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Gabriel Venture Partners

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About Company
Gabriel Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in emerging communication, networking, and information technology companies.

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founded date

01.01.1999

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IPO status

Private

Description

The firm, founded in 1999 and based in San Mateo, California, has over $260 million under management and focuses on seed-stage and early-stage companies in various sectors, including consumer products, consumer services, information technology, TMT, SaaS, big data, and the internet of things. Gabriel Venture Partners is committed to supporting innovation by actively assisting entrepreneurs in technology and technology-enabled businesses.
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Rick Bolander
Rick Bolander

Rick Bolander

Rick Bolander is a General Partner at Michigan eLab Venture Fund. Rick has been a private investor since 1988 launching Blue Sky Ventures, a real estate investment firm, and entering the venture capital industry in 1994 at Apex Venture Partners where he was general partner. In 1999, he co-founded Gabriel Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and assists information technology startups. Rick identifies the smartest entrepreneurs and works side-by-side with them to build highly successful companies from the ground up. Rick has been involved in more than 50 venture deals, and has led over $100 million in early-stage financings and has had over $200 million in realizations. Rick has served on the boards of AccessLine Communications (acquired by Telanetix), Arula Systems (acquired by Raritan), Concord Communications (IPO – NASDAQ: CCRD), Exodus Communications (IPO – NASDAQ: EXDS, then acquired by Savvis), IPWireless (acquired by Nextwave), Jacked (acquired by Roundbox), Neopath (acquired by Cisco), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix Systems), Persistent Systems (IPO – BSE India: PER EQ), Placeware (acquired by Microsoft) Tut Systems (IPO – NASDAQ: TUTS), and Chegg (IPO – NYSE:CHGG). Education MBA - Harvard Business School MS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (full fellowship) BS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (with honors)

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eLab Ventures
eLab Ventures

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Phil Samper

Phil Samper

Co-Founder, Partner Emeritus

Tim Chang

Tim Chang

Principal

Alexis T. Lakes

Alexis T. Lakes

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Simonian

Steve Simonian

CFO & Director of Operations

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