John Walecka

John Walecka is a Founding Partner of Redpoint Ventures and is passionate about companies with innovative business models and unique IP that can shape an industry.

John is active in Redpoint's investment activity in the Information Technology area, as well as with projects in Energy and the Environment. John is currently working with Avnera, Entropic Communications (ENTR), Envia, Fortinet (FTNT), Schooner, Solyndra, and most recently Datameer. He is particularly interested in new models in open source software and opportunities to deliver services in the Cloud.

John has helped many entrepreneurs in the enterprise and broadband infrastructure space achieve success including: Xylan (acquired by Alcatel), Wellfleet Communications (merged into Bay Networks), Synernetics (acquired by 3Com), Agile Networks (acquired by Lucent), Network Equipment Technologies (NWK), Polycom (PLCM), Onstream (acquired by 3Com), Avici Networks (AVCI), TransMedia Communications (acquired by Cisco), Lightera Networks (acquired by Ciena), Netro (NTRO), StratumOne (acquired by Cisco) and Trapeze (acquired by Beldin).

John is currently a Director of the Stanford Business School Venture Capital Trust, an advisor to the Stanford Engineering School, and on the Investment Committee of Sacred Heart School in Menlo Park. John holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.