David F. Marquardt (born February 1, 1949) was a co-founder of venture capital firm

August Capital August Capital, legally August Capital Master Management Company, LLC, is a venture capital firm founded by David Marquardt and John Johnston in 1995. It is focused on information technology and is based in Menlo Park, California. Company Aug ...

in 1995. He has served on more than 35 boards of directors during his 40-year venture capital career including

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(acquired by Oracle), Seagate,

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, and Grand Junction Networks (acquired by

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Career

Prior to August Capital, Marquardt was a co-founder of Technology Venture Investors (TVI) in 1980 where he was involved in four highly successful funds that invested in more than 100 start-up and emerging growth companies. Among these early investments was Microsoft, where TVI was the sole investor and where Marquardt served on the board of directors from 1981 until 2014. Marquardt has been involved in every phase of the entrepreneurial process from seed investments to classic venture financings, mergers & acquisitions, public offerings and restructuring & privatizations. Marquardt began his venture career at Institutional Venture Associates, where he spent a year after graduating from business school. Previously, he was a design engineer and development manager at Diablo Systems (acquired by

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) where he collaborated on and/or led various disk drive and printer programs. Marquardt received a BSME from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1973 and an MBA from

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in 1979. He also completed coursework for an MSEE at Stanford University. He has served as president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and is a past director of the National Venture Capital Association. Marquardt is a Trustee of the

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in Princeton, New Jersey. He was ranked number 9 on the Forbes 2006 Midas List.

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Forbes.com Bio

Living people Directors of Microsoft American venture capitalists Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study 1949 births Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni Stanford University School of Engineering alumni {{US-compu-bio-stub