LA

Lak Ananth

CEO & Managing Partner @ Next47 | Global Venture Capital

Palo Alto, California

VC
Investor
CEO

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Early Stage Investment
Strategy
Investments
Acquisitions
Corporate Development
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Product Development
Valuation
Entrepreneurship
SaaS
Start-ups
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Alliances
Enterprise Software
Enterprise Architecture
Mergers & Acquisitions
Emerging Markets
Analytics
Leadership

Education

Investments

TRACTIAN

Series A

Total Funding: $64M

Verkada

Series A

Total Funding: $340M

VAST Data

Series C

Total Funding: $300M

Markforged

Series C

Total Funding: $110M

RideOS

Series B

Total Funding: $34M

Tamr

Series B

Total Funding: $59M

Coho Data

Series C

Total Funding: $76M

Adallom

Series C

Total Funding: $50M

Work Experience

Next47

2016

  • Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner

    2016

    Lak leads Next47, a global venture firm, with over $2 billion in committed capital.

TigerEye

2022

  • Investor

    2022

TRACTIAN

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Observe.AI

2020

  • Investor

    2020

VAST Data

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

PandoCorp

2019

  • Board Observer

    2019

sennder

2019

  • Investor

    2019

Verkada

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

Markforged

2017 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2021

Shape Security

2016 - 2016

  • Investor

    2016 - 2016