CohesiveFT is trying to make the installation of enterprise software as easy as installing desktop software. Currently, installing an enterprise CRM system is quite a bit more complex than upgrading your copy of Microsoft Outlook. CohesiveFT is simplifying this process by creating "virtual appliances." A virtual appliances is a huge file that is an "image" of a whole computer. Inside this file is an operating system, supporting software, and any special configuration. All the customer has to do is load up the virtual appliance and they have an exact copy of a perfectly setup server.
The team behind CohesiveFT is a seasoned one: Patrick Kerpan (CTO) was previously CTO of Borland after they acquired the company he founded, Bedouin; Alexis Richardson (Bus. Dev) previously founded MetaLogic; Craig Heimark (CEO) is an advisor to OCA Ventures and previously CIO of SBC Warburg; and Dwight Koop (COO) was a founding member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in addition to a senior manager at Borland, Swiss Bank, and Continental Bank.
Dimensions: ~10 people x 1 year x TBD
Funding: TBD
Customers: Initial customers are financial institutions
Location: Chicago, Palo Alto, London + www.cohesiveft.com
