- Robert Metcalfe
Bob Metcalfe is an MIT engineer, Ethernet inventor, 3Com founder, InfoWorld pundit, and now Polaris partner. In 2005, Bob received the National Medal of Technology for leadership in the invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet, of which last year there were a quarter billion new switch ports shipped worldwide. His most recent book, INTERNET COLLAPSES, is currently working its way down the long tail at Amazon.com.
- Bob Kagle
With over 20 years of venture capital investment experience, Bob is a veteran of the venture industry. Prior to Benchmark, Bob spent 12 years as a General Partner with Technology Venture Investors. Before TVI, Bob worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he focused on issues of corporate strategy in industries ranging from retail distribution to high technology manufacturing.
- Bo Peabody
Bo Peabody (1970 -) is an entrepreneur, and Internet executive who co-founded Tripod.com, one of the first and most successful dot-coms, in 1992. (It was sold to Lycos in 1998.) Peabody graduated from Williams College in 1994. He is currently Managing General Partner at Village Ventures, a venture capital firm. He is also the author of Lucky or Smart, published by Random House.
- Arnaud Lagardère
Arnaud Lagardère is the current CEO of Lagardère Group. He succeeded his father Jean-Luc Lagardère at this position. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt.
- Frank J. Caufield
Frank Caufield has been active in the venture capital field since the early 1970s. He is a Co-Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Mr. Caufield has served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., AOL Inc., Megabios, Verifone Inc., Wyse Technology, Quickturn Corporation and Time Warner as well as many other private and public companies.
- David Bonderman
David Bonderman is a founder of Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital. Mr. Bonderman serves as a principal and founding partner of both firms. The firms invest primarily in restructurings, recapitalizations and buyouts in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
- Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a founder and Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures. Fred began his career in venture capital in 1987 and he has focused exclusively on information technology investments for the past 16 years. From 1987 to 1996, Fred was first an Associate and then a General Partner at Euclid Partners, an early stage venture capital firm located in New York City. In 1996, Fred co-founded Flatiron Partners.
- Stewart Alsop II
Stewart Alsop is partner of Alsop Louie Partners, a venture capital fund focused on helping technology entrepreneurs start companies and the lead investor in Cake Financial. He was a general partner with New Enterprise Associates through 2004 and lead that firm's investments in companies such as TiVo, Portola Communications (sold to Netscape), Glu Mobile, and Xfire (sold to Viacom). During that time, he also wrote a column for Fortune.
- Dan Kohn
Dan Kohn Chief Operating Officer and Member Outreach Dan previously worked as a general partner at Skymoon Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto. Dan previously worked as a general partner at Skymoon Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto. He was the CEO of Pedestal Networks, an innovative DSL equipment company that was later acquired by UT Starcom.
- George Argyros
George Argyros was sworn in as Ambassador to Spain and Andorra on November 21, 2001. Mr. Argyros was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Pasadena, California. He graduated from Chapman University in 1959 with a major in Business and Economics. Mr. Argyros was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arnel & Affiliates, a prominent West Coast diversified investment company, with corporate offices located in Costa Mesa, California.
- Michael Hirshland
Michael Hirshland General Partner
- George Zachary
George Zachary George Zachary joined Charles River Ventures in 2004. He brings more than 17 years of operating and investing experience in computing and consumer technology. George’s focus is on building great services and software technology companies. George led CRV’s investments in Skyrider and GoTV, and is on both company’s board of directors.
- Clint Chao
Clint Chao , a partner of Formative Ventures, is a seasoned high-technology executive with 18 years of operating experience. Clint has a proven sales, marketing, business development, operating, and fund-raising track record that span both the public and private business sectors. Prior to co-founding Formative Ventures, Clint served as vice president of marketing and business development for SkyStream Networks.
