Tom Kurke Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Exton, Pa, Us

I lead investments out of Bentley iTwin Ventures as the Vice President of Acceleration Ventures at Bentley Systems. Bentley iTwin Ventures is a $100 million corporate venture capital fund that fosters innovation by investing in startups and emerging companies that are strategically relevant to Bentley's objective of advancing infrastructure through going digital. We prioritize pre-seed through series B investments in transformational digital twin solutions supporting the design, simulation, construction or physical infrastructure or their operations. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bentley-itwin-ventureshttps://bentleyitwinventures.com/

Founder/CEO of consultancy focusing on manufacturing, 3D capture, CAD, FEA, 3D printing, AR/VR, AEC/GIS and UAV technologies. Assisting several companies in their strategic planning and fundraising efforts as well as conducting market segmentation research and supporting an investment opportunity for a private equity firm.http://3dsolver.com

West Columbia, South Carolina, Us

Advisor to Board and CEO regarding ZVerse's innovative design as a service network.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Framing the strategy and GTM planning with AWS technology (ISV) and consulting partners who are exploring or already leverage AWS technologies to deliver world class customer centric solutions supporting design, analysis and manufacturing across a range of workflows. We are hiring!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Allvision is a geospatial analytics company comprised of a team of LiDAR, machine learning and photogrammetry veterans. Allvision makes the real world machine readable and turns 3D data into digital twins of everything visible from the sidewalk, road, or rail. Allvision solutions facilitate asset inventories, vegetation management, as well as detecting infrastructure changes quickly and economically. Bootstrapped through 2018. Raised $3.2 million seed round at the end of 2018.#smartcity #digitaltwin #machinelearning #LiDAR #curb #mapping

New York, Ny, Us

Thrilled to support Annie and Zach as they continue to scale out Senvol.Senvol provides data to help companies implement additive manufacturing.Senvol’s various products allow companies to access additive manufacturing data, generate additive manufacturing data, and analyze additive manufacturing data.Senvol’s products include the Senvol Database, Senvol API, Senvol Indexes, Senvol SOP, and Senvol Services.Senvol recently announced Senvol ML, which is data-driven machine learning software for additive manufacturing. To learn more visit www.senvol.com.

San Mateo, California, Us

Developers of Makeprintable.com (cloud-based verifying, healing and repairing of models for 3D printing) and Gameprint.com (enabling gamers to capture, personalize and 3D print gameplay moments). Closed a $4M seed round led by Alsop Louie Partners and Dolby Family Ventures with participation by DFJ Athena and Silicon Badia in April 2016. See: http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/19/mixed-dimensions-retools-its-3d-printing-software-to-target-gamers-b2b/http://www.mxd3d.com/

Acted as a sounding board to the CEO of Frustum, Inc. Excited for the recent acquisition by NASDAQ: PTC, and most importantly, what comes next for Jesse, Kevin and team!

North Bethesda, Md, Us

(Raised more than $193 million prior to IPO, NASDAQ: XMTR) - Xometry is transforming American manufacturing through a proprietary machine learning-based software platform which offers on-demand manufacturing to a diverse customer base, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Leading global manufacturers, such as GE, BMW and others, are leveraging Xometry’s platform to simplify the purchase of custom manufactured parts and to enable efficient price transparency in their procurement practices. Xometry has eclipsed 6,000 customers spanning multiple verticals, including aerospace, automotive, consumer, medical devices and industrials. Xometry’s competitors include Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB), Quickparts (from 3D Systems, NYSE: DDD), and Stratasys Direct (NASDAQ: SSYS) among others. Initially recruited by the CEO to focus on software partnerships, in quickly expanded role responsible for all operations after order receipt through and to delivery, including pre-sales manufacturing feedback, QA, and post-sales support. Built program for partner recruitment and management. Launched a new office in Durham, North Carolina. Delivered year on year increase of more than 8x in part volume growth, while also growing the Xometry partner network by 5x in the same period to more than 600 partners. Active participant in last $15 million fundraising round led by BMW iVentures. Continue to regularly support the CEO on ad hoc strategic projects.

Gainesville, Florida, Us

Paracosm is developing cloud-based software that transforms reality into digital 3D models. Paracosm raised $3.3 million in seed funding in late 2014 in a round led by Atlas Venture (now Accomplice) with participation from other investors that included iRobot, Osage University Partners, BOLDstart Ventures, New World Angels and Deep Fork Capital.Paracosm has been acquired by Occipital.http://www.paracosm.io

(Acquired by Facebook in July 2017) - Source3 enabled creators and commerce through identification and licensing of intellectual property for digital (e.g. metaverse, NFTs, etc.) or physical (e.g. manufactured) objects. Led company operations and drove the Source3 fundraising process which resulted in a $4 million seed round in 2015.http://www.source3.io

