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Robert R. Ackerman, Founder
Spencer C. Tall
Pete G. Bodine
Jean-Louis Gassée
Lara Druyan
Jonathan E. Funk
Barry M. Weinman, Partner Emeritus
Purvi Gandhi, CFO
INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD

SPENCER TALL

Spencer Tall
  • Managing Director, Allegis Capital
  • General Partner & Co-Founder, APV Technology Partners
  • Co-Founder Asia Pacific Ventures
  • 14 Years Venture Capital Experience
  • Former Operating Executive (Asia and US)

Spencer Tall serves on the Boards of IMVU, Allegiance, Solera Networks, and Symplified. Prior investments include E.piphany (EPNY), Web TV (acquired by MSFT), and One Touch Systems (acquired by Hughes Satellite). Mr. Tall is renowned for his ability to leverage marketing, distribution and sales opportunities especially in Asia for his portfolio companies. Prior to Allegis Capital, Mr. Tall was a co-founder and General Partner with APV Technology Partners for three funds over 10 years. In addition, Mr. Tall is a co-founder of Asia Pacific Ventures LLC, a consulting and advisory service firm where, over a 13-year period, he assisted more than 50 technology companies in their Asia expansion plans. This included technology licensing, fund raising and distribution arrangements. Mr. Tall has acted as a strategic advisor to global companies including Motorola, Sony, Fujitsu, Samsung, Canon, TDK, and Dacom. Prior to founding APV, Mr. Tall, fluent in Japanese, oversaw U.S. sales operations for Marubun Corporation, a Japan-based billion dollar components trading company. He also worked as a sales manager with GRE America, Inc., a Japanese contract manufacturer, serving U.S. corporations' outsourcing efforts. Mr. Tall has a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Japanese from BYU.