Don Wood

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Who is Don Wood?

Don Wood's primary investment focus is consumer web, enterprise IT, and cleantech. Wood also leads DFJ's Global Network of Funds which has grown to include 16 firms managing over $7B on four continents, with 140 professionals, and hundreds of active portfolio companies. He has been a venture investor for 15 years. Prior to joining DFJ, Wood was a General Partner at Vanguard Ventures where he invested in IT, consumer internet, and cleantech. Some of Wood’s investments and Boards include VoceraCommunications, ZipRealty, Reflectivity (acq. by TI), BroadSoft, Cooking.com, MySoftware, ArrayPower, JIBE, Konarka, Oasys, PowerAssure,WaterSmart, and the EntrepreneursFoundation, a non-profit community organization.

Wood co-founded Wood-Howard Products with his patent for a laminated publishing format which he later licensed to Simon and Schuster, FastMark, Rand McNally, and others; more than 100 million products have been sold under these licenses. He served on the Board and was President of Metricom (MCOM), which provided wireless smart grid systems to utilities and pioneered the first wireless mesh-network Internet service known as Ricochet. Wood won the "Nonprofit Board Leader Award" from The Volunteer Center of San Francisco. Wood has a BA (Economics) and an MBA from Stanford University.

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Also known as
  • Donald F. Wood
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
    Economics
    ( - 1976)
  • MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    ( - 1980)
Employment
  • Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    (2006 - )
  • General Partner, Vanguard Ventures
    (1998 - 2006)
  • President, Metricom
    (1994 - 1998)
  • Marketing Manager, Octel Communications
    (1991 - 1994)
  • Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company
    (1980 - 1983)
  • SVP, Sales and Marketing, International Power Technology
    (1984 - 1988)
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
    (1976 - 1978)

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on July 23, 2013

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