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Jay Hoag has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for over 29 years.

He was a co-founder of TCV in 1995. Since that time TCV has raised $7.7 billion in capital and emerged a leading provider of growth capital to technology companies. Prior to TCV, Jay was a Managing Director at Chancellor Capital Management where he spent over 12 years as a technology focused venture capitalist and fund manager. He has been involved in a large number of technology investments including Actuate Software, Ariba Technologies, Altiris (sold to Symantec), BlueCoat Systems (formerly CacheFlow), C|Net, Encompass (sold to Yahoo!), EXE Technologies, Expedia, Fandango, Facebook, Groupon, Netflix, ONYX Software, RealNetworks, SpringStreet (sold to Homestore.com), TechTarget, Vacationspot.com (sold to Expedia), Viant, and Zillow among others.

Jay received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts, Netflix, TechTarget and Zillow. Jay is on the Investment Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan, the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Board of Trustees at the Menlo School and the Stanford Athletic Board.

Current Portfolio Companies
eHarmony, Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA)
Facebook
Groupon, Inc.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)
TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT)
Zillow, Inc.
Prior Portfolio Companies Include
Actuate Software Corp.
Altiris, Inc. (Acquired by Symantec Corp.)
Ariba Technologies, Inc.
BlueCoatSystems, Inc.
C|Net Networks, Inc.
Encompass (acquired by Yahoo!)
EXE Technologies, Inc. (acquired by SSA Global)
Expedia, Inc.
Fandango, Inc. (acquired by Comcast Corp.)
ONYX Software Corp.
RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK)
SpringStreet (acquired by Homestore)
Vacationspot.com (acquired by Expedia)
Viant Corp. (acquired by iXL)

For a complete alphabetical list of TCV investments, please see the tab marked Portfolio.