DINO VENDETTI
Managing Director
dino@formative.com

Dino Vendetti joined Formative Ventures in July 2006 as a Managing Director, and is primarily focused on investing in early stage web and mobile companies. He is an experienced operating executive who spent the majority of his career in Marketing, Business Development, and Engineering roles at start ups, including Qualcomm. His current investments include Capella, Eightfold Logic and Veebeam.

Prior to joining Formative, Dino spent six years as a general partner at Bay Partners, and 4 years at Vulcan Ventures, the Seattle based investment firm led by Paul Allen. While at Vulcan, Dino invested in a variety of Internet, telecom and wireless companies including Go2Net, Northpoint, Wavetrace, and Allegiance Telecom.

Prior to his venture capital career, Dino held a variety of key operating roles at some of the communications industry’s leading companies. He was Vice President of Product Management at MetaWave, a leading developer of smart antennas for wireless networks. He also held senior product management and business development positions at Qualcomm and US West Cellular. He was also Vice President and Research Analyst at Dain Rauscher, where he covered the telecom industry. He began his operating career as an engineer at TRW, where he designed satellite communications systems.

Dino earned his MSEE and MBA degrees from the University of Washington and a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. Dino has served on the board of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Washington and has given guest lectures at the University of Washington, USF, and UC Berkeley on various topics.

On entrepreneurs: “I really enjoy partnering with founders at the earliest stages where you can really collaborate with them to sort out the business model, positioning, and scaling issues that always seem to exist at this stage. ”

Board experience:  Eightfold Logic, Veebeam, Capella, PulseWave RF, Northpoint Communications

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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Clint Chao, Managing Director
Brian Connors, Managing Director
Dino Vendetti, Managing Director
Robin Casey, CFO

"It is critical for companies to find investors that you can rely on for advice and input as you build out your long term plans. I have known Dino for a number of years and knew he had that ability. Now that he has joined the Formative team, I see that this group as a whole has what it takes to bring that value add to us"

– Larry Schwerin,
CEO of Capella