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Ken Hood

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Managing Partner at FusionX Ventures · Board director at 3DEO · Board director at Bellwether

San Diego, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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746 people in our graph share verified history with Ken — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex ChachavaunlockedKen: together at YPO - Young Presidents' Organization (2017–2024)
Ken: together at 3Com
×4Ken: together at Cisco
×3Ken: together at YPO - Young Presidents' Organization

About

Ken began his career at BCG and led multiple hardware-software startups to exit, spending the last decade in IoT and selling his company ClearAccess to Cisco.

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Board director at 3DEO

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3DEO's investors · 4

Alpha EdisonLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks · since 2018FusionX VenturesSan DiegoHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyNational Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2016

Co-founders at 3DEO

PTPayman Torabi
Payman TorabiExecutive Officer
MS
Matthew SandPresident
MPMatthew Petros
Matthew PetrosChief Executive Officer

Board director at Bellwether

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Bellwether's investors · 8

Congruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021DBL PartnersPalo Alto · since 2019FusionX VenturesSan DiegoHCVCParis · $100K – $1M checksRSE VenturesWest Palm BeachTandem CapitalMenlo Park · $500K checksTrousdale VenturesWest Hollywood · $1M – $5M checksValor Equity PartnersChicago

Co-founders at Bellwether

RLRicardo Lopez
Ricardo LopezChief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

Experience

  1. FusionX VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Diego County, California, United States
  2. TruMed Systems, Inc.Executive Chaircurrent2026 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
  3. YPO - Young Presidents' OrganizationMembercurrent2009 — present
  4. CiscoDirector/GM, Prime Home Software as a Service / Internet of Things2012 — 2015San Diego County, California, United States
  5. CiscoFounder/CEO -- ClearAccess, Inc (Acquired by Cisco)2005 — 2012Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
  6. ParadyneVP & GM2002 — 2005Greater Tampa Bay Area
  7. Centennial Systems, Inc. (Acquired by Paradyne)CEO2002San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Jetstream CommunicationsVP Sales & Business Development1999 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
  9. 3ComDirector Business Development1997 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Prime Protection, IncGeneral Manager/COO1993 — 1995San Diego County, California, United States
  11. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate Consultant1991 — 1993Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

SaaS52Salesforce.com1Software as a Service (SaaS)3Start-ups76Internet of Things5Cloud Computing22Business Development37Sales13Product Management51Product Marketing19Telecommunications37Wireless12
+12 moreProfessional ServicesEntrepreneurshipDirect SalesGo-to-market StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness StrategyIntegrationStrategic PartnershipsChannel PartnersEthernetMergers & AcquisitionsStrategy

Languages Chinese · Japanese · Spanish

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Colleagues at FusionX Ventures

Alex Kunczynski
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Jenny Byun
Fund Operations Manager at FusionX Ventures
John Drewry
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Mark Fleischauer
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Rajan Ramaswamy
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Scott Dennis
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Takeshi Kasai
Partner at FusionX Ventures

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Alex Kunczynski
Partner at FusionX Ventures
Doug Renert
Partner at Tandem Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ken Hood?
Ken began his career at BCG and led multiple hardware-software startups to exit, spending the last decade in IoT and selling his company ClearAccess to Cisco.
Where does Ken Hood work?
Ken Hood is Managing Partner at FusionX Ventures and Board director at 3DEO and Board director at Bellwether.
What check size does Ken Hood write?
Ken Hood typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Ken Hood go to school?
Ken Hood studied at Stanford University (MBA); Pomona College (BA).

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