Daniel Karp

Partner atCervinCalifornia

Daniel Karp is a partner at Cervin Ventures. He previously held roles in corporate venture and strategic investments at Cisco and worked in product and strategy at Microsoft.

What Daniel can write

Writes checks of$250K to $3M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%, 10-12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Cervin writes $250K to $3M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Cervin.

Career

  1. Amiti Ventures · associate
  2. Microsoft
  3. Cisco
  4. Cervin Ventures · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Gong.ioHabana LabsGuardiCoreIsovalentSealights

Focus

enterprise infrastructurecloudDevOpssecuritynetworking

Before you pitch

Cervin does not invest inWeb3, Crypto, B2C

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Questions

Who is Daniel Karp?

Daniel Karp is a partner at Cervin Ventures. He previously held roles in corporate venture and strategic investments at Cisco and worked in product and strategy at Microsoft.

How much does Daniel Karp invest?

Daniel Karp invests through Cervin, which writes checks of $250K to $3M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Daniel Karp?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Daniel in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Cervin backed works better.

What did Daniel Karp do before Cervin?

associate at Amiti Ventures; Microsoft; Cisco.

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