Located in San Jose, California, the capital of Silicon Valley, Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. (formerly SiVest Group, Inc.*) was founded in 1994 by veteran technology investor Kevin Landis. Firsthand is a boutique investment manager focused on technology sector investing and utilizes a research process grounded in a fundamental understanding of technology companies learned through years of experience working in the technology sector.

Firsthand is currently the investment adviser to Firsthand Funds, a series of no-load technology sector mutual funds, and also offers its expertise to institutional investors, high net-worth individuals, and other fund sponsors in the form of sub-advisory services.