- 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.
- 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 . . .
- 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.
- Eric di Benedetto
Professional investor in software start-ups since 1991.
- 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. . . .
- Christine Ivanov
- Neal Hansch
Neal Hansch Associate neal@rusticcanyon.com
- 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.
- Tom Cole
- Tim Draper
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Samir Kaul
Samir Kaul is a Director at Segetis Inc. and a founding general partner at Khosla Ventures, focusing on clean technologies and life sciences investing. Since joining forces with Khosla, Samir has led the firm's investments in Altra, Amyris, Cilion, Great Point Energy, Mascoma, Stion, and a number of earlier science projects.
- Khaled Nasr
Khaled Nasr focuses on investments in the data center and communications sectors, including systems, software and semiconductors. Since joining InterWest, Nasr has led investments and joined the board of Terawave Communications, a leading passive optical networking (PON) systems provider, and Gear6, a provider of storage acceleration appliances to enterprise data centers.
- Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Matt Murphy is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; he joined in 1999. His focus areas of investment include mobile applications and communications/computing infrastructure. Matt is either a Director or works closely with the management teams of Autonavi, Dash, Pelago, M2Z, IPUnity, Kodiak Networks, RGB Networks, Stoke, Ocarina, Xsigo, and eASIC.
- Larry Kubal
Mr. Kubal has invested in seed and early stage information technology companies for the last 18 years. He is a founder of Labrador Ventures and serves as a managing partner of Labrador Ventures III, IV and V. Mr. Kubal is the Labrador representative with portfolio companies Aperto Networks, MeeVee, Pandora, Teraburst Networks and Veeker.
- Christine Herron
Christine Herron has spent her career finding new and innovative information technologies. She is currently a Principal with First Round Capital , an early-stage venture capital firm. Previously, Christine was a director at Omidyar Network, where she developed the Media practice strategy and drove $15 million in early-stage placements.
- Sumir Chadha
Sumir Chadha (Director) Sumir Chadha is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital India. Sequoia Capital India has been formed with WestBridge Capital Partners which Sumir co-founded in 2000. Prior to founding WestBridge, Sumir was a member of the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he led a number of successful software and services investments. Prior to that, Sumir worked at McKinsey & Co. in New York and New Delhi.
- Todd Collins
Todd Collins - Principal, Tregaron Capital Company and Managing Director, GlowTouch Managing Director. Todd Collins has been a consultant, executive, and investor in growth and mid-market companies for 20 years.He was a Managing Director at Parthenon Group, the Boston-based international strategy consulting firm. There he led the Technology Practice, advising public and private growth companies in the areas of market selection, distribution strategy, and mergers & acquisitions.
- Yogen Dalal
Yogen K. Dalal brings successful entrepreneurial and operating experience to Narus and other early-stage investments in the enterprise software and infrastructure arenas. He currently sits on multiple boards outside of Narus, including BeVocal, Entrepreneur's Foundation, Packet Design, Perfect Commerce, and Scalix. Some of Yogen’s past portfolio company successes include Vantive, BroadVision, and Tibco.
- In Sik Rhee
In Sik Rhee has co-founded 2 successful startup companies and has developed technologies across a wide spectrum of domain knowledge – from end-user packaged software to high-end mission critical enterprise systems. In Sik self-taught software programming at the age of 12 and began developing commercial software as a 19-year old.
- Eric Young
Eric Young General Partner, Canaan Partners Eric was a co-founder of Canaan and has served as a General Partner since its inception. Eric was a co-founder of Canaan and has served as a General Partner since its inception.
- Chris Rust
Chris Rust joined USVP as a general partner in November 2004. He brings over 20 years of electrical engineering, product management, sales/sales support, and early stage venture capital experience to USVP. Chris invests in components, software and systems for networking and consumer applications. Chris currently serves on the Board of Directors for Dilithium Networks, LVL7 Systems, Veriwave, Akros Silicon, and Stratalight.
- Wade Woodson
Wade Woodson Sigma Partners Wade Woodson has experience in technology segments ranging from semiconductors to communications services to enterprise software and has been guiding startup technology companies for more than twenty years. Wade joined Sigma in 1987 and became a general partner in 1990. In 1993, he made the venture industry’s first investment in the Internet.
- Shmil Levy
Shmil Levy - Board Member Shmil Levy is a Partner with Sequoia Capital Israel and focuses on semiconductor, software and systems investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2000, he was the President of Lucent Technologies’ Internetworking Systems Division. Shmil joined Lucent following Lucent’s acquisition of Lannet where he served as the President and CEO. Shmil joined Lannet as VP for R&D. Shmil also served as VP of Madge Networks.
- Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is founder and president of Clarium, a San Francisco-based hedge fund. He is also a founding partner of The Founder's Fund, a VC firm with early-stage investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Rapleaf, IronPort, and Powerset, among other startups. Thiel was the initial investor in Facebook, and serves on the company's board of directors. Before Clarium, he was co-founder, chairman and CEO of PayPal, which was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.
- Joe Dobrenski
Joe Dobrenski Joe Dobrenski Joe Dobrenski is the Human Capital Partner at Sequoia Capital. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2002, Joe led the hardware and electronics recruiting practice for Russell Reynolds Associates. Earlier, Joe worked for Black & Decker and Price Waterhouse Management Consulting Services in roles involving strategy, operations and information technology. Joe has a BS in Operations Research from Cornell University.
- Eric Archambeau
Eric Archambeau Eric Archambeau has extensive management and venture capital experience in both Silicon Valley and Europe. Eric joined Wellington Partners as General Partner in early 2005. Prior to that Eric was co-founder and General Partner of Benchmark Capitals European operations in London. Eric joined Benchmark from Atlas Venture where he was a General Partner in Silicon Valley until the end of 1999.