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Ruthann is an advisor to both startup and growth companies. She has extensive experience in assisting early stage companies in identifying and defining their business models and strategy (including fundraising strategy).

In the 1980s, she was a Managing Director at Alex Brown & Sons where during her 10 year career as a research analyst and investment banker, she led the IPOs of leading software companies including Microsoft, AOL, Electronic Arts, and McAfee Associates as well as the sale of Peter Norton Utilities to Symantec and the Nippon Steel investment in Oracle.

In 1994, she became a General Partner at Institutional Investment Partners (IVP), one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms.

Ruthann focused on investing in nascent or early stage digital media and software companies and served as a Director on a variety of private and public technology company Boards. Ruthann also authored Confessions of a Venture Capitalist , published by Warner Bo