SVForum VC Breakfast Series: Sanjay Subhedar, Storm Ventures January 19, 2012

This event is intended for entrepreneurs seeking feedback on their startup ideas and funding strategies. Please do not register if you do not fit this profile.

Storm Ventures: Investment Focus
The investment focus of the Storm team is in Information Technology and Networking. We tend to map investment opportunities into one or more major themes: Bandwidth, Mobility or Intelligence, since we believe these are the key drivers that are transforming the way information is being used, shared, delivered, and protected.

We put a big emphasis on understanding who the end user customers are, and what compelling value new companies can bring to them. We focus specifically on three types of customers: Service Providers, Enterprise, and Consumer. As a result, we spend a great deal of our time networking with thought and market leaders in each of these customer segments, many of which are Storm Limited Partners.

The investments we make will range from components or semiconductors, to software and services, to systems companies. Some of the broad categories we invest in are Wireless, Security, Enterprise, Software and Hardware, Virtualization (Networking, Computing, and Storage), Software as a Service, and Web 2.0 Software, Services and Applications.

Sanjay Subhedar - Storm VenturesSanjay Subhedar, Managing Director
Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Sanjay Subhedar was at E-TEK Dynamics, Inc. (fiber optic component manufacturer) since December 1997, serving most recently as its Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer. Sanjay played a key role in E-TEK's growth from 400 employees to over 5000 employees in less than three years, E-TEK's Initial Public Offering in 1998 as well as E-TEK's merger with JDS Uniphase in July 2000.

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