Bandel L. Carano

Who is Bandel L. Carano?

Bandel L. Carano joined Oak as a General Partner in 1985. Bandel has

invested in companies with emphasis on design automation (Centric

Software, Interconnectix, Parametric, Synopsys and Tensilica);

telecommunications (2Wire, Airspan, Avici, CommVerge, CoreTek, Endwave,

FiberTower, General Bandwidth, Metawave, NeoPhotonics, Netopia,

PictureTel, Polycom, PulsePoint, Qtera, ReliOn, Sentient Networks,

Tegic, Trapeze, Wellfleet and WFI); software (Entropic, firstRain,

Illustra/Informix, Sybase, Tele Atlas and Visto); and advanced

semiconductors (Actel, Airgo, CommQuest, Kenet, Level 5, NemeriX,

Newport Media, nLight, Plastic Logic, Resonext, SMIC, Solarflare,

Stretch, Synaptics and Virata). Prior to Oak, Bandel worked with Morgan

Stanley's Venture Capital Group. He was responsible for advising Morgan

Stanley on high-tech new business development, as well as sponsoring

venture investments. Bandel received BS and MS degrees in Electrical

Engineering from Stanford University. He currently serves on the

Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund