Managing Director
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Having been a private equity investor since 1982, Mr. Hook has been a General Partner in firms with approximately $165 million under management, has invested in 50 privately held companies of which 14 have completed their IPOs and 5 have been acquired for over $165 million each. These investments include Applied Digital Access (ADAX), Adaptive Solutions (ADSO), Clarify (CLFY), Etec Systems (ETEC), Genta (GNTA), Harmonic (HLIT), IC Works (Cypress Semiconductor), LGC Wireless (ADC), NetSolve (NTSL), Power Integrations (POWI), Promatory Communications (Nortel Networks), Qpass (AMDOCS), Spatial Wireless (Alcatel), Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT), VidaMed (VIDA), Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS), and Volterra Semiconductor (VLTR). In addition, he has investments in several privately held companies such as Astute Networks, Inphi, Teranetics and Eltek Valere. Mr. Hook has also served as director on the boards of several portfolio companies. He is a member of the investment committee of Genesis Campus, a Dallas-based venture capital firm. Mr. Hook initially gained his experience by living and investing in California’s Silicon Valley, working with Larry Mohr at Mohr, Davidow Ventures. In 1984, he co-founded the first Hook Partners Fund. He has been a General Partner in seven Hook-related venture capital partnerships. Moving to Dallas in 1988, he participated in the early stages of the Telecom Corridor. Prior to Mr. Hook’s Silicon Valley years, he was an associate with the venture capital firm Carolina Capital Corporation where he assisted the managing partner in the management of this SBIC. He holds a BA degree in Accounting from Wittenberg University. Mr. Hook has been a guest lecturer to the MBA entrepreneurial students at Southern Methodist University and has served on the Steering Committee of the Southwest Venture Forum and the DFW Private Equity Forum.
