Alan E. Salzman is a venture capitalist and co-founder of VantagePoint Capital Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms in the U.S. and a significant investor of early stage CleanTech companies. He currently serves as CEO and Managing Partner of VantagePoint.[1]
Salzman began investing in venture capital in the early 1980s. In 1982 Salzman began working for San Francisco law firm Brobeck Phleger and Harrison and set up the firm's division in Palo Alto, catering to technology companies. In 1987, Salzman and several partners purchased the venture capital arm of General Electric, which Salzman had represented as their lawyer, for $40 million. On the back of this transaction, Salzman raised an additional $100 million to invest in healthcare and information technology companies.
In 1996, Salzman and partner, Jim Marver, co-founded VantagePoint Capital Partners a venture capital firm based in San Bruno, California. At VantagePoint, Salzman manages nearly $4.5 billion of committed capital, including $1 billion committed to CleanTech. Over the course of his career, Salzman has been involved with funding more than 300 startup companies [2] and the New Green Economy.[3]
Alan is a frequent contributor and keynote speaker on CleanTech, innovation and global competitiveness in the technology sector. He has served as Finance Chair of the World Business Summit on Climate Change, a member of the BP Alternative Energy Advisory Board and held a faculty appointment for more than a decade as Adjunct Professor for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Companies at Stanford University. He currently serves as a member of the Leadership Council of The Climate Group, the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Selection and Green Investment Committees and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Mr. Salzman is a graduate of the London School of Economics (GC), the University of Toronto (BA), Stanford Law School (JD) and the University of Brussels, Belgium (LLM).
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