As an investor who spends a lot of time focused on leading-edge consumer e-commerce, I’m very pleased to announce our substantial investment in ModCloth, a company we see as one of the most innovative and exciting businesses in the industry. I’m truly honored to be joining its Board of Directors, and to have the opportunity to work with the remarkable founders, the impressive executive team and all of the talented employees as ModCloth embarks on this next phase of growth. The ModCloth Story  The story of ModCloth is very compelling, having been founded in a college dorm room by Susan Gregg and her then-boyfriend, now-husband, Eric Koger, as a way to showcase a...

The proliferation of Internet-connected devices and fresh, Internet-delivered premium video services are forcing service providers to meet the growing demand of “anywhere, anytime” subscribers.  The craving for this quality viewing experience and the ability to consume content on-demand, via multiple devices, has further energized innovation in the video delivery market. Over the past few years, I’ve been following a 60 person company in Portland, called Elemental Technologies. Elemental’s mission is to perfect the media experience. The company works behind the scenes to help service providers, content programmers, broadcasters, live event producers and enterprises...

As a father of three grammar school-aged children and a venture investor with an interest in education, I have been fortunate to see the world of education as both a customer and as an enabler of entrepreneurship and innovation. These two lenses often make me think of education in two simplistic time frames – 1. The reality of today and  2. The promise of tomorrow.  As a parent, my wife and I are frustrated and are struggling to piece together an educational experience for our kids which will prepare them sufficiently for the increasingly demanding future they will face.  As a venture investor, I see a lot of new and exciting technological inventions which have the...

NVP has a legacy in identifying strong infrastructure companies. Over the years, our investments in Airespace, Spinnaker, Virtela, Extreme Networks, Cerent, Redback, Blue Jeans Network and others, have helped create strong businesses with lasting power. We’ve also been a part of ground breaking platform, hosted, subscription and cloud pioneers—including investing in the first hosted application service, Corio (acquired by IBM), making an early venture investment in Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) (and continuing to serve on the board today), serving as an early investor in Qumranet (KVM) (acquired by Red Hat), and founding Verio (acquired by NTT), one of the largest Internet se...