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Dave Furneaux has over 15 years of experience in founding and investing in some of the most highly successful technology and investment companies in the industry. Many of his early investments went on to be acquired by the country's leading technology firms including Cisco Systems, IBM, Lucent, and PMC-Sierra.
As a founder and Managing General Partner of Kodiak, Dave sets the strategy and growth initiatives for the firm. He has spent his career investing across the information technology landscape. He is a member of the boards of directors of Kodiak portfolio companies including Application Security, BTI Photonic Systems, Enfora, SIMtone Corporation, Symwave, Vette Corp., Vivace Semiconductor, and is an investor in Cortina. Dave also is an observer on the Raza Microelectronics and Wireless China boards. Dave is a member of the advisory board for Dragonvest Partners, a seed stage technology venture partnership located in Shanghai, China. Recently, two of his Kodiak portfolio companies were acquired: ALIS Corporation, by Carl Zeiss NTS Beteiligungs GmbH in June 2006 and Watchfire by IBM in July 2007.
Prior to founding Kodiak in 1999, he co-founded Furneaux & Company, LLC, a seed-stage, technology venture investment company. Previously, he was a founding investor in a number of very successful companies. He was the founding investor and active Chairman of the Board of Extreme Packet Devices, (acquired by PMC-Sierra), and Philsar, (acquired by Conexant). He also was a founding investor, Vice President of Business Development, and member of the board of Skystone Systems, (acquired by Cisco). In addition, he was an early investor in Solidum Systems, (acquired by IDT), and in Telica Systems, (acquired by Lucent). He also was an active early investor in AuroraNetics (acquired by Cisco) and a formation investor in Watchfire (acquired by IBM).
Earlier in his career, Dave was a member of the early team at Chrysalis Symbolic Design, a semiconductor design company, and was responsible for directing east coast and major account sales. The company was later acquired by Synopsys. Prior to that, he was a telecommunications analyst with the National Conference.
Born on Kodiak Island in Alaska, Dave is a former competitive tennis player and runner. He coaches a soccer team, paints, and still finds time for a daily game of PacMan.
Dave holds a B.A. from Colorado College, Phi Beta Kappa.
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