Pete Sinclair
Founder at LFV Management LLC
Profile
Pete Sinclair's background includes over 20 years of senior operating experience in high tech companies and more than 10 years in venture capital.
He has been a serial CEO and successfully sold companies to Microsoft, Novell, and Adobe Systems and has participated in two IPOs.
He started his career with Hewlett-Packard and joined Apple Computer when it was still a small private company.
Pete has raised money from and worked for some of the top venture capital firms.
Pete was one of the founders of Leapfrog in 1999, and is rated as one of the Top 30 VCs by Business Insider.
Pete has a BS in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class in 3 years.
He is also a graduate of Stanford Business School's Executive Program for Small Company Presidents and twice served as the Mayor of the Town of Woodside.
He is an avid aviation buff and is currently flying a high performance pressurized airplane that he built himself.
Pete Sinclair active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
LFV Management LLC
 LFV Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance LFV Management LLC (Leapfrog Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Pete Sinclair. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Founder | 25/09/2012 |
iVentster, Inc.
 iVentster, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services iVentster, Inc. engages in the provision of market research monetization platform. It services offers monetization, advertising, and research. The company was founded by C. Prosper Nwankpa, M. Noman Ali, Murtaza Huzzain, and Ali A. Moiz in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Vast.com, Inc.
 Vast.com, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Vast.com, Inc. operates as a search platform for autos, travel, and real estate. It improves the online shopping experience with the selection, sub-second search times, and intuitive auto, real estate, and vacation rental search that helps customers to find the match on the Internet for their needs. The company was founded by Kevin Laws and Naval Ravikant in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Director/Board Member | - |
Global Analytics, Inc.
 Global Analytics, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Global Analytics, Inc. provides predictive analytics and risk management solutions. The firm offers analytic consulting and access to proprietary underwriting and servicing platforms to companies around the globe. Its portfolio of brands includes Drafty and Lending Stream. The company was founded by Krishna Gopinathan, Steve Biafore, and Purna Patnaik in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Gain Credit, Inc.
 Gain Credit, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Gain Credit, Inc. provides a range of financial services products to underbanked consumers. The firm designs and produces computer platforms that provides risk assessment on a per-transaction basis. The company was founded by Krishna Gopinathan and Purna Patnaik in 2003 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Pete Sinclair
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Like.com
 Like.com Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Like.com operates an online search engine to shop for shoes, bags, accessories, jewelries and watches, health, beauty and home products. The company was founded by Burak Göktürk and Munjal M. Shah in August 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Obo, Inc.
 Obo, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Obo, Inc. operates online platform for product decision making process and business support services. The company was founded by Bruce A. Cleveland and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Marble Security, Inc.
 Marble Security, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Marble Security, Inc. provides mobile security cloud services. Its software technology protects against the ever-changing threats unleashed into enterprises by mobile devices. Its mobile security management (MDM) cloud service prevents corporate data loss caused by advanced persistent threats, malicious and privacy-leaking application. The company was founded by David Jevans on June 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ace Metrix, Inc.
 Ace Metrix, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Ace Metrix, Inc. engages in the provision of on-demand television advertising analytics. It operates a platform for evaluating video advertising that companies can use to access TV and video data analysis to optimize their advertising campaigns. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Pete Sinclair
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| HP INC. | Electronic Technology |
| APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 16 |
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LFV Management LLC
LFV Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance LFV Management LLC (Leapfrog Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Pete Sinclair. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Compassoft, Inc.
 Compassoft, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Compassoft, Inc. provides enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance technology. It reduces non-compliance risk and increases reporting accuracy by identifying, retrieving, and documenting both visible and obscure sources of financial information stored on servers, desktops and notebooks distributed across the organization. The company was founded by Libby Alumbaugh and Libby Koehn in 2002 and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA. | Technology Services |
Certive Corp.
