Menlo Park, California, United States, Friday, Draper Fisher
Jurvetson (”DFJ”), a leading international high-technology venture
capital firm, has announced that Don Wood has joined the firm as
Managing Director. Mr. Wood is a seasoned entrepreneur, operating
executive, strategy consultant, and venture capital investor. He spent
the last eight years at Vanguard Ventures where he led numerous
successful investments such as ZipRealty, Vocera, and Sylantro. His
investment and operating experience spans the Internet, communication,
consumer, and energy industries. Prior to Vanguard, he was
president of Metricom where he led the creation of the metro wireless
Internet service called Ricochet. He also worked for Octel, McKinsey
and Company, and the Environmental Protection Agency. He holds a
patent for a laminated publishing product that has sold over
100,000,000 copies.

Mr. Wood currently serves on several public and private boards. He is
also Chairman of the Board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation, a
non-profit community organization. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and
MBA from Stanford University.

“Don’s past success and breadth of experiences make him a strong
addition to our DFJ team,” said Tim Draper, founder of DFJ. “He is the
ideal person to lead the expansion of our global network of DFJ
Affiliate Funds. Our partners and I have known Don for years; he is a
great fit.” Tim added, “While there are still promising new
investments to be found in Silicon Valley, DFJ’s strategy of investing
globally through its Network Funds has paid off big time with the
recent acquisitions of Skype and Mobile365, as well as the IPOs of
Baidu and DIVX.”

DFJ Managing Director John Fisher added, “Don is a proven investor and
company builder, and he will continue doing that here at DFJ. His
primary role at DFJ will be to bring new value to our Network Funds
and lead our expansion into new geographic and sector markets. We are
planning new Network Funds in India, Korea, Vietnam, Canada, Brazil,
Israel, U.S. South East, and elsewhere. Building out our global
network of investment professionals is central to DFJ’s growth
strategy.”