| The Catamount Newsletter | Volume 1 |
Welcome to the first edition of The Catamount Newsletter. Catamount Ventures is a high value-add, early stage technology venture fund based in San Francisco. As proven entrepreneurs, we understand the many needs of the early stage company and seek to invest in and build visionary technology companies. We are actively looking for new investment opportunities, technology leaders, and entrepreneurs – please contact us with comments or for more information.
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Contents
High Value Seed Investing
If you come across an exciting opportunity or entrepreneur that fits our high value added seed investing model, please contact us.
The Changing Needs of the Entrepreneur
by Jed Smith The past ten years have seen an unprecedented amount of focus, attention and money targeted at the technology start-up space. In the last four years alone, there have been more than 10,000 technology venture financings comprising nearly $120 billion of investment. Approximately 150 . . .
A New Growth Phase for Semiconductors: An Interview with Jack Harding
by Stefan Reyniak An interview with Jack Harding, CEO of eSilicon Corp. and a 20+ year semiconductor veteran and industry luminary, about the current state of the semiconductor market, future directions in the industry and timeline for recovery.
Winning Strategies for Selling in a Down Market
by Jon Goldstein Well, it’s official. We’re working through the worst economic slowdown in a decade, and possibly the greatest slowdown ever in the tech industry. For many of us, it’s been a long time since we’ve been faced with the challenges of selling in a down market – and for many others, it’s their first experience selling in a very difficult environment . . .
Portfolio Highlights
Portfolio in the News
Employment Opportunities
Catamount Developments
Portfolio Highlights
Catamount has some exciting companies in the portfolio, one of which is profiled below. If you think you know of a strong business partner, client, or executive hire for this company, please contact the individual named below.
Catamount Ventures has a Series A investment in Bocada, Inc., The Storage Intelligence Company. Bocada has attracted significant attention from the largest storage network players due to its cross platform reporting capabilities and rapid early sales traction. BackupReport™, Bocada’s flagship product, delivers software solutions that help ensure that mission critical data storage systems reliably and efficiently comply with enterprise storage policies. This solution provides IT professionals with the crucial data necessary to effectively troubleshoot issues across most leading data protection solutions, improve system performance and determine compliance with enterprise policies and service level agreements. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Bocada is led by President and CEO Mark Silverman, an industry veteran with over 15 years of startup technology experience. Other investors in Bocada include the Madrona Venture Group, Guide Ventures and 2nd Avenue Partners. For more information, please contact kimc@bocada.com.
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Portfolio In The News
For additional information on our portfolio companies, please visit the Companies section of our web site. Direct links to the press section of those individual companies listed on the website are also included here:
eSilicon
Bocada
Linden Lab
Liquid Engines
OnePage
CriticalArc Technologies
Guru
Grassroots Enterprise
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Employment Opportunities
We currently have one portfolio company with an open senior level position. If interested, please send your resume to the contact indicated below.
Company: Linden Lab, Inc.
Linden Lab is a privately held technology company building next generation software and hardware products to enable massively distributed, totally immersive virtual reality for gaming and simulation. Founded by Philip Rosedale, former CTO of Real Networks, the team includes former employees of Real Networks, Electronic Arts, Disney, Mattel, Hasbro, Atari, and THQ. Linden Lab is located in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley, convenient to parking and public transportation.
Position: Vice President, Marketing
Reporting to the CEO, the Vice President of Marketing is responsible for leading marketing activities for the initial product and for building the marketing department. Specific responsibilities include leading product development, product launch, ongoing product marketing, and corporate branding. Strong marketing executive with 6-9 years of experience and an extensive track record that includes leading one or more innovative product launches (preferably in the consumer technology and interactive-entertainment space), experience managing market research activities, an understanding of grassroots and viral marketing techniques, excitement and passion for interactive entertainment, a sense of humor, high integrity, and ability to work in team environments, as well as a bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred). Interested professionals should contact Hunter Walk .
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Catamount Developments
Contacting Catamount
Catamount Ventures is now located in the Jackson Square neighborhood of downtown San Francisco, neighboring the financial district. Please note our new permanent contact information:
Catamount Ventures, L.P.Please refer to our website for a map and detailed driving directions.
400 Pacific Avenue, 3rd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94133
General: (415) 277-0300
Fax: (415) 277-0301
Web: www.catamountventures.com
Email: info@catamountventures.com
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