{"id":1556,"date":"2012-04-25T17:41:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T00:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2018-11-14T23:41:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T07:41:42","slug":"fnoffice-hours-venture-debt-with-rudy-ruano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/fnoffice-hours-venture-debt-with-rudy-ruano\/","title":{"rendered":"fnMentoring: Rudy Ruano, Venture Partner at Western Technology Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

fnMentoring\u00a0helps you accelerate your startup and expand your high tech network through private advising sessions with featured guest experts. Sessions are free to members but require your\u00a0RSVP<\/a>. If you are not a member you can\u00a0apply here<\/a>. \u00a0Next week’s featured guest(s) will be:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Company:<\/strong>
\nWestern Technology Investment<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Founded in 1980, Western Technology Investment is a Silicon Valley-based venture debt firm that specializes in investments to early and emerging stage technology and life sciences companies. Portfolio companies include Facebook, UserVoice, Google, Youku, Palantir, Juniper Networks, Brocade Networks, Cerent, Corvis, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Volcano Technologies, Postini, IronPort and Bloom Energy. Western Technology Investment manages funds of approximately $1 billion. Additional information can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Rudy

Rudy Ruano, Venture Partner<\/p><\/div>\n

Name:<\/strong>
\nRudy Ruano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>
\nVenture Partner<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>
\nBS in Finance and Economics from San Jose State University.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong>
\nRudy has founded and led a number of venture backed startups. Most recently, he served as Chief Executive Officer of scanR Inc., a mobile productivity service company, Vice President of Business Development with iMediation S.A., an enterprise software company, and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development with Internet Pictures Corporation Inc., a provider of visual content infrastructure on the Internet. Mr. Ruano also held a variety of venture, finance, and strategic planning positions with Intel Corporation.<\/p>\n

fnMentoring is on Wednesday, 05\/02\/12 beginning at 10.30am.\u00a0RSVP\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for one of three available 20 minute slots to meet with our featured guest(s).<\/p>\n

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