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Joe Kraus

Investor

Venture Partner at GV (Google Ventures)

Palo Alto, California

Writes $250K – $50M checks · typically $25M

About

Joe Kraus is President of Lime, overseeing product, hardware design, engineering, supply chain, logistics, and software development. He co-founded Excite.com in 1993, which went public in 1996 and was sold in 2000, and JotSpot in 2004, which was acquired by Google in 2006. Before returning to operations at Lime, he served as a General Partner at Google Ventures for 10 years, investing in transportation and marketplace companies.

Experience

  1. LimePresidentcurrent2018 — present
  2. Google VenturesPartner2009 — 2018
  3. Google VenturesDirector of Product Management2006 — 2009
  4. Electronic Frontier FoundationBoard Member2005 — 2012
  5. JotSpotCEO2003 — 2006
  6. DigitalConsumer.orgFounder2002 — 2005
  7. Excite.comFounder1993 — 2000

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityB.A., Political Science1989 — 1993

Colleagues at GV (Google Ventures)

Andrew Wheeler
General Partner at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Anika Gupta Vatsa
Principal at GV (Google Ventures)
Anthony Philippakis
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Ben Robbins
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Braden Kowitz
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Bradley Horowitz
Investor at Wisdom Ventures
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)

Frequently asked questions

Where does Joe Kraus work?
Joe Kraus is Venture Partner at GV (Google Ventures).
What check size does Joe Kraus write?
Joe Kraus typically writes checks of $250K – $50M.

Same school

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Shared employers

Also worked at Lime12

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Also worked at Google Ventures1,569

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Also worked at Electronic Frontier Foundation3

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Also worked at JotSpot1

Graham SpencerGeneral Partner at GV (Google Ventures)