Venture capitalist and race car driver Mark Kvamme Born| (1961-02-20) February 20, 1961 (age 61)[1] Sunnyvale, California[2] Alma mater| University of California, Berkeley[3] Occupation(s)| Co-Founder and partner of Drive Capital WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career Debut season| 2014 Current team| MDK Motorsports Car number| 53 Former teams| Muehlner Motorsports, RG Racing, Starworks Motorsport, BAR1 Motorsports, Turner Motorsport Starts| 21 Championships| 0 Wins| 0 Podiums| 3 Poles| 0 Best finish| 8th in 2017 Finished last season| 14th (2019) Asian Le Mans Series career Debut season| 2019–20 Current team| Rick Ware Racing Car number| 52 Engine| Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 Co-driver| Cody Ware Starts| 1 Championships| 0 Wins| 0 Podiums| 1 Poles| 0 Previous series 2017–2018| Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Last updated on: November 26, 2019. Mark Kvamme (born February 20, 1961) is a venture capitalist at the firm Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio and a sports car racing driver.[4] ## Business career[edit] Kvamme founded Drive Capital with Chris Olsen in 2013.[5] He currently sits on the board of 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.[4] 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.[6][7] ## Racing career[edit] 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).[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] ## Personal life[edit] 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[edit] ### Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[edit] (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 | Rank | Points | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | RG Racing | P | Riley Mk XXVI DP | Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 | DAY 6 | SIR | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 27th | 26 2022 | Forty7 Motorspots | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY 8 | SEB 8 | MDO | WGL | MOS | ELK | PET | | | | 8th* | 251* ### Asian Le Mans Series results[edit] (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year | Number | Make | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos | Points | | | | | | | | | 2019–20 | 52 | Ligier JS P2 | Rick Ware Racing | SHA 2 | BEN | SEP | CHA | -* | -* ### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit] Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | | | | | | | 2022 | JMW Motorsport | Jason Hart Renger van der Zande | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 331 | 50th | 15th ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Mark Kvamme". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2019-07-31. 2. ^ "Top Venture Capitalists Leave Silicon Valley, Bet Their Careers On Midwest". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-31. 3. ^ "Mark D. Kvamme". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-07-31. 4. ^ a b "Drive Capital". 5. ^ Ghose, Carrie. "Drive Capital launches second, $300M fund for Midwest startups". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016. 6. ^ Niquette, Mark (July 30, 2015). "Kasich's Bid Powered by Fans From Ohio and Lehman". Bloomberg Politics. 7. ^ Mider, Zachary (August 21, 2015). "Another Way to Mask Super Rich Donors". Bloomberg. 8. ^ "Kvamme "Marrying" Passion for Motorsports, Business". Sportscar365. March 29, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2019. 9. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series – Rick Ware Racing Gets to Know the Ligier JSP2 at Le Mans Aerodrome". LeMans.org. September 13, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019. 10. ^ "4H Shanghai: Saturday Paddock Notes". DailySportsCar.com. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019. 11. ^ Christie, Toby (November 24, 2019). "Rick Ware Racing Finishes Second in Class in Asian Le Mans Series Race". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019. 