Bhatia's visionary contribution to the Internet
revolution has earned him widespread acclaim.
John Sellers
John specializes in
corporate and securities law, representing emerging
growth technology companies and venture capital
firms. His practice includes venture capital
financings, initial public offerings, technology
licensing, corporate partnerships, mergers and
acquisitions and general counseling to start-up
companies. John's clients include Alidian Networks,
Cielo Communications, Coremetrics, Crimson Microsystems,
EndoTex, Fusient Media Ventures, Mediabolic,
NeoPhotonics, Nanogram, OnStation and USGI Medical.
John graduated from Stanford University
with honors and distinction in 1988. Prior to
law school he served as Senior Legislative Assistant
to U.S. Congressman Tom Campbell, specializing
in environmental issues and foreign affairs.
He received his J.D. with honors in 1994 from
the University of Chicago Law School, where
he served on the Managing Board of Editors of
the University of Chicago Law Review.
John grew up in Colorado
and currently lives in the Bay Area.
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Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson is Chairman and Co-Founder
of Venture Law Group.
He began his career at the law firm of Wilson,
Mosher & Sonsini (now Wilson, Sonsini,
Goodrich & Rosati). In 1993, he was a
co-founder of Venture Law Group (VLG), which
today has approximately 70 attorneys with
offices in California, Washington, and Virginia.
Among the companies VLG has helped to start
are Yahoo!, Cerent (sold to Cisco for $7 Billion),
Lightera (sold to Ciena for $600 Million),
Foundry Networks, Hotmail and WebTV (both
sold to Microsoft), SmartPipes and Rosetta
Inpharmatics (sold to Merck in 2001 for $540
Million). Among the companies Craig has represented
from incorporation through initial public
offering or acquisition are Adaptec, Wyse,
Collagen, StrataCom, Aspect, SnapTrack, Gupta,
MediaQ and IPWireless.
In addition to co-founding VLG, Craig is
the co-founder of several other companies,
including Garage Technology Ventures, Financial
Engines, Grassroots Enterprise and Concept2Company.
These companies have raised more than $200
Million in venture capital.
Craig was recognized in 1997 by Business
Week as one of Silicon Valley's top 25 "movers
and shakers," in 1999 by Red Herring
Magazine as one of nine Silicon Valley "top
power brokers", and in 2000 by the National
Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential
attorneys in America. In 2001, Forbes named
him as one of the country's top private company
investors ("Midas List"). Craig
has also been involved in several community
activities, including the Board of Directors
of The Exploratorium; Daytop Village, a teen
drug rehabilitation center; and NetAfrica,
a project to aid math and science education
in the newly independent African country of
Eritrea.
Craig graduated from Yale in 1968, and then
spent two years teaching in the Peace Corps
in Ethiopia. He worked as a systems computer
programmer before starting law school at Stanford,
from which he graduated in 1974.