Gene Riechers

Gene Riechers is recognized as one of the top value-added investors and board members in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has over twenty-five years of experience in senior leadership roles at venture capital firms and technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, and was named in 2009 to the first AlwaysOn list of "Top 100 VCs".

Prior to co-founding Valhalla Partners, Gene was the founder and Managing Director of FBR Technology Venture Partners ("FBRTVP"). The FBRTVP Funds produced seven IPO's including webMethods, the most successful software IPO in history.

Gene is a Director of Rivermine, EnterpriseDB, Parature, ExaDigm, BlueStripe Software, and WellAWARE Systems. He also led Valhalla's investment in RealOps (acquired by BMC Software - NASDAQ: BMC) and LeftHand Networks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard – NYSE: HPQ). He is also a Director of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and a co-founder of The MINDSHARE Program, a leading organization for technology entrepreneurs in the Greater Washington area.

Prior to founding FBRTVP, Gene spent 16 years in senior operating roles with technology companies, including four early-stage ventures, all of which ultimately went public.

Gene received a Masters in Business Administration from Loyola College (Executive Program) and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University.

Past investments include webMethods, Proxicom, LifeMinders, CareerBuilder, and Call Technologies (3Com).

Gene also coaches youth sports and is member of the Tewaaraton Awards Advisory Council.

Gene, his wife and children reside in McLean, Virginia.

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