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Perot Jain

Venture capital

Dallas · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked

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828 people in our graph share verified history with the Perot Jain team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Jim Breyerunlockedknows Aaron Pierce · together at Walmart Stores, Inc. (overlapped)
×5knows the team · via Vanderbilt University
×3knows the team · via U.S. House of Representatives
knows the team · via Texas Christian University
knows the team · via University of Arkansas
knows the team · via St. Mark's School of Texas
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Investment thesis

Perot Jain pursues a transformational investing approach, aiming not just to identify attractive investments but to help companies with solid potential grow into industry leaders. The firm offers patient capital, access to its extensive network, and high-quality strategic advice to its portfolio companies, seeking to drive successful outcomes for founders and generate strong returns by capitalizing on evolving growth trends.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$500K
HQ
Dallas, Texas, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Tracked investments
300

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Perot Jain went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 84 of 300 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×41SaaS ×23Enterprise Software ×22Hardware ×16Healthtech ×13Logistics & Supply Chain ×13Robotics ×13Deep Tech ×10

HQs:United States×65India×5Estonia×1Israel×1Latvia×1Netherlands×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 63 portfolio companies
51%
solo founders
32 of 63 mapped founding teams
42%
repeat founders
of 76 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 9 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×322 founders×153 founders×84+ founders×8

Where their founders studiedfrom 71 founders with education data

The University of Texas at Austin ×6Stanford University ×4Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×3Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3University of California, Davis ×3University of North Texas ×3Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 76 founders with career history

Inventus Capital Partners ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ×3Stanford University ×3123Signup ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Flam ×2Morgan Stanley ×2Oracle ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

19 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 76 with degree data)

Investments · 300 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12024 · 22023 · 32022 · 12021 · 12020 · 12019 · 22017 · 32016 · 12015 · 116 dated

Nutanixnutanix.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NTNX

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.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Dheeraj Pandey(Executive Officer, Director)inRajiv Mirani(Executive Officer)inHoward Ting(Executive Officer)inDuston M. Williams(Executive Officer)inSunil Potti(Executive Officer)inDavid Sangster(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 VenturesAccelerator VenturesBattery VenturesBlumberg CapitalEMERGENT VENTURESInventus Capital Partners+9 more

Nuvve Holding Corpnuvve.comin𝕏OTC: NVVE

Nuvve Holding Corp.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyMobility & TransportationSan Diego, US

Gregory Poilasne(CEO, Nuvve Holding Corp.)inWillett Kempton(Co-Founder, Chair of Technical Advisory Board)inDavid Robson(CFO)inTed Smith(CEO, Nuvve New Mexico)in

BoardJon Montgomery(Director)H. David Sherman(Director)

Palantir TechnologiesNASDAQ: PLTR

Data analysis and intelligence software for government, defense, and businesses.

Co-investorsArtis VenturesEQUIAMInflection VenturesInvestXSozo Ventures

Shiftsmartshiftsmart.comin𝕏Nov 2021

ShiftSmart connects workers with flexible employment opportunities and helps businesses manage labor on demand.

Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechFuture of WorkHR TechImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesSocialMenlo Park, US

Aakashdeep Kumar(Executive Officer, Director)C. Patrick Brandt(Executive Officer, Director)inAakash K(Founder)

Board seatAnurag Jain· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGood FriendsImaginary Venture Capital

10 Lines10-lines.comin
1stMove
5G network management open-source platform
5G Network Management Platform
8e14

Distributed cloud-enabled network built from the ground up to replace the internet with simpler, faster and more secure enterprise connectivity.

Aarna Networksaarnanetworks.com

Co-investorsArka Venture LabsChakra Growth Fund

Accelerates golf course revenue
Access Healthcareaccesshealthcare.comin

Access Healthcare provides business process and IT services to the healthcare industry, with expertise in revenue cycle management and healthcare operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech

Co-investorsNew Mountain Capital

Advanced artificial lift technologies
Aerospace Precision Parts
Aerospace precision parts manufacturer
AI and services government and industrial platform
AI and services government platform
AI and Services Platform for Government
AI Emergency Room Triage
AI Face and Activity Recognition
AI face and activity recognition platform
AI Platform for Government and Industry
AI-generated physical space models
AI-powered hotel loyalty platform
Ainventuresainventures.comin𝕏

AIN Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in deep tech startups serving both commercial and government/defense markets, and it advises founders on securing non-dilutive government grants and contracts.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechSpace Tech

Sherman Williams(Co-founder & Managing Partner)inEmily McMahan(Co-founder & General Partner)in

AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone

Provides mobility-space visionaries opportunities to partner with major customers, leverage testing facilities, and commercialize new technologies.

Alliancetexasmizalliancetexasmiz.comin

AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) is a program run by developer Hillwood that supports ground and air transportation and mobility innovation, providing infrastructure, real estate, and a flight test center for logistics and advanced air mobility companies to commercialize technology.

Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationPropTechFort Worth, US

Ross Perot, Jr.(Founder (Hillwood))in

Alternative Investments Analytics
Alternative investments analytics platform
Amperagecapitalamperagecapital.com

Amperage Capital develops advanced energy storage and microgrid technology to enable energy independence.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardware

Kelsey H.(Founder)in

Andurilanduril.comin

Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics

Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(CEO)inTrae Stephens(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures1Flourish Capital8VCAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzAnorak Ventures+82 more

Annoanno.ai

Test range infrastructure for autonomous vehicles (unmanned aerial, ground, and marine systems) serving commercial and defense sectors.

