SK Ventures HOME ABOUT ADVISORS PORTFOLIO BLOG CONTACT No menu assigned! Welcome to SK Ventures SK Ventures is a seed stage firm that invests in entrepreneurs that are science-driven, deep experts in their startups domain. Run by Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin, SKV focuses on providing practical guidance, valuable connections, and a pathway to further rounds of funding..or even, (gasp!) profitability. Eric and Paul bring unique thinking, insight, and judgment. Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz For Wealthfront, the most important question is not capital, but the quality of the investor that comes with that capital. We feel fortunate to have SK Ventures as a partner at Wealthfront. Adam Nash, CEO, Wealthfront One of the smartest investors and advisors I know. Chris Anderson, 3D Robotics ABOUT Eric Norlin General Partner Eric Norlin began organizing technology conferences in 1999. In 2002, he became an owner and organizer of Digital ID World, which was acquired by IDG via a joint venture in 2005. He went on to found conferences like SaaScon (Software as a Services conference) in conjunction with IDG World Expo, as well as work on conferences like LinuxWord. Since 2007, Eric has started and runs three successful technology conferences with his wife, Kim: Defrag and Glue. Erics foray into technology began when his father brought home a Commodore 64, evolved into work with the National Security Agency, and transitioned into roles running content for technology conferences, writing articles for technology publications and serving as a vice president of marketing at an identity technology startup (Ping Identity). Erics work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Inc. Magazine, CNet and NetworkWorld. In May, 2011, Eric founded SK Ventures, a seed fund focused on early-stage investing around the themes he explores at Defrag and Glue. Eric has an undergraduate degree in South Asian Studies, and several certifications in areas that the government doesnt want him to mention. Paul Kedrosky General Partner Dr. Kedrosky is an investor, writer, and entrepreneur. He is a sought-after speaker; a contributing editor for Bloomberg; and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best known business blogs. He is frequently quoted in major publications around the world. Dr. Kedrosky is also formerly a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, where he is focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of risk capital. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kedrosky founded the technology equity research practice at HSBC James Capel. As a highly-ranked technology equity analyst, transactions with which he was involved created in excess of a billion dollars in public market value. Dr. Kedrosky was one of the first analysts to cover Internet companies, as well as making early and timely calls in networking and communications. Dr. Kedrosky has a Ph.D. in the economics of technology (which he mostly uses when bluffing outside of poker), a masters degree in finance (which he mostly uses when bluffing in poker), and an undergraduate degree in engineering (which a professor once said he would take away, if he had the means). SPECIAL ADVISORS Ramez Naam Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, author, and investor. Ramez is the co-chair of the Energy and Environment program at Singularity University at NASA Ames. Hes also the award-winning author of five books, including theNexus series of science fiction novels and the non-fiction The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, which charts a course to innovate our way past challenges in energy, food, water, and climate. Ramezs books have won the H.G. Wells Award, the Prometheus Award, the Endeavour Awards, been listed as an NPR Best Book of the Year, and have been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick awards. Ramez spent 15 years in software, including 13 years at Microsoft, where he led teams working on machine learning, information retrieval, and internet scale systems. Ramez speaks around the world on innovation, exponential technology, and solutions in climate and energy, and invests in innovative energy startups. His work has appeared in or been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Atlantic, Slate, Business Week, Discover, Wired, and Scientific American. Hes appeared on MSNBC, on Yahoo Finance, and has spoken to audiences on four continents, from Istanbul to Shenzhen; from Buenos Aires to Washington DC. Follow Ramez on twitter: @ramez or visit him at http://rameznaam.com PORTFOLIO BLOG April 13, 2016 0 Welcoming Ramez By Eric Norlin | Uncategorized | No Comments Weve been considering adding a special advisor or two to the SK Ventures team for some time now. For us, its always been about the right combination of a few things: 1) our relationship with that advisor; 2) not screwing up the existing dynamic that Paul and I have (because Read More March 11, 2016 0 Things Were Reading This Week By Eric Norlin | Uncategorized | No Comments As part of the ongoing series of sharing what were reading over here at SK Ventures, I wanted to post some links to things that caught our interest this week: 1. Tariffs: they may not work how you thought they were working WHY THE TARIFF-GROWTH CORRELATION CHANGED AFTER 1950 2. Read More February 26, 2016 0 What We Read This Week By Eric Norlin | Uncategorized | No Comments Paul and I live on Slack. Across a variety of channels, we share thoughts, feedback, deals, status reportsand, links of things were reading. Lately, Ive been enjoying reading the Lux Recommends series that Sam Arbesman has been putting together (a list of what theyre reading, watching and sharing at Lux Read More September 29, 2015 0 The DFS Trough of Disillusionment By Eric Norlin | Uncategorized | No Comments Unless youve been living under a rock, youve heard of Draftkings and FanDuel. Hell, with the ad budgets theyve been throwing around lately, youre probably sick of hearing about Draftkings and FanDuel. My contention is that were about to enter the trough of disillusionment on daily fantasy sports, and that Read More September 9, 2015 0 Hello, world. By Eric Norlin | Uncategorized | One Comment Hello, world. You may have heard of us, but Im assuming that most of you havent. Were SK Ventures (skv), and by were I mean, Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin. Weve been investing since 2011, and weve been around the tech scene for much, much longer than that. 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