KE

Ken Elefant

Partner and Co-Founder at Sorenson Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Skills

Private Investment
SaaS
Negotiation
Globalization
Management
Investment Management
Market Analysis
Venture Capital
Big Data
Analytics
Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups
Enterprise Software
Business Development
Start-up Ventures
Investments
Cloud Computing
Entrepreneurship
Management Consulting
Go-to-market Strategy

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner and Co-Founder

    2017

    Alongside Rob Rueckert, Ken co-founded Sorenson Capital’s Ventures practice in 2017, where he is the managing partner. The firm’s Venture strategy focuses on investing in B2B software companies that are pre-revenue up to $5M ARR. Sorenson supports entrepreneurs through every stage of their journey to accelerate revenue growth and further their product leadership position. The firm’s investments in product leaders include Amplitude, BambooHR, Bridgecrew, Couchbase, Fastly, Harness, and Socure. With offices in Lehi, Utah, and Palo Alto, California, Sorenson is proud to partner with entrepreneurs from coast to canyon. To learn more about Sorenson, please visit: https://www.sorensoncapital.com/ .

  • Investor

    2022

    Planera is a Construction SaaS platform. The solution provides the power of sophisticated project scheduling software, yet is as easy to use as a Whiteboard or Excel.

  • Investor

    2020

    Observability for Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

  • Investor

    2022

    VulnCheck is the vulnerability intelligence company helping enterprises, government organizations, and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge.

  • Investor

    2021

    Talon is the leader in browser-based security for the hybrid workforce, allowing employees to work from anywhere and on any device without compromising security and privacy.

  • Investor

    2021

    Acquired by Zscaler in 2024. Agentless segmentation for enterprise IT and OT environments

  • Investor

    2019

    Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in March 2021. Codified cloud security, built to be simple.

  • Investor

    2018

    Continuous and Real-Time SaaS Attack Surface Analysis and Remediation Platform

  • Investor

    2019

    Acquired by Microsoft in July 2021. The Leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM).

  • Investor

    2017

    Acquired by Motorola Solutions in July 2021. Access control for the modern workplace.