Overview
Kevin Thau is a Venture Partner at Spark Capital as of September 2024[3], having previously served as General Partner at the firm from May 2015 to September 2024[4]. Thau has worked across major technology platforms over three decades, including graphics workstations and the early internet through mobile, social, and AI-native computing[2]. Thau's career began at Silicon Graphics in developer marketing[8], followed by roles at Software.com as an early employee helping bring internet email to mainstream adoption[2]. Thau then spent nearly a decade at Openwave Systems working on mobile browser and messaging services[7], before joining Amdocs to work on mobile carrier ringtone and app stores[6]. Thau joined Twitter in 2008, where Thau built and led mobile products, M&A, and platform initiatives through 2014[5]. Thau attended UC Santa Barbara[10] and Saint Francis High School[9].
Profile introduction
Kevin is a longtime technology operator and investor who has worked at the center of every major platform shift of the past three decades, from graphics workstations and the early internet to mobile, social, and now AI-native computing. He began his career at Silicon Graphics, then joined Software.com as one of its earliest employees, helping bring internet email to the mainstream. Software.com became Openwave and pioneered the mobile web, building the first browser that shipped on more than a billion phones. Kevin went on to join Twitter, just after launch, where he built and led the mobile…
Career history
- Venture PartnerSep 2024 to presentSpark Capital
- General PartnerMay 2015 to Sep 2024Spark Capital
- Mobile Products, M&A, Platform2008 to 2014Twitter
- Mobile Carrier Ringtone & App StoresAug 2003 to Aug 2007Amdocs
- Mobile Browser, Messaging services1995 to 2003Openwave Systems
- Developer Marketing1994 to 1995SGI
Education
- Saint Francis High School
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