Sharon Knight Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Investments
  • 6

  • Portfolio
  • 3

  • Exits
  • 3

Exits

Sharon Knight General Information

Description

Ms. Sharon Knight serves as Venture Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners. Ms. Knight serves as Advisor at Bluesight. She served as Board Member at Ella Health. She served as Advisor at Buoy. She also serves as Angel Investor. She served as Chief Operating Officer and President at Hawthorne Effect. She brings diverse finance, operating, and leadership experience. Having started her career in commercial banking, she subsequently assumed senior finance roles at KFC Corporation, Gap Inc., and Electronic Arts (EA). In 2005, she transitioned into Operations, creating EA's global development shared services organization and developing an internal customer ethos. In 2009, she left gaming for healthcare, becoming President of the venture capital-backed One Medical Group, transforming patient experience in primary care, and growing it from 4 to 16 locations in 3 markets. Since 2012, she has also been an active digital health/health IT angel investor and board member through her own Avik Ventures. She holds an MBA in Finance from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in Economics from Smith College.

Business Details

Website
vikventures.com
Year Founded
1965
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • 2 Jack London Alley
  • San Francisco, CA 94107
  • United States
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Sharon Knight Investments (6)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
The Origin Way 13-Apr-2021 Early Stage VC Clinics/Outpatient Services Generating Revenue
VIDA (Internet Retail) 01-Apr-2018 Other Consumer Durables Generating Revenue
Buoy Health 11-Aug-2017 Clinics/Outpatient Services Generating Revenue
Ella Health 08-Aug-2013 Clinics/Outpatient Services Out of Business
Captureproof 01-Jul-2013 Seed Round Monitoring Equipment Generating Revenue
Ringadoc 16-May-2013 Seed Round Communication Software Generating Revenue

Sharon Knight Exits (3)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
VIDA (Internet Retail) 02-Jul-2018 Merger/Acquisition
Ella Health 01-Dec-2016
Ringadoc 06-Aug-2014

Sharon Knight Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

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Sharon Knight Co-Investors (9)

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Sharon Knight FAQs

  • Who is Sharon Knight?

    Sharon Knight is an angel Investor who has made 6 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Sharon Knight?

    Sharon Knight is an angel investor.

  • What does Sharon Knight do?

    As an angel investor, Sharon Knight invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Sharon Knight invested in?

    Sharon Knight has made numerous investments in companies like The Origin Way, VIDA (Internet Retail), and Buoy Health within the Clinics/Outpatient Services and Consumer Durables industries.

  • What has Sharon Knight invested in recently?

    Sharon Knight's latest investment was on 13-Apr-2021 in The Origin Way, a company within the Clinics/Outpatient Services industry.

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