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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

Lists including Lak

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AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14752 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

AT
AE
AE
AL

All Pre-Seed Investors

7974 people

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

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Next47

2016

  • Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner

    2016

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

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TigerEye

2022

  • Investor

    2022

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TRACTIAN

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

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Observe.AI

2020

  • Investor

    2020

VD
VAST Data

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

P
PandoCorp

2019

  • Board Observer

    2019

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sennder

2019

  • Investor

    2019

V
Verkada

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

M
Markforged

2017 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2021

SS
Shape Security

2016 - 2016

  • Investor

    2016 - 2016

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