Jeff Clavier - SoftTech VC - European Entrepreneurship - Stanford - Jan 24 2011

European Entrepreneurship Discussion

Stanford – Jan 24, 2011

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SoftTech VC •  Investment management company founded in May 2004

–  GP of 3 early stage funds: SoftTech VC I (<$1M), SoftTech VC II ($15M), SoftTech VC III ($15M closed, $35M target)

•  One of Silicon Valley’s most active Consumer Internet seed investor, and one of the first “Super Angel” funds

•  Involved in funding/supporting 90+ startups since 2004. To date: –  17 companies have generated $500M+ in total exit consideration –  40 companies have raised $400M+ in follow-on financing

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Jeff Clavier (aka @jeff) •  CTO of Effix Systems, sold to

Reuters in 1993 •  CTO/VP Engineering of Reuters

Trading Systems

•  GP at Reuters Greenhouse Fund LP ($450M corporate venture arm of Reuters)

•  Started angel investing in Web 2.0 startups in 2004

•  Portfolio of 90+ companies, with 17 M&As & $400M in follow-on investments

•  Media accolades: –  2007: “Web 2.0 King Maker”

Business 2.0 –  2008: “25 most influential people on

the Web” BusinessWeek –  2010: “Top 25 Angels in Tech”

BusinessWeek –  2009/2010: “Finalist for Best Angel

Investor” Crunchies

•  Popular speaker on investing and consumer internet trends

•  Advisor to Telefonica •  Mentor at YCombinator,

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