Entrepreneur and Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Advisor to the Board of Directors at Apture
- CEO at cvSim (Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc.)
- CEO at Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc.
- Managing Director at Vrolyk Ventures
- Past
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- Executive Chairman at Apture
- Member, Board of Directors at Zetera Corporation
- Member, Board of Directors at Cassatt
- Managing Director at Warburg Pincus
- Member, Board of Directors at Raza Microelectronics
- President & CEO, member Board of Directors at TogetherSoft
- President & CEO at 3ware
- Senior Vice President, Product Group at SGI (Silicon Graphics)
- Senior VP, Product group at SGI
- Senior Vice President, Product Group at Silicon Graphics
- Vice President & General Manager at Xerox
- CEO at Trio Software
- President, CEO & Co-Founder at Arete
- Education
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- California State University-Northridge
- Stanford University
- Connections
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434
connections
- Industry
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
Beau Vrolyk’s Summary
I have spent over 30 years in high-tech, with experience in all aspects of software, hardware, sales, marketing and general management prior to becoming an investor. As one of the young people I work closely with described it, I'm a "Godfather for Startups"
After a couple of years of Angel investing, I am moving back into an operational role as CEO of cvSim. As a result, I will not be making many angel investments in the near future.
Beau Vrolyk’s Specialties:
At VV I focus on extremely early stage investing in new and emerging technologies. I specialize in the formation of companies and their growth to maturity. In almost every case I will take a director or advisor position and become actively involved with the growth and development of the company.
Beau Vrolyk’s Experience
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Advisor to the Board of Directors
Apture
(Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Lead the Seed Funding and transitioned from Executive Chairman to advisor when we successfully raised the Series A.
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CEO
cvSim (Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc.)
(Medical Practice industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
cvSim is a start up company applying advanced fluid dynamic analysis to the flow of blood through the cardiovascular system.
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CEO
Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc.
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
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Managing Director
Vrolyk Ventures
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Typcially a founding investor in extremely early stage technology companies. VV is a Family Office in the traditional sense. Investments are primarily made where the extended VFP team can add significant value through participation in the growth and development of the company.
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Executive Chairman
Apture
(Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Served as an active board member, raised the seed funding for the company and assisted in successfully raising the Series A round.
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Member, Board of Directors
Zetera Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years )
Member of the Board of Directors
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Member, Board of Directors
Cassatt
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 7 months)
Founding member of the Board of Directors
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Managing Director
Warburg Pincus
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
July 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 6 months)
Global Private Equity Company, where I lead the global Systems and Semiconductor practice
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Member, Board of Directors
Raza Microelectronics
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)
2002 — 2006 (4 years )
Founding member of the Board of Directors
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President & CEO, member Board of Directors
TogetherSoft
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2001 — June 2002 (9 months)
Member of the Board of Directors, 1999 through 2002
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President & CEO
3ware
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 7 months)
A manufacturer of high-performance RAID controllers, software, and storage sub-systems. One of the first to build and ship a iSCSI interface based storage sub-system.
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Senior Vice President, Product Group
SGI (Silicon Graphics)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SGI; Computer Hardware industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Responsible for all manufacturing, engineering and product marketing
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Senior VP, Product group
SGI
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
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Senior Vice President, Product Group
Silicon Graphics
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
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Vice President & General Manager
Xerox
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Multi-Function FAX/Print/Scan Division in Palo Alto
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CEO
Trio Software
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
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President, CEO & Co-Founder
Arete
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; ARIX; Computer Hardware industry)
1982 — 1986 (4 years )
The first Unix SMP server based upon microprocessors.
Beau Vrolyk’s Education
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California State University-Northridge
BA , Philosophy , 1970 — 1974
- Activities and Societies:
- Fencing and Sailing teams
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Stanford University
Computer Science 1973 — 1973
Additional Information
Beau Vrolyk’s Interests:
In addition to start-up and early-stage companies in technology, I am an avid sailor and skier. Summers, you'll find me on San Francisco Bay. Winters, you'll find me at Alta or Jackson Hole, with the occasional trip to the Sierra Nevada tossed in.
Beau Vrolyk’s Groups:
Saint Francis Yacht Club
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St. Francis Yacht Club Members Only Group -
High Performance & Super Computing -
Scopings - the ultimate candidate experience platform -
Ex-SGI -
Foo Camp 2008
Beau Vrolyk’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
