Paul Michael "Mike" Farmwald is a serial entrepreneur working in the Silicon Valley high-tech industry.
Farmwald holds a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow, has founded six companies, five of which were financed in part by Benchmark Capital, where he is a venture partner.
He has founded these companies:
- FTL (1986) developed emitter coupled logic (ECL) supercomputers, merged with MIPS Computer Systems
- Rambus (1990) marketed high speed interfaces, used in PCs and video game consoles.
- Chromatic Research (1993) developed media-processors, acquired by ATI Technologies
- Epigram (1996) invented HomePNA, a local area network implemented over plain old telephone service (POTS), acquired by Broadcom
- Matrix Semiconductor (1997) designed 3D semiconductors
Farmwald invests directly in startups through Skymoon Ventures. His recent investments include technology companies incubated at Skymoon R&D (Dash, whose navigation systems bring internet to the car, and Finesse Solutions, a measurement and control provider to the biotechnology industry) as well as companies that bring technology to traditional business (Remote Lands, a luxury bespoke Asian travel outfitter started by entrepreneur Catherine Heald and ICE, a fitness concept company started by award-winning cheerleading coach Darlene Fanning).
He has publicly criticized and shorted the stock of technology companies he believes are defrauding investors by misrepresenting their technology. In 2005 he shorted ParkerVision, a RF semiconductor IP company, and created a website detailing their problems with the company.
Video Mike Farmwald
References
Maps Mike Farmwald
External links
- Mike Farmwald's website
- Skymoon Ventures website
- PVnotes.com A website critical of ParkerVision created and maintained by Mike Farmwald
- Dash Website
- Finesse Solutions website
- Remote Lands website
- ICE Gyms
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments