W. Pete Buhl
Director/Board Member at Nevis Networks, Inc.
Profile
W.
Pete Buhl was the founder of BlueRun Ventures (1998) and Beeline Bikes, Inc. (2013) where he held the titles of Partner and Chief Executive Officer respectively.
Currently, he holds director positions at Nevis Networks, Inc., Zmanda, Inc., Zhongdao Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd., and Ranger Biotechnologies A.
He previously held director positions at PayPal, Inc., FreedomPay, Inc., Netli, Inc., Avesair, Inc., Location Labs LLC, Sequoia Communications Corp., Like.com, Digital Transit, Inc., Cornice, Inc., NexPlanar Corp., Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario, Vusion, Inc., MagSil Corp., and Software Alliance Corp.
He also held the position of Chairman at Atrua Technologies, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer at Ipsilon Networking, Inc. and Software Alliance Corp.
Additionally, he worked as an Associate at Pricewaterhouse & Co. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
W. Pete Buhl active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Nevis Networks, Inc.
 Nevis Networks, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Nevis Networks, Inc. develops and markets ASIC-based LAN security appliances designed to help corporations protect information privacy and integrity, ensure network availability, and maintain regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Zmanda, Inc.
 Zmanda, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Zmanda, Inc. provides open source backup and recovery solutions for small to medium businesses. Its innovations include technology to backup data from live applications and databases directly to a storage cloud. The company was founded by Chander Kant, K. K. George and Paddy Sreenivasan in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Zhongdao Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd.
 Zhongdao Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Zhongdao Photoelectric Equipment Co. Ltd. develops innovative process inspection technologies for the TFT-LCD industry. It also provides advanced Stand-Along and In-Line defect inspection equipment for TFT-LCD and other FPD manufacturers. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ranger Biotechnologies A/S
 Ranger Biotechnologies A/S Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Mirrx Therapeutics A/S provides protein production technology. Its technology Blockmirs, is steric antisense blockers that bind to specific microRNA binding sites in target RNAs to thereby prevent microRNA binding to the same site. The company was founded by Hans Thorleif Møller on July 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of W. Pete Buhl
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Vusion, Inc.
 Vusion, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Vusion, Inc. provides end-to-end video distribution solutions. Its services include proprietary algorithms, protocols, and software. The company's customers include digital media providers and delivery networks. Vusion was founded by Aaron Crayford and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA | Director/Board Member | 25/10/2009 |
Sequoia Communications Corp.
 Sequoia Communications Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sequoia Communications Corp. manufactures fabless RF semiconductors for the wireless handset markets. It develops FullSpectra common architecture, which enables communications in various wireless applications such as WCDMA, EDGE, GSM/GPRS, GPS, WiFi, and WiMAX. The company's clients include QUALCOMM, Nokia, Maxim, Skyworks, Texas Instruments, and Mitsubishi. Sequoia Communications was founded by John Groe in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | 06/09/2009 |
| Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario | Director/Board Member | - |
PayPal, Inc.
 PayPal, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Digital Transit, Inc.
 Digital Transit, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Digital Transit, Inc. develops software products for wireless carriers that enable over-the-air updates of firmware on mobile devices. The company is based in Dana Point, CA. Digital Transit was acquired by Bitfone Corp. on November 12, 2001. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of W. Pete Buhl
| University of California, Berkeley | Undergraduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Connections
1st degree connections
1st degree companies
Male
Female
Members of the board
Executives
Linked companies
| Private companies | 24 |
|---|---|
BlueRun Ventures
 BlueRun Ventures Investment ManagersFinance BlueRun Ventures, formerly Nokia Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by W. Pete Buhl, John Gardner and John A. Malloy. The headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Netli, Inc.
 Netli, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Netli, Inc. provides Internet infrastructure services. Its products include netlilightning, netlioffload, netliview, and netlicontinuity. The company was founded in 1999 by Adam J. Grove & Michael Kharitonov and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA | Technology Services |
FreedomPay, Inc.
 FreedomPay, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services FreedomPay, Inc. operates a commerce platform that helps merchants in solving complex payment environments. It offers various transaction solutions, including mobile payments, cashless solutions, virtual and remote terminals, payment processing, intelligent analysis, routing of promotions, incentives, and customer relationship management services. The firm also offers incentive management, product mapping, POS integration, analytic tools, and customer segmentation tools, payment Switch solution that streamlines processes and transactions, connects to POS systems and captures detailed data; integrating solutions, security solutions for electronic payments, mobile applications for payments, and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solution that includes EMV and NFC compliance. The company was founded by Thomas Durovsik in 2000 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA. | Technology Services |
Nevis Networks, Inc.
Nevis Networks, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Nevis Networks, Inc. develops and markets ASIC-based LAN security appliances designed to help corporations protect information privacy and integrity, ensure network availability, and maintain regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Atrua Technologies, Inc.
