Dennis Smith
Founder at Evolution Equity Partners LLC
Profile
Dennis is a Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners and is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s global activities and strategic direction.
He leads investments in cybersecurity, enterprise software and data analytics and brings over four decades of investment, operational and entrepreneurial experience to his role.
Dennis is a member of the firm’s investment committee.
Dennis has founded and invested in technology companies around the world.
As a serial entrepreneur and technology executive, he has held senior roles as Managing Director, Head of marketing and sales, Product Management, VP of solutions, Head of systems and design and VP of business development.
Dennis founded and led a technology consultancy focused on the diagnosis and remedying of underperforming IT environments in government, banking and finance, manufacturing and public utilities which he exited to PwC.
He then joined to form the IT component of the firm`s Australasian Strategic Planning Practice.
Dennis` roles included scaling several IT companies from early stage to listings on the Deutsche Borse (Germany) and NYSE.
He is a founding investor in NejTV and Sixty-K where he is chairman of the board and he has held various executive and non-executive roles.
He is an investor and board member in category-defining software companies like AVG Technologies, OpenDNS, Cognitive Security, Carbon Black, Security Scorecard, Onapsis, LogPoint, Eperi, DefinedCrowd, and DFLabs,.
Dennis is co-Founder and Managing Partner of Evolution Equity Partners.
Dennis holds a B.A.
from York University, Toronto and a Tertiary Diploma in Computer Programing from the Humber College Institute of Technology, Toronto.
He is a member of the Board of Directors at Endeavour Bulgaria.
Endeavor being a global non-profit leader in assisting entrepreneurs to scale locally and then globally.
Dennis Smith active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Evolution Equity Partners LLC
 Evolution Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Evolution Equity Partners LLC (Evolution Equity Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Richard Seewald and Dennis Smith. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Founder | 31/12/2007 |
DFLabs SpA
 DFLabs SpA Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DFLabs SpA provides cyber security related services. The firm focus on automated incident, breach response and orchestration. It has operations in the USA and EMEA. The company was founded by Dario V. Forte and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. | Director/Board Member | - |
Endeavor Bulgaria
 Endeavor Bulgaria Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Endeavor Global, Inc., Endeavor Bulgaria is a Bulgarian company that offers training and support services for entrepreneurs. | Director/Board Member | - |
Definedcrowd Corp.
 Definedcrowd Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DefinedCrowd Corp. operates as a data science company, which focuses on building data refinery platforms for machine learning and artificial intelligence. It combines Crowd-as-a-Service and machine learning to accelerate enterprise data training and modeling. The firm's data platform leverages machine learning, data science and modern crowdsourcing techniques to enable enterprises to easily manage their global data collection and data enrichment efforts. The company was founded by Daniela Filipa Macedo Braga Moreira and Amy Du in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Dennis Smith
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
eperi GmbH
 eperi GmbH Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Eperi GmbH develops information technology security solutions. Its services include database encryption, cloud applications, mobile security and application programming Interface security. The company was founded by Elmar Eperiesi-Beck in 2003 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. | Director/Board Member | - |
Cognitive Security sro
 Cognitive Security sro Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Cognitive Security sro provides network security services. It offers solutions for cyber threat detection by the use of real-time data and behavioral analysis. The company was founded by Michal Pechoucek and Martin Rehak on August 20, 2009 and is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. | Director/Board Member | - |
| CARBON BLACK, INC. | Director/Board Member | - |
Sixty K EAD
 Sixty K EAD Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Sixty K EAD provides data processing services. The firm serves to airline, travel and tourism, retail and consumer goods, lifestyle and leisure, E-commerce, financial, telecommunications, and media entertainment sectors. The company was founded by Jonathan Gladwish in May 2008 and is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Chairman | - |
OpenDNS, Inc.
 OpenDNS, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services OpenDNS, Inc. provides internet security services.It offer Umbrella, an enterprise security product The company was founded by David A. Ulevitch on July 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Dennis Smith
| York University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 14 |
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AVG Technologies CZ s.r.o.
