Gary P. Smaby
Founder at Square One Ventures LLC
Profile
Following a successful ten-year entrepreneurial career, Mr. Smaby joined the Minneapolis-based investment banking firm of Piper Jaffray in 1982 as a vice-president and senior analyst to set up an emerging technology group.
At Piper, Mr. Smaby built an international reputation as a leading Wall Street analyst in the information technology sector, encompassing a broad spectrum from high-performance workstations and supercomputers to networking and decision support systems.
He was promoted to Managing Director, Technology Research in 1986.
In 1988, Gary left Piper to join the New York investment firm of Needham and Company as Managing Director.
In forming his own firm, Smaby Group, Inc. in 1989, Mr. Smaby set out to use his experience and contacts to keep clients abreast of the emerging trends that shape the technology landscape.
Over the last decade, his retainer clients have included corporate giants like
AT&T, Cray, HP, IBM, Intel, SGI, Sun, and Unisys, as well as many high-profile start-ups.
Mr. Smaby is frequently called upon to give an industry perspective to the media.
He has been widely quoted in such national publications such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, and Business Week.
He has also been a keynote speaker at major industry conferences, seminars and forums.
Mr. Smaby chairs the boards of directors of Algos Therapeutics, finEye, Pontus, and Iconoculture.
He also serves as managing director and VC-in-Residence at the Carlson School of Management's MBA program at the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Smaby also chairs the Investment Committee for the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota and serves on the External Advisory Board for the Deep Computing Institute at IBM TJ Watson Research Laboratory.
Gary was recently President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association.
Mr. Smaby is a 1971 Cum Laude graduate from St. Olaf College.
Gary P. Smaby active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Square One Ventures LLC
 Square One Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Square One Ventures LLC (Square One Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Smaby Group Inc founded in 1995 by Gary P. Smaby. The firm is headquartered in Marcell, Minnesota. | Founder | 2010-12-16 |
Smaby Group, Inc.
 Smaby Group, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Smaby Group, Inc. is a strategic advisory firm that has been in business for almost three decades. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in building successful new ventures and providing highly focused and tailored strategic advisory services to both Fortune 500 companies and barebones start-ups. The company's founder, Gary Smaby, has a professional background that includes a successful ten-year entrepreneurial career and seven years on Wall Street as a high-technology analyst and managing director. | Private Equity Investor | 1988-05-31 |
| The Curtis L. Carlson School of Management | Private Equity Investor | 2002-12-31 |
Former positions of Gary P. Smaby
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|---|---|---|
finEye Corp.
 finEye Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services finEye Corp. provides an integrated suite of software modules to perform deep interpretive fundamental analysis. The company's flagship product, finEye Insight, helps investment professionals in evaluating the true performance of a company. It was founded in 2004 and is located in Sunnyvale, CA. | Chairman | 2010-02-14 |
University of Minnesota
 University of Minnesota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN. | Director/Board Member | 2009-07-31 |
Needham & Co. LLC
 Needham & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1988-12-30 |
Piper Jaffray Cos.
 Piper Jaffray Cos. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Piper Jaffray Cos. is an investment bank and asset management firm, which engages in the provision of equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; financial advisory services; equity research and institutional brokerage; fixed income institutional brokerage; and asset management services. It operates through Capital Markets and Asset Management segment. The Capital Markets segment focuses on investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment gives traditional asset management business and seed investments in registered and private funds. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1987-12-30 |
| Minnesota Venture Capital Association | President | - |
Training of Gary P. Smaby
| St. Olaf College | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 8 |
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Piper Jaffray Cos.
Piper Jaffray Cos. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Piper Jaffray Cos. is an investment bank and asset management firm, which engages in the provision of equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; financial advisory services; equity research and institutional brokerage; fixed income institutional brokerage; and asset management services. It operates through Capital Markets and Asset Management segment. The Capital Markets segment focuses on investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment gives traditional asset management business and seed investments in registered and private funds. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Finance |
finEye Corp.
finEye Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services finEye Corp. provides an integrated suite of software modules to perform deep interpretive fundamental analysis. The company's flagship product, finEye Insight, helps investment professionals in evaluating the true performance of a company. It was founded in 2004 and is located in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Needham & Co. LLC
Needham & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies. | Finance |
Iconoculture, Inc.
 Iconoculture, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Iconoculture, a global consumer research and advisory company, delivers consumer insights to corporations and agencies. Iconoculture integrates consumer information from multiple data sources and combines it with interpretation and analysis by the advisory services team to produce targeted insights. The company was established in 1992 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Commercial Services |
Square One Ventures LLC
Square One Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Square One Ventures LLC (Square One Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Smaby Group Inc founded in 1995 by Gary P. Smaby. The firm is headquartered in Marcell, Minnesota. | Finance |
| Minnesota Venture Capital Association | |
Algos Therapeutics, Inc.
 Algos Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Algos PreClinical Services, Inc. engages in preclinical pain drug development. It specializes in preclinical in vivo pain research and program consulting. The company was founded by Susanne C. Dvorak and Todd C. Verdoorn in 2003 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN. | Health Technology |
Smaby Group, Inc.
Smaby Group, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Smaby Group, Inc. is a strategic advisory firm that has been in business for almost three decades. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in building successful new ventures and providing highly focused and tailored strategic advisory services to both Fortune 500 companies and barebones start-ups. The company's founder, Gary Smaby, has a professional background that includes a successful ten-year entrepreneurial career and seven years on Wall Street as a high-technology analyst and managing director. | Finance |
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