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Alok Nandan

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Co-founder & Managing Partner at First Rays Venture Partners · Board director at Blotout Startup

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $1M checks · typically $500K

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About

Investor and operator with experience spanning AI infrastructure, enterprise software, Microsoft Azure, and venture-backed company building.

Board director at Blotout Startup

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Blotout Startup's investors · 5

First Rays Venture PartnersSan Francisco · since 2021Launchpad CapitalOakland · since 2021LoftyInc CapitalHouston · since 2021Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021Tunitas VenturesMenlo Park · since 2021

Co-founders at Blotout Startup

MSMandar Shinde
Mandar ShindeExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. First Rays Venture PartnersManaging Partner (CIO, CISO)current2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DatabricksInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  3. AllstacksBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  4. Backslash SecurityBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  5. BlotoutBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  6. Emergent VenturesPartner2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Tempo AI (acq. by SalesForce)Director of Product Management2014 — 2016Menlo Park
  8. YuMe (NYSE)Group Product Manager2012 — 2014Redwood City, CA
  9. MicrosoftSenior PM2005 — 2012Redmond, Mountain View and Beijing
  10. UCLAGraduate Student Researcher2001 — 2005
  11. ToneThis Inc.Co-founder2003
  12. EntomoSoftware Engineer2002
  13. IntelSoftware Engineer2000

Skills & more

Management10Team Management1Strategy10Early Stage InvestmentBoard GovernanceDirectorshipBoard level experienceNon-Executive DirectorWireMock CloudProduct Management40Software Project Management15Program Management7
+12 moreCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareData MiningAlgorithmsMachine LearningDistributed SystemsHadoopAnalyticsSoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringOnline AdvertisingDigital Media

Languages English · Hindi · Mandarin

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Investments

Investor

ArcionBackslash SecurityBlotoutEssenviaFunnelstoryLumeus.aiProcyon.aiWiremock

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Colleagues at First Rays Venture Partners

Amit Sridharan
General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners
Jenny Sohn
General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners

Network9

Amir JerbiScout
Angel
Ron PragidesScout
Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL
Shlomo KramerScout
Investor at Skinos Family Office
Akriti Dokania
Venture Partner at Ridge Ventures
Amit Sridharan
General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners
Jenny Sohn
General Partner at First Rays Venture Partners
Nate Jaret
General Partner at Maniv Mobility
Talia Rafaeli
Partner at KOMPAS VC
Yuval Cohen
Founder and Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alok Nandan?
Investor and operator with experience spanning AI infrastructure, enterprise software, Microsoft Azure, and venture-backed company building.
Where does Alok Nandan work?
Alok Nandan is Co-founder & Managing Partner at First Rays Venture Partners and Board director at Blotout Startup.
What check size does Alok Nandan write?
Alok Nandan typically writes checks of $500K – $1M.
What companies has Alok Nandan invested in?
Investments tracked here include Arcion, Backslash Security, Blotout, Essenvia, Funnelstory, Lumeus.ai, Procyon.ai, Wiremock.
Where did Alok Nandan go to school?
Alok Nandan studied at UCLA (PhD, Computer Science); Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Executive Education Program, Marketing); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering).

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