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Focus on Software, Network Systems, Semiconductors, and Services
The featured VC will be Jake Seid, General Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. http://www.lightspeedvp.com
This event is co-sponsored by Silicon Valley Law Group http://www.svlg.com.
The partners of Lightspeed have invested over $800M in more than 100 technology companies over the past two decades. Our team invests in the U.S., Israel and Asia and has contributed strong operational and sector expertise to market leaders such as Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, eHealthinsurance, Galileo Technology, Informatica, Kiva Software, Metasolv, Phone.com, Quantum Effect Devices, Sirocco and Waveset, working closely with these companies throughout the early stages of their business development lifecycles. Because we focus on investments in specific sectors, portfolio companies benefit from Lightspeed's specialized industry knowledge and deep global network of relationships. Areas of investment focus include the following:
Datacenter Infrastructure
Enterprise Automation
Digital Media and Consumer Electronics
Communications Infrastructure
Internet and E-Commerce
Wireless Applications
Semiconductors
Emerging Technologies
Lightspeed's hallmark is lead early stage investing, including an active seed investment program. We are proud of the fact that a number of executives with whom we have partnered in the past have chosen Lightspeed as the lead investor for their subsequent ventures.
We take a collaborative, team approach to investing with two partners dedicated to each portfolio company. Because we are active lead investors with an emphasis on quality, not quantity, portfolio companies receive a high level of attention and support, independent of location. While the majority of our portfolio companies are US-based, Lightspeed partners have been investing in Israel for over ten years in companies such as Galileo Technology, Optier, ScaleMP and Skybox Security. We are further committed to expanding our investment footprint in Asia with recent investments in China such as AMEC.
Jake Seid
Jake focuses on investments in systems, components and software. Prior to Lightspeed, Jake was a product line manager for Cisco Systems. He was responsible for launching and managing the industry's first DOCSIS-based cable modems and routers and led his product to win "Best of Show" and "Best Networking Hardware" at Comdex. Previously, he worked in business development for Boston Technology (Comverse) in Tokyo.
Jake serves on the Venture Capital Advisory Board for the Fabless Semiconductor Association. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a M. Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. At MIT, he earned the Karl Taylor Compton Prize, the highest honor given to an MIT student.
COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY.
This event is co-sponsored by Silicon Valley Law Group http://www.svlg.com.
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