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January 22, 2004
The next big thing: What VCs are betting on!
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Scott Lenet — DFJ Frontier
Scott Lenet is a founder and Managing Director of DFJ Frontier, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson affiliate and early stage technology venture capital fund focused on investments in the central valley and central coast of California. At Frontier, he leads fund management, fundraising and portfolio management efforts. Mr. Lenet has significant experience in the technology industry as an entrepreneur and as a venture capitalist. He was the founder and CEO of SmartFrog.com, purchased in 1999 by Cybergold (acquired by UAL). In 1992 Mr. Lenet was the first associate at Geocapital Partners, an equity capital investment firm affiliated with Broadview where he had responsibilities for fundraising, deal sourcing, and due diligence for successful investments including Netcom (acquired by ELNK) and Logic Works (acquired by CA). Mr. Lenet's enterprise software experience also includes a product marketing role at Trilogy Software. He received his MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an AB in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
Sanjay Subhedar — Storm Ventures
Sanjay is a general partner with Storm Ventures, a venture firm with heavy focus on investments in the communications sector. Prior to joining Storm Ventures, 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.

Prior to ETEK Sanjay was the Chief Financial Officer for StrataCom, Inc. from its inception in January 1986 until its merger with Cisco Systems in July 1996. Following StrataCom's merger with Cisco Systems, in July 1996 he served as Vice President of Cisco's WAN business unit until October 1997. Sanjay earned a B.S. from the University of Bombay, India and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. He was born in Mumbai, India.
Alex Osadzinski — Trinity Ventures
Alex has over 20 years' experience in computer systems and software sales, marketing, engineering and general management. He began his career in the UK, at two software startups, was AT&T's European Sales Manager for its UNIX products and then started and managed Sun's marketing function in Europe. He held a number of management positions at Sun in the US, including VP Markets & Product Strategy.

After general management positions at Grass Valley Group (Tektronix) he was VP Sales & Marketing at Be. More recently, he was VP Marketing at Vitria Technology and CEO of Katmango.


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