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This section contains a list of the top rated venture capitalists according to the Members. To qualify, a venture capitalist (1) must have been rated by over five separate Members, (2) must have a rating average at or above a score of four out of five, and (3) less than 20% of the reviews for each venture capitalist are negative. The list automatically updates at the beginning of the week. Enjoy!

This Week (2012-01-30)

97 Top Rated People working in Venture Capital

Jim Andelman, General Partner
Rincon Venture Partners
Rated 5.0 by 7

Pete Thomas, Managing Director
ATA Ventures
Rated 5.0 by 6

Dina M. Routhier, Principal
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
Rated 5.0 by 5

John Borchers, General Partner
Crescendo Ventures, Inc.
Rated 5.0 by 5

John D. Diekman, Managing Partner
5AM Ventures
Rated 5.0 by 5

John Greathouse, Venture Partner
Rincon Venture Partners
Rated 5.0 by 5

Michael Aronson, Managing Director
Mentortech Ventures
Rated 5.0 by 5

Terrance G. McGuire, Managing General Partner
Polaris Venture Partners
Rated 5.0 by 5

Andy Fillat, Managing Member
Leapfrog Ventures
Rated 4.8571 by 7

10.

Dan Rua, Managing Partner
Inflexion Partners
Rated 4.8571 by 7

11.

Anupendra Sharma, Investment Partner
Siemens Venture Capital
Rated 4.8333 by 6

12.

Brad Feld, Managing Director
Foundry Group
Rated 4.7143 by 14 - 1 Negative Review(s)

13.

Bruce Cleveland, Partner
InterWest Partners
Rated 4.7 by 10

14.

John Backus, Managing Partner
New Atlantic Ventures
Rated 4.6667 by 6

15.

Shlomo Dovrat, General Partner
Carmel Ventures
Rated 4.6667 by 6

16.

Ben Narasin, President
TriplePoint Ventures
Rated 4.6364 by 11

17.

John Doerr, Partner
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Rated 4.625 by 16 - 1 Negative Review(s)

18.

Steven D. Arnold, Managing General Partner
Polaris Venture Partners
Rated 4.625 by 8

19.

Brook H. Byers, Partner
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Rated 4.6154 by 13

20.

David F. Marquardt, General Partner
August Capital
Rated 4.6 by 5

21.

Gardiner W. Garrard III, Managing Partner
Total Technology Ventures
Rated 4.6 by 5

22.

Rich Levandov, Partner
Leland Cheung
Rated 4.6 by 5

23.

Ross A. Jaffe, Managing Director
Versant Ventures
Rated 4.5833 by 12 - 1 Negative Review(s)

24.

Braughm Ricke, VP of Finance
True Ventures
Rated 4.5714 by 7

25.

Mark Suster, Partner
GRP Partners
Rated 4.5652 by 23 - 1 Negative Review(s)

26.

Richard W. Levandov, General Partner
Masthead Venture Partners
Rated 4.5455 by 11

27.

David R. Skok, General Partner
Matrix Partners
Rated 4.5 by 20 - 1 Negative Review(s)

28.

Liam Donohue, Managing Director
406 Ventures
Rated 4.5 by 6

29.

Tom Bogan, Partner
Greylock Partners
Rated 4.5 by 6

30.

William J. Link, Managing Director
Versant Ventures
Rated 4.4444 by 9 - 1 Negative Review(s)

31.

David Sze, Partner
Greylock Partners
Rated 4.4375 by 16 - 2 Negative Review(s)

32.

James D. Robinson III, General Partner
RRE Ventures
Rated 4.4167 by 12 - 2 Negative Review(s)

33.

Donald B. Milder, Managing Director
Versant Ventures
Rated 4.4 by 10 - 1 Negative Review(s)

34.

Dana Stalder, general partner
Matrix Partners
Rated 4.4 by 5

35.

Nick Efstratis, Managing Director
Epic Ventures
Rated 4.4 by 5

36.

Doug Pepper, General Partner
InterWest Partners
Rated 4.3846 by 13

37.

Jed Katz, Managing Director
Javelin Venture Partners
Rated 4.375 by 24 - 3 Negative Review(s)

38.

Bryan Schreier, Partner
Sequoia Capital
Rated 4.375 by 16 - 1 Negative Review(s)

39.

Philip Gianos, General Partner
InterWest Partners
Rated 4.375 by 8

40.

Philippe Herbert, Partner
Banexi Ventures Partners
Rated 4.375 by 8

41.

Ann Miura Ko, Partner
FLOODGATE
Rated 4.375 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

42.

Rob Theis, General Partner
Scale Venture Partners
Rated 4.3571 by 14 - 2 Negative Review(s)

43.

Maria Cirino, Managing Director
406 Ventures
Rated 4.3529 by 17 - 1 Negative Review(s)

44.

Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director
Scale Venture Partners
Rated 4.3333 by 6 - 1 Negative Review(s)

45.

Howard Morgan, Partner
First Round Capital
Rated 4.3077 by 13

46.

David Ladd, Managing Director
Mayfield Fund
Rated 4.3 by 10 - 1 Negative Review(s)

47.

Greg Dracon, Principal
406 Ventures
Rated 4.3 by 10 - 1 Negative Review(s)

48.

Bob Spinner, Managing Director
Sigma Partners
Rated 4.2857 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

49.

