Much of 2008 and 2009 were highly uncertain times for both the venture capital industry and the companies they funded, but history shows that funding entrepreneurs takes patience and endurance. The first annual AlwaysOn Venture Capital 100 highlights the one hundred individuals who have backed the most profitable winners in the last four years. To compile the first VC 100 List, our editorial team sourced data from its research partners Morgan Stanley, VentureDeal and the 451 Group on more than 700 active venture capitalists, 1,400 VC investments and 1,000 technology liquidity events in the last four years, from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2009. The winning venture capitalists were selected based on total number and dollar amounts of successful M&A and IPO deals from their portfolio companies. For IPOs, AlwaysOn examined opening market capitalization as well as subsequent stock performance, relative to the Nasdaq. For each investment, AlwaysOn counted one lead investor per firm, in order to identify the true dealmakers, understanding that in many cases more than one partner is involved in helping each company. Much of the exact valuation data that would have been ideal for this kind of analysis remains private and inaccessible, of course, so we present the VC 100 ultimately as a "representative list", based upon our best efforts.
While the VC 100 is not based upon perfect information—and our editors are certain there are great investors we missed— this list underscores the critical role venture capital plays in new company and new job creation. Congratulations to the winners who, together with the entrepreneurs they have funded, have saddled innovation to overcome a daunting economic environment, and provide a long-term stimulus for our economy.
Join the VC 100 Celebration: Many of the top VC 100 Awards winners will be on hand at our upcoming Venture Summit Silicon Valley next month at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, CA. The top investment bankers from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Jefferies & Co. will be on hand to project the 2010 prospects for IPOs and M&As. Benchmark Capital's Bill Gurley will kick off the Summit with his talk, "What is Really Happening to the VC Industry?" Seed-capital king Ron Conway joins a powerhouse panel that asks: "What Funding Crisis?" And Tim Draper is slated to speak about the importance of free trade. Over 30 CEOs from top private companies from the OnDemand computing, Digital Media and Greentech sectors will also be showcasing.
The 2009 Winners
[Name] Bob Ackerman
[Title & Firm] Founder and Managing Director, Allegis Capital
[Website] www.allegiscapital.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.17
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] StepUp Commerce, IronPort Systems, LGC Wireless
[Name] Edward Anderson
[Title & Firm] Managing General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
[Website] www.nbvp.com
[Sector Focus] Clean Technology
[Notable Exits] Starent Networks, A123 Systems
[Name] Brian Ascher
[Title & Firm] Partner, Venrock
[Website] www.venrock.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.69
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Simple Star, DATAllegro, Adify, Unicru
[Name] K.P. Balaraj
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[Sector Focus] Energy, healthcare, IT, infrastructure
[Notable Exits] Edelweiss, Manappuram Finance
[Name] Chris Baldwin
[Title & Firm] Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures
[Website] www.charlesriverventures.com
[Sector Focus] Storage
[Notable Exits] EqualLogic
[Name] David Barrett
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
[Website] www.polarisventures.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] mValent, LogMeIn
[Name] William Baumel
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and Managing Director, RWI Ventures
[Website] www.rwiventures.com
[Sector Focus] Wireless, telecommunications equipment
[Notable Exits] Infinera
[Name] Woody Benson
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Prism VentureWorks
[Website] www.prismventure.com
[Sector Focus] Consulting
[Notable Exits] M:Metrics, Maven Networks, LogMeIn
[Name] Aneel Bhusri
[Title & Firm]Partner, Greylock Partners
[Title & Company] Co-CEO, Workday
[Website] www.greylock.com
[Website 2] www.workday.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] Cape Clear Software, OutlookSoft, PolyServe, Data Domain
[Name] George Bischof
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Meritech Capital Partners
[Website] www.meritechcapital.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] Wily Technology, EqualLogic, SpringSource, Isilon Systems, G-Log
[Name] James Boettcher
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Focus Ventures
