About Me

Pascal Levensohn is the founder of Levensohn Venture Partners. A professional equity investor since 1983, he has worked actively with portfolio company management teams since 1990.

Outside of blogging, Pascal has published numerous articles on trends in venture capital, with a particular emphasis on best governance practices in the boardroom.

In addition to receiving international attention from the media and the venture industry, these white papers are part of the governance curriculum at several U.S. business schools, including the Harvard Business School, the Stanford Graduate School of Engineering, and the Center for Venture Education's Kauffmann Fellows Program.

Pascal received a BA in Government from Harvard University. Pascal is a former Vice President of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, where he served as a director for six years, and a former director of the American Friends of Hand in Hand: Center for Bilingual Arab-Jewish Education in Israel.

Pascal was elected to the board of the National Venture Capital Association in April 2007, where he serves as the Chairman of the NVCA's education committee.

He is currently the Chairman of the Business Leadership Council of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation, co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Socrates Society Advisory Board, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Pascal's white papers are freely available at www.levp.com/news