Matt uses the contacts and insights he gained from a decade of building Internet companies in Silicon Valley to lead Borealis' investments in Internet services and mobile content opportunities. He is currently a Director on the boards of Borealis portfolio companies go2 Media, Flurry, and Handmark, as well as an observer on the Makeover Solutions board. He previously served on the board of Borealis Fund I portfolio company Icovia.

Matt joined Borealis full-time in 2005 after serving as an advisor to the firm from its inception.

Before Borealis, Matt was the COO of Efficient Frontier, a venture-funded marketing services company that applies portfolio optimization techniques from financial markets to the marketplace of online advertising. Partnering with the two technical founders, he served as the initial externally-facing member of the team and assumed responsibility for the company's sales, business development, and operations as it grew to more than 30 employees, brand-name customers (incl. eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo!), and over $10 million in annual revenue.

Matt began his Internet career as an early member of the team at Yahoo!, which he joined in 1995 when the company was still pre-revenue with roughly 10 employees. Over the next seven years, he held a variety of product development and business development positions and played a critical role as the company grew to 4000 employees and more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Along the way, Matt managed Yahoo!'s acquisition of three software companies and led the integration of the geographically disparate operations of Broadcast.com, Yahoo!'s largest acquisition at the time. When he left Yahoo! in 2002, Matt was the Vice President and General Manager of Media and Entertainment, one of three business units at the company, where he oversaw 120 employees across every important functional area of the business and was responsible for $100 million in annual revenue.

Matt is also a member of the Board of Directors for Grassroot Soccer, a non-profit leading the effort to educate youth in Africa about HIV/AIDS. Matt earned his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College where he received the Julia Stell Award for leadership. He also received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

A proven CEO and entrepreneur, George brings a wealth of experience in building and running successful businesses and creating shareholder value.

Prior to Jingle Networks George was President and CEO of Wine.com, the Internet's largest wine retailer. During his tenure there he successfully executed a sales turnaround and put the company on a 40% growth track including major partnership deals with Amazon and HSN. Before Wine.com, George was CEO of PlaceWare and subsequently negotiated PlaceWare's acquisition by Microsoft for $200 million (4x revenues) in May 2003. PlaceWare is now Microsoft Office LiveMeeting.

Earlier, George was CEO of Flycast Communications, the Internet's first direct-response advertising network, taking it from startup to a $500 million IPO in 1999 and then negotiating its sale for $2.3 billion in early 2000.

Prior to these Internet successes, he was CEO of North America for Information Resources Inc., the nation's largest consumer marketing information company, which he helped grow from startup to $300 million in revenues. George also served as CEO of the AC. Nielsen Company in 1994. He holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and engineering and a master's degree in management from Purdue University, as well as two patents: one in the field of high-intensity lighting and the other in website optimization.

J. Peter Bardwick is broadly experienced leading, building, fixing and financing businesses. Peter's history includes direct responsibility for multiple P & L's, sales, marketing, technology, business development, human resources, finance and accounting and investor and public relations. Direct knowledge includes start-ups, turn-arounds, managing and financing public and private companies, IPO's, venture financing, and M&A

Peter is the former CFO of Reactrix Systems, Inc., a venture backed alternative out-of-home media network based in Redwood City, CA. As CFO, Peter drove a $45mm funding round led by Menlo Ventures and DE Shaw.

According to Venture One, the November 2006 financing was one of the 12 largest non bio-tech financings since 2001 (download PDF). Reactrix is also backed by Mobius Venture Capital, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners. Reactrix's board includes Tim Koogle, former President & CEO of Yahoo!.

In 2005, Peter completed the sale of Digitalpath Networks where he was President, CEO and a member of the board. Peter joined the company as CFO and became CEO at the board's request. Digitalpath is a leading wireless ISP with financial backing from Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson and financial and operational backing from Earthlink, Inc. Peter's accomplishments included raising bridge financing and $5.7mm in venture financing, focusing strategy, reducing burn 60% and recommending and managing the sale of the company.

Peter served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of infoUSA.com. infoUSA.com is one of the leading providers of data to Internet portals, customer relationship management and sales force automation vendors, wireless applications, and direct marketing companies. Peter was an early employee and was the sole report to the CEO, with responsibilities for all divisions. In addition to his board and operating roles, he oversaw two rounds of private fundraising totaling $32.6mm with the primary investors being Trident Capital, meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Yahoo! and General Motors Investment Management.

Prior to joining infoUSA.com Peter served as Chief Financial Officer of CBS MarketWatch.com (purchased by Dow Jones in 2004) where he was again an early employee and helped build the company and its team. He led its highly successful IPO and managed strategic planning, corporate development and customer satisfaction. MarketWatch became public in January 1999 and at that time its IPO achieved the highest one-day rise in value, pricing at $17 and closing at $97.50. MarketWatch continues to be the leader in the online delivery of financial news and investing information.

Mr. Bardwick's other corporate experiences include significant corporate turn-arounds. He served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer of the Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ BBGI) and VP Finance for Westwood One Inc. (NYSE WON).

Peter is the Board Chair and a founding investor in Health Care Data Solutions, and an Advisory Board Member of Glam.com, and Personiva. He is also a board member and former Chair of San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Mr. Bardwick is an experienced public speaker and has been interviewed by CNBC, CNNfn, CCBN, national radio and in a variety of print publications including the The Industry Standard and Business Week.

Peter holds an MBA in Finance and BA in Political Science (cum laude), from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Kurian joined OSV in 1997, with a focus on new business development, technology alliances and strategic venture. His current interests are primarily wireless opportunities including UWB, WiMax, RFID, wireless sensor networks as well as tele-health related healthcare opportunities.

Mr. Kurian is a technology strategist and has worked in the technology industry since 1986 in three regions: Bangalore, Massachusetts, and Silicon Valley. His background has been in various roles in new ventures as well as corporate venture capital and M&A. His academic background is in technology strategy, and he holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. He has also attended Sloan Executive Programs on Innovation and Technology at MIT.