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Kevin Ober

Managing Director Khasm Capital | Venture Capital

Kirkland, Washington

Skills

Technical Proficiency
Strategic Leadership
Financial Oversight
Strategic Partnerships
Research Skills
Economics
Relationship Building
Corporate Strategy
Performance Monitoring
Future Trends
Business Metrics
Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Concepts
Corporate Development
Financial Literacy
Business Planning
Business Insights
Executive Visibility
Communication
Quantitative Finance

Education

Work Experience

Khasm Capital

2020

  • Managing Director

    2020

    Khasm Labs is backed by some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft, Intel, Dell, AT&T, Comcast, Accenture, and many others. All these companies see the power and transformative nature of edge computing and the unique opportunities facilitated by the Lab. Recent Investments include, Graphiant, Zededa, Synadia Cloud, Ocient Technologies, and Symbl AI. The Lab has built an ever-growing developer-centric ecosystem at the intersection of edge computing and AI technologies that will rewrite the rules of what is possible for application developers and accelerate growth of markets generating over $3.4 trillion in new spending last year alone (Gartner estimate).

2023

  • Investor

    2023

2023

  • Investor

    2023

2022

  • Investor

    2022

2022

  • Investor

    2022

Divergent Venture Partners

2002

  • Managing Partner

    2002

    DIVERGENT IS NO LONGER MAKING NEW INVESTMENTS Kevin founded Divergent Venture Partners, a firm with four funds spanning 15 years. He invested $13 million of the firm's $27 million in 10 companies, returning $24 million, or 1.9x invested capital. Notable winners in the Divergent portfolio include Flashsoft—an 8.5x return investment, Pliant Technologies—a 6x return investment, and PushSpring—a 1.8x return investment

2015 - 2024

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2015 - 2024

2014 - 2024

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2014 - 2024

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2011 - 2015