Richard Irving

Based in Silicon Valley, Richard co-founded Pond in 1997 and brings twenty-five years' experience in venture capital, business management, marketing and engineering in technology companies including AT&T Bell Labs, AMD, Brooktree, and Irving International. Starting as a chip designer at Bell Labs, and strategic marketing manager at AMD, Richard later managed three business units at Brooktree with full P&L responsibility both prior to and following the company's initial public offering. These grew from as small as $1M up to $90M. Richard has been involved in numerous IPOs, acquisitions, and private financings. Richard serves as Director of Transitive, picoChip, Gigle, and Nanotech. Richard has a B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Manchester University.

Contact Richard@pondventures.com.