Kevin Mcquillan

General Partner

2019 - Current

Partner

2019

Founding general partner Focus opportunity Fun

2016

Founder & General Partner

2015

Focus Opportunity Fund represents over thirty five years of experience and relationships. We invest in expansion-stage private technology companies that have been financed by one or more leading early-stage venture funds.

Chairman, Advisory Board

2019

Advisory Board Member

2019

Co-Founder & General Partner

1996

I focus on investments in the software, storage, internet and communication markets and have led my firm's investments in Active Software (WebMethods), Agile Software (Oracle), Alteon Websystems (Nortel), Centrality (SiRF), DATAllegro (Mircosoft), eDocs (Siebel), LogLogic (Tibco), Kace (Dell), Kazeon (EMC) and Orchestria (CA). I also led Focus Ventures investments in Aruba Networks (ARUN), Commerce One (CMRC), Com21 (CMTO), Copper Mountain (CMTN), Financial Engines (FNGN), Pixelworks (PXLW), Ruckus Wireless (RKUS), Vina (VINA) and Virtusa (VRTU), all of which became public companies. Current investments include Upwork and Reputation.com.

Board Member. Entrepreneurship Advisory Board

2014 - 2017

The Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, a group of alumni and friends of Fordham with professional backgrounds in entrepreneurship and a true passion for the field, advise the University on its entrepreneurship curriculum and opportunities. Board members also get involved directly in helping students. www.fordhamfoundry.org

Board Member

2011 - 2017

Responsible for managing the University endowment.

Managing Director

1994 - 1996

Prior to co-founding Focus Ventures, I was a Managing Director at Comdisco Ventures, where I was responsible for investments in companies including CommQuest (AT&T), Corsair Communicatrions (CAIR)(Lightbridge), Diamond Lane (Nokia), Extreme Networks (EXTR), GetThere.com (Sabre), Integrity Q/A (Pure Atria), Intraware (ITRA), Netro (NTRO)(SR Telecom), Power Integrations (POWI), SalesLogix (SLGX)(Sage), and Virata (VRTA)(Globespan).

General Partner

1986 - 1994

I was a General Partner at Dominion Ventures where my information technology investments included Capstone (Spectris), Efficient Networks (EFNT)(Siemens), MMC Networks (MMCN)(AMCC), Red Brick Systems (Informix), Talarian (TALR)(Tibco), Tessera (TSRA), Tivoli Systems (TIVS)(IBM), Transwitch (TXCC) (Cadence), and Xylan (XYLN)(Alcatel). including Chips & Technologies (Intel) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).

Director of Investments

1984 - 1986

I became involved in the investment industry as a Director of Investments for Equitec Financial Group and was responsible for several investments including Chips & Technologies (Intel) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).