Frank Boehnke, General Partner
Wellington Partners
Rated 4.2857 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

50.

Mark Perry, General Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Rated 4.2857 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

51.

Stuart Ellman, Managing Partner
RRE Ventures
Rated 4.2857 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

52.

Alex Mendez, General Partner
Storm Ventures, Inc.
Rated 4.2727 by 11 - 1 Negative Review(s)

53.

Matt McCall, Partner
DFJ Portage Venture Partners
Rated 4.2727 by 11 - 1 Negative Review(s)

54.

Shawn T. Carolan, Managing Director
Menlo Ventures
Rated 4.25 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

55.

Toni Schneider, Venture Partner
True Ventures
Rated 4.25 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

56.

Bill Kaiser, Partner
Greylock Partners
Rated 4.2222 by 9 - 1 Negative Review(s)

57.

Bruce K. Taragin, Partner
Blumberg Capital
Rated 4.2222 by 9 - 1 Negative Review(s)

58.

Jonathan Ebinger, Partner
BlueRun Ventures
Rated 4.2143 by 14 - 1 Negative Review(s)

59.

Anthony P. Lee, General Partner
Altos Ventures
Rated 4.2 by 15 - 1 Negative Review(s)

60.

Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Rated 4.2 by 10 - 1 Negative Review(s)

61.

Aaron Sandoski, Managing Director
Norwich Ventures
Rated 4.2 by 5

62.

Dave Fachetti, Managing Director
Globespan Capital Partners
Rated 4.2 by 5

63.

Edward L. Cahill, Partner
HLM Venture Partners
Rated 4.2 by 5

64.

Evangelos Simoudis, Managing Director
Trident Capital
Rated 4.2 by 5

65.

David Stern, Venture Partner
Clearstone Venture Partners
Rated 4.1818 by 11 - 2 Negative Review(s)

66.

Jon Callaghan, General Partner
True Ventures
Rated 4.1667 by 18 - 2 Negative Review(s)

67.

Lon H.H. Chow, General Partner
Apex Venture Partners
Rated 4.1667 by 6

68.

Stuart MacFarlane, Managing Director
Momentum Venture Management
Rated 4.1667 by 6

69.

Curtis Feeny, Managing Director
Voyager Capital
Rated 4.1538 by 13 - 2 Negative Review(s)

70.

Joshua Kopelman, Managing Partner
First Round Capital
Rated 4.1515 by 33 - 4 Negative Review(s)

71.

Roelof Botha, Partner
Sequoia Capital
Rated 4.1429 by 35 - 4 Negative Review(s)

72.

Eric Paley, Managing Partner
Founder Collective
Rated 4.1429 by 7

73.

Phil Black, General Partner
True Ventures
Rated 4.125 by 16 - 2 Negative Review(s)

74.

Andrew L. Zalasin, General Partner/CFO
RRE Ventures
Rated 4.125 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

75.

Richard A. D'Amore, General Partner
North Bridge Venture Partners
Rated 4.125 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

76.

Kevin Spain, Principal
Emergence Capital Partners
Rated 4.1111 by 9

77.
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Paul Maeder, General Partner
Highland Capital Partners
Rated 4.0909 by 11 - 1 Negative Review(s)

78.

Peter Bell, General Partner
Highland Capital Partners
Rated 4.0714 by 14 - 1 Negative Review(s)

79.

George Zachary, Partner
Charles River Ventures
Rated 4.04 by 25 - 3 Negative Review(s)

80.

Hodong Nam, General Partner
Altos Ventures
Rated 4.0 by 13 - 1 Negative Review(s)

81.

John Burke, General Partner
True Ventures
Rated 4.0 by 11 - 1 Negative Review(s)

82.

Warren J. Packard, Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Rated 4.0 by 9

83.

Thatcher Bell, Principle
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures
Rated 4.0 by 8

84.

Brian Pokomy, Associate
SV Angel
Rated 4.0 by 8 - 1 Negative Review(s)

85.

Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director
Globespan Capital Partners
Rated 4.0 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

86.

Kyle Lefkoff, General Partner
Boulder Ventures
Rated 4.0 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

87.

Nicolas El Baze, Managing Partner
Partech International
Rated 4.0 by 7 - 1 Negative Review(s)

88.

Max Niederhofer, Associate
Atlas Venture
Rated 4.0 by 6

89.

Ryan Ziegler, Investment Manager
Edison Venture Fund
Rated 4.0 by 6

90.

Axel Bichara, Partner
Atlas Venture
Rated 4.0 by 6 - 1 Negative Review(s)

91.

Eric O'Brien, Managing Director
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Rated 4.0 by 6 - 1 Negative Review(s)

92.

Gil Dibner, Principal
Genesis Partners
Rated 4.0 by 6 - 1 Negative Review(s)

93.

John C. Dean, Managing General Partner
Startup Capital Ventures
Rated 4.0 by 6 - 1 Negative Review(s)

94.

Charley Dean, Associate
Silverton Partners
Rated 4.0 by 5

95.

David Martirano, General Partner
Point Judith Capital Partners
Rated 4.0 by 5

96.

Matt Nichols, Principal
Highland Capital Partners
Rated 4.0 by 5

97.

Soren Nielsen, Director
Northcap Partners
Rated 4.0 by 5

Last Week (2012-01-23)

98 Top Rated People working in Venture Capital