The Kauffman Fellows Program is made possible through the steady support of the global venture community. Firms become members of the Society of Kauffman Fellows by sponsoring someone already at their firm for a Kauffman Fellowship (the affiliate process) or by hiring and sponsoring a Kauffman Finalist. Many of the participating firms that make up the Society of Kauffman Fellows are listed below.
3i -
Fellows: Paul Badawi, Ali Erfan, Jiong Ma;
Mentors: Allan Ferguson, Marko Maschek, Jo Taylor
.406 Ventures -
Fellow: Graham Brooks;
Mentor: Liam Donohue
5AM Ventures -
Fellow: Kush Parmar;
Mentor: Scott Rocklage
Aberdare Ventures -
Fellow: Naheed Misfeldt;
Mentor: Paul Klingenstein
Abraaj Capital & Riyada Enterprise Development -
Fellows: Khaldoon Tabaza, Walid Bakr, Saqib Rashid;
Mentors: Tom Speechley, Fadi Ghandour (Aramex)
Accel Partners -
Fellow: Avid Larizadeh;
Mentors: Kevin Comolli, Judy Gibbons
Accelerator Corp. -
Fellows: M. Patricia Beckmann, Charlotte Hubbert;
Mentor: Carl Weissman
Acumen Fund -
Fellows: Raj Kundra, Brian Trelstad;
Mentors: Hunter Boll, Stuart Davidson
Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) -
Fellow: Amy Belt;
Mentor: Mike Carusi
Advent International -
Fellows: Thomas Darden, Azita Sharif;
Mentors: Dennis Costello, Larry McKenna
Agency for the Promotion of Innovation (Italy) -
Fellow: Antonio Cianci;
Mentors: Various
AllianceTechnology Ventures -
Fellows: Jeffrey Leavitt, Bill Lyman;
Mentors: Michael Henos, Michael Slawson (Kauffman Fellow)
ALPHA Associates -
Fellow: Richard Seewald;
Mentors: Various
Alta Partners -
Fellow: Adam Tomasi;
Mentor: Dan Janney
Amadeus Capital Partners -
Fellow: Patrick Burtis;
Mentor: Anne Glover
AMP Capital -
Fellow: Michael McCullough;
Mentor: John Stevens
Andes Capital -
Fellow: Javier Diaz;
Mentors: Various
Angeleno Group -
Fellow: Anil Tammineedi;
Mentor: Yaniv Tepper
Apax Partners -
Fellow: Adele C. Oliva;
Mentors: Patricia M. Cloherty, Janet Effland
Applied Ventures -
Fellow: Annette Finsterbusch;
Mentor: Chris Moran
Aquilo Partners -
Fellow: Adam Bristol;
Mentor: Marc Schneidman
ARCH Venture Partners -
Fellows: Patrick Ennis, Karen Kerr, Mark Mendel, Michael Slawson, Paul Thurk;
Mentors: Clint Bybee, Keith L. Crandell, Steven Lazarus, Robert T. Nelson
Archangel Informal Investment -
Fellow: Sacha Mann;
Mentor: John Waddell
Ascend Venture Group -
Fellow: Simone D'Souza;
Mentor: Darryl Wash
Asia United Capital -
Fellow: Takaaki Hata;
Mentor: Onfrad Koo
Atlas Venture -
Fellow: Meridith Unger;
Mentor: Peter Barrett
Austin Ventures -
Fellows: Thomas Ball, Robert Kornblum, Stephen Straus;
Mentors: Joseph Aragona, Chris Pacitti
Austral Capital -
Fellows: Felipe Camposano, Gonzalo Miranda;
Mentors: John Hammer (Burrill & Co.)
