Shernaz Daver has departed from her advisory partner role at internet and technology conglomerate Alphabet’s GV unit and joined US-based venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, Business Insider has reported.
Founded in 2004, Khosla Ventures targets developers of consumer, enterprise, education, advertising, financial, semiconductor, healthcare, big data, agriculture, sustainable energy and robotics technology.
Khosla Ventures hired Daver as a senior operating partner and chief marketing officer (CMO), which are newly established positions that would entail her conducting expansion and growth initiatives.
GV brought Daver on board in 2011, involving her with fund building and portfolio collaborations. In the latter part of her stint, she held a senior adviser role at medical tool developer 10X Genomics and was an adviser at cell therapeutics developer Orca Bio, having also been CMO at education services provider Udacity.
Daver will help Khosla Ventures ramp up its presence in the venture ecosystem and diversify its mandate beyond early-stage deals, venturing into areas including special purpose acquisition companies, according to Vinod Khosla, founding partner of the firm.
Khosla Ventures had appointed another corporate venturer Rajesh Swaminathan, as a venture partner in March 2020. He had headed semiconductor manufacturing technology provider Applied Materials subsidiary Applied Ventures and was a GCV Powerlist 2019 member.
Photo of Shernaz Daver courtesy of LinkedIn.
