Tom Kemp
Managing Director at Kemp Au Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Executive Director
2025 - Current
Author
2022
Authored "Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy" (Fast Company Press, August 2023).
Volunteer Policy Advisor
2020
[Taking a break]. Pro-bono policy advisor for different campaigns and advocacy groups: * I proposed and co-drafted California Senate Bill 942 (aka the California AI Transparency Act). See https://www.tomkemp.ai/blog/2024/9/18/analysis-of-the-california-ai-transparency-act-sb-942-signed-by-governor-newsom-into-law * I proposed, co-drafted, and worked as part of the team that passed California Senate Bill 362 (aka the California Delete Act). See https://www.tomkemp.ai/blog/2023/10/10/analysis-of-the-california-delete-act-sb-362-signed-into-law * I advised Texas Appleseed in drafting Texas SB 2105 (passed in 2023). SB 2105 created the US' most robust data broker registry with requirements for stronger security. See https://www.tomkemp.ai/blog/2023/6/22/texas-enacts-us-most-robust-data-broker-registry-law * California Initiative for Technology & Democracy aka CITED: advisor in late 23/early 24. * Yes on Prop 24 Campaign (July 2020 - Nov 2020): volunteer who led the marketing efforts for the Yes on Prop 24 campaign that passed with over 9.3 million votes. Prop 24 is the California Privacy Rights Act (CRPA) that is "Version 2" of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and gives Californians equivalent privacy rights as Europeans get with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I built a team to help me manage the website, content (blogs, videos, etc.), and social. I also advised and contributed to advertising, endorsements, strategy, and other areas of the campaign. Discovered issues with Google search algorithms that made national news and was interviewed by Politico and WaPo. * Biden/Harris policy advisory team member for privacy/cybersecurity (June 2020 - Nov 2020). * Californians for Consumer Privacy (July 2020 - May 2021): volunteer policy advisor that built the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) resource center (https://www.caprivacy.org/cpra-resource-center/) and provided misc. advice to the organization.
Seed Investor
2024
Seed Investor
2024
Numero is a campaign financial software that manages payment processing, accounting, and compliance for their campaigns.
Seed Investor
2024
Speechlab is making the world accessible to people who speak different languages using generative AI for speech-to-speech translation.
Raised $2,900,000.00 from Grit Capital Partners, Platform Venture Studio, Sand Hill Angels, Gaingels, AI Fund, Handmade Ventures, i-Hatch Ventures and Red Bridge Ventures.
Seed Investor
2023
Amplifier Security utilizes AI-powered technology to enable security teams to modernize their approach.
Raised $3,300,000.00 from phil sadler, Shift Left Ventures, Anshu Sharma, Tom Kemp, Suresh Batchu, Cal Henderson, WestWave Capital, Cota Capital and Immad Akhund.
Seed Investor
2023
Uno is an intelligent analyst that utilizes autonomous and AI-driven systems to understand and protect systems in the cloud.
Seed Investor
2022
Seed Investor
2022
Education
BS
1984 - 1988