Co-Founder and General Partner at Formative Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Co-Founder and General Partner at Formative Ventures
- Director and Investor at SOASTA, Inc.
- Director and Investor at Mashery
- Board Observer and Investor at Samplify Systems
- Director and Investor at Silicon Clocks
- Director and Investor at Smalltown
- Director and Investor at Marketocracy
- Past
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- Board Observer and Investor at Zyray Wireless
- VP of Marketing and Business Development at SkyStream Networks
- Senior Director of Marketing, Strategic Sales Manager at C-Cube Microsystems
- Strategic Sales Manager, Silicon Valley at Motorola
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
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Clint Chao’s Summary
Technology venture capital investor since 2000, investing in companies in the semiconductor, wireless and Internet sectors. Prior experience includes 18 years in operating companies in various sales and marketing capacities, including C-Cube Microsystems, SkyStream Networks and Motorola.
Current board seats: Mashery, Marketocracy, Silicon Clocks, Smalltown and SOASTA. Previous investments include: InnoCOMM Wireless (Acquired by National Semiconductor), Zyray Wireless (acquired by Broadcom)
Clint Chao’s Experience
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Co-Founder and General Partner
Formative Ventures
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
(actually, since 2000, but LI has a bug) - Early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA. We invest in early-stage companies in the Western US across a broad range of technology sectors, including communications, wireless and Internet.
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Director and Investor
SOASTA, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Director and Investor
Mashery
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
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Board Observer and Investor
Samplify Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Semiconductors industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
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Director and Investor
Silicon Clocks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
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Director and Investor
Smalltown
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
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Director and Investor
Marketocracy
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Investment Management industry)
2000 — Present (9 years )
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Board Observer and Investor
Zyray Wireless
(Wireless industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years )
company was sold to Broadcom in 2004
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VP of Marketing and Business Development
SkyStream Networks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
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Senior Director of Marketing, Strategic Sales Manager
C-Cube Microsystems
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)
1990 — 1998 (8 years )
The company went public in 1994 and was subsequently acquired by LSI Logic in 2001.
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Strategic Sales Manager, Silicon Valley
Motorola
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Semiconductors industry)
1985 — 1990 (5 years )
Clint Chao’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
B.S. , Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences , 1980 — 1984
- Activities and Societies:
- Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
