Knightsbridge Spotlight
Knightsbridge Advisers Promotes Jill Frankle and Ellen Heald to Managing Principals
CAMBRIDGE, MA--(March 8, 2011) - Knightsbridge Advisers (www.knightsbridgeusa.com), a leading investment firm focused on top tier, early stage venture and growth equity partnerships announced that Principals Jill Frankle and Ellen Heald have been promoted to Managing Principals.
Tony Sun Joins Knightsbridge Advisers' Advisory Councils
CAMBRIDGE, MA--(February 18, 2011) - Knightsbridge Advisers (www.knightsbridgeusa.com), a leading investment firm participating in top tier, early stage venture and growth equity partnerships announced that Tony Sun has joined their Advisory Councils.
Tony Sun was a General Partner of Venrock Associates for over 30 years and Managing General Partner and CEO for the last 8 years, retiring in 2010. Tony invested in and advised over 60 high tech companies with more than two dozen IPOs or successful M&A realizations, including 3COM, Komag and Stratacom. In addition, in 2000, he founded GGV Capital (formerly known as Granite Global), a successful $1 billion China-focused venture fund.
Tony participated in, and helped shape, the evolution of information technology from the early days of semiconductor manufacturing, through the innovations in telecommunications, to the paradigm shift of the Internet. Tony was named to the Forbes Midas list, including a top ten ranking in 2002. He was an active member of the NVCA, serving on its board.
Throughout his career, he additionally has been active in educational and international communities and formerly served on the board of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), serving on the visiting committees for the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Material Science, and as a member of the endowment's investment committee. He is a member of the Stanford Associates, providing the lead for the Sun Field Station at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at Stanford University. He is a founding board member of the HBS Research Center in California, was a venture capital advisor to the US Navy and was a member of the International Resource Panel for the Government of Singapore.
Tony currently serves on the Boards of CM Capital and various public and private companies.
Tony is the Chair of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, serves on the Boards of the MIT Center for International Studies, the Harvard China Fund, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (a new University founded in collaboration between Singapore and MIT), and the Committee of 100 (a bi-partisan organization of prominent Chinese Americans to address US-China relations). Tony holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
"Tony has had a spectacular track record in his lifetime of investing; he exemplifies everything we look for in a venture capitalist," said Knightsbridge Managing Principal Barbara Piette. "Homeruns such as 3Com, Stratacom, and Komag underscore his skill as a company builder, as do the number of CEOs who select him as a board member. We are honored by Tony’s participation on our advisory councils."
Knightsbridge is honored to benefit from the advice and insights of all the members of its investment vehicle advisory councils. These experienced individuals, with a range of professional and academic backgrounds and valuable perspectives on the venture capital industry, currently sit on the seven advisory bodies for KIH I though KVC VII. They provide valued advice on general business and other issues affecting the partnerships.
