Shernaz Daver
Operating Partner and CMO at Khosla Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Operating Partner and CMO
2021 - Current
Khosla Ventures provides venture assistance to entrepreneurs in AI, sustainability, enterprise, consumer, health and frontier technologies.
Raised $1,500,000.00 from Raj Sareen.
Marketing and Communications
2016
Built communications and marketing during the company's most ambitious building phases; shaping public perception and media understanding of next-generation electric aviation and urban air mobility.
Marketing
2011 - 2021
Was instrumental in building out GV since its early days as a new venture fund. Introduced the fund, partners and portfolio to the world to support its mission, making it one of the premier funds today.
Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.
Pre/Post-IPO Communications & Brand Strategy
2018 - 2021
Collaborated with teams to develop a clear, compelling narrative that set the company apart in a crowded life sciences market. Supported the company through its successful IPO in 2019—one of the top five performers that year—and helped position it as a category-defining leader.
Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Communications
2013 - 2017
Repositioned Udacity from yet-another MOOC to a leading company in the lifelong learning space. Grew Udacity student base by 5x; increased revenue over 100% year over year, the strongest year in the history of the company; built partnerships with 60 companies including Amazon.com, IBM and Lyft; launched multiple Nanodegrees including "Self-Driving Car," the fastest growing program in Udacity's history. Built a strong team focused on user acquisition, performance marketing. brand, marketing engineering, data analytics, communications and partnerships.
Principal & Owner
2004 - 2015
A high-end strategic marketing consultancy to build pathbreaking companies across the globe. Netflix, Walmart, Baidu, Zynga, Guardant Health, Polyvore (Yahoo), Groupon, Savvis (Century Link), Nokia, Samsung, Red Hot Labs (Google), Zynga, Opsware (HP), Truveo (AOL), Khan Academy and others.
SVP Marketing & Investor Relations
1997 - 2003
Led Inktomi’s global marketing and investor relations departments for five years. Was the first and only head of marketing at the company. Instrumental in forming the company’s worldwide brand, go-to-market strategy and market position with customers, partners, media and Wall Street, making Inktomi one of the hottest Internet names reaching over $37 billion in valuation. Founded Inktomi’s investor relations group and led IR with Street analysts, investment bankers, and the VC community. Guided the company’s communications through its IPO and follow-on offerings.
Inktomi Corporation is a California-based company developing software for internet service providers.
Director Communications and Investor Relations
1995 - 1996
Manager, Marketing, European Developer Relations (Paris)
1990 - 1995
Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.
Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.