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Anand Rajaraman

Founding Partner at rocketship.vc and co-owner of SF Unicorns

Palo Alto, California

Skills

E-commerce
Start-ups
Mobile Devices
Strategic Partnerships
Product Management
SaaS
Analytics
Cloud Computing
Strategy
Entrepreneurship

Education

  • MS & PhD

    (1993 - 1996)

  • Bachelor of Technology

    Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

    (1989 - 1993)

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2015

    Pioneering a new approach to Venture Capital using Big Data and algorithms.

Milliways Ventures

2013

  • Founding Partner

    2013

    Investing in companies applying deep technology to solve important problems.

2000 - 2015

  • Founding partner

    2000 - 2015

    Portfolio includes: Aster Data Systems (acquired by Teradata); Kosmix (acquired by Walmart); Neoteris (acquired by JNPR); Kaltix (acquired by GOOG); Transformic (acquired by GOOG); Webaroo (now SMS GupShup); Efficient Frontier; TheFind

2011 - 2012

  • SVP, Global eCommerce

    2011 - 2012

    Head up @WalmartLabs, focusing on the intersection of social, mobile, and retail.

2005 - 2011

  • Founder & Chairman

    2005 - 2011

2005 - 2011

  • Board of Directors

    2005 - 2011

2008 - 2011

  • Founding Investor, Board of Directors

    2008 - 2011

1998 - 2000

  • Director of Technology

    1998 - 2000

Junglee

1996 - 1998

  • Founder

    1996 - 1998

    Acquired by Amazon.com in 1998.