Howard Levenson led Databricks Federal, LLC as General Manager and Regional Vice President. He previously worked with Institutional Venture Partners and held leadership roles at IBM and Silicon Graphics/Cray. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University.

What Howard can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%, > 12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

SineWave Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. IBM · leadership
  2. Silicon Graphics/Cray · leadership
  3. Institutional Venture Partners · advisory and investor
  4. Databricks Federal, LLC · General Manager and Regional Vice President
  5. IBM
  6. Silicon Graphics/Cray
  7. Institutional Venture Partners
  8. SineWave Ventures · Partner
    Now

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Focus

big datahigh-performance computinginformation technologymachine learningcloud

Education

Northeastern University, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

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Who is Howard Levenson?

Howard Levenson led Databricks Federal, LLC as General Manager and Regional Vice President. He previously worked with Institutional Venture Partners and held leadership roles at IBM and Silicon Graphics/Cray. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University.

How much does Howard Levenson invest?

Howard Levenson invests through SineWave Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Howard Levenson?

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

What did Howard Levenson do before SineWave Ventures?

leadership at IBM; leadership at Silicon Graphics/Cray; advisory and investor at Institutional Venture Partners; General Manager and Regional Vice President at Databricks Federal, LLC; IBM; Silicon Graphics/Cray; Institutional Venture Partners.

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