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Joe Hurd(431)
VCCEOAngelStrategy Operator
Founder/Managing Partner at The Katama Group, LLC
katamagroup.comLos Altos, California
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cbCurrent Investing Position
The Katama Group, LLC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $100K
Sweet Spot
$25K
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Ag techJoe Hurd's Experience
Global Advisory Board Edelman Digital2018 - Present
Non Executive Director GoCompare2018 - Present
Founder/Managing Partner The Katama Group, LLC2003 - Present
Senior Associate LinklatersPresent
Director, Emerging Business FacebookPresent
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development GannettPresent
Senior Director, Export Promotion and Trade Policy U.S. Department of CommercePresent
General Manager, International Friendster, Inc.Present
Executive Director, International Business Development (Tokyo and Sydney) America Online, Inc.Present
VP International VideoEgg, Inc. (now SAY Media, Inc.)Present
Independent Director SilverBox Capital LLCPresent
Global Managing Director SOSVPresent
Executive Director, International Business Development (Tokyo and Sydney) When Inc. (acquired by AOL)Present
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORKPresent
Operating Partner SOSV Present
Nominated Member, Council of Lloyd's (Independent Non-Executive Director); Audit/Risk/ESG. Lloyd'sPresent
Non Executive Director; Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees HaysPresent
Non Executive Director; Audit, Nomination, Trust & Transparency Committees Trustpilot Present
Member The Trilateral CommissionPresent
Life Member, Membership Committee, Co-Chair, Diversity Subcommittee Council on Foreign RelationsPresent
Executive Committee Member, Harvard College Fund Harvard UniversityPresent
Chief Executive Officer The Katama Group, LLCPresent
Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp IPresent
Member of the Board of Directors, Remuneration & Nomination Committees GoCo Group (LSE: GOCO)Present
Member, Global Advisory Board EdelmanPresent
VP and General Manager, International Friendster, Inc.Present
Senior Director, Export Promotion and Trade Policy International Trade AdministrationPresent
VP and General Manager, International FriendsterPresent
Executive Director, International Business Development (Tokyo and Sydney) Self-EmployedPresent
Member of the Board of Directors, Remuneration and Nomination Committees GoCo Group (LSE: GOCO)Present
Non Executive Director; Audit, Nomination, Trust & Transparency Committees TrustpilotPresent
Operating Partner SOSVPresent
Chief Executive Officer Top-PatentsPresent
Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair Top-PatentsPresent
Member of the Board of Directors, Remuneration & Nomination Committees Go.ComparePresent
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development USA TODAY Co., Inc.Present
VP International VideoEggPresent
VP and General Manager, International Razer MalaysiaPresent
Senior Associate Top-PatentsPresent
Nominated Member, Council of Lloyd's (Non-Executive Director); Audit/Risk/Sustainability. Lloyd'sPresent
Executive Director, International Business Development (Tokyo and Sydney) AOLPresent
Joe Hurd's Education
Wellesley High School High school diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Columbia University in the City of New York MIA International Affairs (Japan)
Columbia University MIA International Affairs (Japan)
Harvard Law School JD International Corporate Law
Harvard University AB East Asian Studies & Government
Harvard Law School JD
Sch. of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Univ. MIA
Harvard College AB
Wellesey High School High school diploma
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