Meet the VC: California Technology Ventures

OCTANe's Meet the VC series brings entrepreneurs and VCs together.

Join us as we meet Alex Suh from California Technology Ventures. Alex will discuss his firm's investment interest in both technology and life science investments. 

This program is for entrepreneurs only.

Alexander B. Suh
Founding Managing Director

Alexander B. Suh is a Managing Director and a Founder of California Technology Ventures, Jacobs Capital Group, and J.J. Jacobs Enterprises. He manages all investments including information technology, life sciences, fund of funds, and direct investments globally. 

Alex has managed portfolios of investments in a variety of industries including enterprise software, mesh networking, medical devices, oncology drug resistance testing, gene sequencing, therapeutics, massively multiplayer online game and platforms, food and beverage, and others. Alex currently serves on several Boards of Directors and has board visitation rights on others. 

Prior to entering venture capital, Alex founded and sold businesses, helped develop the first small business incubator in the San Gabriel Valley, managed several small business lending programs, consulted with nonprofits and cities on economic development projects, and taught college courses in entrepreneurship, business, and management.

Alex graduated with honors from the University of Denver's School of Business with a B.S.B.A. in Management.

About California Technology Ventures:

Our mission is to build world-class technology companies by providing capital, resources, and guidance to promising and passionate entrepreneurs and their teams.

Unlike many investment funds, we can invest the smaller amounts required by early-stage companies, as well as larger investments for later-stage expansion. Initial investments typically range from $250,000 to $2 million, with up to $5 million over the life of the investment. We participate in seed/start-up companies, first and second round investments, and later stage investments.

We invest primarily in companies engaged in the following industries:

• Information & Communications Technology, such as computer hardware, telecommunications, electronics, semiconductors, software and systems, multi-media, and Internet;
• Life Sciences, such as bio-pharmaceuticals and medical devices;

When we consider funding a company, we look for:

• Experienced and capable management;
• Unique, "must-have" or proprietary products or services that meet a pressing need;
• The opportunity to create a leadership position in a large and growing industry;
• A compelling business model with clearly-defined milestones to reach profitability;
• A defensible and sustainable competitive position.