Over $2.5 Billion in Successful Returns…
Neal serves as the Managing General Partner of Bay Partners, which is one of the earliest Silicon Valley Venture Capital firms. The Bay Partners Way is to focus on the finish line. With Neal at the helm, Bay has helped over 100 companies go from start-up to successful liquidity, resulting in over $2.5 billion in exit returns. Funding a company is one thing. Bringing it to the perfect exit takes experience.
2018 Gates Volunteer Service Award Recipients.
Jan and Neal Dempsey, recipients of the 2018 Gates Vounteer Service Award, have supported the UW generously for more than 40 years.
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CEO and Board Leadership: U of W and Madronna Venture Group
June 14, 2019
Our 8th Class had the good fortune of having our University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and one of the top Venture Capitalist in the U.S….
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CEO and Board Leadership: Ken Denman and Carol Mills
June 7, 2019
Our seventh class has two well known Tech Industry veterans Ken Denman who is a board member of Costco, Motorola Solutions, Mitek and Lending Club and Carol…
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CEO and Board Leadership: Code42 and Coconut Software
May 31, 2019
Joe Payne CEO of Code42 and Katherine Regnier CEO of Coconut Corporation were the speakers of our Sixth class. They both lived up to expectations as they…
Learn More >"The best investment is the entrepreneur with passion and perseverance and who understands the art of listening. Passion brings the life and energy required to drive innovation. Perseverance keeps the company going, no matter what obstacles come along. An ability to listen to customers, employees and advisors keeps them learning."
NEAL DEMPSEY
February 21, 2019
Silicon Valley investor Neal Dempsey praises Groningen’s startup scene
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February 20, 2019
Silicon Valley Legend Neal Dempsey Sees Too Little Investor Money at Startups in Groningen
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February 19, 2019
US super-investor Neal Dempsey discovers Groningen: ‘Fantastic city’
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