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Bryce T. Roberts, Managing Director. Bryce co-founded O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) in 2005. At OATV he focuses on consumer and enterprise software and services investments.
Prior to OATV, Bryce sourced and lead a number of successful early stage investments at Wasatch Venture Fund, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson affiliate. In 2004, Bryce co-founded the Open Source Business Conference (sold to IDG) in order to spark a conversation around commercializing the highly disruptive technologies and services emerging from the open source community. Prior to Wasatch, Bryce was a member of a small team at vertical search pioneer Whizbang! Labs. While at WhizBang!, he defined and launched the FlipDog.com division (sold to Monster Worldwide). He began his career in technology doing large enterprise software deployments, saving his employer from the dreaded Y2K Bug.
His investments at OATV include GameLayers, OpenAds, Parakey (acquired by Facebook), Path Intelligence, Satisfaction and Wesabe. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Brigham Young University.
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Prior to OATV, Bryce sourced and lead a number of successful early stage investments at Wasatch Venture Fund, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson affiliate. In 2004, Bryce co-founded the Open Source Business Conference (sold to IDG) in order to spark a conversation around commercializing the highly disruptive technologies and services emerging from the open source community. Prior to Wasatch, Bryce was a member of a small team at vertical search pioneer Whizbang! Labs. While at WhizBang!, he defined and launched the FlipDog.com division (sold to Monster Worldwide). He began his career in technology doing large enterprise software deployments, saving his employer from the dreaded Y2K Bug.
His investments at OATV include GameLayers, OpenAds, Parakey (acquired by Facebook), Path Intelligence, Satisfaction and Wesabe. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Brigham Young University.
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Mark P. Jacobsen, Managing Director. Mark has over 20 years of experience advising companies and entrepreneurs. He has significant investment and board experience, along with extensive deal-making expertise and executive-level operational experience. Mark was a co-founder of O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures in 2005. Mark is currently a board member of Chumby Industries, CollabNet, Instructables, O'Reilly Media, and TripIt.
Mark joined O'Reilly Media in 1995 and, as Executive VP for New Ventures and Business Development, managed its investment portfolio for nine years delivering impressive returns. While at O'Reilly, he also had extensive operational experience including managing two startup companies, developing and managing O'Reilly's conferences business, and running its corporate sales and international divisions in Asia. Prior to joining O'Reilly Media, Mark was the Business Affairs Director at Colossal Pictures, an animation studio in San Francisco. Mark was also a partner at Mandel, Buder & Jacobsen, representing many small and medium size companies, and an associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Mark holds a J.D from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from St. Olaf College.
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Mark joined O'Reilly Media in 1995 and, as Executive VP for New Ventures and Business Development, managed its investment portfolio for nine years delivering impressive returns. While at O'Reilly, he also had extensive operational experience including managing two startup companies, developing and managing O'Reilly's conferences business, and running its corporate sales and international divisions in Asia. Prior to joining O'Reilly Media, Mark was the Business Affairs Director at Colossal Pictures, an animation studio in San Francisco. Mark was also a partner at Mandel, Buder & Jacobsen, representing many small and medium size companies, and an associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Mark holds a J.D from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from St. Olaf College.
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O'Reilly Media, Partner. O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.