Kodiak Data
Kevin Ober is a seasoned investment professional currently serving as Managing Director at Khasm Capital since February 2020, where the organization focuses on the transformative potential of edge computing, supported by major technology companies such as Microsoft and Intel. As an Investor at multiple firms including Synadia, Airgap Networks Inc., Pano AI, ZEDEDA, and Ocient, Kevin demonstrates a strong commitment to emerging technology ventures. Kevin also founded Divergent Venture Partners, overseeing a total investment of $13 million and achieving a return of $24 million. Additionally, Kevin has held roles as Investor and Board Observer for companies like PushSpring and Shippable, further emphasizing a robust background in strategic investment. Kevin holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and has pursued studies at Saint John's University.
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Kodiak Data
Kodiak Data is serving a market need that has emerged at the confluence of three shifts in the industry: growing adoption of Big Data, shift to private and public cloud, and containerization. Big data workloads and clustered workloads have different requirements than do web and machine-to-human workloads and, thus, are served neither efficientlynor scalably by existing cloud solutions.Kodiak Data has developed an edge cloud solution that solves the infrastructure demand for Big Data. The product fits seamlessly between the user, and their public cloud or on-prem infrastructure, and requires no major implementation on the end of their customers. Since deploying the solution with revenue generating customers in Q4 2016, Kodiak Data has seen 5X lifts in speed and dramatic cost savings in customer case studies.At its core, Kodiak Data is a software company that containerizes clusters for big data developers and IT. The team has deep technical expertise in networking, virtualization and storage, and is supported by advisors and investors who are leaders in the database, virtualization and networking industries. Institutional investors include Data Collective (DCVC), Divergent Ventures, and Aspect Ventures.