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Joe Kraus

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Board director at RelayRides · Former Partner at GV (Google Ventures)

Palo Alto, California

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

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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.

Board director at RelayRides

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RelayRides's investors · 5

August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checks · since 2015Canaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checks · since 2015GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksShasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checksSpero VenturesBurlingame · $2M – $4M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at RelayRides

SCShelby Clark
Shelby ClarkDirector

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

Investments

Investor

Clean Power FinanceFeedsterFlock FreightGrovegyftInfraSearchKabamKongregateLatent SpaceLimeLinkedIn CorporationLoom.aiModsy_OdeoPeerspacePlanetOutPocket ChangeSpatialSynapticureTuroUploadVRVartanaWave

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Network2

Allen Beasley
Partner at Redpoint Ventures
Ed Zschau
Investor at Fitz Gate Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joe Kraus?
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.
Where does Joe Kraus work?
Joe Kraus is Board director at RelayRides.
What check size does Joe Kraus write?
Joe Kraus typically writes checks of $250K – $50M.
What companies has Joe Kraus invested in?
Investments tracked here include StockX, Clean Power Finance, Feedster, Flock Freight, Grove, gyft, InfraSearch, Kabam, Kongregate, Latent Space, Lime, LinkedIn Corporation, and 12 more.
Where did Joe Kraus go to school?
Joe Kraus studied at Stanford University (B.A., Political Science).
Does Joe Kraus lead rounds?
Yes — Joe Kraus has led 1 tracked investment.

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