Cervin Ventures
Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Early-stage investor focused on enterprise technology that partners closely with founders to design, build and launch products, and offers recruiting, marketing advisory and business development support.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
Neeraj Gupta co-founded and exited two IT services firms, oversaw roughly $700M in revenue at Patni, and is a Kauffman Fellow under Preetish Nijhawan directly linked to his current fund.
Preetish Nijhawan, Akamai co‑founder who pushed Danny Lewin to turn his thesis into a foundational infrastructure company, brings deep technical operating experience across companies and early‑stage product and go‑to‑market support.
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Daniel Karp's Cisco M&A in Israel and Latin America plus VC background makes him a hands-on partner to infrastructure founders, navigating strategic vs financial investors and AI for security compliance.
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Shirish Sathaye, ex‑VP of Engineering at Alteon with senior Stratacom/Cisco roles and investment experience at top firms, offers a builder‑operator perspective and hands‑on, board‑centric help scaling Aruba and Nutanix.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Cervin Ventures invest at?
- Cervin Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Cervin Ventures's typical check size?
- Cervin Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $6M.
- What sectors does Cervin Ventures focus on?
- Cervin Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is Cervin Ventures located?
- Cervin Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Cervin Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Cervin Ventures leads investment rounds.
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