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Eric Ball Email & Phone Number
Co-Founder and General Partner
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impact Venture Capital
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Co-Founder and General Partner
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Menlo Park, California, United States
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Eric Ball is listed as Co-Founder and General Partner at impact Venture Capital, a company with 30 employees, based in Menlo Park, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at impactvc.com, phone signal with area code 408, 650, 888, 212, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Eric Ball.
Eric Ball previously worked as Co-Founder & General Partner at Impact Venture Capital and Audit Chair at Soundhound. Eric Ball holds Directors College Law School 2012 & 2021. Executive Gsb Course "Essentials Of Ai" 2023. from Stanford University.
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About Eric Ball
Eric Ball is a technology finance professional, investor, and board member. He is Co-Founder and General Partner for Impact Venture Capital, which makes early stage investments in technology companies. Dr. Ball serves as audit chair for voice AI unicorn SoundHound (Nasdaq: SOUN), which went public in 2022 and reached a market cap of $5 billion in 2024. He also chaired the Audit Committee at Glu Mobile (a publicly-traded leader in 3D freemium mobile gaming) until its 2021 acquisition by Electronic Arts for $2.4 bn. Eric is Co-Founder and Board member at capital market startup CapConnect+, created to simplify and digitize and bond issuance and investment process. He serves as an advisor to several other companies, and a board member to three nonprofits.Eric served in 2015-16 as Chief Financial Officer at C3 AI, which is revolutionizing the use of big data to make our power network and the Internet of Things more efficient.From 2005 to 2015, Eric served as Senior VP & Treasurer at Oracle, one of the world's premier technology companies. While there he was named one of the 100 most influential people in finance by the editors of Treasury & Risk Magazine. Prior to joining Oracle, Eric served in various finance roles at Flex, Cisco Systems, Avery Dennison, and AT&T. Eric holds a PhD in management from the Drucker-Ito School, as well as masters degrees from the University of Rochester and a BA from University of Michigan. He is the co-author of the book 'Unlocking the Ivory Tower' (released in US and Japan) and has taught at three universities. He released the novel 'Silicon Galaxy' in 2022. He has a pilot's license, has coached little league baseball and judged high school debate tournaments, and lives in Woodside (with his wife Sheryl, two teenagers, a golden retriever, and a Balinese cat).Eric does not respond to connection requests from vendors or from entrepreneurs seeking funding, that he has not yet met.
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Impact Venture Capital
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Eric Ball work experience
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Co-Founder & General Partner
CurrentImpact Venture Capital (www.impactvc.com) invests in early stage technology companies. In 2017-19 Impact Fund I made investments in 17 portfolio companies, and Impact Fund II invested in 16 new portfolio companies in 2020-23.Impact's first fund brought together alumni of Oracle, DCM Ventures (Dixon Doll), and Velocity VC (Jack Crawford). Impact launched.
Aug 2016 - Present
Audit Chair
CurrentAfter chairing the board for the Archimedes Tech SPAC since December 2020 (Nasdaq: ATSPU, IPO 3/11/2021), this SPAC merged with voice AI technology unicorn SoundHound on 4/27/2022 (Nasdaq: SOUN). SoundHound voice-enables cars, devices, services, apps and more so humans can interact with technology like they do with each other—by speaking naturally.
Dec 2020 - Present
Co-Founder, Investor, And Board Chair
CurrentCapConnect+ is a capital markets startup launched in Q1 2020, empowering a more efficient process for issuing corporate bonds. Its debt auction platform simplifies and digitizes the bond issuance and investment process - giving issuers and investors the gift of control, fairness, accuracy, transparency, and material cost savings.
Mar 2020 - Present
Author
CurrentCo-authored nonfiction management book "Unlocking the Ivory Tower: How Management Research Can Transform Your Business", with Dr. Joe LiPuma, released in English in 2012 and in Japanese in 2016.Authored "Silicon Galaxy", a science fiction novel about entrepreneurship, released in 2022 (available in kindle and paperback on amazon).
