- Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki , who was Apple's software evangelist, is passionate about the idea that products and services reach critical mass 'because mere mortals spread the word for you.' He also has noted that the people who developed the original Macintosh didn't really have any idea of what people would do with the machine-and thus how its users would influence its development. We're wired to create patterns, but that doesn't mean the first patterns are necessarily useful. - Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (born Cardiff, Wales, 1954) is a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google inc. He was educated at Howardian High School, Cardiff before moving on to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in history. In 1978, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. - 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. - Bill Joy
Bill Joy served as Sun's Chief Scientist until 2003, and is now a partner with venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. - David Sze
David joined Greylock in 2000. His areas of focus include: consumer internet, wireless data, broadband, systems management, security, and technology-assisted marketing services. Before coming to Greylock, David was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in product marketing and development at Electronic Arts and Crystal . . . - Kelly Perdew
Kelly Crawford Perdew (born January 29,1967) of Carlsbad, California was the winner of the second season of "The Apprentice". - John Ricci
My area of expertise is preparation for funding,raising funds, due diligence for companies seeking capital; more generally business development, sales, marketing , customer acquisition and overall business strategy as well as interim management. - Joel Block
Often dubbed a "Growth Architect" by his clients, Joel Block delights in the challenge of starting businesses, growing them, and helping them realize their highest potential. Well-known and respected in his field both nationally and internationally, Joel has enjoyed the opportunity to assist start-up, pre-revenue, and middle market businesses in a variety of industries through his advisory services and professional speaking engagements including conferences, workshops, . . . - Keith Powers
Keith most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer at Prize Capital, LLC an innovative financial model at the intersection of invention, investment and philanthropy - where he remains a Senior Advisor. Prior to Prize Capital Keith was the EVP of Strategic Development at the X PRIZE Foundation where he spearheaded an effort to create a modern-day version of the Nobel Prize. - Jeff Clavier
Business Angel and Venture Advisor with over 15 years of experience in the software industry. Most recently General Partner in charge of US operations for RVC, the manager of the Reuters Greenhouse Fund, the Corporate VC arm of Reuters. Before that was involved both as an entrepreneur and senior executive in Product Management and Development, Sales and Marketing, Account Management, Business Development and Strategic Relationships with large financial services clients and partners. . . . - Peter Luiks
Currently I am a high level investor & commidities trader at Gaggle International. I concentrate on Commodities such as Gold, Diamonds, OIL, Rebco, Jet Fuel, Iron Ore, Scrap Steel, Currencies, Fuel, Sugar, Banks, Hotels, Development Projects and serve as Executive Director and International Board Level Advisor managing 'Cultural Differences' & investing VENTURE CAPITAL in a Flat World. >20 years of top management operating experience. Was Lead Technical and Strategy Consultant . . . - Eric di Benedetto
Professional investor in software start-ups since 1991. - David Cowan
David joined Bessemer Venture Partners in 1992. He has since made 45 early-stage investments for Bessemer, including 19 that have gone public, and 18 that have been acquired by public companies. The first Forbes Midas List ranked David among the world's top 10 venture investors. - William Quigley
William Quigley joined Clearstone in February 1999 and focuses on Clearstone's communications investments. - Tom Cole
- Tim Draper
- Shomit Ghose
Shomit Ghose joined ONSET Ventures in 2001 after 19 years of working at high-tech companies in the Silicon Valley. During his career he participated in several successful IPOs, including those of Sun Microsystems and Broadvision. - Mr. Ping Li
Ping joined Accel in 2004 and focuses primarily on information technology infrastructure (compute, networking, security and storage), as well as digital media solutions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at BitTorrent, Mendocino Software, Mochi Media, Mu Security, and YuMe, and he is actively involved in Consentry, Imperva, and Oak Pacific Interactive. Ping was also responsible for Accel’s investment in Reactivity (acquired by Cisco). - Zachary Coffin
- Ted Meyer
From the beginning, the financial management of Foundation Capital has been left in Ted's highly capable hands. Ted came well qualified for the job, having served as CFO at Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre for eight years. - David Spreng
- Aileen Lee
raised in new jersey and moved to northern california over 10 years ago. love to travel, exercise and hang out with family and friends. married to jason, who an antique car and history buff. - Bryan D. Stolle
Bryan Stolle, a former entrepreneur, founder and chief executive officer, brings significant company building expertise to MDV. He focuses on and invests in people, ideas, and companies that are trying to solve important business problems using new technologies, business models, or processes. Stolle co-founded MDV-backed Agile Software in March 1995. - Erik Straser
Erik Straser , Director Erik joined MDV in 1998 and specializes in investing in and building energy, materials and software companies. Prior to MDV, Erik worked at Interval Research Corp., a technology incubator funded by Paul Allen, and at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technical staff member. He also consulted to several seed and early stage venture capital firms. - David Feinleib