 AVG Technologies CZ s.r.o. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. develops and designs Internet security technologies. The firm's product portfolio that targets the consumer and small business markets and includes Internet security, PC performance optimization, online backup, mobile security, identity protection and family safety software. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Brno, the Czech Republic. | Technology Services |
Carbon Black, Inc. (Massachusetts)
 Carbon Black, Inc. (Massachusetts) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Carbon Black, Inc. engages in the provision of endpoint security services. IT offers cloud native endpoint protection platform. The company was founded by Todd Brennan, Allen Hillery, John Hanratty, and Michael Viscuso in 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Technology Services |
SecurityScorecard, Inc.
 SecurityScorecard, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SecurityScorecard, Inc. develops software applications which provides threat intelligence and risk awareness services. Its threatscape benchmarking service gives organizations unique visibility into the security posture of their partners and vendors and now companies can collaborate with their partners to close the loop on open security issues, protecting their revenue and brand integrity. The company was founded by Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh in July 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
OpenDNS, Inc.
OpenDNS, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services OpenDNS, Inc. provides internet security services.It offer Umbrella, an enterprise security product The company was founded by David A. Ulevitch on July 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Cognitive Security sro
Cognitive Security sro Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Cognitive Security sro provides network security services. It offers solutions for cyber threat detection by the use of real-time data and behavioral analysis. The company was founded by Michal Pechoucek and Martin Rehak on August 20, 2009 and is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. | Commercial Services |
Onapsis, Inc.
 Onapsis, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Onapsis, Inc. provides solutions for securing SAP and oracle enterprise applications. It offers Onapsis Security Platform, a SAP-certified cyber-security solution that combines a preventative, behavioural-based, and context-aware approach for detecting, identifying, and mitigating security risks, compliance gaps, and cyber-attacks on business-critical applications. The firms services includes business risk illustration, penetration testing of SAP and oracle systems and security audits of SAP system services. The company was founded by Mariano Nunez and Victor Hugo Montero in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
eperi GmbH
eperi GmbH Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Eperi GmbH develops information technology security solutions. Its services include database encryption, cloud applications, mobile security and application programming Interface security. The company was founded by Elmar Eperiesi-Beck in 2003 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. | Commercial Services |
Sixty K EAD
Sixty K EAD Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Sixty K EAD provides data processing services. The firm serves to airline, travel and tourism, retail and consumer goods, lifestyle and leisure, E-commerce, financial, telecommunications, and media entertainment sectors. The company was founded by Jonathan Gladwish in May 2008 and is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Commercial Services |
Nej.cz sro
 Nej.cz sro BroadcastingConsumer Services Nej.cz s.r.o. provides television and internet services. It offers cable, fax, mobile and communications services. The company was founded in 2008 is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. | Consumer Services |
Endeavor Bulgaria
Endeavor Bulgaria Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Endeavor Global, Inc., Endeavor Bulgaria is a Bulgarian company that offers training and support services for entrepreneurs. | Commercial Services |
DFLabs SpA
DFLabs SpA Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DFLabs SpA provides cyber security related services. The firm focus on automated incident, breach response and orchestration. It has operations in the USA and EMEA. The company was founded by Dario V. Forte and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. | Technology Services |
Definedcrowd Corp.
Definedcrowd Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DefinedCrowd Corp. operates as a data science company, which focuses on building data refinery platforms for machine learning and artificial intelligence. It combines Crowd-as-a-Service and machine learning to accelerate enterprise data training and modeling. The firm's data platform leverages machine learning, data science and modern crowdsourcing techniques to enable enterprises to easily manage their global data collection and data enrichment efforts. The company was founded by Daniela Filipa Macedo Braga Moreira and Amy Du in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
LogPoint A/S
 LogPoint A/S Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services LogPoint A/S provides information technology security solutions for enterprises. It offers solutions within the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), which is an advanced Log Management solution; Vulnerability Management; and Manual Pentesting, where ethical hackers helps enterprises prevent any attacks on the websites. The company also develops LogPoint, which offers the out-of-the-box compliance, delivering detailed security monitoring reporting elements, as well as a complete set of compliance reporting elements for regulatory domains. LogPoint was founded by Søren Laustrup in 2001 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Technology Services |
Evolution Equity Partners LLC
Evolution Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Evolution Equity Partners LLC (Evolution Equity Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Richard Seewald and Dennis Smith. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
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