Mike D. Boich
Private Equity Investor at Formative Ventures LLC
Profile
Mr. Mike D.
Boich is Venture Partner at Formative Ventures LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Cloud9 Analytics, Inc. and Avaak, Inc. He co-founded and served as the CEO of Rendition, an InterWest-backed graphics chip company, acquired by Micron Technology in September 1998.
Prior to Rendition, he was the founding CEO of an InterWest-backed Macintosh peripherals business company, Radius, which grew from zero to $100 million in four years under his leadership.
Additionally, he served as CEO of Eazel, an open source software company whose software now ships with all major Linux distributions.
Prior to InterWest, he invested in information technology companies for Alta Partners.
At the beginning of his career, he worked on the Apple Macintosh project as the first Software Evangelist.
Mr. Boich holds a B.A.
in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A.
from Harvard Business School.
Mike D. Boich active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Formative Ventures LLC
 Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Mike D. Boich
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
InterWest Partners LLC
 InterWest Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Chief Investment Officer | 2008-12-30 |
Eazel, Inc.
 Eazel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Eazel, Inc. operates as a social art-education network and marketing platform. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Eric Yoon, Jaime Blasco, Bart Decrem. Eric Yoon has been the CEO since incorporation. | President | - |
Rendition, Inc.
 Rendition, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Rendition, Inc. provides multi-functional graphics accelerators for the high volume personal computer market. Founded in 1993, the company's products enable entertainment and multimedia users to enjoy next generation 2D, 3D, and video playback on their PC | Founder | - |
Avaak, Inc.
 Avaak, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Avaak, Inc. developed and build power integrated wireless video sensor platforms. It offered system products, cameras, accessories, service plans and mobile applications. The company was founded by Gioia Messinger and Bar-Giora Goldberg in 2004 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Agami Systems, Inc.
 Agami Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services agami Systems, Inc. provides enterprise network storage systems with integrated live file system replication. Its network storage systems integrate enterprise level functions in software. It provides built-in disaster recovery and failover solutions through its FSR, as well as parallel RAID recovery capability through its RAID-5/ES. agami Systems was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Mike D. Boich
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 9 |
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Alta Partners Management Co. LP
 Alta Partners Management Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming. | Finance |
Agami Systems, Inc.
Agami Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services agami Systems, Inc. provides enterprise network storage systems with integrated live file system replication. Its network storage systems integrate enterprise level functions in software. It provides built-in disaster recovery and failover solutions through its FSR, as well as parallel RAID recovery capability through its RAID-5/ES. agami Systems was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
| Radius, Inc. | Electronic Technology |
Rendition, Inc.
Rendition, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Rendition, Inc. provides multi-functional graphics accelerators for the high volume personal computer market. Founded in 1993, the company's products enable entertainment and multimedia users to enjoy next generation 2D, 3D, and video playback on their PC | Electronic Technology |
InterWest Partners LLC
InterWest Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Formative Ventures LLC
Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Finance |
C9, Inc.
 C9, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services C9, Inc. develops on-demand business intelligence applications. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Weiner, Ford Goodman and Chuck McMinn and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Avaak, Inc.
Avaak, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Avaak, Inc. developed and build power integrated wireless video sensor platforms. It offered system products, cameras, accessories, service plans and mobile applications. The company was founded by Gioia Messinger and Bar-Giora Goldberg in 2004 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Communications |
Eazel, Inc.
Eazel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Eazel, Inc. operates as a social art-education network and marketing platform. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Eric Yoon, Jaime Blasco, Bart Decrem. Eric Yoon has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
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