Larry's focus is digital media and consumer services

Larry was a founding investor in Pandora (NYSE: P) in early 2004 when Walden
led the rebirth round to focus the company on launching a consumer-facing
service and was a Director through it’s IPO.  Larry is a Director at SoundHound
(sound and voice search), Rootmusic (BandPage on Facebook), Aarki (mobile monetization), and a Board Observer at PowerCloud Systems.  He also led Walden's investment in Terayon (acquired by Motorola) and Telekenex.  He is a member of the Advisory Council for Industry Ventures and serves on the non-profit Board of the JazzSchool in Berkeley, CA. 

Prior to joining Walden in 2000, Larry was a digital media sell-side Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown where he lead the IPOs of Maxis, Terayon, CBS MarketWatch, Edmark, and Netflix (initial S-1 IPO filing) among other equity and debt financings (Sierra On-line, Excite@Home, Spectrum Holobyte, CBS Sportsline). Prior experience includes Robertson Stephens & Company, Digidesign and General Management in computer services retail.

Education: Larry received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Larry enjoys collecting vintage dead hardware, golfing and playing music.  Hear him on Pandora by seeding a station with Megan Keely, Corinne Marcus or the Flying Other Brothers. See the music he loves at his Pandora profile here (www.pandora.com/people/larry). Listen to his bands on Facebook via BandPage: Megan Keely, Corinne Marcus & The Kindred Spirits, Open Source Band.

Larry has been a guest lecturer at Haas Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School.  He has been a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences including Dealmaker Media’s Under the Radar, SF MusicTech, Billboard, AlwaysOn and Digital Hollywood among others.  

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