Ken Elefant's guest appearances

Ken Elefant

1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast

Kauffman Fellows Podcast

FinTech Silicon Valley 

Susan Mason

Ben Narasin

Ann Winblad

David Hornik

Elizabeth Yin

Patricia Nakache

Leyla Seka

Jason Lemkin

Nick Mehta

Henry Schuck

John Lunn

David Orban

Minnie Ingersoll

Tim Draper

Brock Pierce

OwlTail

Ken Elefant, Partner and Co-founder at Sorenson Ventures, talks about trends and his investment thesis.

Ken Elefant, Partner and Co-founder at Sorenson Ventures, talks about trends and his investment thesis.

517th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Ken Elefant, Sorenson Ventures - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast

At Sorenson Ventures, Ken has partnered with entrepreneurs in market leading companies such as CyCognito (attack surface security), Openpath (access control), Octarine (cloud security), CloudKnox (authorization management),  NS8 (anti-fraud), Bridgecrew (codified cloud security), Kenna (risk management), Paperspace (machine learning) and SupportLogic (customer support platform). Before joining Sorenson, Ken was Managing Director at Intel Capital and VP at Intel Corporation. Leading the software and security groups at Intel Capital, Ken invested in several companies including AtHoc (Blackberry), Prolexic (Akamai), DocuSign (IPO), Forescout (IPO), AlienVault (AT&amp;T), Venafi, Vectra Networks, Gigya (SAP), and BrightEdge among many others.  Prior to Intel Capital, Ken was a founding general partner at Opus Capital. While at Opus, he served on the boards of Spock Networks (Intelius), Transpond (Webtrends), Supersecret (Knowledge Adventure), Alert Enterprise, Jivox, and TrustedID (Equifax). Previously, Ken was a Senior Associate at both Lightspeed Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. Before business school, Ken worked at Radius, Claris Corporation (the software subsidiary of Apple), and RealNetworks, where he held various sales, marketing, finance, and business development positions.  Ken received an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of Business. He is a Kauffman Fellow.

At Sorenson Ventures, Ken has partnered with entrepreneurs in market leading companies such as CyCognito (attack surface security), Openpath (access control), Octarine (cloud security), CloudKnox (authorization management),  NS8 (anti-fraud), Bridgecrew (codified cloud security), Kenna (risk management), Paperspace (machine learning) and SupportLogic (customer support platform). Before joining Sorenson, Ken was Managing Director at Intel Capital and VP at Intel Corporation. Leading the software and security groups at Intel Capital, Ken invested in several companies including AtHoc (Blackberry), Prolexic (Akamai), DocuSign (IPO), Forescout (IPO), AlienVault (AT&amp;T), Venafi, Vectra Networks, Gigya (SAP), and BrightEdge among many others.  Prior to Intel Capital, Ken was a founding general partner at Opus Capital. While at Opus, he served on the boards of Spock Networks (Intelius), Transpond (Webtrends), Supersecret (Knowledge Adventure), Alert Enterprise, Jivox, and TrustedID (Equifax). Previously, Ken was a Senior Associate at both Lightspeed Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. Before business school, Ken worked at Radius, Claris Corporation (the software subsidiary of Apple), and RealNetworks, where he held various sales, marketing, finance, and business development positions.  Ken received an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of Business. He is a Kauffman Fellow.

Ken Elefant Managing Director Sorenson Ventures on Covid-19 crisis for startups

Ken Elefant, Managing Director at Sorenson Capital, discusses at length the investment thesis of his firm.

Ken Elefant, Managing Director at Sorenson Capital, discusses at length the investment thesis of his firm.

378th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Ken Elefant, Sorenson Capital - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast