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Doug Higgins

Doug Higgins

Managing Director

Picking the right investor is one of the most important decisions you can make as an entrepreneur. For Tonal, picking Sapphire Sport was a no-brainer. Doug and the Sapphire Sport team are patient and experienced technology VCs with an industry-focused Rolodex to match.

-Aly Orady, CEO and founder, Tonal View Legal Disclosures

Doug is a co-founder of Sapphire Ventures, as well as a founding partner and lead investor for Sapphire Sport. He currently manages the firm’s investments in Convercent, Jibe, Localytics, Phoenix Labs, Return Path, Tonal, and Spring Mobile Solutions. Previously, he worked on investments including LinkedIn (acquired by Microsoft), Paytm, DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), Square (NYSE: SQ), and Ticketfly (acquired by Pandora). He is focused on investing in early-stage technology companies at the intersection of sports, media and entertainment technologies.

Doug has worked for a venture-backed startup as well as for one of his entrepreneurial heroes, George Lucas. He launched the business development group for Lucasfilm, creating strategic partnerships for Star Wars prequels.

Doug started his career in investment banking, with a focus on technology, at Robertson Stephens. More recently, he managed the Intel 64 fund at Intel Capital. Doug has lived in Madrid, Spain; Santiago, Chile; and Walker, Minnesota. He graduated with a bachelor’s from Duke University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, both with high honors.

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Black Duck (Acquired by Synopsys)

Convercent

Culture Amp

DocuSign (DOCU)

Endeca (acquired by Oracle)

Fevo

Imprivata (acquired by Thoma Bravo)

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iYogi

LinkedIn (acquired by Microsoft)

Localytics

Newgen Software (NEWGEN)

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Phoenix Labs

Return Path

SAVO (acquired by Seismic)

Spring Mobile Solutions

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