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unusual facts about venture capitalist



Polaris Partners

Polaris Venture Partners was founded in 1995/1996 by Jon Flint, Terry McGuire, Steve Arnold, who were partners of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO).

Programmed Data Processor

The name 'PDP' intentionally avoided the use of the term 'computer' because, at the time of the first PDPs, computers had a reputation of being large, complicated, and expensive machines, and the venture capitalists behind Digital (especially Georges Doriot) would not support Digital's attempting to build a "computer"; the word "minicomputer" had not yet been coined.

Ramy Adeeb

Ramy Adeeb is the founder and CEO of social curation platform Snip.it and is a former venture capitalist investor in start-ups such as Square and Groupme.


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Andrew Frame

Frame began developing Ooma in 2005, backed by a strong team of technology celebrities including Mike Ramsey, creator of TiVo, Steve Jurvetson, a Venture Capitalist who has backed companies such as Hotmail and Skype, and actor, producer, and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher, who Frame brought aboard as the company’s Creative Director.

Bishop Ireton High School

Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, venture capitalist and high-tech executive noted for promotion of open source software and reform of the U.S. patent system

Firefly Communications

In 2009, Dragon's Den venture-capitalist James Caan began working with Firefly to "target print, broadcast and online media to raise Caan's profile".

Hakia

hakia was founded by Rıza Can Berkan, a nuclear scientist by training with a specialization in artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic, and Pentti Kouri, a New York-based economist and venture capitalist.

Howard Morgan

Howard L. Morgan (born 1945), American venture capitalist, philanthropist and writer

Kevin O'Leary

Founder of SoftKey
Co-investor and Director of Storage Now
Co-founder and Chairman of O'Leary Funds
Co-investor and Venture capitalist in Dragons' Den and Shark Tank
Co-host of The Lang and O'Leary Exchange
Author of the Cold Hard Truth

Kvamme

E. Floyd Kvamme, an American engineer, venture capitalist, and government advisor

László Széchenyi

Count László Széchenyi de Sárvár-felsővidék (LÁSZLÓ Jenő Mária Henrik Simon) (Horpács, 18 February 1879–Budapest, 5 July 1938) was an Austro Hungarian military officer, Imperial Chamberlain, diplomat and venture capitalist.

Nancy Lee Harris

Their son Matthew Carmichael Harris, a venture capitalist, married filmmaker Jessica Glass whose father, Joseph Glass, was a hematologist and oncologist and the director of hematology at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Peter B. Denyer

According to the Royal Society, Denyer's “promotion from Reader to Professor set a record – on October 1st 1986 he was appointed Reader, but the very next day he was appointed to the Advent Chair of Integrated Electronics (Venture Capital), becoming the youngest Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Through the venture capitalist Advent, this post carried consultancy links with many other companies.”

Robert Grady

Robert E. Grady (born 1959), American venture capitalist and investment banker

U.S. Venture Partners

Bill Bowes, who is the last remaining founding partner at USVP had worked as a venture capitalist prior to USVP working with companies including Cetus, Raychem Corporation and Dymo Industries.