 Atrua Technologies, Inc. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Atrua Technologies, Inc. provides touch controls solutions for mobile phones, handheld games, and personal electronic devices. It offers intelligent fingerprint-reading and analog touch controls which includes joysticks, touch pads, and directional keys. The firm's products are used in various applications such as mobile gaming, computing, mass storage, keyboards, remote controls, embedded biometric security, and consumer electronics devices. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Cornice, Inc.
 Cornice, Inc. Personnel ServicesCommercial Services Cornice, Inc. provides health care staffing services. It offers nursing, rehabilitation and imaging professional employment services. The company was founded by Curt Bruner and Thomas Kevin Magenis in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Commercial Services |
Location Labs LLC
 Location Labs LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Location Labs, Inc. provides location-based tracking software solutions. Its products include phone controls, locators, drive safe, and sparkle platform. The company was founded by Tasso Roumeliotis in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Technology Services |
Ipsilon Networking, Inc.
 Ipsilon Networking, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Ipsilon is the inventor and supplier of IP switching technology. Founded in 1994. Ipsilon was acquired by Nokia in December 1997 | Electronic Technology |
Teknekron Software Systems, Inc.
 Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. provides software services. The company is based in Saratoga, CA. The company was founded by Vivek Y. Ranadivé, Jomei Chang. Teknekron Software Systems was acquired by Reuters Group Plc on March 14, 1994 for $125.10 million. | Technology Services |
| Pricewaterhouse & Co. | Commercial Services |
Zmanda, Inc.
Zmanda, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Zmanda, Inc. provides open source backup and recovery solutions for small to medium businesses. Its innovations include technology to backup data from live applications and databases directly to a storage cloud. The company was founded by Chander Kant, K. K. George and Paddy Sreenivasan in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Zhongdao Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd.
Zhongdao Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Zhongdao Photoelectric Equipment Co. Ltd. develops innovative process inspection technologies for the TFT-LCD industry. It also provides advanced Stand-Along and In-Line defect inspection equipment for TFT-LCD and other FPD manufacturers. | Electronic Technology |
Vusion, Inc.
Vusion, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Vusion, Inc. provides end-to-end video distribution solutions. Its services include proprietary algorithms, protocols, and software. The company's customers include digital media providers and delivery networks. Vusion was founded by Aaron Crayford and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA | Consumer Services |
| Software Alliance Corp. | |
Avesair, Inc.
 Avesair, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Avesair was a provider of mobile marketing technology and services for wireless operators and content providers. Through the delivery of mobile marketing media, Avesair enables mobile operators to: Significantly reduce subscriber churn through proven loyalty marketing programs Increase subscriber. | Technology Services |
Digital Transit, Inc.
Digital Transit, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Digital Transit, Inc. develops software products for wireless carriers that enable over-the-air updates of firmware on mobile devices. The company is based in Dana Point, CA. Digital Transit was acquired by Bitfone Corp. on November 12, 2001. | Technology Services |
PayPal, Inc.
PayPal, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Finance |
| Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario | |
Sequoia Communications Corp.
Sequoia Communications Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sequoia Communications Corp. manufactures fabless RF semiconductors for the wireless handset markets. It develops FullSpectra common architecture, which enables communications in various wireless applications such as WCDMA, EDGE, GSM/GPRS, GPS, WiFi, and WiMAX. The company's clients include QUALCOMM, Nokia, Maxim, Skyworks, Texas Instruments, and Mitsubishi. Sequoia Communications was founded by John Groe in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Electronic Technology |
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 |
NexPlanar Corp.
 NexPlanar Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology NexPlanar Corp. develops the next generation chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. The company was founded by Sudhanshu Misra and Pradip K. Roy in 2003 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR. | Electronic Technology |
MagSil Corp.
 MagSil Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology MagSil Corp. develops magnetic random access memory technology. Its patented innovative magnetic recording cell architecture combines magnetic technology with mainstream semiconductor manufacturing processes, enabling the development of a disruptive technology for stand-alone and embedded magnetic random access memory products. The company’s technology will be ideal for integrated device manufacturers, pure-play semiconductor foundries and OEMs to embed or use stand-alone magnetic random access memory devices in a system. MagSil was founded by Krishnakumar Mani in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Beeline Bikes, Inc.
 Beeline Bikes, Inc. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Beeline Bikes, Inc. provides bike repair services and parts. It provides its services to commuters, road racers, cross country and downhill mountain bikers, weekend warriors and family/recreational riders. The company was founded by Pete Buhl and Andy Jeffrey in 2013 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA. | Consumer Services |
Ranger Biotechnologies A/S
Ranger Biotechnologies A/S Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Mirrx Therapeutics A/S provides protein production technology. Its technology Blockmirs, is steric antisense blockers that bind to specific microRNA binding sites in target RNAs to thereby prevent microRNA binding to the same site. The company was founded by Hans Thorleif Møller on July 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark. | Commercial Services |
- Stock Market
- Insiders
- W. Pete Buhl
