Keith Teare
General Partner

Keith has started or co-started many successful companies. He was the founder of RealNames Corporation in 1997; co-founder of The EasyNet Group in 1994; founder of cScape in 1984 - now part of UK public company NetB2B2; investor and chairman of Ivan Pope’s NetNames in 1996 - now part of UK public company, Group NBT plc. He was also co-founder of CYBERIA, the world’s first Internet Cafe chain, in 1994.

Keith is a seasoned entrepreneur with an ability to envision the future direction of technology. He is a board member of SnapNames Corporation and a member of the public policy advisory board at VeriSign.

Keith was a winner of the British Telecom award for Internet Innovation, London 1995, on behalf of CYBERIA Café

Keith is a Computerworld-Smithsonian Laureate. he won the Award for Innovation in Science & Technology, in 2001. RealNames is part of the permanent collection.

Keith is a General Partner at Archimedes.

J. Michael Arrington
General Partner

Mike’s career began as a corporate attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. In 1999 he left Wilson Sonsini and joined RealNames Corporation as VP Business Development and General Counsel. He co-founded Achex (funded by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and RRE Ventures) in 2000, which was sold to First Data Corp. in 2001. His subsequent roles include the COO position at RazorGator (A Kleiner Perkins backed startup) and he was the CEO at Pool.com, a leading company in the secondary domain name market.

Mike has also recently consulted on new products and business development for a number of companies, including Snapnames and Verisign.

Mike is a seasoned executive with a solid background in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions as well as being a keen strategic thinker.

Mike’s publications include co-authoring The Initial Public Offering – A Practical Guide for Executive, which is part of the Bowne Practical Guide Series.

Mike is a General Partner at Archimedes.