Hambrecht Geneva Ventures (HGV) is a $50 million venture capital fund that will invest in early-stage technology companies, primarily in the software sector.  Bill Hambrecht and Igor Sill will be the managers of the Fund.   Bill Hambrecht is Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co and prior to that was co-Founder of Hambrecht & Quist.  Igor Sill is Managing Director and co-founder of Geneva Venture Partners and Founder and Chairman of GenevaGroup International, Inc., an executive search firm specializing in the software industry.

Mr. Sill has managed two earlier funds, Geneva Ventures Partners Funds I and II. 

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WR Hambrecht + Co

Peter Morrissey
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WR Hambrecht + Co
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San Francisco, CA  94107
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Geneva Venture Partners ("GVP") is an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1998 by two experienced operating executives to assist committed entrepreneurs in building successful software companies. Our motto is “When we believe in the vision of an entrepreneur we fully support his/her ability to execute that vision”.

GVP supports that vision through its extensive access to world class executive talent, and depth of real-world business experience in helping driven entrepreneurs build successful software companies. To that effort GVP brings its own experience at startups, its industry contacts and its commitment to work by your side to create a company to be proud of. GVP provides you access to industry luminaries, prospective customers and distribution partners globally, world-class board members and exceptional candidates for key positions. It takes exceptional people to build exceptional companies. GVP is here to help build yours. As Jack Welch says "Its all about people."

Because GVP invests its industry knowledge, expertise and money, it specifically focuses on the following information technology sectors: Enterprise software, Infrastructure software, Wireless, RFID, VOIP and Embedded technologies.

WR Hambrecht + Co  is an investment bank committed to using technology and auction processes to provide open and fair access to financial markets for all its clients. The firm’s impartial Internet-based auctions, which allow the market to determine pricing and allocation, have dramatically changed the financial services landscape. WR Hambrecht + Co provides underwriting and advisory services for technology and emerging growth companies, as well as equity research, sales and trading, full-service and online brokerage and private equity offerings for institutions and individuals. WR Hambrecht + Co is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, Chicago, London, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia and Stamford, CT. The firm has financial backing from industry leaders including American Century, Crimson Ventures, epartners, Fidelity Ventures, Instinet Corporation, Novell, Park Avenue Equity Capital Partners, LP, Scudder Kemper, Texas Pacific Group, and W Capital Partners.