Our people make up the DNA of Singular

Scott Beechuk
Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Scott Beechuk brings over 20 years of product management, engineering, and SaaS expertise to his role as a partner on the enterprise investment team at Norwest Venture Partners. Throughout his career, Scott served as Senior Vice President of Product at Salesforce, co-founded multiple companies and has served as an advisor and angel investor to several startups.

Don Butler
Managing Director, Thomvest

Don works with entrepreneurs in the financial technology, advertising technology, and enterprise software-as-a-service markets. Don currently serves on the Board of Directors for companies in each of these focus areas including Apsalar, DataXu, and Vungle (in the adtech space), Kabbage (in the fintech space), and Axcient and NetBase (in the enterprise SaaS space). Together with the team at Thomvest, prior investments include Lending Club (NYSE: LC), FlashSoft (acquired by SanDisk), GuardianEdge (acquired by Symantec), and Okena (acquired by Cisco). Prior to Thomvest, Don led the Asian business development efforts for several startup companies in the multidimensional data analysis and networking industries as part of his work with Asia Pacific Ventures. He also spent three years as an Analyst with Lehman Brothers, where he worked with clients in the software and semiconductor industries. Don received a B.A. in Chinese from UCLA and M.A.s in both East Asian Studies and Political Science from Stanford University.

Chris Capps
Partner, Method Capital

Chris Capps focuses on deal sourcing and portfolio company management. Chris was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Method Capital, where he oversaw all investments and operational activities. Chris is an active early stage investor in technology-enabled businesses and has deep contacts within the technology community throughout the world. Chris earned a BA degree in History from Southern Methodist University. Chris serves on the boards of Ranir Corporation, Lime Energy, Afrimax Group, Virgin Mobile Central and Eastern Europe, HighGround, Rippleshot, Semantify, and Singular.

Toshi Otani
Co-founder & Managing Director, Translink Captial

Toshi invests in cloud, mobile, infrastructure, and IoT companies with an enterprise focus. He also leads Translink’s activities, supporting portfolio companies with their customers and partners, primarily in Japan. Toshi’s active current investments include Chartboost, Empowerly, Noom, Omniscience, Pathmind, Rescale, Singular, Top Flight Technologies and Workspot. Noteworthy past investments include CliQr (ACQ: Cisco), CloudOn (ACQ: Dropbox), deCarta (ACQ: Uber), Guavus (ACQ: Thales), and Wildfire (ACQ: Google). Toshi holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University. Toshi is most excited to be working with founding teams that are aggressive yet humble at the same time. He is also an aspiring golfer, an accomplished skier, and loves to spend time outdoors.

Mark Sherman
Managing Director, Titanium Ventures

Mark joined Telstra Ventures as a Managing Director in 2012. Previously, he was a General Partner at Hidden Lion Partners, an emerging growth equity firm focused on technology-enabled services. Previously, he was a General Partner at Battery Ventures where he led the firm’s enterprise IT and India investment practices with investments in Coupa, Mformation, Neoteris, and Tejas. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Robertson Stephens & Company, where he ran its software investment banking practice working with companies such as BEA, HNC, Informatica, JD Edwards, Quest, and Siebel. Mark received his MBA from Harvard Business School and BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.