RG

Ranvir Gujral

Sleeping Bear Capital

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2018

    Sleeping Bear Capital is a founder-first private equity firm that seeks to acquire controlling interests in business unit spinouts, venture-backed technology companies, and e-commerce and business services companies seeking founder or investor liquidity and an infusion of new capital to reach their fullest potential.

  • Chairman

    2019

  • Chairman

    2018

2011 - 2018

  • Co-Founder, CEO

    2011 - 2018

    Chute is an enterprise software company and the leading provider of visual marketing and user-generated content software solutions in the travel, eCommerce, and CPG verticals. Some of our hospitality and tourism customers include Disney Parks & Resorts, The Ritz-Carlton, Wyndham, Japan, Costa Rica, Michigan, NYC, and San Francisco. Other customers include Apple, Bose, Benefit Cosmetics, Microsoft, Allianz, and many others. Backed by $17M (through Series B) from Foundry Group, USVP, Salesforce Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and a group of fantastic angel investors. Y Combinator Winter 2012. Acquired by Ignite Technologies and ESW Capital in June 2018.

  • Board Member

    2009 - 2014

  • Co-Founder

    2007 - 2011

    Lil'Grams provides the simplest, easiest solution for parents to organize and share their baby's memories with loved ones. Our innovative system allows parents to leverage existing tools (desktops, mobiles, gadgets) to instantly share and organize memories that are delivered to friends and family on or offline.

2006 - 2010

  • Co-Founder

    2006 - 2010

    * Grew boutique, multi-national interactive agency to profitability * Product design, strategy, marketing, and custom application development * Worked with top-tier clients, including Samsung, AOL, Hitachi, and Kimberly-Clark

  • President of the Board of Directors

    2004 - 2007

    Board President Executive Committee Finance Committee

2004 - 2006

  • Founder & CEO

    2004 - 2006

  • Associate

    2002 - 2004

    Evaluated, structured, executed, monitored and harvested investment opportunities as one of 24 investment professionals at Silver Lake’s $3.5 billion technology-focused private equity fund.