Beau Laskey

Bio

Beau Laskey is a Managing Director of Steamboat Ventures. Beau has spent the last 15 years in technology, finance and operational leadership roles where he focused on media, entertainment and consumer infrastructure technologies. Beau currently serves on the boards of GameSalad , GoPro, Ground Truth, Kapow Technologies, Photobucket, and Sometrics. Beau's prior investments include Arbor Networks, acquired by Tektronix Communications, Clarity Technologies, acquired by Cambridge Silicon Radio, (LSE: CSR), Greenplum, acquired by EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), Sircon, acquired by Vertafore, Zyray Wireless acquired by Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Arxan Technologies, acquired by Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ: MSCC), IntelePeer, RockeTalk, and Xtera Communications. Early in his career, Beau was a Managing Director of EDF Ventures in San Diego, an early stage venture capital fund. Beau started his career as an officer in the SEAL Teams and completed deployments with SEAL Team One and Eight to Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Beau received a BS in Economics and General Engineering with Merit as a graduate of the US Naval Academy, and received an MBA with Distinction in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Strategy from The University of Michigan Business School.