"Ask a VC" with Jeff Karras, Levensohn Venture Partners (Global)

**Open to Astia Members Only Please.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Please contact Andrew Deaver at andrew@astia.org with any questions regarding your potential involvment in this interactive online event.

Astia is committed to providing our members with current, fresh and relevant resources to help you succeed.  Keeping this in mind, Astia has decided to kick-off a new feature for our members!

Jeff Karras, General Partner with Levensohn Venture Partners will be moderating our first live virtual session, “Ask the VC” on April 28th at 9:00am PST.  Participants will gain current updates on the funding environment and recieve straight talk from the Venture Community. This forum is the perfect opportunity to have a VC critique your pitch!

Moderator's Bio:

Jeff Karras joined Levensohn Venture Partners in January 2001 and specializes in digital media and security. Before joining LVP, Jeff was a Group Product Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems, where he was a key strategic driver behind their Portal Server product line. Prior to Sun Microsystems, Jeff was a Principal Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change Group, where he provided strategic guidance across a variety of industries including telecommunications, software, energy and financial services.

In the past, Jeff has worked closely with a number of LVP portfolio companies including Atheros, Veraz Networks, Covigo, Rapt, and Reconnex. Currently, Jeff is a board observer at ShotSpotter and holds board seats at Plum and Sim Ops Studios. In addition, Jeff is an active member of the Board of Trustees for Astia.

Jeff received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jeff is also an active member of the Board of Trustees for Astia.