Nutanix
NASDAQ: NTNXSan Jose, US · Founded 2009 · Delaware corporation · 10,019 employees on LinkedIn · 17 known investors
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581 people in our graph share verified history with the Nutanix team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Viswa Sankaranarayananunlockedknows Dheeraj Pandey · together at The University of Texas at Austin (overlapped)
knows the team · via The University of Texas at Austin
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Nutanix provides a cloud infrastructure platform that enables organizations to run applications, data, and AI across hybrid environments including public clouds, private clouds, datacenters, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform simplifies IT infrastructure management by allowing customers to choose their underlying servers, storage, clouds, and tools while maintaining consistent operations across distributed environments.
Founders & leadership
Nutanix was founded in 2009 by Dheeraj Pandey.
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Dheeraj Pandeyin𝕏Co-founder & CEO2009–2020Dheeraj Pandey is an executive officer and director of Nutanix, which provides a cloud infrastructure platform for running applications, data, and AI across hybrid environments including public and private clouds, datacenters, on-premises, and edge locations.
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Rajiv MiraniinCTO2018–2022
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Duston M. WilliamsinCFO2014–2022
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David SangsterinChief Operating Officer2019–2024
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Sudheesh Nair VadakkedathExecutive
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Ravi MhatreBoard director
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Michael P. ScarpelliBoard director
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John McAdamBoard director
Investors · 17
137 VenturesSan Francisco
Accelerator VenturesMiami · $2M
Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M
Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M
EMERGENT VENTURESSilicon Valley
Inventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M
Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50Mvia Samir Kaul · led
Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87Mvia Ravi Mhatre · board
Maccabee VenturesNew York · $200K – $400K
Moment Ventures, LlcPalo Alto
Open Field CapitalNew York
Perot JainDallas · $500K
Riverwood CapitalMenlo Park · $25M – $250M
Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M
Struck CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M
Storm VenturesreportedPalo Alto
Also in the syndicate · 1
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$172.6M disclosed across 3 of 4 rounds · 2014–2026
▶$21.1MraisedSep 2016 · 15 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$21.1MraisedSep 2016 · 15 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Rajiv MiraniExecutive Officer
- David SangsterExecutive Officer
- Ravi MhatreDirector
- Dheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, Director
- Sunil PottiExecutive Officer
- Bipul SinhaDirector
- John McAdamDirector
- Howard TingExecutive Officer
- Duston M. WilliamsExecutive Officer
- Sudheesh Nair VadakkedathExecutive Officer
- Michael P. ScarpelliDirector
- Steven J. GomoDirector
- Jeffrey T. ParksDirector
- Offering amount
- $21.1M
- Amount sold
- $21.1M
- First sale
- Sep 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$6.5MraisedSep 2016 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$6.5MraisedSep 2016 · 4 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Rajiv MiraniExecutive Officer
- Howard TingExecutive Officer
- Michael P. ScarpelliDirector
- Jeffrey T. ParksDirector
- Dheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, Director
- Duston M. WilliamsExecutive Officer
- Bipul SinhaDirector
- Sunil PottiExecutive Officer
- John McAdamDirector
- David SangsterExecutive Officer
- Sudheesh Nair VadakkedathExecutive Officer
- Steven J. GomoDirector
- Ravi MhatreDirector
- Offering amount
- $6.5M
- Amount sold
- $6.5M
- First sale
- Aug 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$145MraisedSep 2014 · 46 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$145MraisedSep 2014 · 46 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Ravi MhatreDirector
- Bipul SinhaDirector
- Michael ScarpelliDirector
- Mark LeslieDirector
- Dheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Jeff ParksDirector
- Duston WilliamsExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $145M
- Amount sold
- $145M
- Sales commissions
- $5.7M
- Placement agents
- Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
- First sale
- Aug 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2009
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Founder mafia
The Nutanix mafia →20 people who came through Nutanix went on to found or lead other companies.
Shourya AgarwalEngineer InternFounded Flam +1Adam StruckInvestorFounded Long Island Iced TeaBipul SinhaDirectorFounded RubrikDheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, DirectorFounded DevRev Developer Tools San FranciscoTobias KnaupVP, General Manager of Cloud NativeFounded D2iQManoj AgarwalSVP Engineering, GM Hybrid CloudFounded DevRev Developer Tools San FranciscoJacques ArnouxAI-Ops Staff Software EngineerFounded DioptraAdvith ChelikaniSoftware Engineering InternFounded PylonShivam SinghalSoftware Engineering InternFounded Structured LabsNanki GrewalSoftware Engineer InternFounded EcliptorSimranjit SinghSoftware EngineerFounded Relvy AIRakesh MehtaSoftware EngineeringFounded Zarna
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- What does Nutanix do?
- Nutanix provides a cloud infrastructure platform that enables organizations to run applications, data, and AI across hybrid environments including public clouds, private clouds, datacenters, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform simplifies IT infrastructure management by allowing customers to choose their underlying servers, storage, clouds, and tools while maintaining consistent operations across distributed environments.
- Who founded Nutanix?
- Nutanix was founded by Dheeraj Pandey in 2009.
- Who are Nutanix's investors?
- Nutanix's investors include 137 Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blumberg Capital, EMERGENT VENTURES, Inventus Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 8 more.
- How much funding has Nutanix raised?
- Nutanix has disclosed $172.6M raised across 3 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Nutanix headquartered?
- Nutanix is headquartered in San Jose, US.