- Morris W. Offit
Morris W. Offit Co-Chief Executive Officer Offit Hall Capital Management LLC Founder and Former
- Stuart D. Frankel
Stuart D. Frankel joined Grotech as a General Partner in 1987. Prior to joining Grotech, he had more than 17 years of broadcast management experience including careers with CBS Television and Westinghouse Broadcasting. He served as President and co-founder of S&F Communications which included six major-market radio stations. At Grotech, Mr. Frankel's principal responsibility is capital formation. In addition, he works on communications-oriented investments.
- Armando Pauker
Armando Pauker� General Partner, Apex Venture Partners Armando is a general partner with an investment focus in enterprise infrastructure (hardware, software, security) and networking hardware. Prior to joining Apex, Armando served as vice president of networking products for Cybernet Systems Corporation, a startup company developing and marketing Linux-based software applications.
- Len Jordan
Len Jordan General Partner Len serves on the board of Control4, DSIQ, Medio, and Wetpaint. Len most recently served as a senior vice president at RealNetworks (RNWK-Nasdaq), Len managed the Media Systems Division from 1997-1999, releasing 4 major versions of the RealSystem software platform and generating the majority of the company’s 100%+ annual revenue growth during the period.
- Harvey G. Weinreb
Harvey G. Weinreb , CPA, Principal, Tax Department. Harvey has more than 30 years experience in the real estate industry, specializing in the taxation of real estate partnerships, opportunity funds and REITs. He was a Tax Principal in the Ernst & Young New York Real Estate Practice, serving public and private REITs and opportunity fund clients, investing both domestically and internationally.
- Paul Bialek
Paul Bialek General Partner Paul serves on the boards of Smilebox, SNAPin, and W5 Networks . Paul has over 20 years experience in financial and operations management. From 1998 to 2001 he served as CFO and senior vice president, finance and operations at RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK). Prior to joining RealNetworks, Paul served as CFO for Metapath Software Corporation, a venture-backed wireless communications software company.
- A. Catherine Ngo
A. Catherine Ngo General Partner Catherine Ngo is a General Partner of Startup Capital Ventures, L.P. She sits on the boards of several portfolio companies, including as a Board advisor to Zero2IPO, an integrated financial services provider in China. Catherine has almost 20 years of operations, legal and management experience, including as the Chief Operating Officer of SVB Alliant, the investment banking affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank.
- Scott Darling
Scott Darling General Partner Scott has more than 25 years of experience as a technology executive. Most recently, Scott spent 7 years with Intel Capital where he was Vice President and Managing Director. During this tenure at Intel Capital he managed the teams responsible for the Digital Home and Enterprise investment sectors in support of the business units representing more than two thirds of Intel’s revenue.
- Timothy Barrows
Timothy Barrows, Director Timothy Barrows, a Matrix Partners' General Partner, has served as a Director of Intelliden since September 2000. Mr. Barrows has more than 14 years of experience in the venture industry, investing in early-stage information technology companies. He has been a General Partner of all five Matrix Partnerships. Prior to joining Matrix, Mr. Barrows worked in the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions departments of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
- Jeani Delagardelle
Jeani Delagardelle is a Managing Director and primarily concentrates on medical device efforts. Jeani joined Sprout in August 2000 and became General Partner in July 2001. Previously, she was a General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners where she focused on healthcare/technology investments.
- James H. Cavanaugh
James H. Cavanaugh , Ph.D. Director James H. Cavanaugh , Ph.D. is a General Partner of HealthCare Ventures LLC. HealthCare Ventures LLC manages one of the largest venture capital funds devoted exclusively to health care.
- Jack Sweeney
Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. -Joseph Chilton Pearce ................................................................................................................ Well, my name is John McCarthy Sweeney and im about as Irish as you can get. I have more than 60 cousins that live in Ireland and pretty much all of them own pubs. I was born in the Big D, and love my family that live there and the city.
