Winston Fu

Winston Fu is a General Partner at USVP， and he is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build great companies.

Winston focuses on investments related to information technologies （both software and hardware solutions）， energy efficiency， and adaptation to climate change. Winston serves on the boards of Active-Semi International， Contour Energy Systems， Maskless Lithography， Redwood Systems and Xicato. During the past decade， Winston also served on the boards of Alchemy （acquired by AMD in 2002）， Brion Technologies （acquired by ASML in 2007）， Clear Shape Technologies （acquired by Cadence in 2007）， Teknovus （acquired by Broadcom in 2010） and New Focus （NUFO made its initial public offering in 2000 and was subsequently acquired by Bookham in 2004）.

Winston joined USVP as an associate in 1997， following his selection as a Kauffman Fellow in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship， and he became a General Partner in 2000. Prior to joining USVP， Winston served in technical and marketing roles at Vixel Corporation， which made its initial public offering in 1999 （NASDAQ: VIXL） and was subsequently acquired by Emulex （ELX） in 2003. As director of product marketing， he was responsible for developing new applications for the VCSEL device product line at Vixel. Prior to helping launch Vixel， Winston researched and developed technologies in the areas of semiconductors， lasers， magnetic materials and superconductors at Stanford University， MIT， Sandia National Laboratories， and 3M Company.