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Mike has 26 years of experience as an entrepreneur and early stage venture capital investor. Since 1993 he has been a general partner at CRV, and has raised and deployed $2 billion in early stage venture capital. Mike’s investments range across a variety of industries, including voice and data communications equipment, networking software, optical communications equipment and alternative energy technology. In 2002, Mike was awarded the Venture Capitalist of the Year Award by the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council.

Contact

mghoullahan@crv.com

Area of greatest interest

Renewable Energy, Networking

Track Record

Agile Networks - Acq. by Lucent Technologies 1995

American Internet - Acq. by Cisco Systems 1998

Broadbus - Acq. by Motorola 2006

C-Port Corporation - Acq. by Motorola 2000

CIENA Corporation - IPO 1997

Concord Communications - IPO 1997, Acq. Computer Associates 2007

Floware - IPO 2000, merged BreezeCOM 2001

Mission Critical Technologies - Acq. by FutureTense 1999

ON Technology - IPO 1995, Acq. by Symantec 2003

RAScom - Acq. by Excel Switching 1999

Reva Systems - Acq. by Odin Technologies 2010

Sonus Networks - IPO 2000

SpeechWorks - IPO 2000, Acq. by Nuance Communications 2003

East Coast
One Broadway
15th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Nearby Parking
T: 781.768.6000
F: 781.768.6100

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West Coast
2882 Sand Hill Road
Suite 106
Menlo Park, CA 94025
 
T: 650.687.5600
F: 650.687.5699

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