Paul Yeh

Paul Yeh is a Founding Member and Managing Director at Conductive Ventures with $250M in AUM focused on investments in the areas of software, hardware, and technology-enabled services. He leads the firm’s hardware-related investments. These include autonomous vehicle technologies, additive manufacturing (3D printing), semiconductors, drones, industrial IoT solutions, and AI-enhanced robotics, among others. Paul has over 18 years of venture capital, technology, product, and operations experience. Prior to Conductive Ventures, Paul was a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), where he focused on KPCB’s hardware and sustainability investments. Paul has worked as a board director/observer with entrepreneurs at AEye, Agrivida, Ambiq Micro, Amprius, Beyond Meat, Cross Bar, Desktop Metal, DJI, Ionic Materials, LuxVue Technology (acquired by Apple), mCube, Motiv, Relayr, and Solidia.

Before joining KPCB, Paul served as Director of Strategy & Business Development at Fisker Automotive, the manufacturer of premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. He worked directly with CEO Tom LaSorda (former President and CEO of Chrysler Group) and founder Henrik Fisker in setting the company’s short and long-term strategies. Paul also led joint-venture discussions with other automotive manufacturers across the world, where he managed team members from powertrain and vehicle engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, and sales. Paul has also worked at Next Autoworks as Director of Marketing & Finance. He began his career as an investment banking analyst focused on technology M&A at RBC Capital Markets. Paul also spent time at Ford Motor Company, McKinsey & Company, and Tesla Motors in various product development and operating roles.

Paul earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley.