Daniel Karp
InvestorVenture Partner at Cervin
Palo Alto, California
Writes $250K – $8M checks · typically $4M
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About
Daniel Karp parlayed roles from first ASIC engineer and early Microsoft Azure work into leading Cisco’s cloud/data-center investment and M&A program, backing Gong, Habana Labs and Isovalent pre–product-market fit.
Contact· published on Daniel's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Experience
- Cervin VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Cervin VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Cervin VenturesPartner2022 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- ConveyorBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Loophole LabsBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- Paz.aiBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CauselyBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentNew York, United States
- Stream.SecurityObserver, Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- RADICLA round investorcurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- DatumSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- BrinkerSeed Investorcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- FlightcontrolSeed Investorcurrent2022 — presentDayton, Ohio, United States
- StealthAngel investorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TenzaiAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- CiroosAngel Investorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Gen LabsAngel Investorcurrent2024 — present
- LinearBAngel Investorcurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- GeltAngel Investorcurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- OwnIDBoard Member2022 — 2025United States
- Coho AIAngel Investor2021 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- TriggerMeshBoard Observer2021 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- KomodorInvestor2021 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- IsovalentBoard Observer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- MemVergeBoard Observer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- SeaLightsBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- RookoutBoard Observer2019 — 2022Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- GongBoard Observer2018 — 2022Herzliya Area, Israel
- Lightbits LabsBoard Observer2017 — 2022Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- IllusiveBoard Observer2016 — 2022Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- CTERABoard Observer2014 — 2022Petaẖ Tiqwa, Central, Israel
- CiscoDirector, VC investments & M&A - Lead Cloud, Data Centers, Networking domains, Israel & LatAm geos2013 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- GuardicoreBoard Observer2016 — 2021Tel Aviv, Israel
- Prospera TechnologiesInvestor2017 — 2021Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- CelenoBoard Observer2014 — 2021Israel
- JungoBoard Observer2013 — 2021Netanya Area, Israel
- Habana LabsBoard Observer2017 — 2020
- StratoscaleBoard Observer2014 — 2019
- Elastifile (acquired by Google)Board Observer2016 — 2019
- MicrosoftSenior Strategy Manager, Startup Business Group (Incubation Projects)2013Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftProduct Manager - Marketing Rotation Program, Azure2011 — 2013Redmond, WA
Skills & more
Product Development31Business Planning28Product Management83Financial Analysis7Mobile6Mobile Technology11Wireless11Cloud Computing24Strategic Planning6ASIC6WiMAX8Semiconductors15
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Mobile DevicesStrategyStart-upsVenture CapitalNew Business DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyDigital MediaFinanceProject PlanningTelecommunicationsLTELanguages English · Hebrew · Spanish
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Colleagues at Cervin
Courtney McKee
Vice President of Finance at Cervin Ventures
Madison Steele
Operations Manager at Cervin
McKayla Nevins
Business Development Manager at Cervin
Neeraj Gupta
Partner at Cervin Ventures
Nilesh Maheshwari
Associate at Cervin Ventures
Preetish Nijhawan
Co-Founder & Partner at Cervin Ventures
Samir Shah
Venture Partner at Cervin Ventures
Scott Brown
Partner, Head of Platform at Cervin Ventures
Network3
Neeraj Gupta
Partner at Cervin Ventures
Scott Brown
Partner, Head of Platform at Cervin Ventures
Shirish Sathaye
Partner at Cervin Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel Karp?
- Daniel Karp parlayed roles from first ASIC engineer and early Microsoft Azure work into leading Cisco’s cloud/data-center investment and M&A program, backing Gong, Habana Labs and Isovalent pre–product-market fit.
- Where does Daniel Karp work?
- Daniel Karp is Venture Partner at Cervin.
- What does Daniel Karp invest in?
- Daniel Karp invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- What check size does Daniel Karp write?
- Daniel Karp typically writes checks of $250K – $8M.
- Where did Daniel Karp go to school?
- Daniel Karp studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA, Finance); Tel Aviv University (B.Sc., Electrical Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Datum1
Also worked at Gong22
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