[Website] www.focusventures.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] P.A. Semi, Pure Digital Technologies, Starent Networks, Netscaler
[Name] Tom Bogan
[Title & Firm] Venture Partner, Greylock Partners
[Website] www.greylock.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.40
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] Mazu Networks, Ounce Labs, iConclude, Oat Systems
[Name] Roelof Botha
[Title & Firm]Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.16
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] YouTube, Insider Pages
[Name] Jim Breyer
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Accel Partners
[Website] www.accel.com
[Sector Focus] Software, networking
[Notable Exits] Maven Networks, BBN, Groove Networks, Datasweep, ChinaInterActive, GoDigital Networks, BrassRing
[Name] Jeff Brody
[Title & Firm] Founding Partner, Redpoint Ventures
[Website] www.redpoint.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] Mobilygen, FraudSciences, Danger, Zing
[Name] Todd Chaffee
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
[Website] www.ivp.com
[Sector Focus] Mobile
[Notable Exits] Hands-On Mobile, Mobile365, ArcSight, comScore, Omniture, @road
[Name] Ronald Chwang
[Title & Firm] Chairman and President, iD Ventures America
[Website] www.idsoftcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] Centrality Communications, iRobot
[Name] Stuart Collinson
[Title & Firm] Partner, Forward Ventures
[Website] www.forwardventures.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Proprius Pharmaceuticals, NovaCardia
[Name] Ron Conway
[Title & Firm]Founder, SV Angel
[TheFunded.com Rating] 5.00
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] Mint, Haute Secure, Sendori
[Name] David Cowan
[Title & Firm]Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
[Website] www.bvp.com
[Sector Focus] Internet and security
[Notable Exits] Counterpane Internet Security, Cyota, Netli, Postini
[Name] Alan Crane
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
[Website] www.polarisventures.com
[Sector Focus] Biotechnology
[Notable Exits] Adnexus Therapeutics, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
[Name] Yogen Dalal
[Title & Firm]Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
[Website] www.mayfield.com
[Sector Focus] IT, digital media
[Notable Exits] PostX, BeVocal, Affinity Labs
[Name] Sean Dalton
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
[Website] www.hcp.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] Covergence, Casero, Virtual Iron Software, Starent Networks, PA Semi, Optasite Communications, CCTV
[Name] Scott Darling
[Title & Firm]General Partner, Frazier Technology Ventures
[Website] www.fraziertechnology.com
[Sector Focus] Digital media
[Notable Exits] IntelliVid, Managed Objects Solutions, Virtual Iron Software
[Name] Robert Davoli
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Sigma Partners
[Website] www.sigmapartners.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.67
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] m-Qube, Virtusa
[Name] Neal Dempsey
[Title & Firm] Managing General Partner, Bay Partners
[Website] www.baypartners.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Celequest, Nuera Communications, IPWireless, WhereNet, Silverstorm, Exeros
[Name] Sunil Dhaliwal
[Title & Firm]General Partner, Battery Ventures
[Website] www.battery.com
[Sector Focus] Internet, hardware
[Notable Exits] CipherTrust, Netezza
[Name] Dixon Doll
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and General Partner, Doll Capital Management
[Website] www.dcm.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.83
[Sector Focus] Wireless networking
[Notable Exits] Colubris Networks, IPWireless, Neutral Tandem
[Name] Tim Draper
[Title & Firm] Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
[Website] www.dfj.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Xfire, IntelliVid, Ingenio
[Name] Bruce Dunlevie
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Benchmark Capital
[Website] www.benchmark.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.00
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] NetXen, Orchestria, Matrix Semiconductor, Good Technology, Pure Digital Technologies, Unicru
[Name] Kevin Efrusy
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Accel Partners
[Website] www.accel.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.00
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] SpringSource, Hyperic, XenSource
[Name] Barry Eggers
[Title & Firm] Founder and Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners
[Website] www.lightspeedvp.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Calista Technologies, D2Audio, Ellacoya Networks, Traverse Networks
[Name] Irwin Federman
