KF

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

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