At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California, United States based Partner operating in the Privacy space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Phil Chen
General Partner of Race Capital
Phil is a technology explorer and global citizen. As head of HTC’s business and corporate development, Phil has led investments into KKBox (#1 music service in Asia), Soundhound, Magnet and the acquisition of Beats electronics. Most recently, Phil founded VR at HTC. Prior to HTC, Phil was VP of Product for the Alex eReader and founded Glo Bible. Before his corporate endeavors, Phil built schools and orphanages in Afghanistan, Africa, and China and worked as a research assistant at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Phil holds a B.A and B.S in Pure Mathematics and Physics from UCSD, and an M.Div on Postmodern Philosophy from Fuller Seminary. His biggest return is from his role as father of Miles & Naomi.
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About Presence Capital, Race Capital: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
Chris McCann
General Partner of Race Capital
Chris McCann is the Partner at Race Capital.
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About Race Capital, StartupDigest: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
Edith Yeung
General Partner of Race Capital
Edith is a venture capitalist, technology executive, and creator of the China Internet Report, and Silicon News. Edith is a General Partner at Race Capital – an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund. A few sectors we are particularly interested in infrastructure, fintech, and deep tech verticals. She has invested in over 50 startups including Agora.io (Nasdaq: API), Lightyear/Stellar (valued $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world’s most active early-stage fund and incubator invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies. Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless, and Autodesk. She frequently speaks on China and Silicon Valley technology and the investment landscape. She is also a frequent guest lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford and commentator on BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, SCMP, Techcrunch, etc.
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About MoboTap, Race Capital, RightVentures: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
Alfred Chuang
General Partner of Race Capital
Alfred Chuang is the General Partner of Race Capital. An SF based early-stage venture capital fund. Previously, Mr. Chuang was a founder of BEA Systems Inc., a leader provider of enterprise infrastructure middleware products. During his tenure he managed just about every aspect of the company before becoming CEO in October 2001. Mr. Chuang became BEA’s chairman of the board where he remained until BEA was sold to Oracle in 2008 for 8.5 billion dollars. Mr. Chuang also worked at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he had held management positions in the critical areas of software product development, systems architecture, and operations management for over 9 years. He pioneered and prototyped the implementation of TCP/IP on the IBM PC platform.
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About Magnet Beauty, Magnet Beauty, Race Capital: Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.
David H. Kramer
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
David Kramer is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in Internet Strategy & Litigation. David regularly provides clients with guidance on cutting-edge strategies and novel theories of liability. He currently represents Dropbox, Google, Square, and Twitter, among many other clients. In addition to his client work, David is a member of the firm’s board of directors.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Larry Sonsini
Senior Partner and Founder of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Larry Sonsini has gained international recognition for his expertise in the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been instrumental in many of the financings, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and other key transactions of Silicon Valley and beyond. In addition to his duties at the firm, which included serving as chief executive officer as well as chairman for more than 35 years, Larry served as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange’s Commission on Corporate Governance, which was formed in 2009 and issued its final report in fall 2010. Larry is also a member of the NYSE’s Proxy Working Group and served as a member of the NYSE’s board of directors from 2001 to 2003. He also served as chairman of the NYSE’s Regulation, Enforcement and Listing Standards Committee until 2008, and previously was a member of the NYSE’s Legal Advisory Committee and the NYSE Committee for Review. Larry has served on a number of advisory boards and committees, including: SEC’s Advisory Committee on Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes; ABA Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities; and Legal Advisory Board of NASD, Inc. Additionally, he is a member of the board of trustees and a founding fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. In 1999, Larry was selected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a trustee of Santa Clara University (SCU). Larry was recently chosen as the honorary chair of SCU’s High Technology Law Institute, and is a Foreign Policy Association Fellow. He was formerly a trustee at the University of California, Berkeley (1990-1996), and has served .on the Board of Advisors, Technical Law Journal at Boalt Hall. He has taught at Stanford Law School and at Berkeley School of Law.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Katharine Martin
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Katharine Martin is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Palo Alto office, where she practices corporate and securities law. She currently serves as a member of the firm’s board of directors, its governing body, and previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and as the leader of the firm’s business law department. Katie has extensive experience in representing public companies. Her practice includes all aspects of company representation, including corporate governance, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. She also has represented underwriters in public offerings and issuers and investors in private equity financings. Katie joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in 1999, after 12 years at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, where she was a partner. She is a frequent speaker on corporate and securities law, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisition topics, presenting at such venues as PLI, Corporate Board Member, and the SEC Institute.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Mike Ringler
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Mike Ringler is a senior member of the M&A practice group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mike has advised public and private business enterprises on a wide variety of M&A transactions, including strategic mergers and other business combination transactions, going-private transactions, tender and exchange offers, the purchase and sale of public and private companies, and business carveout acquisitions and divestitures. As part of his M&A practice, Mike frequently advises public company boards and special committees on potential M&A opportunities and other strategic alternatives. Mike also regularly advises public companies and their boards and senior leadership regarding unsolicited acquisition proposals, hostile takeovers, and other contests for corporate control, as well as shareholder activism and engagement.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Keith Eggleton
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Keith Eggleton is a litigation partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on securities litigation and counseling, SEC and government investigations, corporate governance matters, and consumer fraud and false advertising litigation. Keith is a member of the firm’s Policy Committee, a former member of the board of directors, and has served on the firm’s Operations and Compensation Committees. Keith has defended dozens of technology companies and individual officers and directors in securities actions and government investigations. He also has defended numerous companies in consumer fraud and advertising litigation, including consumer class actions. Keith frequently lectures on shareholder, disclosure, and corporate governance issues. From 1990 to 1991, Keith was a law clerk to the Honorable Charles E. Wiggins on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Tony Jeffries
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Tony Jeffries is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate, securities, governance, and related matters for technology companies. With more than 20 years of experience practicing corporate and securities law, Tony has represented clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies on IPOs and other public offerings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, venture capital financings, the structuring of start-up companies, and other transactional matters. Among the clients Tony represents are companies in the SaaS, software, big data, FinTech, and Internet sectors. He also represents clients in the scientific equipment, telecommunications, and biotech industries, as well as prominent venture capital firms and investment banks. Tony currently serves as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, its governing body. He’s also a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke University School of Law.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Donna Petkanics
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Yoichiro Taku
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Elton Satusky
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Chris Fennell
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Chris is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He began his legal career as an associate at the firm in 1989 and was elected partner in 1997. Chris advises on technology and life sciences companies, both public and private, through all stages of development and growth. Chris has over 25 years of experience with counseling publicly held companies. Prior to attending law school, Chris was a senior auditor and certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. in San Francisco.
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Mark J. Handfelt
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.