Jeff Hinck, General Partner
Jeff Hinck, a proven technology investor and former start-up company CEO, joined El Dorado Ventures as a General Partner in 2008.
Hinck joined EDV from Vesbridge Partners, a Minneapolis-based venture capital firm. Prior to Vesbridge, Hinck was a General Partner with Crescendo Ventures, and was a venture capitalist with IAI Ventures.
Jeff also served as CEO of Sistina Software, an infrastructure software company acquired by Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), and was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co. He was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law & Economics at Harvard Law School, Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and taught Statistics at Harvard College.
Prior to become an EDV General Partner, Hinck worked closely with EDV in the past, co-investing with the firm in NuSpeed Internet Systems (which was acquired by Cisco for $465 million) and Compellent (NYSE: CML), which completed its Initial Public Offering in 2007. In total, Jeff has co-invested with EDV in seven companies, including current portfolio companies RipCode and Storspeed.
Jeff graduated with a bachelors degree in economics from Northwestern University and received his JD from Harvard Law School.
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