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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Managing Director
Primary Organization
DFJ Growth

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Don Wood is a Managing Director of DFJ Growth. He was a Managing Director at Vanguard Ventures. He attended Stanford University.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Vocera Communications	Vanguard Ventures	—	Series F - Vocera Communications	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Cooking.com	Vanguard Ventures	Yes	Series C - Cooking.com	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Cooking.com	Vanguard Ventures	Yes	Series B - Cooking.com	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Don Wood

has

current jobs including

Faculty

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Managing Director

DFJ Growth

, and

Professor

Stanford Graduate School of Business

. Additionally,

Don Wood

has had

past jobs including

Managing Director

Vanguard Ventures

Stanford Graduate School of Business Faculty2014
DFJ Growth Managing Director2006
Stanford Graduate School of Business ProfessorSep 2004

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Vanguard Ventures	Managing Director	1998	2006
McKinsey & Company	Management Consultant	1995	1998
Metricom	President and Board Member	1994	1998
Octel Communications	Marketing	1991	1994
Wood Howard Products	Founder and CEO	1989	1990
International Power	EVP, Sales & Marketing	1984	1988
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Economist	1977	1978

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Don Wood

holds

board and advisor roles including

Senior Advisor

Piva Capital

Venture Partner and Senior Advisor

Energy Impact Partners

, and

Board Observer

Trustpilot

Piva Capital Senior AdvisorOct 2019
Energy Impact Partners Venture Partner and Senior AdvisorDec 2016
Trustpilot Board Observer2011
Stanford University Board2007
Oasys Water Board Observer
Enlighted Board Member
Jibe Board
Redux Board
ZipRealty Board

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Draper Venture Network	Board	2006	2013
ZipRealty	Chairman of the Board	1999	2004
Metricom	President and Board member	1994	1998
Reflectivity	Board	—	—
Cooking.com	Board	—	—
MySoftware	Board	—	—
BroadSoft	Board	—	—
Vocera Communications	Board	—	—
Power Assure	Board	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in San Francisco, California	2,955
NortonLifeLock Alumni Founded Companies	55,963
Post IPO Investors Private Equity Firms	26,997
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2007	88,957
California Secondary Market Investors	49,524
Private Equity Firms with Investments in Western US	2,717
Western US Investors with Funds Raised in 2017	40,527
San Francisco Bay Area Investors with Funds Raised in 2021	56,469
Private Equity Firms with Investments in California	2,553
Post IPO Investors with Investments in West Coast	25,775

Education

Don Wood

studied at

Stanford University

and

Stanford University

Stanford University BAEconomics1976
Stanford University MBAMBA1980