About
In 2008, I joined Foundation Capital as a General Partner because I thought it would be a great opportunity to apply my lifelong learning of scaling organizations to help entrepreneurs succeed in achieving their vision. I get most excited about B2B/enterprise software. Like many of the partners at Foundation Capital, my background is as an operator. I’ve spent 15 years in a variety of roles that have taught me some important lessons . I’ve applied these lessons to being the type of board member who truly acts as a partner to the entrepreneurs by being a friend and supporter, but also a challenger, and through that, hopefully helping the founder to achieve their highest aspirations. I feel very privileged to be an early investor in Databricks (valued at $38B) and 6 other unicorns (Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity, Turing, Anyscale and Alation). One of my high points as a VC was when one of my CEOs told me that he enjoys putting me in front of his entire team [in all hands meetings] because…
Experience
General Partner
Foundation Capital · Palo Alto, CA
Present
Foundation Capital is a leading Silicon Valley based early stage venture capital firm. I focus on investing in bold founders who have a vision to transform markets and build enduring companies. We mostly invest in companies before they have revenues and work closely with them to improve their odds of finding product-market-fit. I have extensive experience across the stack from AI 1st applications to data/ML infrastructure, cyber security, and cloud infrastructure. I have the privilege of being an early investor in Data Bricks, Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity (via an acquisition), Anyscale, Turing, Alation, Skyflow, Fortanix, TubeMogul (acquired by Adobe post IPO), and Tubi.tv. (acquired by Fox) amongst others. I truly feel my past experiences have prepared me in the most valuable way to become a partner to entrepreneurs. One thing I’m most proud of is being a valuable board member. In my view, a valuable board member is one who raises the aspirations of the founder and through him, the e…
Board Member
Fortanix
Present
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
B. Tech, Engineering
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
MBA, Marketing, Strategy
St. Mary's Academy
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