BADIR Program -
Fellow: Abdulaziz Alhargan;
Mentors: Various
Battelle Ventures -
Fellow: Ralph Taylor Smith;
Mentor: Mort Collins
Battery Ventures -
Fellows: John Chen, Ken Elefant, Ravi Mohan, Jodi Sherman Jahic;
Mentors: Oliver Curme, Thomas Crotty, Ken Lawler
Bay City Capital -
Fellow: Fay Xing;
Mentors: Min Cui, Fred Craves
BBC Worldwide -
Fellow: Daniel Heaf;
Mentor: Tom Loosemore
BioVentures Investors -
Fellow: Anthony Coia;
Mentor: Mark Goldberg
Blue Chip Venture Company -
Fellow: Brian Kissel;
Mentor: John McIlwraith
Blueprint Ventures -
Fellow: Richard Yen;
Mentor: Bart Schachter
Bridgescale Partners -
Fellow: Lak Ananth;
Mentors: Rob Chaplinksy, Matthew Cowan
Broad Institute of MIT/Harvard -
Fellow: Rahul Ballal;
Mentors: Gillian Isabelle, Reinhard Ambros (Novartis Venture Fund)
Burrill & Company -
Fellow: Garrett Vygantas;
Mentor: Steve Burrill
Canaan Partners -
Fellows: Brent Ahrens, Stephen Bloch, John Pacifico;
Mentors: Harry Rein, Seth Rudnick, Brent Ahrens (Kauffman Fellow), Stephen Bloch (Kauffman Fellow)
Capital Indigo -
Fellow: Everardo Camacho;
Mentors: Various
Carbon War Room -
Fellow: Claire Tomkins;
Mentor: Jigar Shah
Cardinal Partners -
Fellow: Lisa Skeete Tatum;
Mentors: John Clarke, Jim Bergman
Centennial Ventures -
Fellow: Jonathan Kissane;
Mentors: Steve Halstedt, Duncan Butler, Jr.
Central Texas Angel Network -
Fellow: Jeff Harbach;
Mentor: Rick Timmins
CID Capital -
Fellow: Scott Chou;
Mentors: William Oesterle, Kevin Sheehan
Cisco -
Fellow: Lak Ananth;
Mentor: Alex Yu (Kauffman Fellow)
Clearstone Venture Partners -
Fellow: Steven Kan;
Mentor: Jim Armstrong
CMEA Ventures -
Fellows: Christopher Chu, Vlad Dabija;
Mentors: Thomas Baruch, Gordon Hull
Creandum -
Fellows: Daniel Blomquist, Fredrik Cassel, Staffan Helgesson;
Mentors: Johan Brenner, Johan Hernmarck, Staffan Helgesson (Kauffman Fellow), Phil Wickham (Center for Venture Education; Kauffman Fellow)
Crescendo Ventures -
Fellow: Clint Korver;
Mentor: David Spreng
CSK Venture Capital -
Fellow: Alessandro Araldi;
Mentor: Makoto Kaneshiro
Databank Private Equity -
Fellow: Jervis Danquah;
Mentor: Ken Ofori-Atta
Dell, Inc. -
Fellow: Gayathri Radhakrishnan;
Mentor: James Decker
DFJ Gotham -
Fellow: Lucas Nelson;
Mentor: Daniel Schultz
DFJ Mercury -
Fellow: Aziz Gilani;
Mentor: Blair Garrou
Doll Capital Management -
Fellow: Edward Tsai;
Mentors: Dixon Doll, Peter Moran
Domain Associates -
Fellows: Racquel Bracken, Holly Hagens, Darien Kadens, Bob More, Don O'Neil;
Mentors: Brian Dovey, Olav Bergheim, Brian Halak
dPixel -
Fellows: Gianluca Dettori, Alessandro Santo;
Mentor: Phil Wickham (Center for Venture Education; Kauffman Fellow), Gianluca Dettori (Kauffman Fellow)
Draper Fisher Jurvetson -
Fellows: Ravi Belani, Jennifer Fonstad, Prasanna Krishnan, Joshua Raffaelli, Josh Stein;
Mentors: Timothy Draper, Steve Jurvetson, Andreas Stavropolous, Josh Stein (Kauffman Fellow)
Easton Capital -
