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Ken Loveless

Investor

Partner at Founders Circle Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

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

About

Ken Loveless co-created Founders Circle Capital, having previously worked at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where he developed a quantitative model and analytics engine to identify and rank high-performing private technology companies, as well as a founder liquidity service. He also worked earlier at JP Morgan Partners and its successor Panorama Capital. His work focuses on providing liquidity solutions to founders of high-growth private companies.

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Experience

  1. Founders Circle CapitalPartner and Co-foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. MultiverseInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  3. Next InsuranceInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  4. SliceInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  5. RobinhoodInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  6. GitLabInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  7. Auth0Investorcurrent2019 — present
  8. AirbnbInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  9. CohesityInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  10. BARKInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  11. Sun BasketInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  12. LookerInvestor2018 — 2020
  13. Carbon Black, Inc.Investor2015 — 2019
  14. AnaplanInvestor2016 — 2019
  15. HotelTonightInvestor2017 — 2019
  16. Xiaomi TechnologyInvestor2014 — 2019
  17. Forescout Technologies Inc.Investor2015 — 2018
  18. PillPackInvestor2016 — 2018
  19. VeracodeInvestor2014 — 2017
  20. KabamInvestor2014 — 2017

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Education, Influence and Negotiation Strategies2009
  2. Harvard Business School Executive EducationExecutive Education, Venture Capital and Private Equity2007
  3. Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleBachelor, Finance1988 — 1992

Skills & more

Venture Capital24Private Equity17Start-ups10Financial Modeling4Mergers & Acquisitions7New Business Development1Due Diligence2Product DevelopmentBusiness Development4Business Strategy2Management7Founder Liquidity

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Harvard Business School Executive Education110

Ryan LaurinManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersPaul SlosarInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundTom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersKevin MandiaGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

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Also attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale9

Daniel FureyPartner, Head of Global Capital Formation at ClearSkyMarcus CaponeCo-Founder & CEO, TARA Mind at Red Cell IncubationGreg SchwarztrauberManaging Director at Advantage Capital PartnersJim PlanteFounder at Thynk CapitalEvan McClellandController at Arboretum VenturesSusan WallStartup Mentor at Primordial Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Multiverse5

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousNicole QuinnGeneral Partner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersRose McCourtPartner at LocalGlobe

Also worked at HotelTonight11

Jeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalTom MendozaInvestor at EQT VenturesRick LewisGeneral Partner at US Venture PartnersJim WilliamsSenior Advisor at Frazier Life SciencesJared SimonSenior Advisor (Co-Founder HotelTonight) at Grishin RoboticsStefan CordinerStrategy at Tidal Ventures

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Also worked at Kabam17

Brett BrowmanInvestor at Khosla VenturesMichael SheetsChief Human Resources Officer at Red Cell IncubationAndrew SheppardManaging Director at TRANSCENDEllie WongFinance Director at King River CapitalCarey LaiCo-Founder & General Partner at Conductive VenturesLeo OlebeVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners

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Also worked at Workday35

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra Ventures

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Colleagues at Founders Circle Capital

Adam Simons
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Amy Aina
Director of Executive Operations at Founders Circle Capital
Anagha Bharadwaj
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Andrew Boston
Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Anthony Matusich
Chief Financial Officer at Founders Circle Capital
Avery Cannon
Chief Administrative Officer at Founders Circle Capital
Caroline Fairbank
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Charles Shannon
Investor at Westbound Equity Partners

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Adam Simons
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Anagha Bharadwaj
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Andrew Boston
Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Ann Winblad
Founding Partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)
Charles Shannon
Investor at Westbound Equity Partners

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