CEO Quotes
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Brian Hinman
Founder of 2Wire, Polycom, PictureTel
Throughout the years, Oak has been a consistent supporter and partner in my ventures. This consistency sets Oak apart from most venture firms during this difficult period for technology- based companies." -
Dave Schaeffer
Founder CEO, Cogent
Oak Investment Partners has been with Cogent since our founding. Ed Glassmayer has provided guidance and leadership, helping us grow our company in the face of difficult market conditions. While Cogent stayed true to its original vision, our path to how we would execute that vision experienced many obstacles. Oak stood with management, helping us take advantage of the turmoil in our industry to build the world’s largest IP network and emerge as the second largest carrier of Internet traffic (15% of traffic on the public Internet) in the world. While many Venture Capitalists would have been uncomfortable with the complex financial engineering used in building our business, Oak took the lead in financing our acquisitions. Cogent is my seventh start up, in my entire carrier I have never worked with a better and more engaged investor then Ed Glassmayer and the whole Oak team.”
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Don Scales
President and CEO, iCrossing
Oak is more than an investor, they are a core partner in iCrossing’s success. They understand the market, our business and our aspirations. Their guidance has proven instrumental to our growth."