Atlas Venture Announces London Office Promotions; Sonali De Rycker and Martin Gibson Promoted to Partner.LONDON & WALTHAM, Mass. -- Atlas Venture Atlas Venture is an international early-stage venture capital firm that invests in communications, information technology, and life sciences companies. Atlas Venture has investing offices in Boston, London, Munich, and Paris, and its investments are evenly divided between the , a leading international early-stage venture capital firm investing in communications, information technology, and life sciences companies, today announced the promotions of Sonali De Rycker and Martin Gibson. Former principals, both De Rycker and Gibson will now serve as partners at Atlas Venture, based in the firm's London office. De Rycker focuses on investments in enterprise software and Internet-enabled businesses. Since joining Atlas Venture in 2000, she has played a valuable part in supporting portfolio companies Kalido, Magicalia, BizzEnergy and Choreology. Prior to business school, De Rycker spent three years within the corporate finance team at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where she helped co-found a new business advising Fortune 50 corporations on strategic acquisition alternatives. She holds a BA in economics with honors from Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College, at Bryn Mawr, Pa; undergraduate for women, graduate coeducational; opened 1885 by the Society of Friends, with a bequest from Joseph W. Taylor of Burlington, N.J. Modeled on a group curriculum plan at Johns Hopkins Univ. and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . Gibson concentrates on investments in semiconductors, storage and communications, working closely with Atlas Venture portfolio companies Icera Semiconductor, Azea, Orthogon Systems, Phyworks, RadioScape and Xelerated. Before joining the Atlas Venture team in 2000, his career spanned 10 years of innovative product development at Madge Networks Madge Networks NV. founded by Robert Madge and best known for its work with Token Ring, was a global leader and pioneer of high speed networking solutions in the mid 1990s, and also made significant contributions to technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Ethernet. , CellStack and Scientific Generics. He holds an MA in electrical and information sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management Cranfield School of Management, part of Cranfield University has provided management training since the late 1940s. The first MBA programme was run in 1964, but the School of Management was founded later in 1967. . "Sonali and Martin started their careers at Atlas Venture in the challenging times of the 2001-2003 downturn and have demonstrated their potential by positively contributing to their portfolio companies and to Atlas Venture in this difficult period. They will now play a key role in building the next generation of leading technology businesses from today's expanding high quality deal flow," said Christopher Spray, a senior partner in the firm's London office. "These promotions are part of a continuous process to cultivate talent as our firm hires and develops leadership across our investment teams." About Atlas Venture Atlas Venture is the leading international early-stage venture capital firm, investing in information technology, communications and life sciences companies. With investing offices in Boston, London, Munich and Paris, Atlas Venture divides its investments between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. Founded in 1980, Atlas Venture has organized six international funds, and currently manages $2.1 billion in committed capital. The Atlas Venture investment team comprises seasoned operating executives and career venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. who have been deeply involved in the formation and development of more than 300 companies worldwide. For more information about Atlas Venture, go to www.atlasventure.com. |
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