Sylvia Kuyel

Sylvia Kuyel, Senior Associate

Sylvia joined StarVest in April 2010. Prior to joining StarVest, Ms. Kuyel was an Associate at Techquity Capital Management, where she focused on analysis and research related to investments in intellectual property in key technologies and emerging product markets. Ms. Kuyel began her career as an investment banking analyst at Jefferies & Company, where she worked as part of the technology industry group and the private placements execution group, with an emphasis on software and digital media transactions. Key transaction experience includes Dun & Bradstreet's acquisition of AllBusiness.com and the sale of Enpocket to Nokia. Ms. Kuyel earned an honors B.A. in Economics and Art History from Wellesley College.

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New York Expertise

Key industries in the New York Metro area include:

Financial Services
Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Retailing
Consumer Products
Telecommunications

National Reach

StarVest's sector strategy leads the Firm to seek leaders in technology-enabled business services anywhere in the U.S.

This has the effect of diversifying the Fund geographically, including investing in regions that are relatively underserved by national institutional sources of expansion-stage venture capital.