Joseph Horowitz

Joe joined JAFCO Ventures as the Managing General Partner in 2003, bringing 25 years of experience working with emerging growth companies as a venture capitalist, business advisor and operating executive. Prior to joining JAFCO Ventures, Joe was Chairman & CEO of Geocast Network Systems. Before Geocast, he formed ICON Venture Advisors where he actively consulted with and served on the boards of a number of early-stage businesses, aiding them in their strategic partnering, management and financing initiatives. Prior to ICON, Joe spent ten years with U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). Joe began his venture capital career in 1978 at Exxon Enterprises, the venture capital arm of Exxon Corporation. He received his MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at Columbia University.

As an investor and/or board member he has been involved with Classroom Connect (acquired by Harcourt), Cortina Systems, Encompass (acquired by Yahoo!), Gymboree (GYMB), Microtune (TUNE), Netsys Technologies (acquired by Cisco), Oodle, Proofpoint, SiTime, StarSight Telecast (acquired by Gemstar) and Sun Microsystems (SUNW).