David invests in Internet-enabled companies at MDV. Prior to MDV, David ran a profitable online advertising business. He founded Centeris, a venture funded company providing interoperability software for mixed Windows and Linux environments. Before Centeris, David was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Ignition Partners. David holds a B.A. from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Stanford. - Samuel Anderson
One thing that I noticed on MS. If you want to network and you are a male, most of your choices are females because most of the guys are not serious and wannabe "gangstas" in their own mind, but I am trying for both. So, if you get a 'let's network' email from me, please don't think this is an introduction as if I'm on a dating site. Far from it. Come on guys...get a clue. - Sam Jadallah
Sam Jadallah brings extensive operating, management and investing experience to his work with MDV portfolio companies. He holds board seats with Adapt Technologies ; Big Tent ; Done Right! ; InnerWorkings ; and Tiny Pictures . Sam also sits on the board of Medio Systems , which he incubated with Medio founder and former MDV EIR Brian Lent in MDV's office. - Russell Siegelman
As a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Russell invests in consumer and energy related technologies and markets, including software, electronic commerce, Web services, semiconductors, consumer systems, media and telecommunications. He is currently on the boards of Digital Chocolate, Friendster, Lilliputian Systems, Mobilygen, Quorum Systems and RazorGator. - Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley joined Benchmark Capital in 1999 after spending two years as a partner with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston focusing on personal computer hardware and software. His research coverage included such companies as Dell, Compaq, and Microsoft, and he was the lead analyst on the Amazon IPO. - Kevin Fong
Kevin Fong is a veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist with almost two decades of experience. He has provided leadership to Mayfield since 1988, during which time he has groomed a new generation of Mayfield leadership and mentored scores of CEOs. Kevin has a broad and deep investment focus in the communications, wireless, semiconductor, software and consumer media sectors. - Raman Khanna
Raman Khanna Raman Khanna Co-Founder, Diamondhead Ventures Mr. Khanna is an experienced information technology executive with over 22 years of experience in Internet infrastructure and enterprise computing. He has been involved with more than 30 start-ups in roles such as investor, board member, and advisor. - Michele Law
Michele Law joined Greylock as an Associate in the fall of 2000 and was promoted to Principal in 2003. Prior to Greylock, Michele was a lead hardware engineer at Sun Microsystems specializing in the design and development of RF and digital board products for Sun's workstation and graphic product lines and was co-inventor on two technical patents. While at Sun, she also held program management and product marketing roles. - Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma joined MDV's investment team in 2006 and focuses on companies utilizing cross disciplinary innovations and application of computing, storage, and networking technologies. In addition to the growing market for traditional IT systems and applications, Rohit is exploring new opportunities arising from application of productivity driving information technology to new markets including high-tech biology and life-sciences. - Mark Kvamme
Mark Kvamme , Sequoia Capital Mark Kvamme focuses on software and services investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1999, Mark was Chairman of USWeb/CKS and Chairman and CEO of CKS Group prior to the merger with USWeb. Earlier in his career Mark was a Director of International Marketing for Wyse Technology, the President and CEO of International Solutions, and was a founding member of Apple France. - Venky Ganesan
As a Managing Director of Globespan, Venky focuses on investments in Software and Internet/Infrastructure start-ups. Venky, a successful entrepreneur himself, shares his intense focus on results, strategic market view, and technical expertise to help the firm’s portfolio companies achieve market leadership. Venky holds degrees in Math, Economics and Computer Science from Reed College and the California Institute of Technology. He was a Rhodes Scholar Finalist from India. - Doug Hickey
Doug also held the position of president and CEO of MFS Datanet, the Internet and data arm of MFS communications. MFS Datanet grew to more than $200 million in revenues and became widely recognized as the leading bandwidth and connectivity provider to more than 3000 ISPs and leading corporations worldwide. Doug was a key member of the team that negotiated the purchase of UUNET, positioning MFS as the world leader in Internet data traffic. - John Luongo
JOHN LUONGO | Venture Partner john@opuscapital.com John Luongo brings more than 30 years of chief executive and senior operating experience to Opus Capital. John was President, CEO and Chairman of Vantive Corporation, a Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners investment that went public prior to its acquisition by PeopleSoft (now Oracle Corporation). Previously, John was Senior Vice President of the International Division at Oracle, where he had worked since its early stages. - Carey Lai
Carey Lai Carey Lai joined IVP in June of 2004. He focuses primarily on later-stage and selected public market investments in software, Internet, wireless, and technology-enabled services companies. Prior to joining IVP, Carey was a Financial Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities. - Ajit Nazre
- Maha Ibrahim
Maha Ibrahim joined Canaan's Menlo Park office in March 2000 and focuses on Internet, networking and wireless investments. She is also an active speaker at wireless industry conferences. At Canaan, Maha helped to negotiate and manage a partnership between Tacit Networks and Brocade, and established Canaan as the first investor in Blue Frog Mobile, one of the largest US-based direct-to-consumer mobile content companies.
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