Panorama Capital Adds Young Sohn, Technology Industry Veteran, as Managing Director; Firm Announces Move to Sand Hill Road.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. -- Panorama Capital, a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm, has added Young Sohn as a founding Managing Director and member of the firm's technology investment team. Mr. Sohn will focus on investments in systems, semiconductors, and component companies. The firm also announced its recent move to offices at 2440 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. . Young Sohn joins Panorama with over 25 years of experience as an accomplished business builder in the semiconductor, consumer, and storage market space. Most recently, Mr. Sohn was President of the Semiconductor Products Group at Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor components serving customers in the communications, wireless, computing, storage, consumer electronics, and industrial markets. Prior to Agilent, Mr. Sohn was Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Oak Technology, a digital media semiconductor company providing solutions for the consumer electronics markets. In 2003, he led the integration of Oak Technology into Zoran Corporation This article is about Zoran corporation. For other uses, see Zoran. Zoran Corporation is a multinational digital technology company, headquartered in Silicon Valley. The name Zoran is derived from the Hebrew word for silicon. . Mr. Sohn was previously co-President of Quantum Corporation, a data storage products manufacturer. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sohn founded and grew Intel's Korea business and managed the Samsung-Intel strategic partnership. Mr. Sohn also started Intel's PC chipset A set of chips that provides the interfaces between all of the PC's subsystems. It provides the buses and electronics to allow the CPU, memory and input/output devices to interact. business unit that grew to over $300 million in revenues during his leadership. Mr. Sohn is an active investor and advisor, having invested in or served on the board of directors of over 25 companies during the last 15 years including PLX Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLXT), Tivo, Inc. (Nasdaq:TIVO), iPlanet (acquired by Sun), Synnex Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SNX SNX Sorting Nexin-Like SNX Shielded Network Experience SNX Secure Network SNX Ssl Network Extender SNX Siemens Network Exchange SNX Standard Notation ), Cymer, Inc (Nasdaq:CYMI), Dealtime.com (merged with Shopping.com and later acquired by eBay, Inc.), and Freeze.com. "I am pleased to join one of the leading US venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] ," said Mr. Sohn. "I joined Panorama because of its high quality team and its approach to investing which is consistent with my approach to building great companies. I welcome the opportunity to play a leading role in expanding the firm's franchise in the years to come." Shahan Soghikian, a founding Managing Director of the firm added, "Young brings a powerful additional dimension to the Panorama team. His extensive domain expertise in the semiconductor and storage sectors, coupled with an exceptional network in Asia will help Panorama Capital to drive new investment opportunities, build and mentor management teams, and enhance returns to our investors. We welcome him as a founding member of our team and are delighted that he chose to continue his extraordinary record of success at Panorama." About Panorama Capital Panorama Capital was established in late 2005 by the investment team that currently manages the venture capital practice of JPMorgan Partners. The Panorama team is comprised of 16 seasoned investment professionals who currently manage an $800 million portfolio of development-stage life sciences and technology companies. For more detail on the firm's activities, please visit www.panoramacapital.com. Panorama Capital is located in Menlo Park, California. |
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