Institutional Venture Partners
Company Information
Menlo Park, CA
United States
Phone: 1 650 854 0132
Fax: 1 650 854 2009
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
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
