppliers an online platform to receive orders from restaurants, market their products. The company was founded by Jagmohan Bansal and Konstantin Zvereff in 2014 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Citius Holdings Ltd.
 Citius Holdings Ltd. Regional BanksFinance Citius Holdings Ltd. provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico. | Director/Board Member | - |
Jackpocket, Inc.
 Jackpocket, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jackpocket, Inc. engages in the development of a mobile application that allows users to buy lottery tickets. The company was founded by Matt Silber, Peter Sullivan, Leo Shemesh and Eric Parker in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 2017-09-30 |
Paystand, Inc.
 Paystand, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Paystand, Inc. engages in the operation of an electronic payments portal. Its product categories include payments, billing and receivables, integrations, software platforms, APIs, and enterprise blockchain. The company was founded by Jeremy Almond and Scott Campbell and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2018-04-30 |
Loyal Foundry, Inc.
 Loyal Foundry, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Loyal Foundry, Inc. develops mobile applications. Thomas C. Kenney has been the CEO since 2020. | Director/Board Member | - |
Transform Capital
 Transform Capital Investment ManagersFinance Transform Capital (Transform Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Transform Capital/NPO/ founded in 2018 by Sean Foote and Jonathan Ebinger. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Founder | 2019-12-31 |
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Training of Jonathan Ebinger
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Virginia Darden School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 26 |
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FreedomPay, Inc.
 FreedomPay, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services FreedomPay, Inc. operates a commerce platform that helps merchants in solving complex payment environments. It offers various transaction solutions, including mobile payments, cashless solutions, virtual and remote terminals, payment processing, intelligent analysis, routing of promotions, incentives, and customer relationship management services. The firm also offers incentive management, product mapping, POS integration, analytic tools, and customer segmentation tools, payment Switch solution that streamlines processes and transactions, connects to POS systems and captures detailed data; integrating solutions, security solutions for electronic payments, mobile applications for payments, and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solution that includes EMV and NFC compliance. The company was founded by Thomas Durovsik in 2000 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA. | Technology Services |
Lightningcast, Inc.
 Lightningcast, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lightningcast, Inc. provides technology that enables broadband audio & video marketing, branding and advertising. It enables owners and distributors of broadband audio and video to maximize their revenue potential by providing content & ad insertion, campaign management and reporting, targeting & auditing, audience measurement & analytics, streaming operations and support, player enhancements and media management. The company was founded in 1999 by Tom Des Jardins and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Technology Services |
SunRocket, Inc.
 SunRocket, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications SunRocket, Inc. provides telecommunications services. Its services include Internet phone and traditional phone services. The firm offers home phone services over a broadband connection, as well as voicemail and international calling services. The company was founded by Joyce Dorris and Paul Erickson in 2004 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. | Communications |
Availink, Inc.
Availink, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Availink, Inc. develops chips for consumer electronics markets. It offers a variety of demodulators, system-on-a-chips, embedded software solutions to digital TV and multimedia customers throughout the world. The firm produces chips for satellite, terrestrial and cable TV, as well as for OTT applications. The company was founded in 2005 by Feng-Wen Sun and Yimin Jiang and is headquartered in Germantown, MD. | Electronic Technology |
Coupa Software, Inc.
 Coupa Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Thoma Bravo LP, Coupa Software, Inc. is a company that develops an AI platform for procurement, payment, finance, and supply chain management. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded in 2006 by David Robert Stephens and Noah Eisner. Leagh E. Turner has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Coupa Software was acquired by Thoma Bravo LP. | Technology Services |
Verve Group, Inc.
Verve Group, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Verve Group, Inc. provides location-based mobile marketing solutions. It specializes in customer advisory panels, online brand communities, market research, agile insight and online communities. The company was founded by Thomas C. Kenney and Arthur Howe in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Motally, Inc.
 Motally, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Motally, Inc. provides mobile analytics software solutions. It offers hosted and tracking services for mobile devices and applications. The firm's products are used for data collection and analytic reporting from publisher's mobile websites. The company was founded in 2008 by Arte Merritt and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Kabbage, Inc.
