General Partner

Jeff Karras specializes in enterprise software, communications and wireless technologies, with particular interests in security, business analytics, and new Internet media. Before joining LVP, Jeff was a Group Product Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems, where he was a key strategic driver behind their Portal Server product line. Prior to Sun Microsystems, Jeff was a Principal Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change Group, where he provided strategic guidance across a variety of industries including telecommunications, software, energy and financial services.

Currently Jeff works closely with a number of LVP portfolio companies including KnowNow, Rapt, Radiance, Reconnex, ShotSpotter and Veraz Networks. In addition, he previously held a board seat at Covigo, which was acquired by Symbol Technologies in 2003.

Jeff received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jeff is also an active member of the Board of Trustees for Astia (formerly the Women's Technology Cluster) http://www.astia.org/.