Kirk Holland, General Partner

Kirk has broad operating experience in business development, sales and marketing, engineering, and operations with companies such as Procter & Gamble and Sprint Corporation. He was also an investment banker in U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray's Internet and Enterprise Software Group, where he was involved in equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, Kirk was a Vice President at internet.com Venture Funds, where he led several software and information technology investments. Kirk received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Stanford University.

Vista Investments

Dante Software (acq. by WebMethods)
MX Logic
StrataVia Corporation
Strion Air
Thought Equity Motion
Umbria Communications (acq. by McGraw Hill)

Previous Investments

Auction Rover (acq. by Overture Services)
Backwire (acq. by Leap Wireless)
Direct Response Technologies (acq. by Digital River)
Handango
HowStuffWorks (acq. by Discovery)
Pure Carbon Software (acq. by Workstream)
Techtracker (acq. by CNET)

Community & Industry Associations

Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association Board of Directors
CU Business School Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
I Have a Dream Foundation Board of Directors