Mark Kvamme is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...

 in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...

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Mark joined Sequoia Capital in 1999. He currently sits on the board of LinkedIn

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...

, Mark Logic

Mark Logic

MarkLogic Corporation is an enterprise software company that helps organizations manage unstructured information and Big Data. The company’s flagship product is MarkLogic Server, which is a database for unstructured information...

, Adbrite

AdBrite

AdBrite, Inc. is an online advertising network based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Philip J. Kaplan and Gidon Wise.AdBrite serves advertisements on 112,009 sites, according to their published statistics , and is the 10th largest advertising network on the Internet, according to...

, Strongmail, Funny or Die

Funny or Die

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 and UJAM. He specializes in media, software and advertising services investments. Before Sequoia, Mark was the Chairman and CEO of CKS Group

CKS Group

CKS Group was an advertising agency based in Cupertino, California, catering to technology companies. The initials CKS came from the three name partners, Bill Cleary, Mark Kvamme, and Tom Suiter. All three had previously worked for Apple Computer...

. Prior to CKS, Mark worked at Wyse Technology, and International Solutions. He was also a founding member of Apple France. Mark has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

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Mark is the son of E. Floyd Kvamme

E. Floyd Kvamme

Earl Floyd Kvamme is an American engineer, venture capitalist, and government advisor.-Early life:The son of Norwegian immigrant parents, Kvamme grew up in Northern California graduating from Jefferson High School of Daly City in 1955...

, a former entrepreneur and a venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.

External links

• From Mass Media to Media for the Masses- Mark Kvamme at OMMA Global 2010
• GigaOm- Sequoia’s Kvamme: Social Media Marketing Can Replace Advertising
• OMMA Global on Mobile
• The Future of Advertising Agencies- Mark Kvamme at AAAA 2008
• The Beginning of the End of Appointment Media- Mark Kvamme at iMedia 2008