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Institutional Venture Partners

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3000 Sand Hill Rd Bldg 2
Menlo Park, CA
United States
Phone: 1 650 854 0132
Fax: 1 650 854 2009

Reid W Dennis

www.ivp.com

Industry: Finance


Overview

IVP's founder, Reid Dennis, is one of the pioneers of the venture capital industry. In 1952, six months after leaving Stanford University armed with his BSEE and MBA degrees, Reid invested $20,000, which was virtually all he had to his name, in privately-held Ampex Corporation in Redwood City. Fortunately for Reid, that first investment was very successful, and after Ampex went public, that $20,000 stake grew to over $1 million in market value during the next several years. In 1974, backed by a $5 million commitment from American Express (his former employer), Reid formed Institutional Venture Associates (IVA) and raised $19 million from six institutions. That was roughly half of all the capital raised in the United States that year by private venture capital partnerships. Over the life of IVA, the original $19 million grew to over $180 million. In 1980, Reid then formed Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and the firm has grown into one of the most successful venture capital firms...

Corporate Structure

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Reid W Dennis

TOP EXECUTIVES

Sheldon X. Wang      Executive Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer
Geoffrey Y. Yang      General Partner
Melanie M Chladek     
Pete Thomas      General Partner
Samuel D. Colella      General Partner
Stuart M. Huizinga      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Somesh Dash     
Bruce A. Telkamp      Executive Vice President of Business Operations
Todd Chaffee      President
Carey Lai     
Samuel C. Gibbs III      Senior Vice President of Sales
William P. Tai      Managing Director
Scott N. Flanders      Director
Stephen C Fan      Senior Analyst
Michael D. Goldberg      Director
Ruthann Quindlen      General Partner
Dennis Phelps      Managing Director
Steve Harrick      Managing Director
Steven M. Cakebread      Director
Sheryl Sandberg      Director
Jack L Oliver      Director
Jules Maltz     
William H Draper JR      Co-Founder of Draper, Gaither & Anderson
Ronald Prague      Vice President & General Counsel
Dick Kramlich     
Gina Bauman      Director of Marketing
Michael McLean     
Don Valentine     
Elizabeth Bailey Weil     
Shiyan Koh     
Omar Tellez      Executive Vice President, Marketing
Larry Higby      Director
Robert S Hurley      Senior Vice President of Carrier Relations
Sandy Miller      General Partner