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Kevin Henrikson

Partner Director of Engineering

Microsoft Total Funding ($1,000,000)

San Francisco, North America, California, United States (US)

West Coast, Western US, San Francisco Bay Area

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Kevin Henrikson is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and engineer. Today he leads engineering for Microsoft Outlook on iOS, Android, and Mac. Before, Kevin co-founded [Acompli](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/acompli-inc) which Microsoft acquired in 2014 for $200M. Kevin graduated from UCLA (BS Engineering) in 2000. His early career included operations and technical leadership roles for Federal Express, iSearch (SAAS startup), and Openwave Systems, a mobile Internet software solutions company. In 2005 he joined [Zimbra](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zimbra), an enterprise collaboration and messaging startup and quickly advanced to Director of Engineering, building and managing a team to develop enterprise and mobility technologies. In 2007 Zimbra was acquired by [Yahoo!](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo) for $350M. In 2010 he continued as a Senior Director of Engineering after Zimbra was re-acquired by [VMWare](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vmware), directing Zimbra's engineering and development roadmap planning and execution, including potential company acquisitions. His achievements include steering the successful transition following VMware’s acquisition and championing new quality and agile development processes that reduced bugs in the field, improved schedule predictability, and enabled a more fluid development process. He holds a published patent and a filed patent in conjunction with his work at Zimbra. Kevin is also the co-founder and former CTO of [Alpha Brand Media](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alpha-brand-media), a digital media publishing company that owns and operates a large portfolio of blogs and websites reaching millions of visitors every month, and specializes in social media and content marketing. He designed the server architecture for ABM and managed all technical resources in support of a network of hundreds of sites. Today he advises on overall strategy and technology. As an [angel investor](https://angel.co/kevinhenrikson), he enjoys working with ambitious entrepreneurs on disruptive solutions in mobile, enterprise SaaS and the consumer internet.

Total Investments 19

Organization Name	Lead?	Round	Participating Raised	Date
YourMechanic	No	Seed	$4,600,000	October, 10, 2018
Fuel	No	Seed	$470,000	January, 01, 2017
Orion Labs	No	Series A	$6,250,000	August, 20, 2014
9SLIDES	No	Debt Financing	$425,000	October, 03, 2013
Ministry of Supply	No	Seed	$1,100,000	September, 26, 2013
ReTargeter	No	Seed	Undisclosed	September, 01, 2013
Sqwiggle	No	Seed	$1,100,000	August, 29, 2013
Local Motion	No	Seed	Undisclosed	November, 01, 2012
FundersClub	No	Seed	$6,500,000	October, 19, 2012
Citybot	No	Seed	$750,000	September, 30, 2012
PostRocket	No	Seed	Undisclosed	May, 31, 2012
NetPlenish	No	Seed	Undisclosed	May, 03, 2012
LikeIt.com	No	Seed	Undisclosed	April, 01, 2012
71lbs	No	Angel	Undisclosed	March, 20, 2012
SourceNinja	No	Convertible Note	Undisclosed	March, 20, 2012
GAIN Fitness	No	Seed	Undisclosed	December, 09, 2011
DailyCred	No	Seed	Undisclosed	June, 16, 2011
Embee Mobile	No	Venture - Series Unknown	Undisclosed	January, 01, 2011
Microventures	No	Seed	Undisclosed	Undisclosed

Kevin Henrikson in the News

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