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Duke Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and Private Equity alumni

Here is a partial listing of Duke alumni that are currently (or were recently) active investors (either as venture capitalists or in the private equity world).  Last updated August 2010.

This list is a work in progress. To make edits or suggestions, contact Howie Rhee '04 at hwr2@duke.edu

• Anthony Abate '86, formerly with Battery Ventures
• Benjamin Abram '07, The Westly Group
• James Adair '98, Genentech
• Brian Addy '86, formerly with Ad-Venture Capital Management
• Judith Albers '78, Excell Partners
• M. Scott Albert '77, Aurora Funds
• Imran Alibhai '98, Alexandria Equities
• Vipul Amin '98, The Carlyle Group
• Andrew Armstrong '79, Spire Capital Partners
• Sanjiv Arora '92, Covidien
• Christopher Austen '91, Brooke Private Equity Advisors
• Randolph Austin '86, i-Hatch Ventures
• David Azad '96, Galen Partners
• Jeffrey Barnes '78, Bioventures
• Monica Basu '87, George Kaiser Family Foundation
• Bruce Bauer '75, Newbury Ventures
• Steven Beckett '87, Peninsula Capital Partner
• Jan Bouten '03, TECWorks
• Cameron Breitner '96, CVC Capital Partners
• Roger Brook '84, Japan Venture Partners
• Stephen Brotman '90, Greenhill SAVP
• Michael Burgmaier '95, Silverwood Partners
• Katrin Burt '04, Intersouth Partners
• John Canning '69, Madison Dearborn Partners
• Rick Carlisle '76, Dogwood Equity
• David Carroll '86, Oak Circle Capital
• Jack Carsten '63, Horizon Ventures
• Gillis Cashman '97, M/C Venture Partners
• Peter Castleman '79, JHW Greentree Capital
• Wayne Cavanaugh '06, KRG Capital Partners
• David Chen '04, Advent International
• Ashish Chugani '92, Ankar Capital Management
• Robert Cioffi '98, alerion Partners
• Louis Citron '87, New Enterprise Associates
• Jeff Clark '78, Aurora Funds
• Mark Clawson '94, Rubicon Ventures
• Hannah Clifford '06, Paladin Capital Group
• Christopher Collins '96, formerly with Stonington Partners
• James Corscadden '93, Clarkston Merchant Partners
• Derek Crevello '99, D. E. Shaw & Co.
• Gregory Denicola '92, Grande Ventures
• Dennis Dougherty '80, Intersouth
• Jonathan Drillings '04, formerly with Investor Growth Capital
• Barry Dunn '86, GTCR Golder Rauner
• Craig Elson '90, BAML Capital Partners
• April Evans '77, Monitor Clipper Partners
• Perscilla Faily '89, Sid R Bass Associates
• Frederic Faizon '07, Ironshore Capital Partners
• Josh Felser 86, '90, Freestyle Capital
• Elliot Fishman '86, Astrina Capital
• Scott Frederick '91, Valhalla Partners
• Kip Frey '85, Intersouth Partners
• Ted Gardner '79, Silverhawk Capital Partners
• James Glasheen '90, Technology Partners
• Charles Gleason '83, Liberty Ventures Intl
• John Glover '84, Connemara Capital Company
• John Glushik '90, Intersouth
• Robert Go '01, NextView Ventures
• Hank Goddard '98, Tremont Associates
• Elizabeth Good '94, Ventures at Johns Hopkins University
• Michael Gorman '88, Split Rock Partners
• Kenneth Greenberg '97, MPM Capital
• Scott Grossman '02, Austin Ventures
• James Gunton '94, NJTC Venture Fund
• Lawrence Hamelsky '92, Berkshire Partners
• Neal Hansch '97, Rustic Canyon Partners
• Matthew Harbaugh '92, Innovation Works
• Carolyn Harkins '96, Penn Mezzanine Partners
• Pam Hendrickson '82, Riverside Capital
• Ram Jagannath '98, Carlyle Group
• Matthew Jones '00, Nth Power
• David Kirkpatrick '82, SJF Ventures
• Justin Klein '99, New Enterprise Associates
• Alan Koenning '89, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund
• Garheng Kong '99, Intersouth
• Kenneth Krebs '84, RockBridge Capital
• Chini Krishnan '92, Bessemer Venture Partners
• Lawrence Kubal '74, Labrador Ventures
• Joel Lanik '98, Frontier Capital
• Case Lawrence '00, MightyOak Capital
• Jeremy Levine '95, Bessemer Venture Partners
