Awesome! From Catherine Taylor: "The new fund will be wholly funded by CMGI. The partners are the same but the fund will be headed by this new partner (w/ Dave Wetherell, Andy Hajducky, Peter Mills and the rest of the partners from @V three still contributing, making recommendations, etc.):
The fund will be managed by Lior E. Yahalomi, Managing Partner of the @Ventures Technology Fund. Mr. Yahalomi joins @Ventures from his previous position as Vice President for New Ventures at Gateway, where he led a team responsible for Gateway's diversification into Internet, Internet access, and e-commerce businesses. He was at the forefront of Gateway's drive to move beyond its traditional hardware toward more "non-system" revenue and into the center of e-commerce. Prior to Gateway, Mr. Yahalomi was a Senior Vice President for Global Business Development at GE Capital where he led a global team responsible for mergers and acquisitions, new ventures, and global expansion. He also has several years of experience as a strategy consultant at Monitor Company in Cambridge, MA, where he developed and implemented strategies for high technology and consumer-related businesses. Mr. Yahalomi will be based in @Ventures' Menlo Park, California office.
And the East Coast office will be headed by: William J. Hawkins will join the @Ventures Technology Fund as a General Partner serving the East Coast. Mr. Hawkins, a 20-year veteran of the software industry, came to the CMGI/@Ventures family last year after a 4-year tenure with America Online (AOL), serving most recently as Vice President of Advanced Technology. While at AOL, Mr. Hawkins was instrumental in the design and development of integrated browser and messaging technology, as well as other key aspects of AOL's Internet platform strategy. Prior to joining AOL, Mr. Hawkins was the Chief Technical Officer of early CMGI company BookLink Technologies, where he pioneered the design and development of componentized Internet browser technology. CMGI sold BookLink Technologies to AOL in 1994." |