Fellow: Kresimir Letinic;
Mentor: John Friedman
EDF Ventures -
Fellows: Mike DeVries, Michael Partsch;
Mentors: Thomas Porter, Mary Campbell
EMBL Ventures -
Fellows: Jan Adams, Christoph Antz;
Mentor: Stefan Herr
Emergence Capital Partners -
Fellows: Kevin Spain, Santi Subotovsky;
Mentors: Brian Jacobs, Gordon Ritter
Endeavor
Global - Fellow: Allen Taylor; Mentor: Dave Geary
Brazil - Fellow: Rodrigo Teles; Mentor: Brian Trelstad (Acumen Fund; Kauffman Fellow)
Jordan - Fellow: Carmen Saad; Mentors: Various
Mexico - Fellow: Fernando Fabre; Mentors: Various
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures -
Fellow: Tamara Elias;
Mentor: Immanuel Thangaraj
European Investment Fund -
Fellow: Jose Romano;
Mentors: Various
Fidelity BioSciences -
Fellow: Jenny Rooke;
Mentor: Stephen Knight
Finance Wales -
Fellow: Jocelyn Brown;
Mentor: Steve Smith
Flagship Ventures -
Fellow: Kevin Greene;
Mentor: Jim Matheson
Flatiron Partners -
Fellow: Daniel Malven;
Mentor: Fred Wilson
Flywheel Ventures -
Fellow: Kim Sanchez Rael;
Mentor: Trevor Loy
Founders Fund -
Fellow: Justin Fishner-Wolfson;
Mentors: Various
Fudan University, China -
Fellow: Tharon Smith;
Mentors: Vijay Sithe (Claremont Graduate University), Zhang Luyang
Gabriel Venture Partners -
Fellow: Alex Yu;
Mentors: Philip Samper, Richard Bolander
Galicia Investimentos -
Fellow: Thomaz Srougi;
Mentor: Luiz Nascimento
Gemini Israel Funds -
Fellow: Danil Cohen;
Mentor: Yossi Sela
Genesis Partners -
Fellow: Gil Dibner;
Mentor: Yair Shoham
Global Environment Fund -
Fellow: Samrat Ganguly;
Mentor: Jeff Leonard
Good Energies -
Fellow: Zaid Ashai;
Mentor: Michael Ware
Google.org -
Fellow: Luis Arbulu;
Mentors: Various
Granite Global Ventures -
Fellow: Helen Wong;
Mentor: Thomas Ng
Gray Matters Capital -
Fellow: Brian Cayce;
Mentor: Pete Peyton
Greylock Partners -
Fellow: Casandra Espinoza;
Mentor: Reid Hoffman
Groupon -
Fellow: Sarah Leibel;
Mentor: Jason Harinstein
Halo Fund/Angels’ Forum -
Fellow: Andrew Farquharson, Michael Madison;
Mentors: Carol Sands, Phil Schlein
Highland Capital Partners -
Fellows: Graham Gardner, Bijan Salehizadeh;
Mentor: Robert Higgins
HSBC Private Equity (Asia) -
Fellow: Denis Tse;
Mentor: Marcus Thompson
IDG Ventures India -
Fellow: Manik Arora;
Mentor: Sudhir Sethi
IDG Ventures Vietnam -
Fellow: James Vuong;
Mentor: Henry Nguyen
IGNIA Partners -
Fellow: Pablo Salazar Rojo;
Mentor: Michael Chu
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) -
Fellow: Taro Sato;
Mentor: Haruyasu Asakura
Innovationsbron -
Fellow: Mikael Karlsson;
Mentor: Tomas Hegenfeldt
In-Q-Tel -
Fellow: T.J. Rylander;
Mentors: Mark Frantz, Steve Bowsher
Institute for Venture Design -
Fellow: Sola Adeola;
Mentor: Bakare Muhtar
Intel Capital -
Fellows: Robert Rueckert, Dylan Steeg, Pradeep Tagare;
Mentor: Keith Larson
Intersouth Partners -
Fellows: Jeff Hoogendam, Cary Kinross-Wright, Jonathan Perl;
