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operators with a proven ability to help superior
entrepreneurs build world-class companies.
Our partners' present and past investments have resulted in:
21 M&As and 22 IPOs
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Stephen Rizzone has more than 35 years of experience growing technology-related businesses, and deep chief executive, marketing, sales and entrepreneurial experience.
Ramu Potarazu started Avail Media after leading the $1.2 billion global company Intelsat. What he likes about startup life is the ability to be agile and make things happen.
Len brings a unique background and perspective to his role as CEO of Three Stage Media. A successful executive and advisor, Len knows enough about technology to be dangerous, having coded for 15 years and run technology teams for Wall Street firms.
Jack has a deep history in the payments industry, having helped found the Electronic Funds Transfer Association 30 years ago.
Alan Grant, CEO of Exchange Solutions, is the originator of the “value exchange” business performance improvement model. Alan first described the opportunity to directly optimize customer-company “exchange economics” in a lead article published in the Harvard Business Review in October of 1995.
Prior to founding Fishbowl, CEO Scott Shaw was co-founder and President of Amy's Ice Creams, Partner & Chief Operating Officer of CAFÉ TU TU TANGO, a Nation's Restaurant News "Hot Concepts" award-winner, and Chief Operating Officer of the Austin Grill, an award-winning seven-unit chain based in Washington, DC.
CEO Michael O'Neil's interest in GetWellNetwork began when he was a recovering cancer patient.
A seasoned chief executive officer, George Bell focuses on the creation and growth of technology-enabled media and marketing businesses.
KZO Innovations' CEO Wes Cruver and a friend started their first company in high school, putting kids online. They saw the need for a better video platform and started KZO Innovations.
LeftHand CEO Bill Chambers revolutionized the networked storage by delivering the first SAN over IP.
Ching-Ho Fung, CEO and Co-Founder of Parature, Inc., started his entrepreneurial career as the co-founder of Performix Inc., a Virginia based software company focused on load testing for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.
Persystent CEO Joe Loughry has over 30 years of successful hands-on experience in public and privately-held software companies.
RealOps CEO Sean McDermott saw a big opportunity automating the procedures that make big datacenters run.
CEO Mark Logan thinks Rivermine has one of the best ROI stories he's seen in 20 years' experience in the enterprise software business.
SafeNet's President and CEO, Chris Fedde, has more than a decade of executive leadership at SafeNet, previously serving as President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2006.
SEPATON CEO Mike Thompson has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in technology companies.
Mr. Dering completed the successful sale of ServiceBench to N.E.W. Customer Services. Mike is now an active advisor and board member of several technology companies.
CEO Joe Ruef has deep roots in the electronic components business that Verical hopes to revolutionize with its exchange approach to component resale.
Jeff brings a 20 year successful record in higher education business publishing to the venture. He has personally acquired some of the most successful business textbook authors in print today.