Fred Harman
Managing Partner
Focus Areas
Internet and Consumer
Information Technology
Invested
Enjoy Technology, Inc.
Enjoy’s mission is to reinvent the way people buy and experience the products that matter most to them.
Group Nine Media
Leading content provider/media
Quercis Pharma AG
Quercis Pharma is scientifically driven and passionate about bringing innovative and safe medicine to patients with orphan diseases.
Rebel Mouse, Inc.
Rebel Mouse is a web publishing platform that aspires to be your public front page for the web.
sovrn Holdings
sovrn is a partner to almost 20,000 publishers across the web, representing more than a million websites, who use the company’s tools, services and analytics to grow their business
Allyes Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Allyes is a leading Chinese digital marketing services and technology company.
aQuantive, Inc.
Bleacher Report
Bleacher Report is one of the largest destinations on the web for talented writers to contribute original articles.
Brit Media, Inc.
Brit + Co. is an online community and e-commerce platform that is fueling the maker movement, a new generation on consumers inspired to express themselves through creative living and doing in the digital age.
Status: Acquired
Sector: Information Technology
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Campus Pipeline, Inc.
Campus Pipeline is a software and services company.
Celestica, Inc.
Celestica delivers innovative electronics manufacturing services (EMS).
Cobalt Group
Cobalt is North America’s leading provider of automotive digital marketing technology and services.
Deem, Inc.
Rearden Commerce, Inc. is the world’s largest online marketplace for services.
Dot & Bo, Inc.
Dot & Bo Inc. is a service for discovering and buying things you love for your home.
Exodus Communications, Inc.
Exodus provides businesses with flexible and secure Internet services.
FastClick
aQuantive is an online marketing agency.
iCrossing, Inc.
iCrossing, Inc. is a leading search marketing company.
Status: Private
Sector: Information Technology
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Inktomi Corporation
Inktomi is a provider of Web search and enterprise information retrieval solutions.
Internap Network Services
Internap is a provider of fast, reliable and centrally managed Internet connectivity services.
JackThreads, Inc.
JackThreads is a new media/e-commerce company that seeks to be top emerging men’s lifestyle brand.
Keep Holdings/Ad Keeper
Keep Holdings, Inc. offers a new online advertising service.
Knowledge Networks, Inc.
Knowledge Networks brings together an exclusive set of consumer research capabilities.
Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks, Inc. is a content delivery partner enabling the next wave of Internet business and entertainment.
Milyoni
Milyoni provides entertainment companies with a way to connect and engage with Facebook fans.
Status: Acquired
Sector: Information Technology
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Parlano, Inc.
Parlano, Inc. is a provider of intelligent enterprise instant messaging solutions.
Pivotal Corporation
Pivotal is a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software.
Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc.
Primus Knowledge Solutions provides a knowledge management software solution.
Qpass, Inc.
Qpass is a provider of business system software to wireless carriers.
RazorGator
RazorGator is the dominant leader in Hard-To-Get tickets for sold-out sports and entertainment events worldwide.
Securant Technologies
Securant Technologies builds secure, trusted foundations for e-business.
SHOP.COM
SHOP.COM is the destination online marketplace.
Sutherland Global Services, Inc.
Sutherland Global Services is a premier customer management company.
Talisma Corporation
Talisma is a leading provider of Customer Interaction Management (CIM) solutions.
The Huffington Post
Huffington Post is a leading Internet news site.
U.S. Auto Parts Network
U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. leading ecommerce distributor of automotive aftermarket collision replacement parts and accessories.
Fred Harman, Managing Partner, joined Oak Investment Partners as a General Partner in 1994. Fred’s primary investment focus is on Consumer Internet and Internet New Media.
Fred is currently on the Boards of RebelMouse, Sovrn, and Thrive Global. Fred has also led investments in and/or served on the Boards of aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft), Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Bleacher Report (acquired by Time Warner), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Captura (acquired by Concur), Cobalt (acquired by ADP), Exodus, Huffington Post (acquired by AOL), ILOG (acquired by IMB), IMS (acquired by Celestica), Inktomi (acquired by Yahoo), Knowledge Networks (acquired by GfK), Pivotal, Primus, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Sanmina/SCI, SPSS (acquired by IBM) and U.S. Auto Parts. Prior to Oak, Fred worked for seven years with Morgan Stanley’s Venture Capital Group where he was a General Partner. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Fred worked in Business Development at Hughes Communications where he was involved in the formation of the predecessor to DirecTV.
Fred received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University where he was a Hughes Fellow. Fred is a Trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, and a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors.