JV

Jay Vijayan

Founder & CEO of Tekion, Ex- Tesla, VMware, Oracle Exec Entrepreneur, Inventor, Board Member and Investor.

San Francisco Bay Area

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Enterprise Architecture
Cloud Computing
SaaS
Enterprise Software
Oracle Applications
Business Intelligence
SOA
ERP
Program Management
IT Strategy
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Data Center
Databases
Oracle
Software Development
Security
VMware
Project Management
IT Management
Oracle E-Business Suite

Education

Lists including Jay

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Based in SF

3078 people

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AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

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AE
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All Pre-Seed Investors

7974 people

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PS
PC
PM

Pre-seed Investors in San Francisco

994 people

Investments

Jerry

Series B

Total Funding: $220M

FixNix Inc

Seed

Total Funding: $500K

DoWhistle

Seed

Total Funding: $400K

Work Experience

TC
Tekion Corp

2016

  • Founder and CEO

    2016

Multiple startups and well known brands

2010

  • Angel/ Seed Investor, Limited Partner, Advisor and Board Member

    2010

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NIC Inc.

2018 - 2021

  • Director Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2021

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Tesla

2012 - 2016

  • Chief Information Officer (CIO)

    2012 - 2016

    As CIO, directly reporting to Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO, was responsible for building all digital and information technology systems ground-up, during the company's growth and ramp-up phase from when Tesla had nearly no revenue to when it reached an annual revenue run rate of over $5 Billion with a market capitalization of over $35 Billion.

  • Vice President, IT & Business Applications

    2012 - 2012

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VMware

2007 - 2012

  • Senior Director, Applications

    2009 - 2012

  • Director, Applications Development

    2007 - 2009

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Oracle

2000 - 2007

  • Senior Manager, Applications Development - Fusion HRMS/ HCM & Various

    2000 - 2007

    Managed Oracle Applications Architecture and Development for HRMS/HCM Products. Prior to that played various management, hands-on technical development, architecture, release and implementation roles at Oracle.