Jim Boettcher

Founding partner led firm's late stage investments in video camera maker Pure Digital and networking hardware outfit Starent Networks. In 2009 Cisco acquired the former for $590 million, the latter for $2.9 billion. Boettcher also backed chip designer P.A. Semi, which sold to Apple for $278 million in 2008 and currently provides those 10 hours of battery power in Apple's iPad. He led Focus' investment in optical networking chip maker Teknovus, which sold to Broadcom for $123 million last year. Current investments include 3VR Security (video surveillance and search), Cyan Optics (optical transport) and Stoke (mobile broadband). Spent four years as a telecom engineer in the Air Force, specializing in digital voice systems and networking.