[Title & Firm] General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
[Website] www.usvp.com
[Sector Focus] Wireless
[Notable Exits] Vivato, BeVocal, Mellanox Technologies
[Name] Peter Fenton
[Title & Firm]General Partner, Benchmark Capital
[Website] www.benchmark.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.78
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] FriendFeed, SpringSource, Hyperic, XenSource, Wily Technology, Reactivity, JBoss
[Name] Kevin Fong
[Title & Firm] Partner and Special Advisor, GSR Ventures
[Website] www.gsrventures.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Cemaphore Systems, ONStor, Tasman Networks, MovieBeam
[Name] Jim Gauer
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Palomar Ventures
[Website] www.palomarventures.com
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] AlterPoint, Network Physics, RealOps, Cerebra
[Name] Michael Goguen
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.75
[Sector Focus] Wireless networking, telecommunications
[Notable Exits] Syndesis, Santera, Navini Networks
[Name] Andy Goldfarb
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
[Website] www.globespancapital.com
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] Covergence, m-Qube, Virtusa
[Name] Mike Gordon
[Title & Firm] Founder and Managing Director, Meritech Capital Partners
[Website] www.meritechcapital
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Sourcefire, BigBand Networks, TeleAtlas, Vonage, FiberTower
[Name] Mark Gorenberg
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
[Website] www.humwin.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.36
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] Tizor, Omniture
[Name] Kent Gossett
[Title & Firm] General Partner, SR One
[Website] www.srone.com
[Sector Focus] Healthcare services
[Notable Exits] Morphotek, Alere Medical
[Name] Gregory Gretsch
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Sigma Partners
[Website] www.sigmapartners.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.11
[Sector Focus] Storage
[Notable Exits] EqualLogic, Postini, Slim Devices
[Name] Bill Gurley
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Benchmark Capital
[Website] www.benchmark.com
[Blog] www.abovethecrowd.com
[Sector Focus] Mobile and entertainment
[Notable Exits] Jamdat Mobile, OpenTable, Business.com
[Name] John Hamm
[Title & Firm] General Partner, VSP Capital
[Website] www.vsplp.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors and storage
[Notable Exits] SiliconStor, Centive, IronPort Systems, Encentuate
[Name] Fredric W. Harman
[Title & Firm]Managing Partner, Oak Investment Partners
[Website] www.oakvc.com
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] U.S. Auto Parts Network, Talisma
[Name] Stephen Harrick
[Title & Firm] General Partner and Managing Director, Institutional Venture Partners
[Website] www.ivp.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.75
[Sector Focus] Business services
[Notable Exits] Teros, Business.com, MySQL
[Name] Kevin Harvey
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Benchmark Capital
[Website] www.benchmark.com
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] Zimbra, Ingenio, Tellme Networks, MySQL
[Name] Bob Higgins
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
[Website] www.hcp.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.00
[Sector Focus] Biotechnology, software
[Notable Exits] Helicos BioSciences, Conor Medsystems, WordWave
[Name] Bob Hower
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures
[Website] www.atvcapital.com
[Sector Focus] IT, digital media, software
[Notable Exits] e-Security, Acme Packet
[Name] Gary Hromadko
[Title & Firm] Venture Partner, Crosslink Capital
[Website] www.crosslinkcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Telecommunications
[Notable Exits] Yipes Enterprise Services, Good Technology
[Name] Ron Hunt
[Title & Firm] Partner, Sprout Group
[Website] www.sproutgroup.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Aspreva Pharmaceuticals
[Name] Tom Huseby
[Title & Firm] Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners
[Website] www.oakvc.com
[Sector Focus] Software and mobile
[Notable Exits] SNAPin Software, Qpass
[Name] Ross Jaffe
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Versant Ventures
[Website] www.versantventures.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.64
[Sector Focus] Medical devices and instruments
[Notable Exits] Ablation Frontiers, St. Francis Medical Technologies, Insulet
[Name] Deepak Kamra
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Canaan Partners
[Website] www.canaan.com
[Sector Focus] Telecommunications equipment
[Notable Exits] SuccessFactors, Acme Packet
[Name] Vinod Khosla
[Title & Firm] Founder, Khosla Ventures
