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Shanda Bahles, General Partner


Shanda Bahles is an experienced technology investor and veteran of several successful technology start-ups.

Shanda has been with El Dorado Ventures since 1987, focusing on early-stage investments in software, service and communications companies. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such those sponsored by Venturewire and IBD Network. In 2002, she was named to Forbes’ annual “Midas List” of top-performing venture capitalists.

Prior to joining El Dorado, Shanda was a co-founder and/or early employee at several key start-ups, including Fortune Systems, Infotek, Magnuson Computer Systems and Millennium Systems. With a background in electrical engineering, Shanda began her career as a design engineer, but soon moved into executive positions in product marketing, including overall management of product marketing at Fortune Systems.

Shanda received both a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
 
Board Seats: Blue Casa, DVDPlay, FusionOne, InsideTrack, OurStory, Voxify, WireCache

Other Investments: DataSage (acquired by Vignette (VIGN)), Sagent Technology (SGNT), Pilot Network Services (PILT), Women.com (acquired by iVillage (IVIL)), USi (acquired by AT&T (NYSE:T))

Advisory Board: U.S. Navy Research Advisory Council

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FusionOne Wins Frost & Sullivan Mobility Award for Mobile Content
FusionOne now protects half a billion mobile phone contacts with MightyBackup service
Voxify Raises $15 Million in New Financing
FusionOne Names Mike Mulica CEO
DVD Kiosks to Expand Rental Market Share
Blue Casa Named Fastest Growing Company
Versata Acquires Nextance
Voxify Partners with Genesys to Deliver Self-Service Solutions for the Telephone
Executive-Style Coaching for Students


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