 Kabbage, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Kabbage, Inc. engages in the provision of online financing services to the small and medium sized businesses. It offers SMB lending, consumer lending, customer service platform, portfolio performance and mobile lending application, and cabbage card. The company was founded by Robert J. Frohwein, Marc J. Gorlin and Kathryn T. Petralia in 2009 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Technology Services |
MCI Communications Corp.
 MCI Communications Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., MCI Communications Corp. is an American telecommunications company. The company is based in Washington. MCI Communications was acquired by MCI, Inc. on September 15, 1998 for $42,459.16 million. | Communications |
BlueRun Ventures
BlueRun Ventures Investment ManagersFinance BlueRun Ventures, formerly Nokia Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by W. Pete Buhl, John Gardner and John A. Malloy. The headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Enpocket Ltd.
 Enpocket Ltd. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Enpocket Ltd. provided mobile advertising services. It engaged in integrated entertainment and marketing services to mobile audiences. The company was founded by Jeremy Wright in 2001 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Commercial Services |
CyOptics Acquisition Corp.
 CyOptics Acquisition Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology CyOptics Acquisition Corp. designs, develops and produces integrated indium phosphide solutions. The company is headquartered Breinigsville, PA. | Electronic Technology |
Amplifier Management LLC
 Amplifier Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Amplifier Management LLC (Amplifier Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jonathan Aberman. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. | Finance |
CenturyLink Communications LLC
 CenturyLink Communications LLC Computer CommunicationsElectronic Technology CenturyLink Communications LLC provides communications services and products. It offers local and long distance voice, data and Internet services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Electronic Technology |
Innofidei, Inc.
 Innofidei, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Innofidei, Inc. engages in the provision of product development and operational services of cloud services and communications industry chain. It specializes in large data business, internet business, mobile application, and cloud business solutions. The company was founded on September 1, 2006 by Tom Zhang and Stanley Wang and is headquartered in Beijing, China. | Technology Services |
Vusion, Inc.
 Vusion, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Vusion, Inc. provides end-to-end video distribution solutions. Its services include proprietary algorithms, protocols, and software. The company's customers include digital media providers and delivery networks. Vusion was founded by Aaron Crayford and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA | Consumer Services |
| Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions | |
Radius Intelligence, Inc.
 Radius Intelligence, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Radius Intelligence, Inc. provides marketing software solutions. It offers data stewardship, outbound marketing and prospecting, lead-scoring, and account-based marketing. The company was founded by Adrian Druzgalski, T. Noah Hayes, and Darian Shirazi in October 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Payvment, Inc.
 Payvment, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Payvment, Inc. operates as an ecommerce platform for Face book. Its applications are used to receive notifications of Face book stores orders, as well as to build support for managing a merchant's order history and product inventory. The firm's applications enable to create and launch storefronts for selling products on social networking sites. The company was founded in November 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Paystand, Inc.
Paystand, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Paystand, Inc. engages in the operation of an electronic payments portal. Its product categories include payments, billing and receivables, integrations, software platforms, APIs, and enterprise blockchain. The company was founded by Jeremy Almond and Scott Campbell and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA. | Technology Services |
| Simply Savings, Inc. | |
BlueCart, Inc.
BlueCart, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BlueCart, Inc. engages in development of a mobile application that allows users to purchase food and alcohol for their businesses. It offers an operations management and inventory ordering service that allows restaurants to consolidate and track their inventory ordering process information and suppliers an online platform to receive orders from restaurants, market their products. The company was founded by Jagmohan Bansal and Konstantin Zvereff in 2014 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Jackpocket, Inc.
Jackpocket, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jackpocket, Inc. engages in the development of a mobile application that allows users to buy lottery tickets. The company was founded by Matt Silber, Peter Sullivan, Leo Shemesh and Eric Parker in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Citius Holdings Ltd.
Citius Holdings Ltd. Regional BanksFinance Citius Holdings Ltd. provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico. | Finance |
Loyal Foundry, Inc.
Loyal Foundry, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Loyal Foundry, Inc. develops mobile applications. Thomas C. Kenney has been the CEO since 2020. | Technology Services |
Transform Capital
Transform Capital Investment ManagersFinance Transform Capital (Transform Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Transform Capital/NPO/ founded in 2018 by Sean Foote and Jonathan Ebinger. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Finance |
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