BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff Hinck General Partner | El Dorado Ventures

Jeff Hinck, a proven technology investor and former start-up company CEO, joined El Dorado Ventures (EDV) as a General Partner in 2008. Prior to becoming an EDV General Partner, Hinck worked closely with EDV, co-investing with the firm in seven companies, including current portfolio companies RipCode and Storspeed and serving on the board of FusionOne.

Jeff has been a venture capitalist since 1997, as a co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Vesbridge since 2004 and Crescendo Ventures and its predecessor, IAI Ventures prior to that. Jeff's other investments include Airband, Algety (acquired by Corvis for $2 billion), BroadSoft, iBeam (IPO), IPCell (acquired by Cisco for $150 million), iTKO and NetCentrex (acquired by Comverse Technologies for $165 million). Jeff also served on the boards of Picolight (acquired by JDSU for $125 million) and Endwave (IPO). In addition, Jeff also served as CEO of Sistina Software (acquired by Red Hat), and was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co.

Jeff received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University and JD from Harvard Law School. He was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law & Economics at Harvard Law School, Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and taught Statistics at Harvard College.