Tom Dyal

Founder at Redpoint Ventures

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Thomas Robert Dyal is the founder of Redpoint Ventures, a venture capital firm founded in 1999, where he holds the title of Partner.
He is currently a Director at Qwilt, Inc. since 2010.
Mr. Dyal has held former positions as a Director at Answers.com Corp.
from 2008 to 2011, Kazeon Systems, Inc. from 2003 to 2009, WiChorus LLC from 2005 to 2009, SentinelOne, Inc., Caspida, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, NextG Networks, Inc., Topspin Communications, Inc. from 2001 to 2005, Clearwell Systems, Inc. from 2006 to 2011, and Principal at Bay Networks, Inc. He was also a General Partner at Institutional Venture Partners from 1998 to 1998 and from 1997 to 1999.
Additionally, Mr. Dyal worked as a Systems Engineer at Bell Laboratories.
He holds a graduate degree from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tom Dyal active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Redpoint Ventures Redpoint Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Redpoint Ventures (Redpoint Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Brody, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, John Walecka and Geoff Yang. The firm is headquartered in Woodside, California.	Founder	2009-08-04
Qwilt, Inc. Qwilt, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Qwilt, Inc. develops video technology solutions. The firm solves the online video problem for network operators with an open caching solution that increases network capacity and improves subscriber quality of experience (QoE). It offers a platform to deliver online videos in operator?s networks. The company was founded by Giora Yaron, Yuval Shahar, Dan Sahar and Alon Maor in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.	Director/Board Member	2010-06-30

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Former positions of Tom Dyal

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Caspida, Inc. Caspida, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Splunk, Inc., Caspida, Inc. develops cyber security and threat detection software. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2014 by Sudhakar Muddu, Christos Tryfonas, Karthik Kannan. Caspida was acquired by Splunk, Inc. on July 09, 2015 for $187.20 million.	Director/Board Member	2016-11-29
NextG Networks, Inc. NextG Networks, Inc. Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications NextG Networks, Inc. provides wireless communication networks. It designs, builds and manages distributed antenna systems that enhance network performance of wireless carriers. The company was founded by David M. Cutrer and John B. Georges in April 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.	Director/Board Member	2012-03-30
Clearwell Systems, Inc. Clearwell Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Clearwell Systems LLC offers knowledge management and business intelligence solutions. The firm also offers electronic discovery for enterprises, government agencies and law firms in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations. Its E–Discovery Platform streamlines end-to-end e-discovery, providing a single product for identification, collection, processing, analysis, review and production. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.	Director/Board Member	2011-07-30
Answers.com Corp. Answers.com Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Answers.com Corp. operates as a free, ad-supported Internet search services that supply users with editorial content covering different topics. The firm's platform leverages the sizable reach of the top-20 comScore site Answers.com, along with its cloud-based solutions from ForeSee, Webcollage, and ResellerRatings to enable businesses and organizations to engage with customers at every interaction point, drive investment decisions from customer insights, and deliver content that powers the customer experience. The company was founded by Christopher J. Sims, David Karandish, Mark A. Tebbe, and Robert S. Rosenschein in 1999 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.	Director/Board Member	2011-04-29
WiChorus LLC WiChorus LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services WiChorus LLC provides 4G packet core infrastructure products. Its purpose built smartcore platform's content and network intelligence enables operators to deploy High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and WiMAX packet core networks. The company was founded by Rehan Jalil on December 16, 2013 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.	Director/Board Member	2009-12-30

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Stanford University	Graduate Degree
Georgia Institute of Technology	Undergraduate Degree

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SENTINELONE, INC.	Technology Services

Private companies	14
Bay Networks, Inc. Bay Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Bay Networks, Inc. is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, higher education institutions, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet Accesssolutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by BayNetworks' Adaptive Networking strategy	Technology Services
Answers.com Corp. Answers.com Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Answers.com Corp. operates as a free, ad-supported Internet search services that supply users with editorial content covering different topics. The firm's platform leverages the sizable reach of the top-20 comScore site Answers.com, along with its cloud-based solutions from ForeSee, Webcollage, and ResellerRatings to enable businesses and organizations to engage with customers at every interaction point, drive investment decisions from customer insights, and deliver content that powers the customer experience. The company was founded by Christopher J. Sims, David Karandish, Mark A. Tebbe, and Robert S. Rosenschein in 1999 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.	Technology Services
Kazeon Systems, Inc. Kazeon Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kazeon Systems, Inc. provides information management and eDiscovery solutions. The firm specializes in data privacy and security, legal eDiscovery readiness, storage optimization and consolidation. Kazeon Systems was founded by Alex Kushnir, Muddu Sudhakar and Christos Tryfonas in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.	Technology Services
WiChorus LLC WiChorus LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services WiChorus LLC provides 4G packet core infrastructure products. Its purpose built smartcore platform's content and network intelligence enables operators to deploy High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and WiMAX packet core networks. The company was founded by Rehan Jalil on December 16, 2013 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.	Technology Services
Caspida, Inc. Caspida, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Splunk, Inc., Caspida, Inc. develops cyber security and threat detection software. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2014 by Sudhakar Muddu, Christos Tryfonas, Karthik Kannan. Caspida was acquired by Splunk, Inc. on July 09, 2015 for $187.20 million.	Technology Services
Institutional Venture Partners Institutional Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Institutional Venture Partners (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.	Finance
Redpoint Ventures Redpoint Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Redpoint Ventures (Redpoint Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Brody, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, John Walecka and Geoff Yang. The firm is headquartered in Woodside, California.	Finance
NextG Networks, Inc. NextG Networks, Inc. Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications NextG Networks, Inc. provides wireless communication networks. It designs, builds and manages distributed antenna systems that enhance network performance of wireless carriers. The company was founded by David M. Cutrer and John B. Georges in April 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.	Communications
Topspin Communications, Inc. Topspin Communications, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Topspin Communications, Inc. is a high performance grid and utility computing company. The company manufactures server fabric switches which are designed to connect server computers together into a grid. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.	Electronic Technology
Bell Laboratories Bell Laboratories Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bell Laboratories provides research and development services. It provides communications technologies including transistors, digital networking, signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communication satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing and modems. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.	Commercial Services
Clearwell Systems, Inc. Clearwell Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Clearwell Systems LLC offers knowledge management and business intelligence solutions. The firm also offers electronic discovery for enterprises, government agencies and law firms in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations. Its E–Discovery Platform streamlines end-to-end e-discovery, providing a single product for identification, collection, processing, analysis, review and production. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.	Commercial Services
Western Association of Venture Capitalists
Qwilt, Inc. Qwilt, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Qwilt, Inc. develops video technology solutions. The firm solves the online video problem for network operators with an open caching solution that increases network capacity and improves subscriber quality of experience (QoE). It offers a platform to deliver online videos in operator?s networks. The company was founded by Giora Yaron, Yuval Shahar, Dan Sahar and Alon Maor in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.	Technology Services
DraftKings, Inc. /Old/ DraftKings, Inc. /Old/ Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services DraftKings, Inc. provides online daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes. The firm's games are structured under salary cap format and new contests are offered every day with instantaneous payouts. Its sports competitions are held across baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. The company was founded by Jason Robins, Paul Liberman, and Matthew Kalish in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.	Consumer Services

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