Venture Fund Member Profile
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We believe that entrepreneurs benefit from the experience of fund managers who have built successful teams, managed businesses in various economic climates and retain relevant expertise through active participation in today's high-technology markets.
At Guide, our Team can contribute two forms of assistance: working capital for seed and early stage companies and knowledge capital to assist in the process of building or re-vitalizing companies.
Through Guide Ventures we manage investments in selected areas for our limited partners. Our goals are simple: improve the overall value of our investments and help to grow management team that can learn from their failures and repeat their successes.
Through Guide Associates, our Managing Directors and Venture Partners take working sabbaticals to improve their own entrepreneurial and management skills. We can assist existing teams or teams in other venture portfolios.
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Jim Thornton
Managing Director
Guide Ventures |
Mr. Thornton has over 20 years experience with technology based companies in the areas of technology management, finance, strategic planning and international partnering. He started the Latin American Division of Newsweek Magazine in 1978 generating $15MM in revenues and 150,000 in circulation by 1980.
In 1985, Mr. Thornton was the 23rd employee and Vice President of Finance and Operations for Aldus Corporation taking the company public through Alex Brown & Sons in 1987. In addition, he established the European operations for Aldus Corporation and was a member of the Board of Directors for Aldus Europe.
During the early 90's, Mr. Thornton was an adjunct professor of International Finance at Seattle University and lectured throughout the United States on international financial issues such as joint venture development, channel distribution and currency management. From 1997 to 1999, he was CEO for Lifespex Corporation, a startup bio-photonics company in Kirkland, Washington that included Hoya Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Ventures and Vanguard Venture Partners as investors. Mr. Thornton is a CPA and holds an MBA from Rutgers University. Mr. Thornton is a member of the Board of Directors for Bocada.
Jim splits his time between Seattle and Southern California by being active in both the San Diego Regional Technology Association and the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. Jim is an active member in various Seattle charities, an advisor to Pathways Medical Technology and involved in mentoring programs at Seattle University.
Representative Investments
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Bocada, Inc. was founded in 1999 to ensure that data protection services, systems and processes meet organizational quality, cost and compliance objectives. Bocada's flagship product, BackupReport® utilizes patented consolidation and visualization technology to collect, organize, store and present information from multi-vendor legacy and evolving hardware and software systems embedded in large enterprises. The enterprise-scale product identifies poor performance and high cost in complex data protection environments, enabling rapid improvements in data restorability and cost by IT managers. |
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Detto Corporation is a leading provider of web based personality migration tools to consumers and enterprises. Detto has used its first rounds of funding to develop strategic partnerships with OEM's. It's first product launched in the 3rd quarter of 2000. Currently, Hewlett Packard, is the first customer using the products. |
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nCircle The leading provider of enterprise class vulnerability management systems that enable companies to find and eliminate vulnerabilities on their networks before they can be exploited. |
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ShareBuilder Corporation Founded in 1996, ShareBuilder Corporation was a privately held internet company based in Bellevue, Washington. ShareBuilder is a provider of low-cost, easy to use, online investment products and tools that help people to build wealth over the long-term. |
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