Mark David Kvamme (born February 20, 1961) is an American venture capitalist who founded Drive Capital and a sports car racing driver and team owner of MDK Motorsports.
Business career Kvamme founded Drive Capital with Chris Olsen in 2013. He currently sits on the board of Wexner Center for the Arts, Aver Informatics, FarmLogs, Clinc, Funny or Die, Gecko Robotics, Muve Health, Physna, and Udacity. He specializes in innovative technology, healthcare and consumer investments in the Midwest. Before Drive Capital, Kvamme was the interim chief investment officer and president of JobsOhio. Prior to JobsOhio, Kvamme was a partner at Sequoia Capital, the chairman and CEO of CKS Group, the director of international marketing at Wyse Technology, president and CEO of International Solutions and a founding member of Apple France.
Kvamme formerly worked as state development director in the administration of Ohio Governor John Kasich. In 2015, Kvamme donated $500,000 to Kasich's 2016 presidential campaign through the limited liability corporation MMWP12.
Racing career Kvamme grew up in motorcycle racing, but did not pursue a career in it. After competing in off-road truck racing, he moved to sports cars, racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship starting in 2014. In 2017, he placed third at the Rolex 24hrs of Daytona in the Prototype Challenge class. He also began competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA, and finished second in the Platinum Cup Masters championship with two wins (Barber Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway).
In late 2019, Kvamme joined Rick Ware Racing's Asian Le Mans Series program, where he shared the No. 52 Ligier JS P2 with Cody Ware. In their first race at Shanghai International Circuit, despite missing qualifying and only having two laps of practice, Ware and Kvamme finished second in the LMPS Am class and 14th overall.
Kvamme's team MDK Motorsports was also active in motocross during the early 2000s, and returned to the sport for the 2022 season of the reborn FIM World Supercross Championship.
Personal life
Kvamme is the son of E. Floyd Kvamme, a former entrepreneur and a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Apple France was created in 1982; as a "Founding Member", Kvamme was living in France at that time and working for Jean Louis Gassee.
Kvamme has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Motorsports career results Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2015 RG Racing P Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY SIR LBH LGA DET WGL MSP ELK COA PET 27th 26 2022 Forty7 Motorsports LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY SEB MDO WGL MOS ELK PET 34th 251 2023 MDK Motorsports GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH MON WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 26th 250
Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 Pos Points 2019–20 Rick Ware Racing LMP2 Am Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SHA2 BEN SEP CHA 6th 18
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2022 JMW Motorsport Jason Hart Renger van der Zande Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 331 50th 15th 2023 Inter Europol Competition Anders Fjordbach Jan Magnussen Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 117 DNF DNF
References
External links
From Mass Media to Media for the Masses- Mark Kvamme at OMMA Global 2010 GigaOm- Sequoia’s Kvamme: Social Media Marketing Can Replace Advertising OMMA Global on Mobile