Julie Maples has been incredibly instrumental in the success of both Bazaarvoice & Coremetrics. The team understands how to truly be value-add and proactively helped me build a successful business. After my experience with the team at Coremetrics, they were my first phone call when raising money for Bazaarvoice.

When we raised our first outside round to accelerate growth Philipp was one of the first investors I reached out to to share plans. Philipp continues to be a fantastic investor in Philz as he constantly brings up timely and practical suggestions for how to further grow the company and strengthen our brand, hire talent and think strategically about what is ahead.

Philipp was our first lead investor and board member when we had come to the U.S. as a Swiss company with global aspirations. Philipp’s positive energy, grit, mentor- and leadership helped our team grow quickly into the agile, diverse and larger international company that we envisioned.

As an entrepreneur, you hope your VC will be a major difference maker. You hope they will open doors to key customers, find an amazing VP or two to round out your team, and be instrumental in raising your next round of funding. Julie and FYRFLY Venture Partners are that and more. Julie makes things happen and you need her on your side.

Julie has been nothing short of amazing and valuable, both personally and professionally. A lot of investors talk about bringing value to their portfolio companies and Julie delivers. Whether it's fundraising, recruiting or sales strategy, Julie has been instrumental to our success thus far and has been a believer since day one.

Philipp was a strong believer in our mission and was our first lead investor and board member. Philipp is a strong strategic partner who stands by you not only during good times but also during challenging times. His leadership and mentorship helped us focus on the right things, not get distracted and bring in the best talent to make our moon-shot mission work.

Julie has been an incredible investor. She has been a great help in strategic planning and continues to make awesome introductions. We are fortunate to have her in our corner.

Phenomenal accomplishments y Julie Allegro and the Jimmy V foundation! My mom died of cancer when I was 16. Julie's V fundraiser just raised $10M to help find a cure. I'm honored to have had the largest-hearted VC as an early investor in Mass Relevance (now Spredfast) and Bazaarvoice.