Profile
Mr. Rick Prostko is Principal at VantagePoint Capital Partners.
Prior to joining the firm in 2007, he was with a Summit Partners, where he was responsible for technology, software, and consumer products opportunities ranging in size from 25 to 300 million.
Previously, he worked as an investment banker in the Exclusive Sales Group of UBS Investment Bank’s Los Angeles office.
Mr. Prostko is a graduate of Princeton University.
Former positions of Rick Prostko
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Visionael Corp.
Visionael Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Visionael Corp. provides network resource management software for operation support systems. It offers OSS fulfillment and inventory and network planning software and services. The company was founded by Greg Pottebaum and Scott Kelly in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Director/Board Member | 2011-09-29 |
Bluepulse, Inc.
Bluepulse, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Bluepulse is bent on changing the world. Mobile Users send commands, immediately fulfilled by desktop Users and automated Web Services. This is how aphoot users save time, save money, and gets things done. The aphoot Open Platform supports both text and voice, and is designed to scale to hundreds of millions of Users around the world. It saves users time and money. It helps Developers monetize their effort. The team is made up of successful industry veterans, with deep experience spanning Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and across Asia and the United States. Its team members have built & run large-scale businesses, serving hundreds of millions of Users globally. The earth's 6 billion people have 4 billion mobile subscriptions. Half of all Internet traffic today comes from mobile, and growing. Already, as many users reach the Internet through mobile devices as via desktops. aphoot is poised to be the leader in the mobile platform space. It is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners. With more than $5 billion under management, the firm has led successful investments in companies like MySpace, ReachLocal, and Oz Communications. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2009-12-30 |
Summit Partners LP
Summit Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2006-12-30 |
UBS Investment Bank (US)
UBS Investment Bank (US) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
VantagePoint Management, Inc.
VantagePoint Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Rick Prostko
Princeton University | Undergraduate Degree |
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VantagePoint Management, Inc.
VantagePoint Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China. | Finance |
Summit Partners LP
Summit Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
UBS Investment Bank (US)
UBS Investment Bank (US) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Finance |
Bluepulse, Inc.
Bluepulse, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Bluepulse is bent on changing the world. Mobile Users send commands, immediately fulfilled by desktop Users and automated Web Services. This is how aphoot users save time, save money, and gets things done. The aphoot Open Platform supports both text and voice, and is designed to scale to hundreds of millions of Users around the world. It saves users time and money. It helps Developers monetize their effort. The team is made up of successful industry veterans, with deep experience spanning Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and across Asia and the United States. Its team members have built & run large-scale businesses, serving hundreds of millions of Users globally. The earth's 6 billion people have 4 billion mobile subscriptions. Half of all Internet traffic today comes from mobile, and growing. Already, as many users reach the Internet through mobile devices as via desktops. aphoot is poised to be the leader in the mobile platform space. It is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners. With more than $5 billion under management, the firm has led successful investments in companies like MySpace, ReachLocal, and Oz Communications. | Technology Services |
Visionael Corp.
Visionael Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Visionael Corp. provides network resource management software for operation support systems. It offers OSS fulfillment and inventory and network planning software and services. The company was founded by Greg Pottebaum and Scott Kelly in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
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