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Flip Gianos

Venture Capital Investor/Board Member

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

Flip Gianos is a highly accomplished Venture Capital Investor and Board Member based in Menlo Park, California, with a strong background in venture capital, corporate development, and strategic partnerships. With notable roles at InterWest Partners as General Partner and Emeritus, and serving on the Board of Directors for Xilinx, Flip has demonstrated expertise in executive management, mergers & acquisitions, and business strategy. Flip Gianos holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and BS/MS degrees from Stanford University, showcasing a robust educational background. His career highlights include leading investments at InterWest Partners and contributing to the strategic direction of Xilinx as a Board Member and Chairman.

Work Experience 

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InterWest Partners

  • General Partner, Emeritus

    2016 - Current

  • General Partner

    1982 - 2016

    We invest in early stage Technology and Life Sciences opportunities. I personally have specialized in infrastructure systems for communications and data center applications and semiconductor companies although I have experience in pretty much all the technology categories. I also serve on the advisory board of Storm Ventures II, Inventus Capital and am a past president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Prior Investments CIENA (IPO 1997, CIEN), Convey Computer (Acquired by Micron, 2015), Copper Mountain Networks (IPO 1999, CMTN), Edify (IPO 1996, EDFY), Kalpana (Acquired by Cisco in 1994), Lightera (Acquired by CIENA in 1999), Nanogen (IPO 1998, NGEN), Network Computing Devices (IPO 1992, NCDI), PlaceWare (Acquired by Microsoft in 2003), Power Integrations (IPO 1997, POWI), Ramp Networks (IPO 1999, RAMP), Rendition (Acquired by Micron in 1998), Sitera (Acquired by Vitesse in 2000), SpectraLinear (Acquired by Silicon Labs in 2011), Stratacom (Acquired by Cisco in 1992), Xilinx (IPO 1990, XLNX)

InterWest invests an average of about $7 - 15 million over the span of their involvement with each company in their portfolio.

interwest.com
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Xilinx

  • Board of Directors

    1984 - 2016

  • Chairman, Board of Directors

    2009 - 2015

Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.

Raised $862,000.00 from Matrix and Kleiner Perkins.

xilinx.com
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IBM

  • Engineering Manager

    1973 - 1980

    Analog IC design engineer and engineering manager

IBM is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services.

ibm.com

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