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Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Avidan
Investments
Work Experience
2013
Founding Partner
2013
Early Stage Venture investments. Highly thesis driven. We are looking for two types of startups -- software and tools for engineers, letting them work on bigger bold problems & startups tackling the biggest, boldest problems
2011 - 2013
Sabbatical
2011 - 2013
Drove cross country drinking coffee and collecting hand written lists of the best roasters and cafes. Then I wrote a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Drink-Coffee-Avidan-Ross/dp/0714873926 Hosted a Food Network TV show pilot, “Weapons of Mass Consumption”. We built a fire breathing 60-second pizza oven. The show never aired due to a fire ball eating my co-host's eyebrows.
2004 - 2011
Chief Technology Officer / Investments
2004 - 2011
Responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of the company’s technology investment and development. Focused the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. Investing in technology, energy, and infrastructure. Aggregate $15 billion under management.
2000 - 2000
Network Software Engineering Intern
2000 - 2000
Built network traffic monitoring systems to help define the DOCSIS hardware specification. Paving the foundation for the connected home, by eliminating one 56k modem at a time.