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Flip Gianos

Venture Capital Investor/Board Member

Menlo Park, California

Skills

Venture Capital
Corporate Development
Strategic Partnerships
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Product Management
Mergers
SaaS
Business Planning
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Strategy
Go-to-market Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Executive Management
Enterprise Software
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Strategy
New Business Development
Mobile Devices
Semiconductors

Education

Work Experience

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InterWest Partners

1982

  • General Partner, Emeritus

    2016

  • General Partner

    1982 - 2016

    We invest in early stage Technology and Life Sciences opportunities. I personally have specialized in infrastructure systems for communications and data center applications and semiconductor companies although I have experience in pretty much all the technology categories. I also serve on the advisory board of Storm Ventures II, Inventus Capital and am a past president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Prior Investments CIENA (IPO 1997, CIEN), Convey Computer (Acquired by Micron, 2015), Copper Mountain Networks (IPO 1999, CMTN), Edify (IPO 1996, EDFY), Kalpana (Acquired by Cisco in 1994), Lightera (Acquired by CIENA in 1999), Nanogen (IPO 1998, NGEN), Network Computing Devices (IPO 1992, NCDI), PlaceWare (Acquired by Microsoft in 2003), Power Integrations (IPO 1997, POWI), Ramp Networks (IPO 1999, RAMP), Rendition (Acquired by Micron in 1998), Sitera (Acquired by Vitesse in 2000), SpectraLinear (Acquired by Silicon Labs in 2011), Stratacom (Acquired by Cisco in 1992), Xilinx (IPO 1990, XLNX)

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Xilinx

1984 - 2016

  • Board of Directors

    1984 - 2016

  • Chairman, Board of Directors

    2009 - 2015

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IBM

1973 - 1980

  • Engineering Manager

    1973 - 1980

    Analog IC design engineer and engineering manager