Frank Caufield
InvestorInvestor at Kleiner Perkins · Board director at Striim
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
About
Co-founder of Kleiner Perkins who, along with Brook Byers, backed John Doerr's early ventures and helped establish the firm in 1980.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at United States Military Academy (1962) Studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, 1968) Studied at Harvard University
- Boards
- He was a director of Refugees International. He was a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco. He served on the board of the San Francisco Film Festival Society. He was a director of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund.
- Charities
- He was an active community philanthropist supporting various San Francisco causes.
- Communities
- He was an advisor to the European venture capital fund HealthCap. He worked with Boz Scaggs and investor Warren Hellman to help preserve the Great American Music Hall when it was struggling financially.
- Hobbies
- He was a former owner of Boz Scaggs' San Francisco music club, Slim's.
- Family
- He was survived by his son, Frank R. Caufield, and daughter, Kirsten Caufield.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Board director at Striim
Intro paths
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In turn, Frank can intro founders to Striim's investors below.
Striim's investors · 7
Ascension VenturesSaint Louis · $10M – $20M checks · since 2015Atlantic Bridge VenturesDublin · $1M – $5M checks · since 2015Bosch VenturesStuttgart · $27M checks · since 2015Golub GrowthChicago · since 2015Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2015Robert Bosch Venture CapitalStuttgart · $1.6M – $27M checks · since 2015Summit PartnersBoston · $10M – $500M checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Striim
AK
Ali KutayFounder & CEO
SW
Steve WilkesFounder
AP
Alok PareekFounder & Head of Products
SA
SAMI AKBAYExecutive Officer
Experience
- SpaccVice President
Deals · 1
StriimBoard seat
via Kleiner Perkins · filed Mar 2016 · $30.4M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Board seats
AOLCaremarkMegabiosQuantum CorporationQuickturn CorporationSybaseTime WarnerVeriFoneWyse Technology
Sources: curated public sources · SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Kleiner Perkins
Network7
Aydin SenkutScout
Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis
Igor TaberScout
General Partner at Cortical Ventures
Peter ChungScout
Managing Director at Summit Partners
Adam Beguelin
Advisor at MORRO VENTURES
Daniel Docter
Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital
Jeff Clavier
Founding Partner at Uncork Capital
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Kevin Dillon
Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge Ventures
Investors connected to Frank in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Frank Caufield?
- Co-founder of Kleiner Perkins who, along with Brook Byers, backed John Doerr's early ventures and helped establish the firm in 1980.
- Where does Frank Caufield work?
- Frank Caufield is at Kleiner Perkins and Board director at Striim.
- What boards does Frank Caufield sit on?
- Frank Caufield holds tracked board seats at AOL, Caremark, Megabios, Quantum Corporation, Quickturn Corporation, Striim, Sybase, Time Warner, VeriFone, Wyse Technology.