Heidi Roizen. Heidi Roizen (born 1958 in Stanford, California) is a Silicon Valley executive, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur.
Early life[edit] She graduated from Stanford University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in English and earned her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business three years later. Career[edit] From 1983 to 1996, Roizen was co-founder and CEO of T/Maker Company, which made software for CP/M and MSDOS computers, and later for the Apple Macintosh. Her brother, Peter Roizen was the other co-founder; he had graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and had written the original software named "Table Maker" that had launched the company. From 1996 to 1997, Roizen was Vice President of World Wide Developer Relations for Apple Computer.
Roizen also served as the Public Governor of the Pacific Exchange and on the executive committee of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). References[edit] External links[edit] Heidi Roizen joins DFJ as Venture Partner. After a few years away from venture capital as a partner at Mobius Ventures, Heidi Roizen re-enters the Silicon Valley elite group of VCs as she joins 27-year-old firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) as venture partner.
In a way, she's come full circle as DFJ was one of the VCs that invested in Roizen's company she co-founded with her brother Peter Roizen, called T/Maker, in 1983. It was essentially the start-up that ushered Roizen into the high-tech entrepreneur ecosystem. Heidi Roizen's Personal Website... Draper Fisher Jurvetson Team Member: Jennifer Fonstad. Menlo Ventures. Investing in seed to growth stages in consumer and enterprise markets Knowing where, how much, and when to invest is the secret sauce to getting top tier returns.
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