Brent Jones

Brent Jones Played 12 years in the National Football League, including 11 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played in 4 Pro-Bowls, was a three-time All Pro performer and a three-time Super Bowl Champion. Brent was honored as the NFL's Bart Starr Award recipient in 1988 for outstanding character in the home, on the field and in the community. He has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for both Division I and Division II.

As the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Northgate Capital in March of 2000 - he and his business partner, Tommy Vardell, raised $5B and worked alongside the premiere venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Brent has been the keynote speaker at some of the valley's most high profile companies, including Cisco, Google and Palo Alto Networks and has led investments in many exciting start-ups over the past 16 years. Some of these include Carbon3D, Palo Alto Networks, Admob, Meraki, Ring Central, Drawbridge, and Blue Danube.