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Mike D. Boich
Private Equity Investor at
Formative Ventures LLC
Profile
Mr. Mike D.
Boich is Venture Partner at Formative Ventures LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Cloud9 Analytics, Inc. and Avaak, Inc. He co-founded and served as the CEO of Rendition, an InterWest-backed graphics chip company, acquired by Micron Technology in September 1998.
Prior to Rendition, he was the founding CEO of an InterWest-backed Macintosh peripherals business company, Radius, which grew from zero to $100 million in four years under his leadership.
Additionally, he served as CEO of Eazel, an open source software company whose software now ships with all major Linux distributions.
Prior to InterWest, he invested in information technology companies for Alta Partners.
At the beginning of his career, he worked on the Apple Macintosh project as the first Software Evangelist.
Mr. Boich holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mike D. Boich active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Formative Ventures LLC
 Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures makes early-stage investments in all areas of the technology sector including communications, mobile/wireless solutions, advanced semiconductors, Internet infrastructure and next-generation Internet solutions. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Mike D. Boich
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Interwest Venture Management Co.
 Interwest Venture Management Co. Investment ManagersFinance InterWest Venture invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on healthcare and information technology. It participates in early stage transactions. It also acts as a lead investor and takes a seat on the board. | Chief Investment Officer | 2008-12-30 |
Eazel, Inc.
 Eazel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as social art-education network and marketing platform | President | - |
Rendition, Inc.
 Rendition, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures graphic accelerators for the computer market | Founder | - |
Avaak, Inc.
 Avaak, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops and builds power integrated wireless video sensor platforms | Director/Board Member | - |
Agami Systems, Inc.
 Agami Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides enterprise network storage systems | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Mike D. Boich
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 12 |
|---|---|
Apple, Inc.
 Apple, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs, manufactures smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories | Electronic Technology |
Alta Partners Management Co. LP
 Alta Partners Management Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Alta Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on life sciences and healthcare technology services sectors. It participates in seed, early and later stage capital transactions. It acts as the lead investor and takes a seat on board of directors. | Finance |
Agami Systems, Inc.
Agami Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides enterprise network storage systems | Technology Services |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Stanford University
 Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Radius, Inc.
 Radius, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Computer peripheral products | Electronic Technology |
Rendition, Inc.
Rendition, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures graphic accelerators for the computer market | Electronic Technology |
Formative Ventures LLC
Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures makes early-stage investments in all areas of the technology sector including communications, mobile/wireless solutions, advanced semiconductors, Internet infrastructure and next-generation Internet solutions. | Finance |
C9, Inc.
 C9, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops on-demand business intelligence applications | Technology Services |
Avaak, Inc.
Avaak, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops and builds power integrated wireless video sensor platforms | Communications |
Interwest Venture Management Co.
Interwest Venture Management Co. Investment ManagersFinance InterWest Venture invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on healthcare and information technology. It participates in early stage transactions. It also acts as a lead investor and takes a seat on the board. | Finance |
Eazel, Inc.
Eazel, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as social art-education network and marketing platform | Technology Services |
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