Primary Job Title Founder and General Partner Primary Organization 
ONSET Ventures
Location Menlo Park, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Gender Male
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Terry Opdendyk is the Founder and General Partner of ONSET Ventures.
He founded ONSET Ventures in 1984 and has specialized in working with information and medical technology start-ups for more than 30 years.
Prior to launching the firm, Terry was President of VisiCorp, guiding the software publishing company from inception into an industry
leader. Early in his career, Terry worked as a Technical Manager for Hewlett-Packard and later headed Intel Corporation’s microcomputer systems business and microprocessor development activities.
At ONSET Ventures, Terry maintains a broad spectrum of investment interests. He serves on the boards of both public and private companies and has helped guide start-ups from initial concepts to world-class companies including, Adaptive Planning, APX, Arcot Systems, Callidus Software, Nektar Therapeutics, NetSeer, Oddmobb, Sentilla, Truviso .
Terry received a B.S. from the Michigan State University Honors College. An M.S. from Stanford University.
Terry also is a Fellow at the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