Mentors: Dennis Dougherty, Mitch Mumma
Itochu Corporation -
Fellow: Neena Kadaba;
Mentor: Shinzo Nakano
J.P. Morgan Capital Partners -
Fellows: Mala Gaonkar, James Roberts, Risa Stack;
Mentors: Mitchell Blutt, Michael Hannon
Kansas City Equity Partners -
Fellows: Thomas Palmer, Michael Roberts;
Mentor: Bill Reisler
Karlin Asset Management -
Fellow: Armen Karamanian;
Mentor: David Cohen
Kenda Capital -
Fellow: Barry Zhang;
Mentor: Eugene Murphy
Keytone Ventures -
Fellow: Eric Tao;
Mentor: Joe Zhou
Kitty Hawk Capital -
Fellow: Murphy Clark;
Mentor: Walter Wilkinson
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers -
Fellows: Jessica Owens, Trae Vassallo;
Mentors: John Doerr, Risa Stack (Kauffman Fellow)
L Capital Partners -
Fellows: Dimple Sahni, Lin Yan;
Mentors: John Levy, Ting Pau Oei
Latin Idea -
Fellows: Hernando Guzman, Alberto Tubilla;
Mentor: Alex Rossi
Levensohn Venture Partners -
Fellow: Steve Reale;
Mentor: Pascal Levensohn
Lilly Ventures -
Fellow: Armen Shanafeldt;
Mentor: Ed Torres
LSP BioVentures -
Fellow: Stuart Harrison;
Mentor: Jorg Riesmeier
MAKOTO -
Fellow: Tomo Takei;
Mentors: Various
MASA Life Science Ventures -
Fellow: Bernard Peperstraete;
Mentor: Sinclair Dunlop
Maxygen -
Fellow: Keith Lenden;
Mentors: Robert Nelsen (ARCH), James Sulat
McMaster University -
Fellow: Pankaj Sood;
Mentor: Rafik Loutfy
Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds -
Fellows: Peter Krawiec, William Quigley, Steven Weinstein;
Mentors: Marc Benson, Fred Beste, Glen Bressner, Tom Smith
Ministry of the Economy, Mexico -
Fellow: Jana Nieto;
Mentors: Various
Mitsubishi Corporation -
Fellows: Michael Madison, Koichiro Nakamura;
Mentors: Koichi Komatsu, Jeff Daley
Morgenthaler Ventures -
Fellow: James Broderick;
Mentors: John Lutsi, Robert Pavey
MPM Capital -
Fellows: Christiana Bardon, Kim Kamdar;
Mentors: Nick Galakatos, Ansbert Gadicke
NAFIN -
Fellow: Adriana Tortajada;
Mentor: Jose Antonio Aguilar
NCB Ventures -
Fellow: Will Prendergast;
Mentor: Michael Murphy
National Semiconductor -
Fellow: Gareth Keane;
Mentor: Bart Schachter
NDRC -
Fellow: Daniel Crowley;
Mentor: Paul Thurk (ARCH; Kauffman Fellow)
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) -
Fellows: Patrick Chung, Robert Coneybeer, Paul Hsiao, Sujay Jaswa, Christina Jenkins, Suzanne King; Yanev Suissa;
Mentors: Jim Barrett, Peter Barris, Patrick Chung (Kauffman Fellow), Peter Morris, Mark Perry, Scott Sandell, Harry Weller
Nokia Siemens Networks -
Fellow: Amir Lahat;
Mentors: Various
NOLA Project -
Fellow: Israel Rollins;
Mentor: Various
Northwest Energy Angels -
Fellow: Kiki Tidwell;
Mentors: Byron McCann, Robert Wiltbank
Northwest Technology Ventures -
Fellow: M. Patricia Beckmann;
Mentor: Bill Newman
Northzone Ventures -
Fellow: Lea Bajc;
Mentor: Par-Jorgen Parson
Novartis Venture Fund -
Fellows: Florent Gros, Campbell Murray;
Mentor: Reinhard Ambros
Nth Power -
Fellow: Matthew Price;
Mentor: Nancy Floyd