Defense TechHardwareRoboticsDuluth, US

Matt Thomasson(Executive Officer)Steven Witt(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Cutrone(Director)Laura Barr(Director)

BoardCyndi Gula(Director)in

Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsGula Tech AdventuresPJCStoneMill Ventures

Anno Fusion

Machine learning application for multimodal sensor fusion, correlation and analysis of imagery, video and sensor data.

Apptronikapptronik.comin𝕏

Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Jeff Cardenas(CEO)inNicholas Arden Paine(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardClarence Gordon Daugherty, IV(Director)Howard Lee Morgan(Director)inGeorge Samuel Rose(Director)

Co-investorsAssembly VenturesAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.B Capital GroupB4 CapitalBaseTwoBig Brain Holdings+22 more

Arpit
Artificial Lift Technologies
Assima
Astrala Ventures
Autonomous electric aircraft
Autonomous parking lot striping robots
Avertium
Axle AI
Bank risk management solution
Berkshire Greyberkshiregrey.comin

Berkshire Grey builds robotics, machine vision, and control software for warehouse and distribution operations, automating tasks such as trailer unloading, picking, sorting, and outbound shipment preparation.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics

Tom Wagner, Ph.D.(Founder)inDavid Paratore(CEO)inMark Fidler(CFO)inPeter Van Alstine(Chief Commercial Officer)inEllen Bossert(Senior Vice President of Strategy)inBrad Meyer(Vice President, Customer Experience)in

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SoftBank Vision Fund

Biospartnersbiospartners.com

Bios Partners is a venture capital firm focused on life sciences and biotech investments, providing diligence and portfolio support for clinical-stage and precision medicine companies.

BiotechDeep TechFort Worth, US

Dr. Robertson(Co-founder)

Biotech and Medical Device VC
Biotech and medical device venture capital firm
Biozbioz.comin𝕏Apr 2019

Bioz provides AI-powered widgets for suppliers that display scientific publication data to build trust and improve sales conversion.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Altos, US

Daniel Levitt(Executive Officer, Director)Karin Lachmi(Executive Officer, Director)Karin L.(Founder)in

Co-investors5AM Ventures

Blink Technologiesblinkeye.com

Blink Eye develops AI-powered eye-tracking technology that enables human-computer interaction through eye movement alone.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsHardwareRetail TechSan Jose, US

Oren H. Yogev(Co-Founder & CEO)inGilad Drozdov(Co-Founder & CTO)Tanmoy Chowdoury(Executive Officer)Mor Swiel(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardYuval Neeman(Director)Preetish Nijhawan(Director)

Co-investorsGefen CapitalTrilogy Equity Partners

Blokable
Bonuslybonusly.comin𝕏

Bonusly provides an employee engagement and recognition platform that helps organizations connect their workforce through meaningful recognition tied to company values.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Raphael Crawford-Marks(Founder)in

Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalNext Frontier CapitalService Provider CapitalWonder VenturesAnkona Capital

Boosterboosterusa.comin𝕏May 2022 · $125M

Booster operates a mobile fuel delivery service that brings gasoline and diesel directly to customers, eliminating the need for underground storage tanks at traditional gas stations.

CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Frank Mycroft(Founder)in

Co-investorsChaac VenturesMadrona Venture GroupMaveronConversion CapitalEquinor VenturesRose Park Advisors+3 more

Boston Dynamics
Boston Engineering
Built Roboticsbuiltrobotics.comin𝕏Sep 2017

Built Robotics develops autonomous robotics systems for solar energy installation, specifically for piling, trenching, and safety applications in solar farm construction.

CleantechConstruction TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsUnited States, US

Noah Ready-Campbell(Founder & CEO)in

BoardForest Baskett(Director)in

Co-investorsBuilding VenturesCalibrate VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Next47Valia Ventures+6 more

Caraway Sleep
Carmatia
Cecilian Partnerscecilianpartners.cominSep 2023

Cecilian Partners provides a residential operating system for real estate development companies that digitizes workflows across community development projects.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwarePropTechTexas, US

John Cecilian(Executive Officer, Director)inPhilip V. Worland(Founder)inEdmund Moore Jr(Director)Jennifer Cecilian(Executive Officer)Rocco Natalicchio(Director)Chris Rhodes(Director)

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Exits · 4

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

NutanixNASDAQ: NTNXNuvve Holding CorpOTC: NVVEPalantir TechnologiesNASDAQ: PLTRoctopai_acq. by Cloudera

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Perot Jain made?
Perot Jain has 297 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
What stage does Perot Jain invest at?
Perot Jain invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Perot Jain's typical check size?
Perot Jain typically writes checks of $500K.
What sectors does Perot Jain focus on?
Perot Jain focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Perot Jain located?
Perot Jain is headquartered in Dallas, US.
Who does Perot Jain co-invest with?
Perot Jain most often shares deals with Khosla Ventures, Gefen Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), among 296 tracked co-investors.

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