• Daniel Levitan '79, Maveron
• Daniel Lipson '03, Rotunda Capital Partners
• Bill Luby '85, Seaport Capital
• Joshua Lutzker '96, Berkshire Partners
• Nancy Lynch '06, formerly at Scale Venture Partners
• Albert Malvehy '07, Accuitive Medical Ventures
• Josh Manchester '00, TrueBridge
• Gregory Mario '01, MFP
• Eric Martinson '89, The Queen Emma Land Co.
• David Mauney '90, De Novo Ventures
• Edward May '05, US Renewables Group
• Bill Mckinley '85, W.Y. Campbell & Company
• Bruce McLain '76, CVC Capital Partners
• Steve Meyer '06, Globespan Capital Partners
• Michael Miller '05, Centerfield Capital Partners
• Maximillian Moehlmann '08, The Riverside Company
• Bartholomew Molloy '04, Monument
• David Morris '92, Oracle Capital Partners
• Michael Morris ', Peninsula Capital Partners
• Timothy Morton '96, Grove Capital Partners
• Harsha Murthy '81, Consummate Capital
• Meranee Naaman '98, The Riverside Company
• Matthias Norweg '02, formerly at ABS Ventures
• Neill Occhiogrosso '97, Highland Capital Partners
• Charles Ogburn '77, Arcapita Inc
• Josep Oriol '01, Conservation Capital
• Apurva Patel '98, IDFC Private Equity
• Aaron Patzer '02, Mint.com
• James Pavlik '96, Baird Venture Partners
• Randy Peeler '87, Berkshire Partners
• John Philbrick '80, Oxford Finance
• David Pierson '92, Intersouth
• Todd Pietri '89, Milestone Venture Partners
• Neda Podergajs '04, formerly with Poteza Ventures
• Abhijit Prabhu '02, formerly at Flybridge Capital Partners
• Edward Prince '93, National Geographic Ventures
• Leigh Randall '92, Topspin Partners
• Scott Raney '91, Redpoint Ventures
• Joanna Rees '83, VSP Capital
• Scott Reilly '87, Peninsula Capital Partners
• William Reiser '92, Bonaventure Capital
• Geoffrey Renhert '79, Audax Group
• Llevelyn Rhone '86, Greenwood 361
• Russell Richards '03, Quest Capital Corp.
• William Richardson '81, HMS Hawaii Management Partners
• Frank Rimalovski '93, NYU Innovation Venture Fund
• Bruce Roberts '79, Carolina Financial Group
• Carmichael Roberts '90, North Bridge Venture Partners
• Alexander Rogers '96, HarbourVest Partners
• Daniel Rosenberg '87, Sterling Partners
• Lucien Ruby '66, Quest Hospitality Ventures
• Camille Samuels '93, Versant Ventures
• Ned Scheetz '92, Aphelion Capital
• Kenneth Schiciano '84, TA Associates
• Jim Scheinman '88, Maven Ventures
• Michael Schnabel '99, Centre Partners
• Ryan Schwarz '89, The Carlyle Group
• Zack Scott '95, Saints Capital
• Jon Seeber '98, Updata Partners
• Robert Shepler '78, Telegraph Hill Partners
• John Shimp '87, formerly at Bank of America
• Bryan Simms '87, formerly at Point Capital Partners
• Joseph Sinsheimer '83, SunFlower Investments
• Ryan Spoon '03, Polaris Ventures
• Daniel Standen '94, Sciencs Capital Partners
• Paul Straub '05, Claremont Creek Ventures
• Stephen Sullivan '77, Skyline Ventures
• Nicholas Superina '03, QuestMark Partners
• Nandini Tandon '89, Lumira Capital
• Stephen Tardio '96, HT Capital Advisors
• George Taylor '78, Tenex Greenhouse Ventures
• Eric Tencer '01, Mustang Group
• Benjamin Terk '93, Active Owners Fund
• David Thacker '97, Greylock Partners
• Chris Van Beke '99, Tennetic Ventures
• Rik Vandevenne '04, River Cities Capital Funds
• Kal Vepuri '03, The Trisiras Group
• Ilya Voytov '06, Vector Capital
• Harry Weller '92, New Enterprise Associates
• Lori Whitted '84, Venturepreneur Partners
• Timothy Wilson '83, Partech International
• Rachel Winokur '94, The Carlyle Group
• Matthew Witheiler '03, Flybridge Capital Partners
• Michael Wu '02, Chart Venture Partners
• Stuart Yarbrough '72, CrossHill Financial
• Glendon Yonekura '04, Duke Capital Partners
• Linda Young '94, CincyTechUSA
• Brian Zaratzian '99, Khronos

This list is a work in progress. To make edits or suggestions, contact Howie Rhee '04 at hwr2@duke.edu