Kevin Harvey is a general partner with the venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital. Prior
to Benchmark, Kevin was founder, president and CEO of Approach Software
where he led the development of the world's first end-user
client/server database for Windows. Approach Software was purchased by Lotus Development in 1993. Before
founding Approach Software, Kevin founded Styleware and pioneered
integrated software for the Apple II personal comput...
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Kevin Harvey is a general partner with the venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital. Prior
to Benchmark, Kevin was founder, president and CEO of Approach Software
where he led the development of the world's first end-user
client/server database for Windows. Approach Software was purchased by Lotus Development in 1993.
Before
founding Approach Software, Kevin founded Styleware and pioneered
integrated software for the Apple II personal computer. Styleware was
purchased by Claris Corporation where Kevin's team went on to create ClarisWorks, one of the best-selling software programs for the Macintosh.
Investments: Broadbase
Software, Bytemobile,
Collabnet, Ingenio,
Kana (KANA),
Metaweb, MySQL,
oDesk, Proofpoint,
Red Hat Software (RHAT),
RemarQ Communities (acquired by Critical
Path), Tellme,
Terracotta,
When.com (acquired by America
Online), Zimbra.
Education: BSEE degree from Rice University, 1987.
