Executive Officers

Samir Kaul, 48
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Kaul has been a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm, since February 2006 and currently serves on the boards of directors of several private and public companies, including Guardant Health and Jack Creek Investment Corp. Additionally, Mr. Kaul has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of KV Acquisition I, KV Acquisition II and KV Acquisition III since their inceptions in January 2021. Mr. Kaul holds a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of Michigan, an M.S. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

Peter Buckland, 51
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

Mr. Buckland has been a Partner, Managing Director and COO at Khosla Ventures since October 2019. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Mr. Buckland was a Partner at WilmerHale LLP, where he was Vice Chair of its Corporate Group and led the firm’s emerging growth technology practice. Additionally, Mr. Buckland has served as the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of KV Acquisition I, KV Acquisition II and KV Acquisition III since their inceptions in January 2021. Mr. Buckland received his bachelor’s degrees from the University of California Santa Barbara and his JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Board of Directors

Vinod Khosla, 66
Founder

Mr. Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, he founded Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm. Mr. Khosla holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Khosla has authored numerous articles in the past about technology and the future of technology, including “Reinventing Societal Infrastructure with Technology (2018)”, “20% Doctor Included (2016)”, and “Critical Climate Technology Breakthroughs (2020)”. Additionally, Mr. Khosla was the Founder of KV Acquisition I, KV Acquisition II and KV Acquisition III.

Rajiv Shah, 47
Director Nominee

Dr. Shah has served as President of the Rockefeller Foundation, a private foundation with a mission to promote the well-being of humanity around the world, since 2017. Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Shah was appointed USAID Administrator by President Barack H. Obama in 2009. Prior to his appointment at USAID, Dr. Shah served as Chief Scientist and Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics at the United States Department of Agriculture where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Dr. Shah founded Latitude Capital in 2015, a private equity firm focused on power and infrastructure projects in Africa and Asia, and he served as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence at Georgetown University. Previously, he served at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Shah holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Michigan, a Medical Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a M.A. in Health Economics from the Wharton School of Business.

Jagdeep Singh, 53
Director Nominee

Mr. Singh founded QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) and has served as their Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board since its incorporation in May 2010. Prior to joining QuantumScape, he was the founder and Chief Executive Officer at Infinera Corporation (NASDAQ: INFN), a telecommunications company, from 2001 to 2009. Mr. Singh holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park, an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Kristen Garcia Dumont, 47
Director Nominee

Ms. Dumont founded Aspyre, an anonymizable AI-driven social network, in 2020 and currently serves as Founder & Chief Executive Officer. She also serves on the advisory boards of 8VC, a venture capital firm, and Sky’s the Limit Fund, a nonprofit expanding access to wilderness programs for at-risk youth. Prior to founding Aspyre, Ms. Dumont served as Chief Executive Officer and board member at Machine Zone, a major mobile gaming company, from 2018 to 2020. From 2015 to 2018, she served as Chief Operating Officer at Machine Zone. Prior to joining Machine Zone, Ms. Dumont was a partner at Goodwin Proctor LLC from 2012 to 2015 and at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1997 to 2012. Ms. Dumont has a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley.