Who We Are - Board Members

Rich Levandov

Rich is currently a private investor in and consultant and advisor to venture stage technology companies. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Valent Software Corporation, Lumeria, Sombasa Media, and Shoutmail and holds early stage equity positions in numerous other Internet startups. He represents technology deals for MacAndrews and Forbes, a New York investment holding company controlled by Ronald O. Perelman.

From 1996 to 1998, Rich was an affiliate venture partner with SOFTBANK Technology Ventures as well as acting President of OLIVR, a streaming media technology start-up ultimately sold to Live Picture, Inc. While at SOFTBANK, Rich sourced and led investments in Personalogic and Art Technology Group. Personalogic was acquired by America Online and Art Technology Group recently completed an IPO and a secondary offering and currently enjoys a $2 billion plus market cap.

From 1994-1996, Rich served as Vice President of Business Development at America Online. From 1983-1993, Rich was a co-founder and Vice President of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., a PC systems software company that went public in 1988. From 1981-1983, Rich was the PC product manger for Wang Laboratories. He received a B.S. from Binghamton University in New York.