What links JBoss, XenSource, Zimbra and MySQL (aside from the fact that they were all acquired for large amounts of money)? Peter Fenton and/or Benchmark Capital.
UPDATE This post corrects a couple of mistakes in the original version. UPDATE
Fenton made his investments in JBoss, Zimbra and XenSource while at Accel. Benchmark also invested in Zimbra, via Kevin Harvey who led the investment in MySQL. JBoss, sold to Red Hat for $350m; XenSource, sold to …
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