Gary Little
Partner
Gary was named to the 2008 and 2009 Forbes Midas 100 lists honoring the most successful and influential people in venture capital. He focuses on Internet services and software investments. His investments include NexTag (2/3 acq. by Providence Equity), Netli (acq. by Akamai), TimesTen (acq. by Oracle) and KnowledgeNet (acq. by Thompson). Gary currently serves on the boards of Evernote, Rhythm NewMedia, Voltage Security, Jaspersoft, MuleSoft and Adara Media. He is a board observer and assists with Morgenthaler’s investments in Practice Fusion and Lending Club.
Gary joined Morgenthaler Ventures in 1997. Previously, he served in several roles at Apple Computer, including SVP of Apple’s Power Macintosh Division, VP Sales Americas, and Sr. Dir of Marketing for Apple’s Pacific division (China, Japan, Asia, Latin America, Canada).
Previously, Gary spent seven years at Sun Microsystems as Director of Product Marketing, Director of Asia Pacific Marketing (including a posting in Hong Kong), and as Group Manager of Industry Marketing. Before Sun, he held sales and marketing positions at IBM. Gary began his career as an IC design engineer for TRW’s microelectronics research labs. Gary earned an MBA from Harvard University and a BSEE from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Education:
Harvard (M.B.A.), U.C.L.A. (B.S.E.E.).
Board Seats:
Focus:
Internet services and software
Portfolio News:
- The Future of Morgenthaler Ventures – CNN Money
- Xconomist of the Week: Phil Libin, Evernote and the Death of the Exit – Xconomy
- Why Evernote is Winning with the Soft Stuff – Forbes
- Online storage company Evernote sets conference – SFGate
- Evernote Takes $50 million To Become The Anti-Zynga – TechCrunch
- Evernote Shows Startups: ‘Free’ Can Pay – Wired
- Evernote Driving $1M in Sales a Month – VatorNews
- Gary Little on NPR on Tech Job Growth in California – KQED
- Morgenthaler Mixer Showcases Berkeley-Stanford Student Talent – The Wall Street Journal
- Gary Little to Judge Berkeley Bplan Competition on April 28, 2011 – UC Berkeley
- Will That Be Cash, Credit or Phone? – SmartMoney
- Mac App Store Nets Evernote 40,000 New Users – Gigaom
- Evernote Ranks in Top 10 Apps for iPhone – The New York Times
- Rhythm NewMedia Raises Another $10 Million for its Premium Mobile Video Ad Network – TechCrunch
- Evernote Passes 5-Million User Mark – Press Release
- Evernote, Siri, Nuance Inducted into Apple’s Hall of Fame – 9to5Mac.com
- BilltoMobile Delivers Direct Mobile Billing to AT&T Customers – Press Release
- Rhythm NewMedia’s Q3 2010 Mobile Ad Report Points to iPad Lead – Gigaom
- Evernote Secures $20 Million Round – Xconomy
- Jaspersoft Secures $12.5 Million in Venture Funding – Press Release
- Open Source: A Silver Lining in the Economic Slump – BusinessWeek
- Mule Surpasses One Million Downloads – Business Wire
- Over One Million Customers on Rhythm Service – Press Release
- Rhythm Powers TV Ads On Cellphones – The Wall Street Journal
