InSik Rhee
[Mentor]
General Partner at Rembrandt Venture Partners
In Sik brings almost 20 years of experience as an accomplished entrepreneur, advisor, and investor across a broad spectrum of technology-enabled markets. In Sik focuses his investments primarily on enterprise-enabling software platforms and services, as well as mobile, gaming, and digital media sectors.
In Sik currently serves on the board of directors of Concurrent, CloudOn, Netuitive, Ooyala, and Quark Games. Prior to Rembrandt, In Sik served as a Venture Partner at Accel Partners for two years where he has individually co-invested in and advised several portfolio companies including Aptana (acquired by Appcelerator), BitTorrent, Cloudera, Couchbase, Facebook (Nasdaq:FB), Mochi Media (acquired by Shanda), Raptr, and Terracotta (acquired by Software AG).
As a young entrepreneur, In Sik co-founded two market-defining venture-backed companies. He was a co-founder and Chief Tactician at Opsware (Nasdaq:OPSW), formerly Loudcloud, which was acquired Hewlett Packard for US$1.6 billion in 2007.
In this role, he helped create the cloud computing paradigm and guided the evolution of the data center automation product category.
Prior to Opsware, In Sik co-founded Kiva Software, a pioneer of the Application Server middleware market. There, he architected and developed one of industry's first Java application servers, deployed by customers such as E-Trade and Bank of America. Kiva was acquired by Netscape Communications in 1997 for US$180 million.
In Sik holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, where he currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board for the College of Engineering and the Advisory Board for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership.
In Sik is an avid consumer of technology and enjoys building his own gamer rig. His current favorite games are Battlefield 3 and League of Legends.