VINNY SMITH
FOUNDER
TOBA CAPITAL
GOALS: Toba has been looking for more investments in the tech area. “Toba Capital is an early-stage investment firm committed to helping create incredible technology companies,” the firm says on its website. The firm is based in Newport Beach and Los Angeles.
THE MONEY: Gained about $800M in 2012 from sale of Quest Software to Dell. Used proceeds to start Toba, OC’s largest VC with $1.3B of assets under management.
BIG BREAK: Investor who joined Quest in 1995, when it had 35 employees and $9.5M in annual sales; became CEO in 1997. He engineered the $2.4B sale of the company to Dell in 2012.
OC INVESTMENTS: Alteryx, SecureAuth, NextVR, Synoptek, Happy Money, Tebra Technologies
PHILANTHROPY: Supports more than 100 charities, including his own Teach a Man to Fish Foundation.
