Andy Goldfarb

As Executive Managing Director of Globespan, Andy sources new investment opportunities, evaluates and negotiates investments, and serves on the boards of portfolio companies. A Globespan Co-Founder, Andy brings thoughtful creativity, a global perspective, and a wealth of deal experience to help the firm's entrepreneurs build successful companies. Most recently, Andy was named on the Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Technology Deal Makers in 2006 and 2007 (with a ranking of 60 in 2007) and Boston Business Journal's 40 under 40 List in 2007. Andy serves on the boards of Akorri,Covergence, Hatteras Networks,Idiom Technologies, Incipient, andVericept Corporation. Andy previously ledor served on the board for the team's investmentsinAptis Communications (acquired by Nortel Networks), Argon (acquired by Siemens), Cerulean Technology (acquired by Aether),eDocs (acquired by Siebel), m-Qube (acquired by VeriSign),Net Perceptions (NASDAQ:NETP), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Pirus Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Silknet (NASDAQ:SILK), ShoreTel (NASDAQ:SHOR) and Virtusa (NASDAQ:VRTU). Andy was the Senior Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures, where he opened the Boston office in 1997. He built JAFCO's presence on the east coast and, along with Barry Schiffman, led the seamless transition and spinout of Globespan Capital from JAFCO Ventures in 2003. Prior to JAFCO, Andy founded and directed Trans National Group's venture investing, TN Ventures, where he negotiated TN's investment in Infoseek (NASDAQ:SEEK), Interzine (acquired by TimesMirror), Tickle (acquired by Monster; NADAQ:MNST) and International Data Response Corporation (acquired by Telespectrum, NASDAQ:TLSP). Andy was also integral in the sale, to MBNA, of TNFS, one of the largest credit card origination companies in the U.S. Earlier in his career, Andy worked in corporate development at Kikkoman Corporation's headquarters in Japan. He was responsible for identifying new business opportunities in the Japanese