Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE)

Jay Hoag, a co-founder of TCV, has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for over 25 years. Jay has been involved in TCV investments in Actuate Software, Ariba Technologies, Altiris (sold to Symantec), BlueCoat Systems (formerly CacheFlow), C|Net, eHarmony, eLoyalty, Encompass (sold to Yahoo!), EXE Technologies, Expedia, Fandango, Netflix, ONYX Software, RealNetworks, R.J. O?Brien, SpringStreet (sold to Homestore.com), TechTarget, Vacationspot.com (sold to Expedia), Viant Corporation and Zillow among others. Prior to TCV, Jay was a Managing Director at Chancellor Capital Management where he spent over 12 years as a technology focused venture capitalist and fund manager. In addition to generating industry leading performance managing public technology portfolios, Jay led private investments in Ascend Communications, CompUSA, Intuit, Macromedia, NETCOM, PictureTel, Pure Software, Sybase and many others. Jay received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is currently on the Board of Directors of eHarmony, Netflix, R.J. O?Brien, TechTarget and Zillow. Jay is on the Investment Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan, the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University and the Board of Trustees at the Menlo School. Current Investments eHarmony, Inc. eLoyalty, Inc. R.J. O?Brien & Associates, Inc. Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT) Zillow, Inc. Prior Investments Actuate Software Corp. Altiris, Inc. (Acquired by Symantec Corp.) Ascend Communications, Inc.* Ariba Technologies, Inc. BlueCoatSystems, Inc. C|Net Networks, Inc. CompUSA, Inc.* Encompass (acquired by Yahoo!) EXE Technologies, Inc. (acquired by SSA Global) Expedia, Inc. Fandango, Inc. (acquired by Comcast Corp.) Intuit Inc.* Macromedia Inc.* NETCOM* ONYX Software Corp. PictureTel Inc.* Pure Software Inc.* RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK) SpringStreet (acquired by Homestore) Sybase, Inc.* Vacationspot.com (acquired by Expedia) Viant Corp. (acquired by iXL)