Anand Rajaraman Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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36
- Portfolio
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11
- Exits
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23

Anand Rajaraman General Information
Description
Dr. Anand Rajaraman serves as a Partner of rocketship.vc. He also is a Co-Founding Partner at Milliways Ventures. He served as Board Member at H2O.ai. He serves as Advisor at PayMate. He was a co-founding Partner and served as Vice President at Cambrian Ventures. He also co-founded & served as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Kosmix. He was a Board Member and served as an Advisor at ClearStory Data. He serves as a board member at Transformic. He serves as Founding Partner at Cambrian Ventures. He is a Founding Partner of WalmartLabs and has served as a Senior Vice President. Prior to founding the firm in 2000, he was the Director of Technology at Amazon.com and was responsible for technology strategy and advanced technology initiatives. He helped launch the transformation of Amazon.com from a retailer into a retail platform, enabling third-party retailers to sell on Amazon.com's website. He came to Amazon.com in 1998 through the $250 million acquisition of Junglee which he co-founded. As the Chief Technology Officer, he played a key role in developing Junglee's award-winning Virtual Database technology. He has research and development experience at Stanford University, AT&T Bell Labs, and Xerox PARC. He serves as a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University's Computer Science Department. He has numerous publications, patents, and awards at leading academic and industry forums. He has been featured in articles in Business Week, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other leading national publications. He obtained M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where he won the President of India Gold Medal for graduating at the top of his class.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Silicon Valley
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Anand Rajaraman Investments (36)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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CloudChef (Commercial Services) | 31-Jan-2023 | Early Stage VC | Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure | Generating Revenue | ||
Major League Cricket | 18-May-2022 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Generating Revenue | |||
BiteSpeed | 15-Dec-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
GigaOm | 19-Jun-2019 | Publishing | Generating Revenue | |||
MediBuddy | 12-Dec-2017 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | |||
HyperTrack | 02-Dec-2016 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
MediBuddy | 29-Apr-2016 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Qalaxia | 01-Feb-2016 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Tracxn Technologies | 06-Jan-2016 | Early Stage VC | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Profitable | ||
Zettata | 05-Jan-2016 | Early Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Startup |
Anand Rajaraman Exits (23)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Hownd (Media and Information Services (B2B)) | 30-Dec-2024 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Tracxn Technologies | 10-Jan-2023 | ||
Glooko | 01-Jul-2022 | ||
Trifacta | 07-Feb-2022 | ||
Urban Ladder Home Décor Solutions | 01-Nov-2020 | ||
Qubole | 09-Oct-2020 | ||
DataElite | 01-May-2020 | ||
AppSheet | 14-Jan-2020 | ||
Indix | 06-Feb-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | |
AppNexus | 15-Aug-2018 | Merger/Acquisition |
Anand Rajaraman Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Anand Rajaraman Co-Investors (34)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Aditya Agarwal | 1 |
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Ross Perot, Jr. |
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Sivaramakichenane Somasegar |
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Venkatesh Harinarayan |
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Vijay Sharma |
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Anand Rajaraman FAQs
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Who is Anand Rajaraman?
Anand Rajaraman is an angel Investor who has made 36 investments.
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What kind of investor is Anand Rajaraman?
Anand Rajaraman is an angel investor.
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What does Anand Rajaraman do?
As an angel investor, Anand Rajaraman invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Anand Rajaraman invested in?
Anand Rajaraman has made numerous investments in companies like CloudChef (Commercial Services), Major League Cricket, and BiteSpeed within the Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure, Services (B2C Non-Financial), and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Anand Rajaraman invested in recently?
Anand Rajaraman's latest investment was on 31-Jan-2023 in CloudChef (Commercial Services), a company within the Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure industry.
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