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Joel Kellman

Venture Partner·Notable Capital

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Joel Kellman is a co-founder of GGV Capital and previously co-founded Fenwick & West, where he spent nearly three decades as a partner. Fenwick's alumni interview says he became increasingly interested in investing while working with technology clients and later formed GGV Capital to invest in China and the U.S. TechCrunch reported that GGV co-founders Thomas Ng and Joel Kellman met Jack Ma in 1999, making them early investors around Alibaba's formative years.

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Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • GGV CapitalVenture Partner2000 – 2014
  • GGV CapitalCo-founder and Managing Director2000 – 2008
  • Fenwick & WestCo-founder and Partner1972 – 2000

Education

  • New York UniversityLLM, Foreign and Comparative Law1966-1968
  • St. John's UniversityJD1963-1966
  • Harpur College, Binghamton UniversityBA1959-1963

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