Nov 2012 - Present
Advisor
Kyriba is the global leader in cloud treasury solutions, delivering award winning cash management technology. More than 1,500 clients use Kyriba to optimize global visibility and improve financial control of their cash and liquidity, payments, supply chain finance and risk management operations.
Feb 2017 - Nov 2022
Board Director, Chair Of Audit Committee
Founded in 2001, Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) was a leading global developer and publisher of free-to-play games for smartphone and tablet devices, based in San Francisco, with $500 million in annual revenue. Glu focused on creating compelling original IP games on a wide range of platforms. Electronic Arts acquired Glu on 4/29/2021 for $2.4 billion.
Oct 2013 - May 2021
Board Director, Chair Of Audit Committee
Answers Corporation
Answers empowers consumers, brands and organizations with the information they need to make better-informed decisions. Answers reorganized in Q1 2017, after which Eric joined as audit chair until 2019. In that time, Answers successfully sold two business units (survey analytics unit Foresee and website publishing platform Web Collage), and revamped the.
Apr 2017 - May 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Managed finance and G&A functions (including accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, tax, banking, treasury, and internal IT). Individually executed financial planning and analysis, forecasting, budgeting, financing and investor relations, international subsidiary establishment, and facilities and real estate management.Since 2009, C3.
Aug 2015 - May 2016
Senior Vp & Treasurer
Reporting directly to the co-CEO:- Managed a team which issued over $52 billion in long-term debt without any credit rating downgrade, setting occasional records for largest bond issuances in tech. - Managed $50+ billion in cash and investments, setting both policy and tactical investment management. - Bought back over $50 billion of stock. - Supported M&A.
May 2005 - Sep 2015
Board Director, Member Audit Committee, Chair Compensation Committee
Publicly traded Tier 1 company on Tokyo Stock Exchange with $8 billion market cap.
Aug 2007 - Aug 2015
Fellow, Class 16
Society Of Kauffman Fellows
Also served as an Instructor in the online Kauffman Fellows Academy 2013-14, teaching (with Joe LiPuma) the online class "Mini MBA: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ivory Tower".
Mar 2011 - Jul 2013
Assistant Treasurer
May 2001 - Apr 2005
Director Of Corporate Finance
Nov 1999 - Apr 2001
Director Financial Services
Jun 1994 - Jun 1999
District Manager Financial Studies
Mar 1988 - Jun 1994
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Maddie Barkate
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalOrange County, California, United States, United States
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Sarika Behara Kumar
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalDelft, South Holland, Netherlands, Netherlands
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Yatish Mishra
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Jennifer Baker Khan
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalNew York, New York, United States, United States
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Les Polisky
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalUnited States, United States
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Maddie Barkate
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalOrange County, California, United States, United States
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Sarika Behara Kumar
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalDelft, South Holland, Netherlands, Netherlands
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Yatish Mishra
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Jennifer Baker Khan
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalNew York, New York, United States, United States
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Les Polisky
Colleague at Impact Venture CapitalUnited States, United States
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5 education records
Eric Ball education
Directors College Law School 2012 & 2021. Executive Gsb Course "Essentials Of Ai" 2023.
Stanford University
Phd, Finance, Strategy, Leadership
Drucker School Of Management
Mba, Finance
University Of Rochester - Simon Business School
Ma, Economics
University Of Rochester
Ba, Economics (Honors)
University Of Michigan
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Eric Ball works for impact Venture Capital.
What is Eric Ball's role at impact Venture Capital?
Eric Ball is listed as Co-Founder and General Partner at impact Venture Capital.
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Where is Eric Ball based?
Eric Ball is based in Menlo Park, California, United States while working with impact Venture Capital.
What companies has Eric Ball worked for?
Eric Ball has worked for Impact Venture Capital, Soundhound, Capconnect+, Together Editing & Design, Inc., and Kyriba.
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Eric Ball's colleagues at impact Venture Capital include Maddie Barkate, Sarika Behara Kumar, Yatish Mishra, Jennifer Baker Khan, and Les Polisky.
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Eric Ball holds Directors College Law School 2012 & 2021. Executive Gsb Course "Essentials Of Ai" 2023. from Stanford University.
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