Sonja Hoel Perkins

Who is Sonja Hoel Perkins?

Sonja joined Menlo Ventures in 1994. Prior to Menlo Ventures, she was in business development for Symantec Corporation and was an investment analyst for TA Associates. Sonja focuses primarily on software, communications and Internet investments. Her recent investments and board seats include: Acme Packet (APKT), Asempra, Conferro, Market10, nCircle Network Security, NebuAd, Q1 Labs and Solidcore. Her prior investments and board seats include: AssureNet Pathways, acquired by Symantec (SYMC); Eloquent (ELOQ); F5 Networks (FFIV); MailFrontier, acquired by SonicWALL (SNWL); Optical Solutions, acquired by Calix; PassMark Security, acquired by RSA Security (formerly RSAS and now a subsidiary of EMC Corporation); Priority Call, acquired by LHS Group; Recourse Technologies, acquired by Symantec (SYMC); and Vermeer Technologies, acquired by Microsoft (MFST). Sonja is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.S. in Commerce) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (M.B.A.). She the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC), serves as a director on the Foundation Board of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and is on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.