Charles Curran

Charles Curran has been a technology venture capital investor since 1998. Prior to that, he was an investment banker.

Before joining Valhalla, Charles was a partner of Saturn Venture Partners, a $280 million early stage venture firm backed by Telecom Italia Mobile, which is located in New York, NY. He led enterprise technology investing at Saturn. He also worked as an associate with New Enterprise Associates (located in Reston, VA) working closely with Art Marks. Prior to NEA, Mr. Curran worked as a telecommunications and technology investment banker for Lazard Frères & Co. and DLJ Securities Corporation, advising premier clients on over $35 billion announced M&A and capital markets transactions.

Charles received a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Distinction from Stanford University.

Charles is helping to drive Valhalla's efforts in data storage, mobile and Internet marketing. He led or supported the firm's investments in JumpTap, Nirvanix, LeftHand Networks, and SEPATON serving as Board member or observer at all five companies.

Charles lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.

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