Allan Kaplan
Entreprenuer & Investor
- Role
- Managing Partner at Kg Investments, Llc
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Allan Kaplan
Entrepreneur and Investor with strong experience in Internet infrastructure and consumer services (Founder of Limelight Networks (Edgio), GlobalCenter, Entera, and Primenet)Currently focused on early-stage venture capital and secondary acquisitions of private equity investments in emerging growth technology companies.Recent venture Investments include: Figure AI, NJOY, Figma, Tenstorrent, Taalas, X.ai Grok), X ( formerly Twitter), Ripple, Hubble Networks, The Boring Co, Quindar, RegScale, Shield AI.
Experience
Managing Partner
Jan 2006 — Present
KG Investments is a private fund utilizing internally generated capital and does not take money from outside funds. We are focused on investing primarily in technology companies via direct investments and and secondary loans. This approach is guided by an extensive background building and investing in technology related companies over the last 20 years. KG also invests in uncorrelated professionally managed funds as a LP. looking for unique differentiated opportunities. Notable private Investments Include: Figure.AI, X.ai, Zephyr.AI, Tenstorrent, Figma. Ripple, Facebook, Linkedin, NJOY. A more complete list can be found at a more extensive list at )
Education
Arizona State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Finance
1988 — 1993
Skills
- New Business Development
- Due Diligence
- Mobile Devices
- Telecommunications
- Venture Capital
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Entrepreneurship
- Cloud Computing
- Management
- Mobile Applications
- Venture Financing
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Analytics
- Business Strategy
- Mergers
- Competitive Analysis
- Start-Ups
- Saas
- Investments
- Emerging Markets
- Marketing Strategy
- Private Equity
- Product Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Executive Management
- Online Advertising
- Strategic Planning
- Angel Investing
- Online Marketing
- Corporate Development
- Digital Media
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Private Placements
- Business Development
- Ipo
- Digital Marketing
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