Karim Faris is the GV partner who leads the firm's investments in enterprise software, big data, and security, with a clear thesis that next-generation winners will be companies that make data accessible, analyzable, and secure across systems. He has strong pattern recognition around modern data protection and backup, leading GV's investment in Cohesity while predicting that customers will demand platforms that manage, secure, and derive value from secondary data rather than simple backup solutions. Karim Faris is the GV partner who leads the firm's investments in enterprise software, big data, and security, with a clear thesis that next-generation winners will be companies that make data accessible, analyzable, and secure across systems. He has strong pattern recognition around modern data protection and backup, leading GV's investment in Cohesity while predicting that customers will demand platforms that manage, secure, and derive value from secondary data rather than simple backup solutions.