 Certive Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Certive Corp. provided automated data integration and management solutions that used to enable optimization of business performance. It was focuses on automating the core tasks of data stewardship governance and provisioning. The company data governance & data provisioning solutions used to reduce the costs of compliance reporting, audits, ensure, enforce metrics standards and used to increase the performance, integrity & value of business intelligence systems. It was co-founded by Scott Wiener, Chuck McMinn & Ford Goodman in 2000 and was headquartered in Redwood City, CA | Technology Services |
C9, Inc.
 C9, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services C9, Inc. develops on-demand business intelligence applications. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Weiner, Ford Goodman and Chuck McMinn and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Redseal, Inc.
 Redseal, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Redseal, Inc. provides proactive security management solutions. The firm’s solutions include compliance, incident response, vulnerability management and cyber insurance. The company was founded by Scot Malloy, Alain J. Mayer and Brian Laing in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
iVentster, Inc.
iVentster, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services iVentster, Inc. engages in the provision of market research monetization platform. It services offers monetization, advertising, and research. The company was founded by C. Prosper Nwankpa, M. Noman Ali, Murtaza Huzzain, and Ali A. Moiz in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
FastScale Technology, Inc.
 FastScale Technology, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FastScale Technology, Inc. provides software virtualization and provisioning solutions. The firm enables information technology organizations to build, manage, and deploy software environments. The company was founded by Lynn LeBlanc and Richard Offer in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Silver Tail Systems, Inc.
 Silver Tail Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Silver Tail Systems, Inc. provides predictive analytics for detection and prevention of fraud and cybercrime. It offers comprehensive suite of fraud detection and mitigation solutions. The company was founded by Laura Mather in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Technology Services |
Krillion, Inc.
 Krillion, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Krillion, Inc. provided online advertising services. The firm offered advertising opportunities for marketers targeting customers who are engaged in researching products online. The company was founded by Roger Spreen, Joel Toledano, and Mance Ed in February 2006 and was headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Technology Services |
Marble Security, Inc.
Marble Security, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Marble Security, Inc. provides mobile security cloud services. Its software technology protects against the ever-changing threats unleashed into enterprises by mobile devices. Its mobile security management (MDM) cloud service prevents corporate data loss caused by advanced persistent threats, malicious and privacy-leaking application. The company was founded by David Jevans on June 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Ace Metrix, Inc.
Ace Metrix, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Ace Metrix, Inc. engages in the provision of on-demand television advertising analytics. It operates a platform for evaluating video advertising that companies can use to access TV and video data analysis to optimize their advertising campaigns. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA. | Commercial Services |
Like.com
Like.com Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Like.com operates an online search engine to shop for shoes, bags, accessories, jewelries and watches, health, beauty and home products. The company was founded by Burak Göktürk and Munjal M. Shah in August 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Retail Trade |
Vast.com, Inc.
Vast.com, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Vast.com, Inc. operates as a search platform for autos, travel, and real estate. It improves the online shopping experience with the selection, sub-second search times, and intuitive auto, real estate, and vacation rental search that helps customers to find the match on the Internet for their needs. The company was founded by Kevin Laws and Naval Ravikant in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Global Analytics, Inc.
Global Analytics, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Global Analytics, Inc. provides predictive analytics and risk management solutions. The firm offers analytic consulting and access to proprietary underwriting and servicing platforms to companies around the globe. Its portfolio of brands includes Drafty and Lending Stream. The company was founded by Krishna Gopinathan, Steve Biafore, and Purna Patnaik in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Technology Services |
Obo, Inc.
Obo, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Obo, Inc. operates online platform for product decision making process and business support services. The company was founded by Bruce A. Cleveland and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Commercial Services |
Gain Credit, Inc.
Gain Credit, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Gain Credit, Inc. provides a range of financial services products to underbanked consumers. The firm designs and produces computer platforms that provides risk assessment on a per-transaction basis. The company was founded by Krishna Gopinathan and Purna Patnaik in 2003 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA. | Technology Services |
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