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Walter Kortschak / Co-Founder

Walter Kortschak co-founded End Cue, to which he brings 40 years of early-stage technology investing experience. Among his credentials are producing the film COP CAR, directed by current Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts and producing THE CLOVEHITCH KILLER. Walter also wrote an original feature length screenplay, TRIAGE, which is planned for production in 2025.

Walter currently serves as a Senior Advisor of Summit Partners. He joined the firm in 1989, and he has led investments in and served as a board director of more than 30 companies, including 15 public companies. Over the course of his tenure at Summit, Walter helped to establish Summit’s West Coast office, served on the firm’s executive committee and was a Managing Director until 2010. In addition, Walter served as a member of Summit’s Board of Managers until 2017.

Prior to Summit, Walter was a Vice President and Associate at Crosspoint Venture Partners and a software engineer in the computer graphics field. He received a BS in engineering, with honors, from Oregon State University, an MS in engineering from Caltech, and an MBA from UCLA.

Walter was named to the Forbes Midas List from 2007 to 2010. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Caltech and a former director of the National Venture Capital Association.