Ranvir Gujral

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

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.

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

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.