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Paul Voois

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Fund Manager, The Cove Fund

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The Cove Fund
Title
Fund Manager
Role
Employee
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Dr. Paul Voois is a Fund Manager with Cove Fund and is also a member of Tech Coast Angels. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Voois established a track record of building valuable companies with unique, defensible technology in the networking, communications and software industries. In 2002 he co-founded ClariPhy Communications, a venture-backed supplier of optical networking semiconductors that was acquired in 2016 by Inphi for $300M, which was subsequently acquired by Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) for $10B, and now operates as Marvell’s Coherent DSP business unit. He served as ClariPhy’s CEO until 2011 and as Chief Strategy Officer until its acquisition. Prior to founding ClariPhy, he served as CEO of 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT), a market leader in voice and video over IP technology. Dr. Voois received an MS and PhD from Stanford and a BS (summa cum laude) from Penn State, all in electrical engineering. He is an inventor on 36 issued United States patents.

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Dr. Voois received an MS and PhD from Stanford and a BS (summa cum laude) from Penn State, all in electrical engineering.Source (opens in a new tab)

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