[Website] www.khoslaventures.com
[Sector Focus] Energy, infrastructure, IT
[Notable Exits] Infinera
[Name] Steve Krausz
[Title & Firm] General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
[Website] www.usvp.com
[Sector Focus] Software, Internet security, storage
[Notable Exits] Vontu, CipherTrust
[Name] Michael Kwatinetz
[Title & Firm] Founding General Partner, Azure Capital Partners
[Website] www.azurecap.com
[Sector Focus] eCommerce
[Notable Exits] Bill Me Later
[Name] Lisa Lambert
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Intel Capital
[Website] www.intel.com/capital
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] DATAllegro, MySQL
[Name] Douglas Leone
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.44
[Sector Focus] Business services
[Notable Exits] Netezza, Rackspace Hosting, Parakey, inCode Wireless, Netezza, Idea Cellular, Aruba Networks
[Name] Shmil Levy
[Title & Firm] Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.40
[Sector Focus] Internet, mobile
[Notable Exits] Topio, Qumranet, Port Authority
[Name] Barry Maloney
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Balderton Capital Management
[Website] www.balderton.com
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] Bebo
[Name] Tom Mawhinney
[Title & Firm] General Partner, JAFCO Ventures
[Website] www.jafco.com
[Sector Focus] IT and Internet
[Notable Exits] Postpath, DATAllegro
[Name] Matthew McCall
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and Managing Director, DFJ Portage
[Website] www.dfj.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.25
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] FeedBurner, TicketsNow, LeftHand Networks, Everdream
[Name] Terry McGuire
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
[Website] www.polarisventures.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 5.00
[Sector Focus] Biotechnology and pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Remon Medical Technologies, GlycoFi
[Name] Matt McIlwain
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
[Website] www.madrona.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] iConclude, Farecast, World Wide Packets, Isilon Systems
[Name] Kevin McQuillan
[Title & Firm] Co-Founder and General Partner, Focus Ventures
[Website] www.focusventures.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] DATAllegro, Centrality Communications, Kazeon Systems, Berkeley HeartLab, Matrix Semiconductor, Sandburst, inCode Wireless, eHealth, Aruba Networks, Virtusa, Infinera
[Name] Peter Meekin
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Trident Capital
[Website] www.tridentcap.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] iRobot, Thor, Cymfony
[Name] Sandy Miller
[Title & Firm] Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
[Website] www.ivp.com
[Sector Focus] Business services
[Notable Exits] Data Domain, Vonage, USinternetworking, SkyStream
[Name] Michael Moritz
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.24
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] Plaxo, Pure Digital Technologies
[Name] Peter Morris
[Title & Firm] Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates
[Website] www.nea.com
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] Tasman Networks, IronPort Systems, Yipes Enterprise Services
[Name] Sherrill Neff
[Title & Firm] Managing Partner, Quaker BioVentures
[Website] www.quakerbio.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Amicus Therapeutics, Medmark, BioRexis Pharmaceutical
[Name] Rory O’Driscoll
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
[Website] www.scalevp.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] OuterBay Technologies, Picolight, Good Technology, Omniture
[Name] Arnold Oronsky
[Title & Firm] General Partner, InterWest Partners
[Website] www.interwest.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Aspreva Pharmaceuticals
[Name] Larry Orr
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Trinity Ventures
[Website] www.trinityventures.com
[Sector Focus] Software, services, systems
[Notable Exits] Aruba Networks, Bix.com
[Name] Dennis Phelps
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
[Website] www.ivp.com
[Sector Focus] Digital media
[Notable Exits] Quigo, Synchronoss Technologies
[Name] Theresia Guow Ranzetta
[Title & Firm] Partner, Accel Partners
[Website] www.ivp.com
[Sector Focus] Internet, Software
[Notable Exits] Zimbra, AdECN, Interlace Systems, Xoopit, Aceva Technologies
[Name] Joanna Rees
[Title & Firm] Founder and Managing Director, VSP Capital
[Website] www.vspcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Internet, digital media
[Notable Exits] Truveo, Danger, Affinity Labs
[Name] Lisa Reeves
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Vista Ventures
[Website] www.vistavc.com
