Jon F.
Education venture capital entrepreneurship
Santa Monica, California
Overview
Work Experience
Continuing Lecturer and Faculty Advisor
2013 - Current
Continuing Lecturer In entrepreneurship; Advisor for Capstone Programs; Investment Committee, Anderson Venture Impact Fund; Co-author (UCLA Fielding School of Public Health) "A Market Assessment Study of the National Health Security Preparedness Index".
Founder
2009
Ocean Road Partners is a private investment fund.
Board of Advisors
2008
The Berkeley Engineering Annual Fund supports Berkeley Engineering by providing resources to Engineering students and faculty.
Venture Partner
2007 - 2016
Allegis Capital is a Palo Alto-based early stage venture capital firm.
Managing Director
1996 - 2007
Allegis Capital is Palo Alto-based early stage venture capital firm.
AllegisCyber invests in early stage companies developing technology and software to serve emerging markets.
Board Member
2004 - 2016
ClariPhy Communications is a semiconductor company developing and selling communications ICs for longhaul telecommunications networks. The company's Series A was provided by Norwest Venture Partners, Allegis Capital, and Onset Ventures. ClariPhy was acquired by InPhi for $300 million in 2016.
ClariPhy Communications develops mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits for optical networking and communication applications.
Raised $92,910,870.00 from Oclaro, AllegisCyber, ONSET Ventures, Pacific General Ventures, Nokia and Norwest Venture Partners.
Board of Directors
2011 - 2016
The focus of LAVA from the very beginning was two-fold. First, LAVA was a forum that brought potential private equity, venture and angel.
Lecturer
2013 - 2014
Lecturer on entrepreneurship for UCSB's Technology Management Program
General Partner
1985 - 1996
Southern California early-stage venture capital firm