Berry Cash has been a part of InterWest's IT team in the Dallas office since 1985 and focuses on investments in semiconductors, communications (both wireless and fiber optics) and enterprise software. Cash is a board member of the CIENA Corporation (CIEN), which is publicly held, and Nuventix, which is privately owned. He is also on the boards of the following non-InterWest companies: Argo Group Intl. (AGII), First Acceptance Corporation (FAC), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB).

Cash began his professional career at Texas Instruments in 1964. In 1969, he co-founded Mostek Corporation where he served as a director and the vice president of marketing until the company was sold in 1981. He was a consultant both to Apple Computer on the initial Macintosh project and InteCom where he helped establish sales and distribution channels. In 1981, he founded ProNet, a paging service company. In 1983, he began his own venture capital partnership, Berry Cash Southwest Partnership.

Cash is a board member of the School of American Research and serves on the board of directors at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, both of which are located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He served three years in the Air Force, received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, and an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University.

Previous Representative Investments

AMX
Convex Computer – acquired by HP (HPQ)
Crystal Semiconductor – acquired by Cirrus Logic (CRUS)
Cyrix – acquired as a public company by National Semiconductor (NSM)
I2 Technologies (ITWO)

A Word from Berry

"When I started my career at Texas Instruments, venture capital was something that investment bankers dabbled in. It wasn't until I helped start Mostek Semiconductor in 1969 that I got to see firsthand the challenges of raising capital. Many years later, I met Scott Hedrick of InterWest, who helped me launch my first venture capital fund in 1983. In 1986, I joined InterWest as its presence in Dallas. I think my biggest contribution to entrepreneurs is through the depth and breadth of relationships I've built over the years - smart people I can go to for advice, ideas, and support."