Peter Wagner

Bio

Mr Wagner has worked in technology since the mid-1980's, as a physicist, line manager and venture investor. At Accel, Mr Wagner focuses in the Information Technology and Energy sectors, investing in startup ventures as well as growth-stage companies. His interests in IT include digital media, virtualization, computing, storage, networking and mobility. In addition, Mr Wagner also leads Accel’s activity in the Energy sector, where his interests include renewable energy, nuclear power, energy storage, “smart grid”, energy management and efficiency, “green”social media and electric transportation. Since joining Accel in 1996, Mr Wagner has led investments in dozens of early stage companies, many of which have gone on to complete IPO's or successful acquisitions. These include Acopia Networks (acquired by F5), Airgo Networks (acquired by Qualcomm), Amber Networks (acquired by Nokia), Arrowpoint Communications (IPO 3/00, subsequently acquired by Cisco), Broadjump (IPO 6/04 after merger with Motive, subsequently acquired by Alcatel-Lucent), iBEAM Broadcasting (IPO 5/00, subsequently acquired by Williams), Infinera (IPO 6/07), New Edge Networks (acquired by Earthlink), Northpoint Communications (IPO 5/99, subsequently acquired by ATT), Peribit Networks (acquired by Juniper), Tellium (IPO 5/01), TiMetra Networks (acquired by Alcatel), Topspin Communications (acquired by Cisco), Transitive (acquired by IBM) and Trapeze Networks (acquired by Belden). Mr Wagner was also part of the team responsible for Accel's investments in Redback Networks (IPO 5/99, subsequently acquired by Ericsson) and Motive (IPO 6/04, subsequently acquired by Alcatel-Lucent). He also led Accel's investments in and works closely with Netxen. Mr Wagner is a Director and past President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Mr Wagner currently serves on the Board of Directors at Altor Networks, Consentry Networks, Kickfire, Nimble Storage, Omneon Video Networks, ON Networks and Wichorus. Mr Wagner holds an AB in Physics from Harvard College, summa cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Career

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	Wing Ventures - founder Venture capital firm focused on business technology startups. N/A
	Accel Partners & Co Inc Early and growth stage venture capital firm. General Partner (past) Email: [email protected]

Selected investments

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Company		Profile	Country	Date	Funding
	InsightsOne.com	Precision targeting and predictive analytic services for B2C marketing.	United States		N/A
	Pertino	Cloud networking solutions and infrastructure-as-a-service.	United States		N/A
	Vigilent Corp		United States	1 Mar 2012	N/A