Jim Gauer

A veteran venture capital fund manager with expertise in all aspects of Information Technology investing, Jim Gauer has produced well over $1 billion in gains for his investors during his career and has established himself as one of the venture industry's premier IT investors.

Prior to forming Palomar Ventures, Mr. Gauer led early-stage IT investments as general partner for Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. With experience as Chief Executive Officer of several successful companies in both the US and Europe, Mr. Gauer combines a strong technical and management background with an outstanding record as an investment professional to guide and oversee the investment strategy for the Palomar fund.

Mr. Gauer has led investments in such market leaders as webMethods (WEBM), Efficient Networks (EFNT, Siemens), Borland (BORL), American Home Lenders (LEND), Rendition (Micron), XLNT Designs (Intel), Isocor (ISOC, Critical Path), Digital Style (Netscape), and numerous other successful public and private companies. He currently serves on the board of one public company-webMethods-and eight private companies: Dorado, Composite Software, CoreObjects, RealOps, Lombardi Software, Alterpoint, KnowNow, and WiQuest.

Mr. Gauer holds a BA in mathematics from UCLA and was a PhD Candidate in Mathematics and Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.