Oak Investment Partners -
Fellow: Nelson Stacks;
Mentor: Ginger More
Olympic Venture Partners (OVP) -
Fellow: David Blackburn;
Mentor: George H. Clute
Omidyar Network -
Fellow: Eric Hallstein;
Mentor: Matt Bannick
One Liberty Ventures -
Fellow: Phil Wickham;
Mentor: Ed Kania
ONSET Ventures -
Fellows: Scott Chou, Susan Mason;
Mentors: Robert Kuhling, Jr., Darlene Mann
Oracle -
Fellow: Eric Ball;
Mentors: Various
Pacific Community Ventures -
Fellow: Ariel Jaduszliwer;
Mentor: Eduardo Rallo
Panorama Capital -
Fellows: Mark Charest, Punit Chiniwalla;
Mentors: Shahan Soghikian, Gaurav Aggarwal, Rod Ferguson
Physic Ventures -
Fellow: Andrew Williamson;
Mentor: William Rosenzweig
Prime Minister's Office, Singapore -
Fellow: Yinglan Tan;
Mentor: Phil Wickham (Center for Venture Education; Kauffman Fellow)
Prism Ventures -
Fellows: Peter Lee, Brendan O'Leary;
Mentors: Robert Fleming, Woody Benson
ProQuest Investments -
Fellow: Dimitri Laskoski;
Mentor: Jay Moorin
Proteus Venture Partners -
Fellow: Daniel Kraft;
Mentor: Gregory Bonfiglio
QBF/QIC -
Fellow: Matt Morgan;
Mentor: Nelson Stacks (Kauffman Fellow)
Quaker BioVentures -
Fellow: Sanjay Mistry;
Mentor: Adele C. Oliva (Kauffman Fellow)
Radius Ventures -
Fellow: Sanuj Ravindran;
Mentor: Jordan Davis
RBC Ventures -
Fellow: Alex Baker;
Mentor: Kevin Talbot
Research Corporation Technologies -
Fellow: Jeffrey Moore;
Mentor: Shaun Kirkpatrick
Red Abbey Venture Partners -
Fellow: Jigar Raythatha;
Mentor: Matt Zuga
R.F. Chandler -
Fellow: Snehal Patel;
Mentors: Various
Richmond Global -
Fellows: Andras Forgacs, Justin Rockefeller;
Mentors: Bob Cohn (Individual Investor), Peter Kellner
RiverVest Venture Partners -
Fellow: Scott Naisbitt, Niall O'Donnell;
Mentors: Mark Mendel (Kauffman Fellow), Jay Schmelter
Robert Bosch Venture Capital -
Fellow: Cyril Vancura;
Mentor: Luis Llovera
RRE Ventures -
Fellow: Eric Wiesen;
Mentor: Stuart Ellman
Sadara Ventures -
Fellow: Saed Nashef;
Mentor: Yadin Kauffman (Veritas Venture Partners)
Safeguard Scientifics -
Fellows: Jim O'Connell, Wei Zhang;
Mentors: Gary Kurtzman, Jim Datin
Samsung Electronics -
Fellow: Daniel Becker;
Mentors: Seogju Lee, Brian Kang
Sandbox Industries -
Fellow: Thomas Hawes;
Mentor: Matt Downs
SAP Ventures -
Fellow: Andreas Weiskam;
Mentor: Nino Marakovic
Scale Venture Partners -
Fellow: Jeff Calcagno;
Mentor: Lou Bock
Seaflower Ventures -
Fellow: Zach Jonasson;
Mentor: Jim Sherblom
Seedcamp -
Fellow: Reshma Sohoni;
Mentor: Saul Klein
Sequel Venture Partners -
Fellow: Christopher Scoggins;
Mentor: Tim Connors
Sequoia Capital (India) -
Fellow: Shailendra Singh;
Mentor: Sumir Chadha
Silas Capital -
Fellow: Jorge Torres;
Mentors: Various
Skyline Ventures -
Fellow: David Lowe;
Mentor: John Freund
Sofinnova Partners (France) -
Fellow: Alessio Beverina;
Mentor: Jean Schmitt
Sofinnova Ventures -
Fellows: Jay Boddu, Jeff Stein, Goro Takeda;
Mentors: Mike Powell, Jim Healy, Eric Buatois
