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Abhi Dinkar

Investor

Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures

Los Gatos, California, United States

About

Abhi Dinkar is a technology executive and investor with a background in high-performance computing and networked storage, developed during roles at Dell, Nvidia, and Veritas. He is President of Acaisoft, a technology services firm focused on data engineering, MLOps, and AI/ML infrastructure, and Principal of Lakeline Ventures, an angel fund backing enterprise solutions. He previously co-founded CloudLanes, a data-platform company working on multi-cloud data governance and lifecycle management.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. AcaisoftCo-Founder, Presidentcurrent2020 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
  2. Lakeline VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2025 — presentMonte Sereno, CA
  3. Augment VenturesAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentMonte Sereno, CA
  4. CloudLanesCo-Founder, CEO2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. DellCTO, Dell Data Protection2009 — 2016
  6. Ocarina NetworksEngineering Director2009 — 2010
  7. NVIDIAGPU Software Manager2008 — 2009
  8. Pillar Data SystemsEngineering Manager/NAS File System Architect2002 — 2008
  9. Blue Coat Systems acquired by SymantecEngineer2000 — 2002
  10. Veritas Technologies LLCEngineer1997 — 2000

Education

  1. Pune UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
  2. St. Vincent's High School

Same school

Also attended Pune University4

Kaushik SubramanianVenture capitalist, product personPushpesh DindorkarVice President, Compliance at Stride VenturesAkansha JadhavMarketing Associate at JITO Angel NetworkArpit NikGeneral Partner at GravityX Capital

Also attended St. Vincent's High School2

Vaibhav DomkundwarInvestor at Better CapitalAlok GuptaInvestor at Keiretsu Forum

Shared employers

Also worked at Dell137

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaSujal PatelStrategic Director at Madrona Venture GroupAtli ThorkelssonVP of Network at Redpoint VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83NorthMichael KlaykoOperating Executive at Marlin Equity Partners

+ 131 more

Also worked at Blue Coat Systems acquired by Symantec4

Michael FeiertagPartner at AllegisCyber CapitalMingjie GuanManaging Director at WestSummit CapitalDarren AbrahamsonPartner at Bain Capital VentureSean MuirheadAdvisor (Chief Product Officer, Logpoint) at AllegisCyber Capital

Also worked at Veritas Technologies LLC10

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcShirish DeodharInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesBenjamin NyeManaging Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Abhijit SolankiFounder & Managing Director at Whiteboard Venture PartnersMark LeslieExecutive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund

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Colleagues at Augment Ventures

Akhil Saklecha
Advisor - Healthtech at Augment Ventures
Alex Motey
Venture Fellow at Augment Ventures
Amit Narayan
Advisor - Energy and Renewables at Augment Ventures
Arun 'Rak' Ramchandran
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
Bill Portelli
Advisor - Deep Tech at Augment Ventures
Casey Cowell
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
David Armstrong
Partner, Chief Financial Officer at Augment Ventures
Gina Carfagno
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures