Straub, Mark
Director Khosla Impact
Mark is Director at Khosla Impact — a venture fund investing in early stage tech-enabled companies that open up markets, increase human productivity and improve standards in emerging economies. Prior to Khosla Impact, Mark’s career spanned two continents and three industries. After graduating from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, he began his career in technology investment banking in San Francisco.
In 2006 he moved in India and joined Lok Capital in New Delhi as an early employee and the first American. At Lok, Mark was involved in supporting the growth of India’s microfinance industry and initiated a fellows program to support Lok’s portfolio. More recently, Mark was a member of DFJ Growth, a multi-hundred million dollar expansion stage fund investing in category leading technology companies including Admob, betaworks (bit.ly), Tesla Motors, SolarCity and SpaceX.