Charles Cotton

Charles Cotton has been at the forefront of successive waves of technology innovation – computing; broadband communications; information services; digital mapping and location based services; and Web 2.0. He is a Director of Library House; Cambridge Enterprise; Solarflare Communications; Feeva Technology; property research portal Terabitz in the US and founder of Terabitz Limited in the UK; a Supervisory Board member of Tele Atlas, the Euronext Amsterdam and Frankfurt Exchange listed supplier of digital maps; an investor in and adviser to venture capital firms. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc. the NASDAQ listed, New Jersey based semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. He took Virata public on NASDAQ, in 1999, raised $682 million across six financing rounds, executed five acquisitions and established and ran a venture fund.