Mike Ingster
Private Equity Investor at Formative Ventures LLC
Profile
Mr. Mike Ingster is Venture Partner at Formative Ventures LLC.
He was previously employed as Vice President by Magma Design Automation where he has been employed since 2000.
Prior to Magma, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Moscape Design, a software company specializing in circuit and noise analysis products.From 1996 to 1998, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at DynaChip, a high performance reprogrammable field programmable array (FPGA) company.
During the previous 10 years, he held various sales and marketing positions at LSI Logic.
His most recent role was as Director of Communications and Western Area Sales from 1993-1995.
He also lived in Europe from 1990 – 1993 while he served as Director of Strategic Accounts, with customers including Alcatel, Philips and Siemens.
From 1986-1990, he was account manager responsible for sales to Sun Microsystems, where he grew the business from $0 to $75M per year.
Mr. Ingster graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and applied sciences.
Mike Ingster active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Formative Ventures LLC
 Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Mike Ingster
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1989-12-30 |
| LSI CORP | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| MAGMA DESIGN AUTO | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Mike Ingster
| Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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Formative Ventures LLC
Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Finance |
Magma Design Automation LLC
 Magma Design Automation LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation. The company was founded by Rajeev Madhavan on March 16, 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
LSI Corp.
 LSI Corp. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology LSI Corp. designs, develops, and markets high-performance storage and networking semiconductors. Its products include custom and standard product integrated circuits that are used in disk drives, solid state drives, high-speed communications systems, computer servers, storage systems, and personal computers. The company was founded on November 6, 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Technology |
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