Aaditya Sood
InvestorVenture Partner at Peak XV Partners
India
Writes $100K – $100M checks · typically $10M
About
Aaditya Sood is an advisor at Peak XV Partners specializing in deep tech, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS. He previously co-founded and built Calm.io, a cloud automation platform acquired by Nutanix, and held engineering roles at Yahoo, Oracle, and early-stage startups including Erudent and Pentaur. His technical background spans infrastructure, cloud automation, search, security, and enterprise software.
Experience
- Peak XV PartnersAdvisorcurrent2026 — presentBengaluru
- Peak XV PartnersSurge Venture Partner2023 — 2025Bengaluru
- Sequoia CapitalSurge Venture Partner2022 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Career BreakGap year2021 — 2022Bangalore
- NutanixVP & GM, Calm & Karbon2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- NutanixVP & GM, Calm2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- NutanixSr Director, Eng & Products2016 — 2018Bengaluru Area, India
- Calm.ioCEO, CTO & Co-founder2014 — 2016Bengaluru Area, India
- Idea Device TechnologiesCTO & Co-founder2008 — 2014Bangalore Area, India
- Career BreakGap year2008Himachal Pradesh
- PentaurSenior Software Engineer2007 — 2008Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- YahooSenior Software Engineer2006 — 2007
- ErudentSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2006Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Oracle India Private LtdSoftware Engineer2002 — 2004Hyderabad Area, India
Education
- National Institute of Technology CalicutB.Tech, Electronics And Communications1998 — 2002
Skills & more
MultithreadingEmacsSoftware Development69Architecture11Distributed Systems17Web Development12Start-ups28Algorithms5Scalability17Architectures4Web Services3Python (Programming Language)
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PostgreSQLC (Programming Language)SubversionUnixCXMLPythonLinuxC++JavaScriptRESTJava Enterprise EditionLanguages English · Hindi
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Colleagues at Peak XV Partners
Aadith Ramesh
Associate at Peak XV Partners
Aakash Kapoor
Principal at Peak XV Partners
Abheek Anand
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Abhishek Gupta
Head of IT & Technology at Peak XV Partners
Abhishek Mohan
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Akshay Agarwal
Vice President at Peak XV Partners
Alyssa Maharani
Analyst at Peak XV Partners
Anandamoy Roychowdhary
Managing Director, India & APAC at Crane Venture Partners
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Alyssa Maharani
Analyst at Peak XV Partners
Anandamoy Roychowdhary
Managing Director, India & APAC at Crane Venture Partners
Antara Raychaudhury
Analyst at Peak XV Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Aaditya Sood work?
- Aaditya Sood is Venture Partner at Peak XV Partners.
- What check size does Aaditya Sood write?
- Aaditya Sood typically writes checks of $100K – $100M.
Same school
Also attended National Institute of Technology Calicut6
Shared employers
Also worked at Peak XV Partners39
Mohit BhatnagarManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersShailendra SinghManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersGV RavishankarManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersAbheek AnandManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersSakshi ChopraManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersPieter KempsPartner at Peak XV Partners
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Also worked at Sequoia Capital175
Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm
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Also worked at Calm.io1
Also worked at Yahoo278
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
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