Manchester, NH — February 12, 2026 — York IE, an funding and working agency, right this moment introduced that Tom Holahan will be a part of the agency as a Normal Associate in reference to the launch of its new Early Development Fund. Tom’s addition displays York IE’s continued dedication to backing sturdy, growth-stage software program firms with each institutional-grade capital and hands-on operational assist.
Previous to York, Tom spent a number of years as a Associate at OpenView, a number one ~$2.4B early stage development funding agency the place he was a member of the agency’s Funding Committee and Administration Committee. At OpenView, Tom helped lead investments in firms comparable to Axonius, Rewst, Chargeflow, Intezer, Buildkite, Kolide (1Password), Toucan (Babbel).
“Tom has spent years working alongside among the greatest growth-stage founders within the business at one of many trailblazing companies of the previous 20 years in our area,” mentioned Kyle York, CEO and Co-founder of York IE. “His time at OpenView formed a disciplined, data-driven investing method that pairs extraordinarily properly with York IE’s operator mindset. He understands what sturdy development actually seems like and find out how to assist founders via it.”
“Tom was the highest deal accomplice and investor at OpenView and has essentially the most long-term potential of any investor I’ve labored with over my 25 12 months profession as a VC,” mentioned Scott Maxwell, Founder and Managing Associate of OpenView.
Previous to becoming a member of OpenView, Tom was an investor at Normal Catalyst, the place he labored with firms comparable to SignalFx (Splunk), Contentful, Teamworks, Aura, Allego, Logz.io and The Predictive Index. Earlier in his profession, he had a stint at Datadog, giving him firsthand expertise inside a high-growth, product-led software program firm. That working background continues to tell his perspective as an investor and accomplice to founders. Tom bought his begin at Symmetric Capital out of Amherst School, the place he was a four-year varsity soccer participant student-athlete, an expertise a lot appreciated at York IE and throughout the startup panorama.
“Once I met Tom, I wasn’t concerned about elevating capital, however he instantly impressed me along with his persistence and information of Rewst and the MSP market,” mentioned Aharon Chernin, Founder & CEO of Rewst. “He did precisely what he informed me he would do, which constructed quite a lot of belief, and he’s been a useful board member since main our Sequence A.”
York IE’s Early Development Fund is purpose-built to assist early growth-stage software program firms that sit between Silicon Valley enterprise capital and conventional development fairness. The agency combines versatile capital with a deep working platform spanning product, go-to-market, finance, and operations, pushed by 250+ world workers and a sturdy accomplice ecosystem of tons of of different complementary companies. This end-to-end platform drives unimaginable deal move, deep operational insights, confirmed ROI pushed value-add and a excessive upside but derisked accomplice for restricted companions (LP) seeking to deploy capital within the sector.
In his function as Normal Associate, Tom will work carefully with Kyle York, co-founder Joe Raczka, who leads investments, Normal Associate Marshall Everson and the remainder of York IE’s funding crew to assist establish high-quality early development alternatives and assist founders as they scale.
“I’m extremely excited to affix the crew at York IE and to proceed to assist nice early stage know-how founders,” Tom mentioned.
With Tom’s addition, York IE continues to strengthen its development investing capabilities, mixing institutional investing self-discipline with hands-on, operator-led assist to assist software program firms construct sturdy, category-defining companies.
This method is bolstered by York IE’s household of funds, spanning its pre-York IE pilot autos, Labs program, Seed Fund, and deliberate Early Development Fund, permitting the agency to assist founders throughout a number of levels of their journey with long-term alignment.
To study extra concerning the Early Development Fund and York IE’s funding technique, go to: https://york.ie/investments/
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