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Kanwal Rekhi

Managing Director

Los Gatos, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Product Management
Strategic Partnerships
Business Strategy
Business Development
Enterprise Software
Entrepreneurship
Competitive Analysis
Strategy
New Business Development

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2007

    We’ve been the first investors in scores of successful startups, including 7 Unicorns, two of which had multi-Unicorn IPOs in 2021. We invest early, and with high conviction, providing as much as $3 million in Seed capital to finance the runway and resources required to attract a meaningful Series A and rapidly scale. We are coaches and collaborators, not referees. We’ve all been successful entrepreneurs with blue chip operating careers in leading Silicon Valley companies. And we have a network of 100s of Global 5000 CXOs with express interest in being customers and partners of new companies that solve the hard problems their companies and colleagues are facing. Come work with us, and we’ll work for you.

  • Principal

    2021

    Silicon Valley Quad (SVQ) is a syndicate of investors that provides seed capital to US incorporated first-time technology entrepreneurs. SVQ provides ample capital for 18 to 24 months to reach a meaningful milestone, setting companies up to attract venture capital from Series A investors. SVQ invests in both B2B and B2C startups.

  • Advisory Board Member, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

    2015

    The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) brings multidisciplinary, analytic, and regional expertise to the key policy issues of the Asia Pacific. CAPP’s mission is to improve policy by providing decisionmakers and the public with rigorous and objective research on critical policy challenges facing Asia and U.S.-Asia relations.

  • Advisory Board Member; SIEPR ( Sandford Institute of Economic Policy Research)

    2001

    The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) is Stanford University’s home for understanding the economic challenges, opportunities, and policies affecting people in the United States and around the world.

  • Board Member

    1998

monetize360.io

2021 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2022

    Monetize360 is the first platform designed to provide dynamic and innovative implementation of pricing and business strategy with just a few clicks.

Kaboodle

2005 - 2012

  • Board Member

    2005 - 2012

2004 - 2010

  • Board Member

    2004 - 2010

1996 - 2010

  • Board Member

    1996 - 2010

    Sierra Atlantic was acquired by Hitachi Data System in 2010

Center For Civil Society, India

1999 - 2009

  • Board Member

    1999 - 2009