ken@opuscapital.com

Ken Elefant is a founding partner of Opus Capital focusing primarily on internet and software investments. Ken serves on the boards of Alert Enterprise, Jivox, iWidgets, Pudding Media, SuperSecret and TrustedID and was involved with several prior investments including Spock Networks (Intelius), Virsa Systems (NYSE: SAP) and Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD). Previously, Ken was a Senior Associate at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Prior to this, Ken was a Senior Associate and Kauffman Fellow at Battery Ventures.

Ken brings strong operating experience to Opus. Previously, he worked at Radius Inc. as Director of International Sales and Marketing when the revolutionary Radius Pivot Monitor was the hot seller in Japan. His role at Radius included serving as a member of the executive staff and opening the company's first sales and marketing office in the Benelux region of Europe.

He has also held various marketing and business development positions at Claris Corporation (the software subsidiary of Apple Computer) and RealNetworks. While at Claris, Ken devised the compensation plan for the U.S. sales force that helped move the company from being a Macintosh-only company to being a cross-platform company.

Ken holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton undergraduate division at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Selected Investments:

AlertEnterprise
iWidgets
Jivox
Pudding Media
Spock (acquired by Intelius)
SuperSecret
TrustedID

Events

June 9: Launch Silicon Valley »
June 3: Silicom Summit Panel on Early Stage Investing »
April 21: SDForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with Pillsbury Winthrop: Gaming »
April 16: Tie SIG Internet: The Social Web Monetization Summit »

Perspectives

Nollenberger Capital Partners Investment Banking Newsletter: Interview with Ken Elefant (p. 23) »
FierceOnlineVideo: Online Video Investments Q1 2009 - Venture Capitalists
on the record »
GigaOm: Structure 08 Recap: Yo Founders! There's Gold in Them Clouds! »
Wilson Sonsini: Entrepreneurs Report (PDF) »
Network World: Cloud computing: what it will take for start-ups to succeed »