About
Charly is a philanthropic entrepreneur who uses his high-tech background in his venture philanthropy. Together with his wife Lisa, he co-founded KL Felicitas Foundation, which focuses on enabling social entrepreneurs and enterprises worldwide, and advocates for a sustainable, mission-driven, and social investment strategy. Charly is also co-founder of the Social-Impact initiative helping social entrepreneurs worldwide to accelerate and increase their social impact. He serves on the advisory boards of multiple nonprofits including the Acumen Fund, Global Social Benefit Incubator, and Global Philanthropy Forum. Charly has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in Silicon Valley. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at Ariba Inc., NeXT Software Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., and Hewlett-Packard Company. He has authored two software patents, published numerous articles and he is co-author of Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy t
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2,540 investors hold the Co-Founder role in VCSift. Charly Kleissner is one of them.
- • 75 investors are based in Los Gatos, California, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Los Gatos, US
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