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CLINT CHAO Clint Chao is a founding general partner at Formative Ventures. Clint invests in emerging technologies start-ups in areas, most recently focusing on web instrastructure and services. Clint is an experienced technology executive who brings more than 20 years of start-up operating experience including marketing, sales and business development to Formative Ventures. His investments and board leadership include Mashery, Marketocracy, Silicon Clocks, Smalltown, SOASTA, and Zyray Wireless (acquired by Broadcom in 2004). Prior to co-founding Formative Ventures, Clint served as vice president of marketing, sales, and business development at SkyStream Networks (acquired by Tandberg TV), a leading provider of video routing equipment. Under his leadership, SkyStream formed partnerships with industry leaders such as AOL Time Warner, HP, Microsoft, RealNetworks, Lucent Technologies, Mitsubishi, and Philips. Prior to joining SkyStream, Clint served as senior director of marketing at C-Cube Microsystems where he was responsible for marketing for the PC Division, a group he co-founded and grew to run rates exceeding $50M in sales annually. Clint began his tenure at C-Cube as the first salesperson for the company, where he created the company’s sales representation network around the country. Before joining C-Cube in 1990, Clint held numerous sales and sales management positions at Motorola Semiconductor, where he was recognized as one of the company’s top salespeople. Clint earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. On entrepreneurs: “Company founders are usually singularly focused on the technology behind their company, but truly successful start-ups need to also be focused on how their technology gets adopted by the marketplace – converging their offerings with the actual needs of their early-adopter customers. Entrepreneurs should look to partner with investors who have a seasoned business background to help position their company for market leadership.” Read Clint's Tumblog, "The Good Stuff in the Seller" Clint's Latest PE Hub piece: Best Movies of 2009, VC Style Read about Clint's Thoughts on "Is It Best to Be First?" in VentureBeat Read about Clint's Litmus Test on Evaluating Deals in VentureBeat Board experience: Marketocracy, Mashery, Silicon Clocks, Smalltown, SOASTA, Zyray Wireless Follow Clint on |
"Formative Ventures delivers on what they advertise: in addition to being savvy technology investors, they help us with their deep marketing and sales expertise. We think of Clint and his partners as valuable members of our team who are always accessible to discuss ideas about how to grow our business." – Hal Rucker |
