Karim Faris
General Partner at GV
Karim Faris
General Partner at GV
Mountain View, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2009 - Current
I work on finding innovation and growth and bring all the resources at our disposal to help accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies
Investments & Acquisitions
2008 - 2010
Member of the Corporate Development team at Google. Identified and executed acquisitions and strategic investments.
Principal
2002 - 2007
Led all aspects of tech and tech enabled services investing for $2B venture capital firm, including sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring and board representation. Contributed to portfolio company strategies, organizational and product development, corporate partnerships, financings and exit events. Focused on media, tech, telecom.
Director, New Ventures
1999 - 2002
Responsible for identifying and investing in new business opportunities. Areas of focus included Internet services, digital media, and wireless technologies. Led product development for the company's voice services.
Associate
1998 - 1998
Worked on technology M&A transactions and leveraged investment opportunities for the Private Equity fund.
Associate
1997 - 1997
Evaluated technology investment opportunities for stage agnostic private equity fund
Product Manager, Pentium Processor
1994 - 1997
Held various product, marketing, and business planning roles, initially on the i486, and later as product manager for the Pentium processor
Software Engineer, Vehicle Navigation Systems
1994 - 1994
Developed navigation & testing software modules for world’s 1st in-vehicle system using GPS and on board sensors