12. ^ Antonovich, Michael (22 June 2022). "FIM World Supercross Championship | MDK Motorsports Returns, Acquires License". swapmotolive.com. Retrieved 6 September 2022. ## External links[edit] * Mark Kvamme driver statistics at Racing-Reference * 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 * Mark Kvamme career summary at DriverDB.com * Appearances on C-SPAN * v * t * e Rick Ware Racing Headquarters: Concord, North Carolina Personnel| * Rick Ware NASCAR Cup Series| | Drivers| * (15) TBA * (51) Cody Ware | Crew chiefs| * (15) TBA * (51) TBA NASCAR Xfinity Series| | Drivers| * (TBA) TBA | Crew chiefs| * (TBA) TBA IndyCar Series| * (51) Takuma Sato IMSA SportsCar Championship| * (51) Eric Lux / Pietro Fittipaldi / Devlin DeFrancesco / Austin Cindric Carolina Pro Late Model Series| * (51) Mason Maggio Former drivers| | NASCAR Cup Series| * Stanton Barrett * Josh Bilicki * Ray Black Jr. * Spencer Boyd * Jeb Burton * Chris Cook * Derrike Cope * Bayley Currey * James Davison * Ryan Ellis * R. C. Enerson * Joey Gase * Gray Gaulding * Larry Gunselman * Joey Hand * Timmy Hill * Parker Kligerman * Justin Marks * B. J. McLeod * Donnie Neuenberger * Ryan Preece * David Ragan * Tony Raines * José Luis Ramírez * Harrison Rhodes * Jerry Robertson * Andy Seuss * Garrett Smithley * Reed Sorenson * David Starr * Austin Theriault * Mike Wallace * Rick Ware * Kyle Weatherman * Chris Windom * J. J. Yeley | NASCAR Xfinity Series| * Nur Ali * Tim Andrews * Stanton Barrett * Mackena Bell * Josh Bilicki * Kelly Bires * Ray Black Jr. * Juan Carlos Blum * Jennifer Jo Cobb * Spencer Boyd * Stan Boyd * Matt Carter * Johnny Chapman * Chris Cockrum * Carlos Contreras * Enrique Contreras III * Kevin Conway * Chris Cook * Derrike Cope * Kim Crosby * Bayley Currey * Dusty Davis * Bobby Dotter * Noel Dowler * Tomy Drissi * Jeffrey Earnhardt * Kerry Earnhardt * Wayne Edwards * Ryan Ellis * David Eshleman * Korbin Forrister * Anthony Gandon * Rubén García Jr. * Joe Graf Jr. * John Graham * Jeff Green * Clay Greenfield * Michael Guerity * Kevin Hamlin * Nicolas Hammann * Daryl Harr * Richard Harriman * Doug Harrington * Scott Heckert * Kenny Hendrick * Timmy Hill * Justin Hobgood * Tom Hubert * Nick Joanides * Alex Kennedy * Clint King * Travis Kittleson * Blake Koch * Anthony Kumpen * Travis Kvapil * Scott Lagasse Jr. * Charles Lewandoski * Michael Lira * Carl Long * Robby Lyons * Mason Massey * Mark Meunier * Chase Miller * Camden Murphy * Joe Nemechek * Donnie Neuenberger * Kevin O'Connell * Todd Peck * Andy Ponstein * Travis Powell * Josh Reaume * Harrison Rhodes * Scott Riggs * Tim Schendel * Patrick Sheltra * Morgan Shepherd * Shane Sieg * Fain Skinner * J. C. Stout * Chrissy Wallace * Carson Ware * Rick Ware * Kyle Weatherman * Jimmy Weller III * Dana White * Josh Wise NASCAR Truck Series| * Rusty Alton * Jordan Anderson * Tom Boston * Spencer Boyd * Stan Boyd * Randy Briggs * Tim Brown * Brett Butler * Ken Butler III * Nathan Buttke * Travis Clark * Chris Cockrum * Mike Cofer * Enrique Contreras III * Amber Cope * Dusty Davis * Michael Dokken * Jeffrey Earnhardt * Kerry Earnhardt * C. E. Falk * Lance Fenton * Coy Gibbs * Clay Greenfield * Michael Guerity * Bobby Hamilton Jr. * Jason Hedlesky * Ryan Hemphill * Jerry Hill * Timmy Hill * Justin Hobgood * Lance Hooper * Doug Keller * D. J. Kennington * Scott Kirkpatrick * Scott Kuhn * Travis Kvapil * Carl Long * Randy MacDonald * Blake Mallory * G. J. Mennen Jr. * Chase Montgomery * Donny Morelock * Bryce Napier * Donnie Neuenberger * Trent Owens * Rubén Pardo * Jonathon Price * Sammy Ragan * Michael Ritch * Jerry Robertson * Brian Rose * Ryan Rust * Morgan Shepherd * Brian Sockwell * David Starr * J. C. Stout * Jason Thom * Andy Thurman * Chrissy Wallace * Rick Ware * Derek White * Jason White * Angie Wilson * Rich Woodland Jr. ARCA Menards Series| * Timmy Hill * Carson Ware * Rick Ware NASCAR Pinty's Series| * Alex Guenette * Andrew Ranger IndyCar Series| * Pietro Fittipaldi * Romain Grosjean * Ryan Norman * Cody Ware IMSA SportsCar Championship| * Austin Dillon * Ryan Eversley * Sven Müller * Aidan Reed * Cody Ware * Salih Yoluç Asian Le Mans Series| * Mark Kvamme * Philippe Mulacek * Michael Zimicki Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Am Championships| | Drivers| * 2019–20 (Co. 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