Vince Vannelli
Founder at KPG Ventures LLC
Profile
Before launching KPG Ventures, Mr. Vannelli was with VSP Capital as a General Partner.
From 1997 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Network Products Division of Inktomi Corporation.
Prior to that position, Mr. Vannelli was responsible for all Inktomi sales as Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations.
Before his work with Inktomi, Vince spent eight years at Hitachi Data Systems where he held multiple positions, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, United States.
He directed Hitachi's sales channels, service, and field marketing departments and was responsible for a $1.2 billion revenue base.
Prior to joining Hitachi, he worked for IBM Corporation where he spent eight years in various sales and marketing leadership roles throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mr. Vannelli holds a BS and an MS in Industrial Engineering, both from Stanford University.
Vince Vannelli active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
KPG Ventures LLC
 KPG Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance KPG Ventures LLC (KPG ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Vince Vannelli. The firm headquartered in Berkeley. | Founder | 2010-12-13 |
Former positions of Vince Vannelli
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SezWho, Inc.
 SezWho, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services SezWho, launched in June 2007, is a universal profile service for the social web that engages communities and enables content discovery. SezWho's engine informs and improves conversation across distributed social spaces, including blogs, forums, social networks, wikis, and any site with collaborative content. SezWho encourages a more engaged community by inspiring commenters to leave more insightful comments, as well as having readers vote on the feedback of others. | Director/Board Member | 2010-04-28 |
Venture Strategy Group LLC
 Venture Strategy Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1996 by Joanna Gallanter, Venture Strategy Group LLC is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm also does business as VSP Capital. | Private Equity Investor | 2006-12-30 |
Inktomi Corp.
 Inktomi Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Inktomi Corp. used to develop and provide web search services & solutions. The company also provided related paid services such as paid inclusion programs for portals, destination sites and search marketing providers. Its customers & partners were Amazon.com, eBay, Lycos/HotBot, MSn, Overture and WalMart.com. The company was founded by Brian K. Totty, Eric A. Brewer and Paul Gauthier in February 1996 and was headquartered in Foster City, CA | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
BrightRoll, Inc.
 BrightRoll, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services BrightRoll, Inc. operates as a video advertising network company. It engages in the production of advertisements and video ad campaigns. The firm's proprietary technology connects buyers and sellers of digital video advertising to help them reach audiences across web, mobile, and connected television. The company was founded by Tod M. Sacerdoti in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Wowd, Inc.
 Wowd, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wowd, Inc. provides distributed search engine services. It is focused on demonstrating a distributed architecture represents breakthrough in the field of Internet search. The firm has offices in Portland, OR and Serbia. The company was founded in 2007 by Dr. Borislav Agapiev and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Vince Vannelli
| Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| IBM | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 16 |
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Inktomi Corp.
Inktomi Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Inktomi Corp. used to develop and provide web search services & solutions. The company also provided related paid services such as paid inclusion programs for portals, destination sites and search marketing providers. Its customers & partners were Amazon.com, eBay, Lycos/HotBot, MSn, Overture and WalMart.com. The company was founded by Brian K. Totty, Eric A. Brewer and Paul Gauthier in February 1996 and was headquartered in Foster City, CA | Technology Services |
Venture Strategy Group LLC
Venture Strategy Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1996 by Joanna Gallanter, Venture Strategy Group LLC is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm also does business as VSP Capital. | Finance |
Doppelganger, Inc.
 Doppelganger, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Doppelganger, Inc. provided social entertainment network services for youth. Its services included music, pop culture, fashion, self expression, community and social networking. It was founded by Andrew Littlefield and James Lee in July 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Sociable Labs, Inc.
 Sociable Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sociable Labs, Inc. provides on-site social commerce solutions for website. Its shopper-to-shopper engine, is a platform that helps websites acquire shoppers. The firm operates through its offices located in Montreal and San Francisco. The company was founded by Nisan Gabbay, Sebastien Brault, and Taoufik El Jamali in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
BrightRoll, Inc.
BrightRoll, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services BrightRoll, Inc. operates as a video advertising network company. It engages in the production of advertisements and video ad campaigns. The firm's proprietary technology connects buyers and sellers of digital video advertising to help them reach audiences across web, mobile, and connected television. The company was founded by Tod M. Sacerdoti in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
ZipLine (Florida)
 ZipLine (Florida) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ZipLine provides merchant branded debit cards and mobile payment solutions. Its products and services include merchant branded debit, mobile payment, and zipline. The company was founded by Danilo Portal and Joe Randazza in 2004 and is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, FL. | Technology Services |
Solariat, Inc.
 Solariat, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Solariat, Inc. provides conversational assistance, search engine and marketing systems. The company was founded by Jeffrey Davitz, Jack Smith and Conor McGann in November 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Jildy, Inc.
 Jildy, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jildy, Inc. developed mobile phone applications that filter social data. Its mobile app basically recreates the desktop browsing experience. It doesn't provided a solution to the clutter-management problem. Its patents cover social search, social graph clustering and many other aspects of search and social media. The company was founded in September 2011 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA | Technology Services |
Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp.
 Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp. provides modular mid-range and high-end computer data storage systems, software, and services. It offers cloud, bog date analytics, internet of things, converged infrastructure, storage, servers, data protection, application solutions, and industry solutions. The company was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1989 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Sportgenic, Inc.
 Sportgenic, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Sportgenic, Inc. develops and provides sports marketing solutions. It offers Sportgenic Torque, a software platform that connects buyers and sellers of sports media of any kind. Torque gives marketers the tools to build, buy, and manage integrated media campaigns, while partners leverage the engine to manage inventory and maximize revenue. The company was founded by Robert M. Tas in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
KPG Ventures LLC
KPG Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance KPG Ventures LLC (KPG ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Vince Vannelli. The firm headquartered in Berkeley. | Finance |
SezWho, Inc.
SezWho, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services SezWho, launched in June 2007, is a universal profile service for the social web that engages communities and enables content discovery. SezWho's engine informs and improves conversation across distributed social spaces, including blogs, forums, social networks, wikis, and any site with collaborative content. SezWho encourages a more engaged community by inspiring commenters to leave more insightful comments, as well as having readers vote on the feedback of others. | Technology Services |
ClipSync, Inc.
 ClipSync, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services ClipSync, Inc. operates a social media platform. It offers social TV platform, a technology platform to video content owners, such as television networks and movie studios for creating, deploying, managing, and measuring various social television applications. The company was founded by Itzik Cohen, Johnsie Garrett, and Samuel T. Barone, Jr., in May 1997 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Technology Services |
Wowd, Inc.
Wowd, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wowd, Inc. provides distributed search engine services. It is focused on demonstrating a distributed architecture represents breakthrough in the field of Internet search. The firm has offices in Portland, OR and Serbia. The company was founded in 2007 by Dr. Borislav Agapiev and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
MindMeld, Inc.
 MindMeld, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MindMeld, Inc. develops technology to power intelligent conversational interfaces. It offers MindMeld, understands conversations in real-time to find and share related information as users talk. The company was founded by Timothy D. Tuttle and Moninder Jheeta in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
TuneUp Media, Inc.
 TuneUp Media, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services TuneUp Media, Inc. provided software plug-in that enhanced the digital music experience. It automatically cleansed mislabeled tracks in a user's library. The firm provided useful, fun and contextual information to users which included concerts, music videos, news and more. The company was founded by Gabriel Adiv and Raza Zaidi in 2007 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
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