ENTERPRISE PARTNERS EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MARKETING EXECUTIVE AND INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL
September 13, 2004
(LA JOLLA, Calif., September 13, 2004) - Enterprise Partners Venture Capital announced today that Moya Gollaher and Philip Choi and have joined the firm’s executive team. Enterprise Partners, founded in 1985, is the largest venture capital firm in Southern California with over $1.0B under management.
Gollaher joins the firm as a principal, responsible for marketing and business development initiatives. Previously, Gollaher was general manager for Microsoft’s MSN Sidewalk, an online city guide with editions in 12 national and international markets. Before Microsoft, Gollaher worked in San Diego for Cox Communications as general manager of Cox CableRep, as marketing director and as programming services director. Earlier in Gollaher’s career she worked in account management at Young & Rubicam and in the trade paperback division of CBS Publications, both in New York. Gollaher has served on the boards of the San Diego Software Industry Council, the San Diego Regional Technology Alliance and San Diego Hospice. Gollaher graduated with an M.B.A. in marketing from Columbia University’s School of Business and a B.A. in architecture from Yale University.
Choi, coming to Enterprise Partners as a portfolio associate, will assist Enterprise’s entrepreneurs and portfolio companies on capital structuring and business support. Before joining Enterprise, Choi was a financial analyst with Jefferies & Company, Inc. in San Francisco handling corporate finance, M&A and public and private equity offerings. Choi participated in transactions involving Rémy Cointreau’s sale of RMS Vineyards to Beringer Blass Wine Estates, Good Guys, Inc. sale to CompUSA and a private equity offering for Cumulus Media. Choi graduated with a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Enterprise Partners Venture Capital is currently investing its sixth venture fund with a focus on early stage investments in life sciences, networking and telecom, computers and semiconductors, and enterprise software. The Enterprise website is www.epvc.com
