Kevin Carter is one of the original General partners of elite tech investment firm SV Angel since its launch in 2009. ^[0]He was named the youngest partner in Silicon Valley at the age of 25 and named in Forbes 30 Under 30 for consecutive years in 2012 and 2013. ^[0]

Carter was raised in the city of Bellevue in the state of Washington. ^[4]In recent years, Carter has lived in the state of California. He currently resides in San Francisco with his girlfriend Celia. ^{[14] [18]}

He attended International High School in his hometown of Bellevue where he graduated in 2004.

Carter attended Santa Clara University where he graduated in Finance. ^[16]He worked closely with the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and founded the CIE Mentor

Program and was awarded "Outstanding Student Entrepreneur".

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Prior to attended SCU, he also enrolled at Stevens Institute of Technology. ^[1]

Carter is on the Engineering Advisory Board at Santa Clara University (EAB).

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While attending university at SCU, he founded two startups called Catalyst Athletic Training and BayAreaLax.com.

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After graduating SCU, Carter worked for Affinity Circles doing sales and client services.

He was then part of a SVB Financial Group, the Venture capital arm of Silicon Valley Bank where he was part of the Entrepreneur services and VC Relations Management Groups. He also helped with diligence and cross-platform relationship efforts. ^[16]

Carter has been a part of SV Angel since its launch in 2009.

He is known for originating investments in Snapchat, Pinterest, Casper, GroupMe (acquired by Skype) and Sunrise (acquired by MSFT). He also works particularly close with Remix, FarmLogs,

Amplitude and Optimizely.

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He was included in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in 2012 and 2013. He was named "Outstanding Student Entrepreneur" for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. ^{[1] [2]}