- Joe Zell
- Kevin Efrusy
Kevin joined Accel in 2003. His background is primarily as an entrepreneur and operating executive. He served two stints as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers where he started Corio, an ASP/SaaS pioneer which went public on Nasdaq and was acquired by IBM in 2005. Later he served as the first CEO of IronPlanet , an online marketplace for heavy equipment with current annual gross sales over $200M.
- Marc Friend
15-year venture capital investor based in Silicon Valley. Contact me via Jaxtr:.
- Brian Chee
Brian Chee is a general partner in our Seattle office. He joined Polaris in August 1996. Brian focuses on investment opportunities in healthcare, medical technology, and consumer products.
- Darrell Tudela
Darrell Tudela , Vice President of Operations Prior to joining Pine Tree Composition in 1973, Darrell had ten years experience in linotype composition and letterpress operation. Darrell was promoted to General Manager in 1975 and has played an instrumental role in the evolution of the company from hot metal to electronic typesetting, desktop publishing to full-service capabilities.
- Thomas Gessner
- Ernest K. Jacquet
Ernest Jacquet is a founder and Managing Partner of Parthenon Capital. Currently, Mr. Jacquet is a member of Parthenon Capital's Executive Committee and Investment Committee. He also is the Chairman of the Board of Interline Brands and serves on the board of Xanboo. Mr. Jacquet served on the Board of Directors for SSG Precision Optronics, Inc., Spheris Inc. and Creditek, three former investments of Parthenon Capital.
- Ira Ehrenpreis
Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners Ira Ehrenpreis is a General Partner with Technology Partners, leading its Cleantech investment practice. Technology Partners is a 23 year old venture capital firm that has managed more than $750 million of investment capital investing in more than 100 companies. The majority of investments are in early stage companies.
- Ravi C Adusumalli
Ravi C Adusumalli General Partner and India Head, SAIF Partners Ravi C Adusumalli is a General Partner and the Head of India operations for SB Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) Partners. In his role, Ravi is responsible for spearheading SAIF Partners’ investments in India. Ravi serves on the board of directors of SAIF’s investments in Cybernet Software Services (CSS), Sify, SEVEN Networks, IL & FS Invest mart, MakeMytrip.com, VisualSoft and Intelligroup.
- Olav Bergheim
Olav Bergheim – Chairman of the Board General Partner Domain Associates, LLC
- Fredric Harman
Fredric Harman Fredric Harman is a General Partner of Oak Investment Partners. He became a Director of SHOP.COM in April 2005. Harman joined Oak in July, 1994 after seven years with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group, where he was a General Partner. Harman's primary focus is on Internet/Enterprise software and services. While at Oak, Harman has led Internet infrastructure investments in Aventail, Exodus, Inktomi (Yahoo) and Internap.
- Steve Bowsher
Steve Bowsher , Director Steve is a General Partner for Internet/E-Commerce at InterWest Partners. Prior to InterWest Partners, he was Lead Manager at the E*TRADE group, Director of Business Development at Freeloader, Inc., and Manager of Business Development at Catapult Entertainment. Steve holds a BA from Harvard University and a MBA from Stanford University.
- Joseph Allegra
Joseph Allegra General Partner Edison Venture Fund
- Dave Millman
Like so many of you, the lesson I took away from the bubble and the bust is that the fundamentals matter. As a general partner in an investment fund, a company with just one profitable customer relationship is far more interesting to me than another with lots of gee-whiz technology and PowerPoint slides, but no customer validation. As a marketing professional, my focus is on identifying the critical business issues in the market, and building a solution to deliver value well integrated . . .
- Jd Morris
CONTACT: E-mail: jdm@RedHookCapital.com; Phone: (760) 415-2250; J David Morris (JD) focus on $5 million EBITA plus buyouts for 2q2006 as well as raising a new hedge fund. He is a General Partner of Red Hook Capitaland acting President of Catalina Capital Partners Inc. He has also served in leadership roles in strategy, corporate and business development for Lockheed Martin, MCI Corp., and other companies where he played key roles in the creation and development of several new ventures. . . .