Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$1,000,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$2,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- CU
Lists including Aneel
Investments
Kontigo
Total Funding: $2.1M
Zamp
Total Funding: $29M
TicketRev
Total Funding: $1.5M
Tranch
Total Funding: $5M
Metaspectral
Total Funding: $5M
Vance
Total Funding: $6M
Novig
Total Funding: $6.5M
Simplify
Total Funding: $1M
Lenco
Total Funding: $2.1M
PayCaddy
Total Funding: $2M
Work Experience
2015
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.
2013 - 2015
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.
2010 - 2013
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.
2009 - 2010
Product Manager
2009 - 2010
Led product at Nielsen mobile creating mobile applications for TV shows including Grey's Anatomy and My Generation
2009 - 2009
Analyst
2009 - 2009
2008 - 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
2007 - 2008
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.
2006 - 2007
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