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Brian Hamel, SR. Director, Cadence Venture Capital Program

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Brian launched the Cadence Venture Capital program in January of 2000, recognizing the opportunity to better leverage the Cadence brand and asset base within the startup and Venture Capital community. This program has helped successfully launch many semiconductor and system startups. To date, Brian has funded 19 companies and is active with entrepreneurs around North America and Europe, advising them on strategy for building their companies and raising More »

Chris Larsen, founder and former CEO of e-Loan

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Chris Larsen, founder and former CEO of e-Loan

Colin Wiel, President (San Francisco Chapter), Keiretsu Forum

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Colin Wiel is the President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Keiretsu Forum. Colin is an active Angel investor, having made Angel investments in more than ten companies in the past five years. Colin often remains actively involved in the companies in which he invests, and he currently serves on the advisory boards of four companies.

Colin is also an entrepreneur, having started a 35-person software engineering More »

David Bell, Attorney, Fenwick

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

David Bell, Attorney, Fenwick

David Frankel, Managing Direct, Blueprint Ventures

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

David brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial, technology, investment and executive experience to the Blueprint Ventures team. He is recognized as a technology executive able to bridge technical, managerial, regulatory and financing issues and help management teams drive towards differentiation in the marketplace. David’s technology interests include wireline and mobile communications, high-performance computing, and IT infrastructure.

Previously, David was the Founder and CTO of Jetstream Communications, a pioneering More »

Don Tran, Vice President, Matt

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Don Tran, Vice President, Matt

Julien Nguyen, Managing Partne, Concept Ventures

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Prior to co-founding Concept Ventures, Julien Nguyen founded Applied Materials Ventures in 2001, and was a Managing Partner until 2005. He led investments in companies such as Devicescape, Grandis, M-Stream (acquired by Broadcom NASDAQ:BRCM), Takumi, with co-investors such as August Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Mobius, Sevin Rosen, IT Farm, and corporate investors (Broadcom, NEC, Renesas, Rohm, Toshiba). Prior to Applied Materials Ventures, Julien Nguyen was a Venture Partner at More »

Michael Griego, President, MXL

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Michael Griego, President, MXL

Paul Rogers, Partner, Rogers &

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Paul Rogers, Partner, Rogers &

Sanjay Subhedar, General Partn, Storm Ventures

By Admin on September 25th, 2006

Sanjay Subhedar is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Storm Ventures. Storm Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, is a seed/early stage investor in Information Technology companies, with $550 million in assets under management. Sanjay holds a seat on the Board of Directors of Anchor Bay Technologies, Integrated Memory Logic (IML), Sierra Monolithics, Mobio, Transera and TrueSpan.

Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Sanjay Subhedar was at More »