Spectrum Equity Investors -
Fellows: Matthew Mochary, Robert Nicholson, Peter Weber;
Mentors: Brion Applegate, William Collatos
Sprint -
Fellow: Scott Ford;
Mentor: John Burris
Sprout Group -
Fellows: Dane Ross, Mark Thaller;
Mentors: Robert Curry, Richard Kroon
StartX -
Fellow: Cameron Teitelman;
Mentor: George Zachary (Charles River Ventures)
SR One -
Fellows: Rajeev Dadoo, Michael Diem;
Mentors: Russell Greig, Philip Smith
Storm Ventures -
Fellow: Ben Choi;
Mentor: Ryan Floyd
SV Life Sciences -
Fellows: Ash Khanna, Tracy Saxton, Susanne Wilke;
Mentors: Eugene Hill, Michael Ross, Lutz Giebel
T2 Venture Capital -
Fellows: Greg Horowitt, Victor Hwang;
Mentors: Brad Jones (Redpoint Ventures), Leo Spiegel (Mission Ventures)
Telecom Italia -
Fellow: Salvo Mizzi;
Mentor: Francesco Profumo
TEXO Ventures -
Fellow: Randall Crowder;
Mentors: Philip Sanger, Jerry DeVries
TL Ventures -
Fellow: Anthony Chang;
Mentor: Mark DeNino
TTGV -
Fellow: Mete Cakmakci;
Mentor: Cengiz Ultav
Tullis-Dickerson & Co. -
Fellow: Shelly Wall Lanning;
Mentor: Joan Neuscheler
TVM Capital -
Fellows: Jens Eckstein, Bong Koh;
Mentors: Gert Caspritz, Stephen Hoffman
Ulu Ventures -
Fellow: Miriam Rivera;
Mentor: Susan Mason (ONSET Ventures; Kauffman Fellow)
Unilever Technology Ventures -
Fellow: Michael Lee;
Mentors: Nick Allen, Dion Madsen
University of Tokyo Edge Capital -
Fellow: Miki Hirai;
Mentor: Tomotaka Goji
USVP -
Fellows: Winston Fu, Mamoon Hamid, Rick Lewis, Ted Maidenberg, Jonathan Root;
Mentors: Steven Krausz, Irwin Federman, Phillip Young, Chris Rust, Arati Prabhakar, Phil Schlein
Valhalla Partners -
Fellows: Kevin Greene, Kiran Hebbar;
Mentor: Art Marks
Velocity Venture Capital -
Fellow: Jack Crawford, Jr.;
Mentors: Various
VantagePoint Venture Partners -
Fellows: David Rolf, Jason Whitt;
Mentors: Jim Marver, Eric Ver Ploeg
Venrock -
Fellows: Brian Ascher, Jason Green, Dan Grossman, Bryan Roberts;
Mentors: Michael Brooks, Anthony Evnin, Ted McCourtney, Anthony Sun
Venture Investors -
Fellow: Winslow Sargeant;
Mentor: John Neiss
Vickers Venture Partners -
Fellow: Linda Li Hongxia;
Mentor: Jeffrey Chi
Viking Venture Management -
Fellow: Eivind Bergsmyr;
Mentor: Erik Hagen
VIMAC Ventures -
Fellow: Praveen Sahay;
Mentor: Mark Robinson
W Capital Partners -
Fellow: Eugene Song;
Mentor: David Wachter
Wellington Partners -
Fellows: Arun Jayadev, Erich Schlich;
Mentors: Bart Markus, Rolf Christof Dienst, Christian Reitberger
Westly Group -
Fellow: Ben Abram;
Mentors: Steve Westly, Mike Dorsey
Weston Presidio -
Fellows: Daphne Dufresne, Matthew Janopaul, Courtney Russell McCrea;
Mentors: Michael F. Cronin, Michael Lazarus
Whitney & Company -
Fellow: Alex Washington;
Mentors: Peter Castleman, Steve Rodgers
Wind Point Partners -
Fellow: Todd Wilson;
Mentor: Jim Forrest
Woodside Fund -
Fellow: Ashish Gupta;
Mentor: Vince Occhipinti
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