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] MySQL
[Name] Gene Riechers
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Valhalla Partners
[Website] www.valhallapartners.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] RealOps, LeftHand Networks
[Name] Scott Rocklage
[Title & Firm] Managing Partner, 5AM Ventures
[Website] www.5amventures.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] Miikana, Ilypsa
[Name] Bruce Sachs
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Charles River Ventures
[Website] www.crv.com
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] Acopia Networks, BigBand Networks
[Name] Scott Sandell
[Title & Firm] General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
[Website] www.nea.com
[Sector Focus] Hardware, semiconductors
[Notable Exits] Dexterra, Data Domain, Spreadtrum Communications
[Name] Shirish Sathaye
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Matrix Partners
[Website] www.matrixpartners.com
[Sector Focus] Telecommunications equipment
[Notable Exits] Aruba Networks, Solidcore Systems
[Name] Neil Shen
[Title & Firm] Founding Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital
[Website] www.sequoiacap.com
[Sector Focus] Healthcare, Internet, mobile
[Notable Exits] Renhe, Peak Sport
[Name] David Silverman
[Title & Firm] Partner, 3i Group
[Website] www.3i.com
[Sector Focus] Internet
[Notable Exits] Speakeasy, BlueLithium
[Name] John Simon
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners
[Website] www.generalcatalyst.com
[Sector Focus] Mobile
[Notable Exits] Hands-On Mobile, Maven Networks, m-Qube
[Name] Thomas Smith
[Title & Firm] Partner, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds
[Website] www.mavf.com
[Sector Focus] Networking and telecommunications
[Notable Exits] sentitO Networks, Colubris Networks, NexTone Communications
[Name] Marc Sokol
[Title & Firm] General Partner, JK&B Capital
[Website] www.jkbcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Networking
[Notable Exits] AlterPoint, CITTIO, CounterStorm
[Name] Alan Spoon
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
[Website] www.polarisventures.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 4.50
[Sector Focus] IT, digital media, eCommerce
[Notable Exits] TechTarget, Cushcraft Corporation
[Name] George Still, Jr.
[Title & Firm] Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
[Website] www.norwestvc.com
[Sector Focus] Business services
[Notable Exits] Website Pros, Rackspace Hosting
[Name] Jim Swartz
[Title & Firm] Founding Partner, Accel Partners
[Website] www.accel.com
[Sector Focus] Software, telecommunications
[Notable Exits] Leapstone Systems, Riverbed Technology, 2Wire
[Name] Daniel Turner
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Montreux Equity Partners
[Website] www.montreuxequity.com
[Sector Focus] Pharmaceutical
[Notable Exits] NovaCardia, Cerexa, Orexigen Therapeutics, Transcept Pharmaceuticals, NeurogesX, Somaxon
[Name] Scott Ungerer
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, EnerTech Capital
[Website] www.enertechcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] Intellon, Comverge, Circadiant Systems, Enerwise Global Technologies, Cablematrix, Fuelquest, Catch the Wind, Catalytic Solutions, Clean Air Power
[Name] Peter Wagner
[Title & Firm] General Partner, Accel Partners
[Website] www.accel.com
[Sector Focus] IT
[Notable Exits] Trapeze Networks, Acopia Networks, Airgo Networks, Topspin Communications, Peribit Networks, New Edge Networks, Entrisphere, GO Networks, Infinera, Transitive, NetXen, Wichorus
[Name] John Walecka
[Title & Firm] Founding Partner, Redpoint Ventures
[Website] www.redpoint.com
[Sector Focus] IT, energy and materials
[Notable Exits] Entropic Communications, Trapeze Networks
[Name] Rob Ward
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Meritech Capital Partners
[Website] www.meritechcapital.com
[Sector Focus] Internet and security
[Notable Exits] Counterpane Internet Security, Reliant Technologies, Acopia Networks, Netezza
[Name] Steven Weinstein
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Novartis BioVenture Fund
[Website] www.venturefund.novartis.com
[Sector Focus] Medical devices and instruments
[Notable Exits] Ablation Frontiers, Visiogen
[Name] Jim White
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
[Website] www.shv.com
[TheFunded.com Rating] 3.67
[Sector Focus] Internet, hardware
[Notable Exits] Farecast, Data Domain
[Name] Bryan Wolf
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Intel Capital
[Website] www.intel.com/capital
[Sector Focus] Software
[Notable Exits] DataSynapse, LogMeIn
[Name] Ben Yu
[Title & Firm] Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
[Website] www.sierraventures.com
[Sector Focus] Semiconductors
[Notable Exits] AuthenTec, SemEquip
