Kevin Efrusy

Kevin Efrusy came to Accel in 2003 and serves as a General Partner. His background is primarily as an entrepreneur and operating executive. He served two stints as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers where he started Corio, an ASP pioneer which went public on Nasdaq and was acquired by IBM in 2005. Later he served as the first CEO of IronPlanet, an online marketplace for heavy equipment which currently sells in excess of $170M/year of equipment. Prior to KPCB, Kevin served as a product manager at Zip2 and a consultant at Bain & Company.

Efrusy invests broadly in software and internet businesses, but he focuses on consumer internet companies, open source software, and wireless application providers. He co-led Accel’s investment in Facebook, currently serves on the boards of Metacafe, Hyperic, Xensource, Terracotta, and BBN Technologies. He is also actively involved in Riverbed Technology and Transera.

Efrusy has an MSEE, BSEE, and BA in Economics all from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller scholar.