Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 12
  • Primary Job Title Managing Director, Corporate Venture Practice, VC in Residence
  • Primary Organization 
    Mach49
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Paul Holland is Managing Director, Corporate Venture Practice, VC in Residence at Mch49. Prior to this, He served as General Partner at Foundation Capital, Paul's primary focus is 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 Averil, CalStar Products, Coverity, Inside View, and Serious Energy; and previously for Talking Blocks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), RouteScience (acquired by Avaya), TuVox (acquired by West), and Ketera (acquired by Rearden Commerce). Paul is an active board observer at Chegg and MobileIron.

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. Paul has been guest lecturer on entrepreneurship at Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business, Harvard Business School, James Madison University, and the Stanford Graduate School of Engineering. He is an active advisor and supporter of Project BUILD in East Palo Alto, the Bing School at Stanford and Sustainable Silicon Valley. He is the Co-Executive Producer of a critically acclaimed documentary on the origins of the venture capital industry called Something Ventured, and is the past president of the Western Association of Venture Capital.

Paul received an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley; an MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia; and a BS from James Madison University.

Number of Investments 3
Paul Holland has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Zamp on May 10, 2023, when Zamp raised
$4M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 10, 2023
Zamp
Seed Round - Zamp
$4M
Feb 15, 2022
Overnight
Pre Seed Round - Overnight
$850K
Jul 14, 2021
PixieBrix
Seed Round - PixieBrix
$3.5M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 4
Paul Holland is the Managing Director, Corporate Venture Practice, VC in Residence at Mach49. Additionally, Paul Holland has had 4 past jobs including General Partner at Foundation Capital.
  • Mach49 Managing Director, Corporate Venture Practice, VC in ResidenceJan 2020
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Foundation Capital
General PartnerOct 2001Jan 2020
Pure Software
VP and MD EuropeJun 1992Aug 1997
SRI International
Team Member
KANA Software
SVP Worldwide Sales
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 12
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 8
Paul Holland holds 12 board and advisor roles including Member of the Board of Directors at Peerspace, Board member at Skycure, and Member of the Board of Directors at Averail.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Simply Hired
Member of the Board of Directors
TuVox/West Corporation
Member of the Board of Directors
Talking Blocks
Member of the Board of Directors
Ketera
Member of the Board of Directors
Chegg
Member of the Board Observer
Coverity
Member of the Board of Directors
CalStar Products
Member of the Board of Directors
DreamBox Learning
Board Member