Anand Rajaraman Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 36

  • Portfolio
  • 11

  • Exits
  • 23

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
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
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
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

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Anand Rajaraman Co-Investors (34)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Sivaramakichenane Somasegar Series chart Industry bar
Venkatesh Harinarayan Series chart Industry bar
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Anand Rajaraman FAQs

  • Who is Anand Rajaraman?

    Anand Rajaraman is an angel Investor who has made 36 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Anand Rajaraman?

    Anand Rajaraman is an angel investor.

  • What does Anand Rajaraman do?

    As an angel investor, Anand Rajaraman invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • 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.

  • 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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