Stephan has spent the last 20 years in Silicon Valley working exclusively with technology driven companies. Currently, he serves as a partner of VantagePoint Venture Partners, where he directs a number of VantagePoint portfolio companies including Inxight. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Stephan was a Business and Technology partner with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP. Acting as an entrepreneur, corporate and securities counsel and venture capitalist, throughout his career Stephan has assisted more than 100 entrepreneurial companies in developing business plans, obtaining venture funding, completing corporate partnering arrangements, going public and/or merging with third parties. In addition to his work with traditional venture capital and public offering financings, Stephan was a leader in developing the use of innovative financing vehicles such as PIPES, SWORDS, Registered-Direct Offerings and Reset Preferred Stock, as well as a number of highly complex corporate partnering and licensing structures.