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Overview for Venture Firms & Mentors

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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