[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> [[People]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> Sven Strohband **Name:** Sven Strohband **Role:** Director (Khosla Ventures) **Shares Owned:** 324,341 **Joined:** 2013-10-01 **Linkedin**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sven-strohband-348b841/ ![[Pasted image 20241208014702.png|300]] >[!summary] **Professional Background**: Sven Strohband is a Partner and Managing Director at [[Khosla Ventures]], where he has led early investments in companies such as Berkshire Grey, GitLab, Hermeus, and Rocket Lab. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, he spent six years leading technical diligence at Mohr Davidow Ventures and managed technical projects at Volkswagen's Electronics Research Lab. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in mechanics and computation from Stanford University. > **Involvement with Rocket Lab**: In 2013, Strohband joined Rocket Lab's Board of Directors, bringing his expertise in deep tech and venture capital to the company. During his tenure, he provided invaluable insight and support through critical milestones, including funding rounds, the first Electron launch, NASDAQ listing, and expansion into space systems. After 11 years of dedicated service, Strohband announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, scheduled for June 12, 2024. > **Additional Contributions**: Beyond his role at Rocket Lab, Strohband co-founded and served as CEO of AI company Metamind, which is now a key component of Salesforce's AI product, Einstein. He was also the lead engineer and project lead for Stanford's autonomous car, Stanley, which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and is now featured at the Smithsonian Museum. > Through his strategic guidance and leadership, Sven Strohband has played a crucial role in advancing Rocket Lab's mission and the broader aerospace industry. [Source](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about/team/) ## 💼 SEC Filings %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table Filing_Type as "Filing Type", Filing_Date as "Date" from "Filings" where Insider = [[Sven Strohband]] sort Filing_Date desc ``` %% | File | Filing Type | Date | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | | [[Filings/2024/Form 4/5-13-24 Form 4 - Sven Strohband.md\|5-13-24 Form 4 - Sven Strohband]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#Form 4\|Form 4]] | May 13, 2024 | | [[Filings/2024/8-K/4-18-24 8-K - Sven Strohband Retires.md\|4-18-24 8-K - Sven Strohband Retires]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#8-K\|8-K]] | April 18, 2024 | | [[Filings/2024/Form 4/3-13-24 Form 4 - Sven Strohband.md\|3-13-24 Form 4 - Sven Strohband]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#Form 4\|Form 4]] | March 13, 2024 | | [[Filings/2022/Form 4/5-19-22 Form 4 - Sven Strohband.md\|5-19-22 Form 4 - Sven Strohband]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#Form 4\|Form 4]] | May 19, 2022 | | [[Filings/2022/Form 4/3-16-22 Form 4 - Sven Strohband.md\|3-16-22 Form 4 - Sven Strohband]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#Form 4\|Form 4]] | March 16, 2022 | | [[Filings/2021/Form 3/9-07-21 Form 3 - Sven Strohband.md\|9-07-21 Form 3 - Sven Strohband]] | [[Filings/Filing Definitions.md#Form 3\|Form 3]] | September 07, 2021 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% ## 📰 News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table title as "Title", published as "Published" from "News" where contains(insider, [[Sven Strohband]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Title | Published | | ---- | ----- | --------- | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%