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William R. Hambrecht, Managing Director, Hambrecht Geneva Ventures
Bill Hambrecht is Chairman and Co-CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co, an investment bank
headquartered in San Francisco that he founded in January 1998. Bill resigned as Chairman of Hambrecht & Quist
in December 1997, the investment banking firm he co-founded with the late George Quist in 1968.
In the early 1970s Bill became directly involved in the then fledgling venture capital business as a result of H&Q’s
investment banking expertise and network of clients. This was an obvious extension of its existing business, since many
investment banking clients required both capital and strategic assistance prior to becoming publicly listed. Bill
developed this side of H&Q’s business personally, ultimately overseeing the management of over $1 billion invested
in close to 700 companies. A few of the companies in the H&Q portfolio, past and present, include Adobe Systems,
Advanced Fiber Communications, Apollo Computer, Convergent Technologies, Evans & Sutherland, Genentech, People Express
Airlines, Read-Rite, Sybase, VLSI Technologies and Xilinx. Bill continues to invest in venture capital and small-cap
companies.
Bill Hambrecht currently serves on the Board of Trustees for The American University of Beirut and is on the Advisory
Investment Committee to the Board of Regents of the University of California. |
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Igor Sill, Managing
Director, Hambrecht Geneva Ventures
Igor Sill is Managing Director and co-founder of Geneva Venture Partners. In 1984 he founded and
became Chairman of GenevaGroup International, Inc. Prior to forming GenevaGroup he served as Vice President for Visual
Engineering, a 3D graphics software company, founding management team member of INGRES (subsequently acquired by The ASK Group
and most recently Computer Associates). Prior to entering the software industry, he served as General Manager, EIS and managed
the internal merger and integration of EXXON Corporation's three high technology divisions: Qwip, QYX and VYDEC in San
Francisco, CA. Igor received his MBA from Oxford University, Said Business School and is a member of Merton College. He
attended the University of California, Berkeley 1975, as well as Stanford University's Graduate School of Business SEP program
1984, Advanced Management College 1981 and Strategic Marketing Management 1983.
He attended Harvard University's GSB Venture Capital Program, 1997 & 2000 and Stanford University School of Law's
Directorship College Program in 1998, 2002.
Igor was an investor in Salesforce.com, Tumbleweed, Callixa (SAP), Siebel Systems, Extricity, Finjan, NetGravity, Weblogic
and iWitness (Zantaz). Igor is or has been a Board Member of Callixa, Encirq, Karna, and Advisory Board member of
Salesforce.com, Global Technology. He is also a Board of Directors member of the International Myeloma Foundation
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Alan Katz, Director, Hambrecht Geneva Ventures
Alan Katz is Senior Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer and a
co-founder of WR Hambrecht+Co. He has been involved in WR
Hambrecht+Co's venture portfolio since the firm's founding and is a
partner in WR Hambrecht Ventures I. Before joining WR Hambrecht + Co in
1998, Alan worked for Texas Instruments in Dallas, where he spearheaded
the formation of TI Ventures, a corporate venture capital fund that
operated in partnership with Hambrecht&Quist. He was also research
manager of the Computational Learning group, which focused on
applications of neural networks and genetic learning algorithms to
semiconductor and defense applications. Alan currently serves on the
Board of Directors of Vizu. Alan earned his PhD at Stanford University
and a BA from the University of Chicago. |
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Lee S Ting, Director, Hambrecht Geneva Ventures
Lee Ting is a Managing Director of WR Hambrecht+Co with a focus on private equity in the US and Asia.
Prior to joining WR Hambrecht+Co in 2000 he had more than thirty years of operations experience at Hewlett-Packard in
executive positions both in the US and Asia. His last position there was Corporate Vice President of Worldwide
Geographic Operations. He also served as a Senior Vice President at Hambrecht & Quist where he was instrumental in
the creation of the first H&Q VC funds in Asia in the late 80’s. Currently, Lee is an independent board member of
Lenovo Group, the third largest global PC company, and Microelectronics Technology, a leading provider of wireless
communications products. He also serves as an advisor to several private companies. Lee is a graduate of Oregon State
University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and completed the Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business
SEP program in 1994. |
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Peter Morrissey, Director, Hambrecht Geneva Ventures
Peter Morrissey is a Managing Director of WR Hambrecht + Co. He has worked for WR Hambrecht + Co since
August 2003 in both investment banking and venture capital roles. Previously he worked as an investment banker for
Credit Suisse First Boston, Equico, and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He has worked in asset management as a portfolio
manager for Angelo Gordon & Co and is a CFA charterholder. He worked in research for the Federal Reserve Board of
Governors. He received his JD/MA (Economics) from the University of Southern California and his BA from Pomona College.
He is a member of the California Bar. He has been involved in venture capital investments in INgrooves, Vizu,
MontaVista, Collab.net. |
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HAMBRECHT GENEVA VENTURES
539 Bryant Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94107
Main: (415) 551-8600
Direct: (415) 433-4646
Toll-free: 877-828-5200
Fax: (415) 433-6635
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