Stephen J. Socolof Managing Partner

Stephen J. Socolof, Managing Partner, has spent his career focusing on corporate innovation. In 2001, Mr. Socolof and his colleagues formed New Venture Partners as an independent venture fund to partner with and support global technology corporations in bringing to market their internal innovations through the creation of spinout ventures. Prior to forming New Venture Partners, he joined Lucent Technologies in 1996 to plan for and, in 1997, establish the Lucent New Ventures Group responsible for developing spinout ventures to commercialize technology from Lucent's Bell Labs. Under the leadership of Mr. Socolof and his partners, the Lucent New Ventures Group became the benchmark corporate venture organization for external commercialization of internally-developed technology.

Before joining Lucent, Mr. Socolof spent eight years with the management consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc., where he was a leader of the practice focused on enhancing corporate innovation and increasing the productivity of the R&D organization. At Booz, Allen, Mr. Socolof worked with many global technology corporations to improve the return on their R&D investments by enabling them to identify and bring new products and businesses to market more quickly and successfully. At New Venture Partners, Mr. Socolof leads deals in semiconductors, software, storage, and wireless. He is currently a director of InPhase Technologies, Inc. and Procelerate Technologies, and is an observer of DAFCA, Inc. He was recently a director of SyChip, Inc. and observer of Flarion Technologies, Inc. In addition, he was the early lead on and helped launch iBiquity Digital Corporation, Internet Photonics, Inc., Lucent Digital Video and SavaJe Technologies, Inc. Mr. Socolof holds a BA in Economics and a BS in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University and received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where he was a Tuck Scholar. He currently serves on the board of the Center for the Study of Private Equity at the Tuck School.