Raj Sandhu

General Partner
2021
Great Oaks VC, a New York City headquartered firm, is among the most active and successful Early-stage investors. We partner with driven founders to build enduring businesses across AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer, Healthcare, Marketplaces and other technology sectors. We typically invest at Seed or Series A to start.

Athena Technology Investors, Personal Investments

2000 - 2020

Managing Partner
2000 - 2020
Venture capital firm in AI, Enterprise Software, marketplaces, e-commerce, web3/crypto/blockchain and healthcare. Select Current Investments: Learneo (fka Course Hero), Rescale, HealthSherpa, Philz Coffee, Blueshift, Avaamo AI, Innovative Targeting, Ternary. Select Exits by Acquisition (acquirer): BitPlay (Jive Software), Growth Networks (Cisco Systems acquired for $400m) Sirocco Systems (Sycamore Networks for $3b), Quake Technologies (AMCC), Modulus Video (Motorola/Google), DramaFever (Softbank), CloudVolumes (VMWare), Identified (Workday), EventJoy (TicketMaster), Robin Systems (Rakuten Symphony), Reflektion (Sitecore), Hinge (IAC Interactive / Match.com) Select Exits by IPO: Fortinet (FTNT, $60b peak market cap), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA)

Madison Angels

2009 - 2015

General Partner
2009 - 2015
Venture capital investment firm in emerging platforms, software, e-commerce, social media, and health care systems. Select Exits by Acquisition (acquirer): Invite Media (Google), CardPool (BlackHawk Networks), iTriage / Healthagen (Aetna), Mertado (Groupon), FutureAdvisor (Blackrock), 500 Friends (Merkle), Counsyl (Myriad Genetics), Movity (Trulia). Select Exits by IPO: Movity / Trulia / Zillow (TRLA / ZG),

2002 - 2004

Co-Founder, Seed Investor, Chairman, Acting CEO
2002 - 2004
Co-founder, principal seed investor and chairman of Modulus Video, the leading carrier grade H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression systems company. Acquired by Motorola.

Chatterjee - Soros Group (affiliate of Soros Fund Management)

1997 - 1999

Managing Director, General Partner
1997 - 1999
Private equity, venture capital and public equity Investment affiliate of Soros Fund Management with $2 billion under management. Invested in new media, Internet, communications and software companies. Extensively and sourced investments in the U.S. and Europe, negotiated, closed, served on the boards, led further capital raises. All Investments realized exits at meaningful multiples. Select Exits by IPO: Selectica (eCommerce software, peak market capitalization $3+ bn), Update Marketing (Frankfurt, CRM software, peak cap. $500 mm), Promotions.com (Internet promotions, peak cap. $500 mm), Commerce One (eCommerce software and services, peak cap. $10+ bn), and Illuminet Holdings (telecom services, later acquired. by VeriSign for $1.2 bn). Select Exits by Acquisition (acquirer): JobDirect.com, eCommerce services (Korn/Ferry International).

Cowen & Company

1994 - 1997

Director & Partner
1994 - 1997
Technology investment banking, Head of East Coast and Europe Software Banking, Co-head of European Communications Banking. Managed 32 public offerings and private placements worth $2.0 billion, and 13 financial advisory assignments worth $500 million.

Metaphor Computer Systems

1983 - 1986

Software Developer, Product Manager, Product Marketing Manager
1983 - 1986
Key software developer of networking protocols, file and operating systems. Patent on networked file system. Product Manager for systems products, Metaphor was a Xerox PARC spin-out, a technology trailblazer and developed many technologies emulated by Apple, Microsoft and others. Acquired by IBM.

General Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital.