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George Zachary

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Areas of greatest interest

Consumer Internet and infrastructure

Track Record

Andale - acquired by Vendio, 2006
Shutterfly - IPO 2006, (Nasdaq: SFLY)
Supertracks - acquired by Centerspan, 2001
Accrue Software - IPO 1999
Critical Path - IPO 1999, (OTC:CPTH)
Securify - acquired by Kroll-O’gara, 1999
Ovation Entertainment
Sandcastle - acquired by Adobe Systems
Telebot - acquired by Z-Tel

Past Lives

General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures

Led Nintendo 64 development at Silicon Graphics

Marketing Manager at virtual reality pioneer VPL Research and CATS Software

What he does for fun

Movies, wine, science, economics, biology

Joined CRV

2004

Education

Joint BS, MIT/MIT Sloan School

Current Projects
Updates

Press

  • 01/25/2012

    AllThingsD: Sebastian Thrun Leaves Stanford to Teach Online   more

  • 01/24/2012

    Inside Higher Ed: Massive Courses, Sans Stanford   more

  • 01/20/2012

    CRV partner George Zachary wins The Funded’s 2011 Investor Award for Top in the Americas!   more

  • 01/05/2012

    Millennial Media on GigaOm: Mobile ad network Millennial Media files for IPO   more

  • 12/31/2011

    George Zachary on TechCrunch: Want To Know How (Not) To Pitch Your Startup? Look No…   more

  • 12/14/2011

    Bloomberg West: Zachary Discusses Opposition to 500-Shareholder Rule   more

  • 12/13/2011

    Yammer #3 on RWW’s Top 10 Enterprise Products/Trends of 2011   more

  • 12/01/2011

    WSJ: Some Fear a Glut in Tech ‘Incubators’   more

  • 11/05/2011

    TheNextWeb: 12 Lessons from Entrepreneurs After One Year in Business (includes Adaptly)   more

  • 09/28/2011

    BusinessWeek: Ex- Facebook exec leads $17M investment in Yammer   more

  • 09/28/2011

    Forbes: Yammer Nabs $17M Led By Former Facebook Exec Chamath Palihapitiya (Updated)   more

  • 09/27/2011

    VentureBeat: Yammer raises $17M from former Facebook VP to improve enterprise social networking   more

  • 09/13/2011

    George Zachary on Forbes: Faster, Faster! Venture Capital’s Rush to Seed Investing   more

  • 09/13/2011

    George Zachary on TechCrunch: VCs Weigh In On What It Takes To Be A Successful…   more

  • 09/01/2011

    Bloomberg West: Zachary Sees Challenges for Daily Deal Companies   more

  • 08/31/2011

    Forbes: Crowdbooster’s Social Media Appeal: From Esther Dyson To Lil Wayne   more

  • 08/22/2011

    All Things Digital - Exclusive: Yammer Now Works With Salesforce.com   more

  • 08/21/2011

    New York Times: In Silicon Valley, the Night Is Still Young   more

  • 08/03/2011

    Adapt.ly in Forbes - All-Star Student Entrepreneurs: Social Media Ad Mogul   more

  • 07/06/2011

    TechCrunch: Sequoia And Others Put $10 M In Cloud-Based Demo SaaS CloudShare   more

  • 06/29/2011

    Bloomberg: Twitter IPO Is `Inevitable,’ Zachary Says (Video)   more

  • 06/28/2011

    George Zachary explains why he invested in Impermium (VentureBeat)   more

  • 05/25/2011

    Millennial Media on TechCrunch: Millennial Media Acquires Mobile Data Startup Condaptive   more

  • 04/26/2011

    DoubleDutch on VentureBeat: DoubleDutch hops into $1.2M for enterprise geolocation apps   more

  • 04/22/2011

    DoubleDutch on TechCrunch: Lightbank Leads $1.2 Million Round In Enterprise Mobile Startup DoubleDutch   more

  • 04/18/2011

    Adatly on TechCrunch: Adaptly Raises $2.7 Million To Facilitate Cross Platform Social Ad Buys   more

  • 04/07/2011

    CRV Partners George Zachary and Bruce Sachs on Forbes 2011 Midas List   more

  • 03/09/2011

    Wanderfly on Business Insider: Watch Out Expedia: Wanderfly Offers A MUCH Better Way To Plan…   more

  • 09/02/2010

    Yammer 2.0 To Launch As A Powerful, Full-Fledged Social Network For The Enterprise   more

  • 12/11/2009

    CloudShare Lands $10M in Series B Funding from Sequoia Capital, Gemini Capital, and Charles River…   more

  • 09/28/2009

    New York Times: Twitter Snags New Investment, Backers   more

  • 06/09/2009

    paidContent.org - Interview: George Zachary, Partner At Charles River Ventures, On The Google Effect In…   more

  • 01/30/2009

    SocialMedia Raises $6 Million For Widget Ad Network   more

  • 01/21/2009

    OneSeason.com Scores Series A Financing and Adds Depth to Roster   more

  • 09/12/2008

    Yammer Takes Top Prize at TechCrunch50   more

  • 12/29/2007

    Wall Street Journal - VC’s New Math: Does Less = More?   more

  • 11/14/2007

    NewTeeVee - NTV Live Panel: Cash for Content?   more

  • 11/01/2006

    New York Times - Venture Firm Is Giving Loans a Try   more

  • 02/03/2004

    George Zachary Joins Charles River Ventures as Venture Partner   more

Events

  • 09/28/2010

    Geroge Zachary will be presenting on the Consumerization of Enterprise at TechCrunch Disrupt on 9/28 (San Francisco, CA)    more

  • 02/22/2008

    StartUp LaunchPad at Games Developer Conference GDC and CRV team up for a special session series (GDC 2008 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA)