Venture Fund Member Profile
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Wasatch Venture Fund's mission is to back companies who are positioned to become the market leaders of tomorrow. To accomplish this, we bring the collective experience and resources of our partnership, our advisors and our extensive network of industry contacts to ensure our portfolio's success. Our philosophy is to search out best of breed technologies. We do not focus exclusively on one or two technology sectors; rather, we look across all sectors to find those companies with the management and market to achieve explosive growth. We look to back visionaries and proven leaders with our capital, time and resources. Wasatch manages four funds equaling $160 million of capital under management. Wasatch was formed by Zions First National Bank and is an affiliate fund of Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
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Michael Hennessy Principal Wasatch Venture Capital |
Mr. Hennessy is a Principal at Wasatch Venture Fund in which he is responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, financial modeling and deal structuring. Michael began his career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston where he worked on international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and equity and debt offerings in a variety of industries and countries. He then joined the management team of a financial services software start-up with responsibilities in fundraising, business development and strategy. Michael subsequently worked as a technology research analyst for Great Companies, LLC, a large cap growth mutual fund. He received his B.A. in English Literature from Williams College and his M.B.A. from Brigham Young University where he was awarded the Hawes and Dean’s Scholarships.
Representative Investments
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FatPipe FatPipe creates router clustering technology for the deployment of mission critical Internet/WAN access. FatPipe products provide high speed, highly redundant and reliable connections, and additional security of data transmission, and are compatible with any ISP, application, hardware, and technology. |
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First Choice First Choice has developed a complete end to end solution for insurance car audio replacement when a loss has occurred. In addition to the insurance solution the company also provides solutions for car audio manufacturers to provide feature and product comparison for consumers. |
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Medsphere Medsphere is a healthcare information technology company that provides integrated enterprise systems to manage the clinical, financial and administrative data for integrated delivery networks, hospitals, clinics and physician offices using an open source software strategy. |
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Phonex Broadband Phonex Broadband is recognized as the world's largest supplier of powerline-based voice and data products. Phonex Broadband's proprietary technology enables telephone and data devices to communicate reliably using standard electrical wiring. |
Michael participated in the FundingPost event: Perfect Venture Conference
on April 5-7, 2006 in NY, Sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Morrison & Foerster, PPS for Healthcare
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