Aneel Ranadive

Managing Partner

2015

Soma Capital is an SF based early stage venture fund. We invest in software to automate the world across any sector or geography. Since founding in 2015, we've invested seed (often very first check) in startups worth over $100 billion combined including +20 unicorns like Deel, Ramp, Rippling, Lattice, Cruise, Ironclad, Alto Pharmacy, Human Interest, Astranis, Rappi, Razorpay, Flutterwave, Solugen, among others. Aneel Ranadive has been building and investing in startups for +20 yrs and father Vivek Ranadive built Tibco software which "digitized Wall Street" in the 90's and scaled to power many Fortune 500 companies ($4.3 billion exit to Vista). The Ranadive's also own the Sacramento Kings NBA team, and are building 200 acres of land in downtown Sacramento.

CEO and Cofounder

2013 - 2015

Tag is the best way to stay in touch with close friends. Send a “Tag” with your location to a few friends to let them know what you’re up to. You can attach a picture, message, or both. In one click, they can Tag you back to respond with their own location and can also include a picture and message.

CEO and Cofounder

2010 - 2013

Pinchit is an online scrapbook for your city to share and discover new experiences. The company is backed by great angel investors including Facebook Cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Tim Draper.

Product Manager

2009 - 2010

Led product at Nielsen mobile creating mobile applications for TV shows including Grey's Anatomy and My Generation

Analyst

2009 - 2009

Director of Business Development

2008 - 2009

Video analytics startup helping advertisers and publishers make decisions on how to optimize and better monetize their video content and ad assets Scaled customer base to companies including Time Warner and Facebook Aquired by Nielsen

CEO and Cofounder

2007 - 2008

Anonymous social network backed by Redpoint Ventures. BoredAt's mission was to compile the collective consciousness of the world and provide communities like schools, companies and interest groups with a platform to share thoughts. BoredAt was founded in 2006 and launched in early 2007 to colleges and companies achieving rapid viral growth as a real-time communication platform.

Investment Banking Analyst

2006 - 2007

Performed analysis and developed operational, financial and valuation models and conducted industry competitive analysis for private & publicly traded companies in the media, telecom and technology industries