Paul Holland Biography

Paul Holland is General Partner at Foundation Capital with his primary focus on helping early-stage start-ups go from zero to $100M in revenue. He helped take public two venture-funded software start-ups Kana Communications (KANA) and Pure Software (RATL). Paul currently serves on the board of directors for CalStar Products Chegg Coverity Inside View MobileIron and Serious Materials; and previously for Talking Blocks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) RouteScience (acquired by Avaya) TuVox (acquired by West) and Ketera (acquired by Rearden Commerce). Prior to joining Foundation Capital was senior vice president of worldwide sales at Kana Communications a leading supplier of Enterprise Relationship Management solutions to strategic e-businesses. Paul went on to build a team of over 350 people that secured more than 900 customers worldwide helping Kana become one of the top ten IPOs of 1999. Before Kana Paul was a vice president and general manager for another highly successful start-up Pure Software helping raise their market value from $2 million to over $1 billion in his five-year tenure there. He began his professional career at SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute). Paul enjoys spending time with his wife Linda Yates and their three daughters Kylie Devon and Piper. In his spare time he enjoys golf volleyball poker traveling (he has visited over 50 countries to date) and is building a LEED Platinum home in Portola Valley.

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