Gerry Langeler

From my education at Cornell and Harvard B-School, to the successful vision for Mentor Graphics, to OVP Venture Partners, my participation in 35-plus years of Oregon’s economic growth has been a fabulous adventure. Now, I’m using my experience to teach you how to succeed through my book - The Success Matrix - Winning in Business and in Life (available at Amazon)

After co-founding and leading Mentor Graphics, the fastest-growing public software company to $200M in constant dollar sales ($400M in current $) in US history, I have spent over three decades as a Managing Director at OVP Venture Partners.

We oversaw >$750 million in capital, focusing on early-stage companies in vital industries: clean-tech, digital biology, information technology. We backed over 125 start-ups and have seen over 55 significant liquidity events, including 25 IPOs and a host of public acquisitions.

They include my first "unicorn" in 2020 - and now one that it appears may be a “ten-i-corn" as my final portfolio company.

I have served as a board member with early-stage technology companies in software, cleantech, communications, digital media, security, and biotech - including 6 public companies, with other important board member roles in the not-for-profit sector including the Riverdale Public School District (as Board Chair), the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) (as Board Chair), the Oregon Facilities Authority (as Board Chair) and the Oregon Growth Board (as Board Co-chair)

In 2020, I concluded an enjoyable and educational 3-year volunteer stint at a new adventure helping encourage more voter engagement in our democracy (and push back on voter suppression) as Director of Research and Communications at the National Vote at Home Institute.