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Investment Team

John Freidenrich

Partner and Co-founder

John Freidenrich is a Partner, co-founder and member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Mr. Freidenrich began his career as a lawyer, starting the law firm of Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper Rudnick) in 1968. He also founded the venture capital firm, Bay Partners, in 1976 and led the firm for over a quarter century. Mr. Freidenrich retired from Bay Partners in December, 2004. He received his bachelor's degree and L.L.D. from Stanford University, to which he has maintained close ties. Mr. Freidenrich was a member of Stanford University’s Board of Trustees for a decade and Chairman of the Board for four years in the mid 1990s. He sits on the Board of Directors of Stanford Hospital and Clinics; American Century Funds; and the Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life.

Robert Burlinson

Partner, Co-founder, and Chief Investment Officer

Robert Burlinson is a Partner, co-founder and member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Mr. Burlinson also serves as the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. He previously worked as a Principal for Industrial Growth Partners, a private equity firm focused on middle-market manufacturing businesses. Mr. Burlinson also executed public and private financings and merger advisory assignments for Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. He began his career in the private placements group of Manufacturers Hanover Securities Corporation. Mr. Burlinson received an A.B. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Burlinson also serves on the investment committee of the Skoll Foundation and the Menlo-Park Atherton Education Foundation.

Michael Darby

Partner

Michael Darby is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Prior to joining Regis in 2007, Mr. Darby has invested in private equity direct and fund investments. He managed a diversified $150M fund for Sterling Stamos, an investment firm with $5B under management. As General Partner for Battery Ventures and Director for Cisco Systems, he returned multiples of invested capital backing technology startups. Mr. Darby previously was a Vice President at the U.S. Investment Fund, an emerging markets private equity firm, and provided strategic advice as part of Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Darby graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. from Harvard University and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Stephen Donahue

Partner

Stephen Donahue is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Prior to joining Regis in 2004, he served as an Analyst at Bay Partners, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, focusing on enterprise and infrastructure software companies. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking at Banc of America Securities and at Kana Software. Mr. Donahue earned an A.B. in Economics and History from Dartmouth College.

Peter Gifford

Partner

Peter Gifford is a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Prior to joining Regis in 2006, Mr. Gifford worked at Advanced Technology Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital firm with $1.4 billion in capital under management. Previously, he worked in business development at Opsware (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) and in the investment banking and investment management divisions of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Gifford holds an A.B., with distinction, from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Steven Go

Partner & COO

Steven Go is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Regis. Mr. Go is responsible for all of the business operations and general day-to-day office activities of the firm including back-office operations, information technology, compliance and other non-investment related activities. Prior to joining Regis in 2010, for three years Mr. Go was the Chief Financial Officer of Black Ship Capital Management, LP, a start-up hedge fund manager and before that, Chief Administrative Officer of Seneca Capital Management, LP where he was responsible for all back-office activities as well as information technology. Mr. Go earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and received his M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Kristof Neukermans

Partner

Kristof Neukermans is a partner and a member of the Investment Committee of Regis. Prior to Regis in 2006, he conducted healthcare economics research at Stanford University and Cornell University and has published articles in several journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Earlier he worked in engineering and prototyping at Xros, a telecommunications company acquired by Nortel. Mr. Neukermans earned a BA in molecular biology from Princeton University and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Matthew Krensky

Vice President

Matthew Krensky is a Vice President at Regis. Prior to joining Regis, Mr. Krensky was responsible for constructing and implementing investment portfolio, wealth and estate planning strategies for ultra high net worth families, foundations and endowments at JPMorgan Private Bank. Mr. Krensky earned an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University.