Ankur Jain Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 11

  • Portfolio
  • 5

  • Exits
  • 6

Exits

Ankur Jain General Information

Description

Mr. Ankur Jain serves as Partner at Emergent Ventures. Mr. Jain is an Angel Investor. Previously, he was a Vice President at Nexus Venture Partners ($3B AUM) investing in the US and India. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Blumberg Capital ($1B AUM) investing in the US and Israel. Prior to that, he did strategy consulting at Accenture across a range of verticals including healthcare, financial services, and technology. Earlier, he led product teams at Andiamo Systems and later Cisco which acquired Andiamo in 2004 for $1.3B. Prior to that, he held engineering roles at Softaware Networks and later at Digital Island, which acquired Softaware Networks in 2000 for $450M. He is also co-founder of Vama, an eco-technology company. His investments at Emergent Ventures include Observe.ai, Accel Data, BoostUp, SupportLogic, Talview, BasicBlock, UptimeAI, Rocketium, Sagetap, Arcion Labs (acquired by Databricks) and Minjar (acquired by Nutanix). At Blumberg Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, he was part of the team that led seed investments in Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), Cyvera (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Arkin (acquired by VMWare), Parse.ly (acquired by Automattic) and BringIT (acquired by IGT). He has been featured in the Business Insider Top Seed Investor list for 3 years in a row. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi, a Master's in Computer Science from UCLA, and an MBA in Management from the Wharton School where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He is also a co-inventor of five technology patents. He has been a frequent speaker in conferences and forums such as TedX on investing, personal growth & consciousness and is a keen practitioner of yoga and meditation.

Business Details

Website
ankurjain.net
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Mateo, CA 94402
  • United States
+1 (415)

Ankur Jain Investments (11)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
BosonQ Psi 12-Jul-2022 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Hash (Consumer Durables) 13-Aug-2021 Other Consumer Durables Out of Business
Morpheus XR 01-Jul-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Okera 23-Jun-2020 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
CoFynd 01-Jan-2020 Buildings and Property Generating Revenue
Rucept 01-Feb-2019 Media and Information Services (B2B) Out of Business
SupportLogic 01-May-2018 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Nutanix Beam 06-Jul-2017 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Arkin Net 12-Nov-2014 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Braze 26-Mar-2012 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue/Not Profitable

Ankur Jain Exits (6)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Rucept 16-Jun-2024 Out of Business
Okera 09-May-2023
Hash (Consumer Durables) 26-Aug-2022
Braze 17-Nov-2021
Nutanix Beam 16-Mar-2018 Merger/Acquisition
Arkin Net 21-Jun-2016 Merger/Acquisition

Ankur Jain Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Ankur Jain Co-Investors (56)

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Ankur Jain FAQs

  • Who is Ankur Jain?

    Ankur Jain is an angel Investor who has made 11 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Ankur Jain?

    Ankur Jain is an angel investor.

  • What does Ankur Jain do?

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

  • What has Ankur Jain invested in?

    Ankur Jain has made numerous investments in companies like BosonQ Psi, Hash (Consumer Durables), and Morpheus XR within the Business/Productivity Software and Consumer Durables industries.

  • What has Ankur Jain invested in recently?

    Ankur Jain's latest investment was on 12-Jul-2022 in BosonQ Psi, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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