Autodesk REAL 2016 -- CAPTURE>COMPUTE>CREATE. REAL is a unique opportunity for companies, individuals and other entities to understand that there is no way to navigate the convergence of 3D technologies alone. REAL is hundreds of speakers, attendees and exhibitors who understand that the concept of Reality Computing, though difficult to understand, is an abstraction worth exploring and concretizing together.Created startup pitch competition idea for Reality Computing companies.More on the event here http://real2016.com/ and specifically the startup competiton here: http://real2016.com/therealdeal/, Detailed blog on the event here: http://3dsolver.com/autodesk-real-2016-startup-competition/

Mentor with the The Startup Factory, the Southeast's premier accelerator -- providing startups with hands-on mentorship and seed capital. The Startup Factory, the most highly capitalized technology accelerator in the Southeast, runs an intensive, three month program customized for early stage startup companies. Startups receive $50,000 in seed capital, hands-on mentorship, and access to our ever-widening network of active angels, veteran startup founders, and experienced technology experts.http://thestartupfactory.co/

(Acquired by 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) in 2013 for $65 million) - Geomagic® was the leading provider of 3D software for capturing, creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects. Geomagic's software is used to capture reality-professionals involved in the design, reverse engineering and inspection of parts, products and medical devices use Geomagic software to shorten time to market and substantially improve quality. Developed innovative partnership with SpaceClaim (acquired by Ansys) for integrated scan to CAD offering. Worked with numerous ISV partners for integrations (e.g. PTC, Dassault/Solidworks, Siemens) and various go to market hardware partners (e.g. FARO, Hexagon, GOM, etc.). Executed corporate turn-around, tripled revenues during tenure, returned technical software company to profitability prior to exit. Divested non-core business and acquired new immediately accretive business during my leadership.

Exton, Pa, Us

Global business owner for Bentley’s comprehensive software subscription portfolio, representing nearly $325MM of Bentley’s annual revenues. Equivalent role to Autodesk's VP, Global Subscription and Support. Established and tracked KPIs for subscription attrition and renewal rates by customer segment, sales vector and geography (and then designed programs to target sweet spots). Attacked non-core job functions for significant strategic gains worth well in excess of $15MM of increased profitability in 2008 alone. Growth from core job and key projects resulted in nearly 2/3 of Bentley’s overall organic growth for the year. Direct report to the Chief Operating Officer.

Exton, Pa, Us

Global role - quota carrier responsible for approximately 200 worldwide channel partners driving nearly $70MM of Bentley’s overall revenues. Relocated with family to Bentley’s Netherlands office for this role. Consistent quota over-achiever (both on revenues and channel compensation). Reduced COS from channel partners (through increased revenues and decreased costs) by 30% during the period. Upon return of family to the US, I commuted to the Netherlands for approximately 18 months (overlapping with my next role). Developed a comprehensive strategy to cull existing partners, establish partner competencies, implemented a segmentation plan, and recruited for growth. Executed on three successful global international partner summits, created and managed a Partner Advisory Council for “voice of partner” interactions.

Exton, Pa, Us

Sourced, negotiated and closed multiple corporate acquisitions and partnerships to fill out the Company’s horizontal and vertical application portfolio. Co-lead on a $24MM carve out and acquisition of an operating division of publicly traded netGuru (NSDQ: NGRU) as part of a roll-up strategy in the engineering analysis software space. Lead and supported the negotiation of multiple key inbound and outbound technology licenses. Responsible for defining, sourcing and executing on Company’s overall partnering strategy, with executive sponsorship of key corporate partners such as Microsoft, HP, and Adobe. For several years participated in multiple Microsoft PACs. Developed and managed multiple integrated partner sponsorship campaigns associated to User Conferences and various product launches including but not limited to the highly successful 70 city world tour in support of a significant product launch.

Exton, Pa, Us

Tapped by founder to develop and run new “startup” division within Bentley. Overall responsibility to define, and then execute, the strategic plan for a new division, controlling a budget in excess of eight figures, ultimately scaling to a 80 person cross-functional team. Determined and set strategic focus, responsible for all hiring and go to market decisions, developed strong team ownership and focus. Launched SaaS project management and collaboration application on time, within budget, and to much critical acclaim.

Exton, Pa, Us

Joined Bentley as Associate Counsel, promoted to Assistant General Counsel in 1998. Negotiated and closed numerous $1 million plus license, sale and solutions transactions (both in-bound and out-bound) including several in excess of $10 million. Traveled extensively in support of the Company’s regional operations through-out Europe and Asia, spending virtually all of 1998 in remote offices (Melbourne, Australia and Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

Associate in Dechert Price & Rhoads’ Corporate/M&A practice group, with a strong personal emphasis on Intellectual Property matters. Represented numerous fortune 500 companies on various legal matters (IP licensing, M&A, etc.). Dechert is an international law firm with more than seven hundred and fifty attorneys practicing in seventeen fully integrated offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Left Dechert to join Bentley.

J.D., American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence

B.M.E, Engineering