Karen White

Karen White

Partner at8VCCalifornia

Karen White is an Executive Partner at 8VC, advising portfolio companies and co-founding a new venture. She previously led RMS, Addepar, Syncplicity, and held executive roles at SolarWinds and Oracle.

What Karen can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M+
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target10-12%, > 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

8VC writes $500K to $30M+ checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: 8VC.

Career

  1. Oracle · various top executive roles
    1993-2000
  2. Solarwinds · executive
  3. Syncplicity · CEO and Chairman
  4. Addepar · President and COO
  5. RMS · CEO
  6. 8VC · Executive Partner
    Now
  7. Oracle
    1993-2000

Investments named in public bios

AddeparOpenGov

Focus

venture capitalenterprise saascatastrophic risk techwealth managementnetwork managementtechnology

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Who is Karen White?

Karen White is an Executive Partner at 8VC, advising portfolio companies and co-founding a new venture. She previously led RMS, Addepar, Syncplicity, and held executive roles at SolarWinds and Oracle.

How much does Karen White invest?

Karen White invests through 8VC, which writes checks of $500K to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Karen White?

A warm intro from a founder 8VC backed works best.

What did Karen White do before 8VC?

various top executive roles at Oracle; executive at Solarwinds; CEO and Chairman at Syncplicity; President and COO at Addepar; CEO at RMS; Oracle.

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