Paul Holland
General Partner, Foundation Capital, Funds 3-8
Portola Valley, California
Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$0.00Max Investment:
$0.00Target Investment:
$0.00
Skills
Education
Investments
Zamp
Total Funding: $29M
Overnight
Total Funding: $4M
PixieBrix
Total Funding: $11M
Graphcore
Total Funding: $680M
Respond Software
Total Funding: $32M
Peerspace
Total Funding: $34M
Mya Systems
Total Funding: $48M
Skycure
Total Funding: $28M
Catalytic
Total Funding: $11M
InsideView
Total Funding: $77M
CalStar Products
Total Funding: $57M
Kik
Total Funding: $170M
SpoonRocket
Total Funding: $14M
Simply Hired
Total Funding: $35M
MobileIron
Total Funding: $160M
Averail
Total Funding: $6.3M
Chegg
Total Funding: $120M
Serious Energy
Total Funding: $130M
Coverity
Total Funding: $22M
TuVox/West Corporation
Total Funding: $41M
Ketera
Total Funding: $24M
Edge Dynamics
Total Funding: $26M
Work Experience
2001
General Partner Emeritus
2021
General Partner
2001 - 2021
What I invest in: IT, consumer, and digital energy sectors. I have represented Foundation Capital on the boards of Chegg, MobileIron, Coverity and SkyCure. My investments have generated approximately $18B in market capitalization Before I came to Foundation Capital, I worked at -- and helped take public -- two software start-ups, Kana Communications with Mark Gainey, and Pure Software with Reed Hastings. My two start-ups ended up being worth over $12 billion in aggregate. I began his career in Silicon Valley at the Stanford Research Institute, now known as SRI International. I am steeped in the world of venture capital: ●The co-executive producer of Something Ventured, a critically acclaimed documentary on the origins of the venture capital industry. ● Past president of the Western Association of Venture Capital. Training: MBA from the University of California at Berkeley; an MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia; and a BS from James Madison University. I have been a guest lecturer on entrepreneurship at Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business, Harvard Business School, Wharton, Columbia, UC Berkeley, James Madison University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Engineering.
2001 - 2001
Investor and Advisor
2001 - 2001
1997 - 2001
SVP, Worldwide Sales
1997 - 2001
Ran sales from first revenue to over $150M in revenue; from $13M market cap to over $9B.
1992 - 1997
VP and MD Europe
1992 - 1997
Started running sales in North America when we were small and then was asked by my CEO Reed Hastings to move to Amsterdam where I started and ran the Europe, Middle East and Africa group, taking it from 0 to 100 employees.