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Jeff Hinck, Senior Managing Director,
Vesbridge Partners.
Prior to joining Vesbridge, Jeff had been with
Crescendo Ventures since its inception in 1998. In 2003, Jeff
also served as the CEO of Sistina Software. As a venture
capitalist, Jeff has had the privilege of working with many
entrepreneurs who contributed significantly to the advancement
of both the network infrastructure and enterprise infrastructure
fields. While at Crescendo, Jeff led investments in Algety
(acquired by Corvis), iBEAM (IBEAM), IPCell (acquired by Cisco),
NuSpeed (acquired by Cisco), Sistina (acquired by Red Hat),
Airband, BroadSoft, Compellent, NetCentrex and Stonefly. He was
also on the board of Endwave (ENWV). He is currently focused on
emerging opportunities in the autonomic computing,
infrastructure software and data storage markets. Jeff was also
a venture capitalist with Crescendo’s predecessor firm, IAI
Ventures, and an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. He
received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and
B.A. with Highest Distinction from Northwestern University.
www.vesbridge.com
NeuStream
is a storage management software firm that markets its
software in all-in-one appliances to small and midsized
companies. NeuStream appliances create IP-SANs with economical SATA disk
drives and offer broad multi-protocol support for applications requiring
iSCSI, CIFS and/or NFS. NeuStream's unique storage services suite
provides companies with the ability integrate and unify their
business approach to many growing storage concerns: consolidation
of exploding storage capacity, preparedness for disasters and
compliance with expanding legal requirements for electronically
stored information. Customers and potential channel partners are encouraged
to contact NeuStream directly at 952-224-0780, or visit
www.neustream.com
Intradyn
has developed a broad portfolio of data protection and disaster recovery
appliances and software, offering enterprise-class functionality at prices
affordable to small and midsized businesses (SMBs). Its products directly
address the issues of complexity and affordability facing smaller businesses,
and the inadequate and unreliable entry-level backup solutions they may have in
place today.
RocketVault™
is an award-winning, disk-based, automated backup and recovery
appliance that includes all software and hardware in a single, plug-and-play
device. Intradyn’s
Back Again™ data protection
software for Windows™ provides robust disaster recovery capabilities, including
live backup of Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server. And the
ComplianceVault™ Email Archiving &
Retrieval Appliance provides a very affordable way for financial firms to comply
with the SEC’s strict email-retention requirements.
www.intradyn.com
Constant Data
is a Minneapolis-based storage software company developing
advanced real-time data replication and clustering storage software to
consolidate, protect and distribute mission critical data enterprise-wide using
existing networks. Through its worldwide channel of service-oriented
resellers, Constant Data enables businesses to remain stable and grow with data
availability solutions that scale with any capacity of storage to minimize
downtime, securely replicate data, and are simple to manage.
www.constantdata.com
Compellent Technologies is a rapidly
emerging network storage company developing a new architecture
to store, manage, and recover mission critical data.
Compellent delivers affordable, integrated
network storage solutions exclusively through business partners
that provide any size company big system capabilities without
big system cost or complexity. Designed by network storage and
virtualization pioneers, Compellent enables any business to
purchase significantly less storage, recover from data hazards
within minutes, scale to any capacity across any technology, and
manage its storage without adding staff. Headquartered in Eden
Prairie, Minn., Compellent has raised more than $23 million in
financing from leading investors including Cargill Ventures,
Crescendo Ventures and El Dorado Ventures.
www.compellent.com
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Matt Noah 
