Summary: May 2006
An Introduction to Venture Capital
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Granite representatives
Sam Kingsland ­ Managing Director
Brian Panoff ­ Vice President
Prof. John Villasenor, Ph.D. ­ Strategic Technical Advisor
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Introduction to Granite Ventures
Founded in 1992
Granite has 9 investment professionals
Over $1B under management
­ Recently raised a new $350M fund
Early-stage technology focus
Hands-on investors
Excellent long-term results
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Intro to venture capital
1) Options for financing a startup
2) How does the venture industry work

Source: Anderson, Richard - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington at Seattle

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences