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Build companies, not exits
21/11/2007. Source: IVCJ (Israel Venture Capital & Private Equity Journal).
In this IVCJ article, Isabel Maxwell profiles Dan Avida in her continuing series on investments and high tech personalities. Dan Avida has experienced superior exits - both of the IPO and M&A variety. He joined Efi Arazi's founding team at EFI - Electronics For Imaging in 1989, and was there four years later when the developer of desktop color printers made its initial public offering.
Soon after, Avida assumed the post of company president and later was its CEO and Chairman. In 2001, he co-founded Decru, a pioneering storage security company that was acquired by Network Appliance for $272.5 million in 2005. And as a General Partner of venture capital firm Opus Capital on Sand Hill Road, Dan developed insights from the VC point of view, as well as the entrepreneurial side.
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This article appeared in the Israel Venture Capital & Private Equity Journal (IVCJ). IVC Research Center publishes the Israel Venture Capital & Private Equity Journal, a quarterly review of trends and developments in the Israeli-related venture capital industry. IVCJ, distributed worldwide, is dedicated to provide wide-range coverage of Israel's venture capital industry. For more information please visit www.ivc-online.com
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