Where does Abby Kearns work?

Abby Kearns is at Storm Ventures.

What check size does Abby Kearns write?

Abby Kearns typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.

Abby Kearns

Investor

Investor at Storm Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Abby Kearns is Chief Executive Officer at ActiveState and a board director with over 25 years of experience in technology leadership. Her background includes roles at enterprise organizations including Verizon and high-growth companies such as Puppet, Cloud Foundry, and Alembic, where she has led platform development, global scaling, and strategic transactions. She currently serves on the board of Akka and advises private equity and venture capital firms on portfolio company strategy, while maintaining an active angel investment practice.

Experience

ActiveStateChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
AkkaBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
Alembic Technologies, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
Invoke AIBoard Member2023 — 2025
StackPathBoard Member2023 — 2024
Kearns AdvisoryAngel Investor & Advisor2020 — 2024
Storm VenturesEIR2022 — 2023
Perforce PuppetChief Technology Officer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Cloud Foundry FoundationChief Executive Officer2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Cloud Foundry FoundationVP Strategy2016San Francisco Bay Area
Pivotal Software, Inc.Product Manager - Pivotal Cloud Foundry2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
OPSWATSr. Dir Business Development & Product Marketing2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
VerizonHead of Product Management, Integration Services2007 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
VerizonDirector, IT Services2005 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
TotalityDirector, Project/Program Management2003 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Chapman UniversityBS, Computer Information Systems

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Board GovernanceOpen-Source SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Go-to-Market StrategyStrategic Partnerships35Strategy2Cloud Computing99Product Management94Security39Start-ups21

From Abby's professional profile.

Colleagues at Storm Ventures

Ahmed Al-Bahar

Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures

Alex Mendez

Managing Director Emeritus at Storm Ventures

Arun Penmetsa

Partner at Storm Ventures

Christian Weniger

Venture Partner at Storm Ventures

Daniel von Devivere

Venture Scout at Storm Ventures

David Somers

Partner at Storm Ventures

Emily Moskowitz

Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures

Erik Meijer

Venture Scout at Storm Ventures

Network5

Alex MendezScout

Managing Director Emeritus at Storm Ventures

Arun PenmetsaScout

Partner at Storm Ventures

Frederik Groce

Partner at Storm Ventures

Ilbok Lee

Investor at Storm Ventures

Kevin Melia

CFO at Storm Ventures

Investors connected to Abby in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Abby Kearns work?: Abby Kearns is at Storm Ventures.
What check size does Abby Kearns write?: Abby Kearns typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.