Board of Directors / Investors

Board of Directors

George Pavlov, Tallwood Venture Capital
John Oxaal, Seven Rosen Funds
Haru Kato, KeyNote Ventures

George Pavlov
Tallwood Venture Capital

George Pavlov is a General Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital and has been working with the firm since its founding in 2000. In addition to serving as an operational advisor across all of Tallwood's business verticals, Mr. Pavlov is also responsible for initiating, structuring and managing investments for the firm. Mr. Pavlov joined Tallwood from eTime Capital where he served as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to eTime Capital, he previously served as a General Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Mayfield Fund, a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Blum Capital Partners, as well as several financial and sales management positions at NeXT Computer. George Pavlov currently serves on the boards of directors of Alphion Corp., Amulaire Thermal Technology, Astute Networks, Audience, Calypto, Crossing Automation, Pixim, Quintic, and SVTC Technologies. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Boston College.

John Oxaal
Seven Rosen Funds

Mr. Oxall, General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, focuses in areas of imaging, computing, photonics, RF communications and Semiconductors. Before joining Sevin Rosen Funds in 1999,  Mr. Oxall co-founded and was CEO of Volumetrics Medical Imaging and was on the founding team of the Digital Signal Processing Division of Analog Devices. Mr. Oxall holds several patents in the field of real-time volumetric ultrasound imaging.  In addition to continuing as the Chairman of Volumetrics board, John serves on the boards of Astute Networks, Cadtel, Ethertronics, Luminescent, Luxtera, Metabolon, and Scintera.

Haru Kato
KeyNote Ventures

Mr. Kato is a founder and principal of KeyNote Ventures. He led the firm’s investments in Precoad, F-Origin and Link A Media, where he is a member of the board of directors. Mr. Kato works closely with the other Principals of KeyNote Ventures in finding, evaluating, and investing in promising start-ups. In addition to serving on the board of Astute Networks, Mr. Kato is an observer on the board of Inphi. Mr. Kato joined Dali, Hook Partners, the predecessor firm to KeyNote Ventures, in late 2001, as a venture partner. Prior to joining Dali, Hook Partners, he was general manager of Corporate Business Development (CBD) of NEC Corporation. Prior to this position, he was general manager of Corporate Strategy and Business development (CSBD) of NEC USA, Inc, (NEC USA), a 100% owned subsidiary of NEC. Mr. Kato started his career as a systems engineer, developing computer-based information systems. During that period, he studied at the Sloan School of Management, MIT. He holds both a BS and Masters of Engineering degrees from the University of Tokyo.

 

Investors

Tallwood Venture Capital
Sevin Rosen Funds
Scale Venture Partners
U.S. Venture Partners
KeyNote Ventures
Narra Venture Capital

Tallwood Venture Capital

Tallwood Venture Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on semiconductors and semiconductor related technologies. Tallwood raised its first institutional fund of $180 million in 2002. Investors include Stanford University and Harvard University. Tallwood's practice is based on a deep understanding of markets, the impact technology will have on them and a hands-on, very active involvement post investment. Tallwood also utilizes a best-in-class team of consultants and advisors to help build its practice and work directly with its portfolio companies. Tallwood’s vision is to actively help entrepreneurs to develop and grow technology-based start ups into world-class companies.
›› more info: www.tallwoodvc.com

Sevin Rosen Funds

Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF), founded in 1981, is a top-tier venture capital firm with a successful track record with early-stage ventures. Over the past 21 years, SRF has employed a unique blend of technical vision and operational expertise to identify, at a very early stage, the potential of such companies as Compaq, Lotus Development, Cypress Semiconductor, Citrix, CIENA, and Capstone Turbine.
›› more info: www.srfunds.com

 

Scale Venture Partners

Scale Venture Partners is the new name of a long-standing partnership with a track record of consistent, top quartile returns. The team has the right experience for venture investing. Scale Venture Partners has worked together as a partnership for many years, first as BA Venture Partners. Its combination of operating and investing expertise gives the firm the depth to help build significant companies. Scale Venture Partners is active across all stages, but particularly emphasizes mid-stage investing where its go-to-market expertise helps accelerate its portfolio companies.
›› more info: www.scalevp.com

U.S. Venture Partners

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) invests in a broad range of early-stage information technology companies, including those involved in wireless, IT infrastructure, semiconductors, and enterprise and technical software. Representative USVP public companies are: Sun Microsystems, SanDisk, AMCC, Verity, CheckPoint, MMC Networks, 3Dfx, Leadis, Nuance Communications, Centillium, Crescendo Communications (Cisco), Elantec (Intersil), StrataCom (Cisco), Xylan, Blue Coat Systems and Concur.
›› more info: www.usvp.com

KeyNote Ventures

KeyNote Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Menlo Park, California. The firm’s goal is to help entrepreneurs create leading information technology companies. KeyNote Ventures principally invests in early stage businesses where new technologies play a major role and where the firm has particular expertise. The portfolio company needs to have a strong management team and the potential to become a market leader. In selecting investments, KeyNote Ventures thinks about technology globally but invests locally.
›› more info: www.keynoteventures.com

Narra Venture Capital

Narra Venture Capital (NarraVC) was established in January 2002 to invest in private high-technology companies with potential for accelerated growth. Narra focuses its investments on companies with defensible barriers to competition, which are normally based on cutting-edge technology or their efficient deployment. Narra manages two venture capital funds.
›› more info: http://www.narravc.com

 

 

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