Where does Anand Dass work?

Anand Dass is Founder of FileStack and Advisor at Hartmann Capital.

Where did Anand Dass go to school?

Anand Dass studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)).

Anand Dass

InvestorFounder

Advisor at Hartmann Capital · Founder at FileStack

Menlo Park, California, United States

FoundedFileStack · YC

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About

MIT graduate with over 20 years of tech experience across developer platforms, marketplaces, enterprise SaaS, and AR/VR. Co-founded a YC and a16z-backed virtual desktop startup acquired in 2014, was an early Postmates employee, and later led developer platforms and VR/MR content expansion at Meta.

Founder at FileStack YC S12

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Anand went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Anand can intro founders to FileStack's investors below.

FileStack's investors · 9

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks Highland Capital PartnersCambridge · $1M – $10M checks Pear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checks ScaleworksSan Antonio Sherpalo VenturesMenlo Park Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checks SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at FileStack

Brett van ZuidenFounder

Liyan David ChangFounder

Thomas GeorgiouFounder

Experience

MetaDirector of Product Management, AI X Wearablescurrent2024 — present
MetaDirector, Mixed Reality Apps2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
FacebookDirector, Platform Partnerships, Workplace by Facebook2016 — 2020Menlo Park
PostmatesDirector, Merchant Growth & Marketplace2014 — 2016San Francisco, California
McKinsey & Co.Associate2014San Francisco Bay Area
Filepicker.io (acquired), Y Combinator S '12Co-Founder & COO2012 — 2014
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2011Boston
Wipro LimitedHead of Sales-Technology BU, Practice Head-Product Strategy and Consulting Japan & APAC2003 — 2010

Skills & more

SaaS40Enterprise Software2Software as a Service (SaaS)6Product StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Large Language Models (LLM)Wearable TechnologyProduct Management66MonetizationEcosystem1Venture CapitalApp Store

+12 more

Product DevelopmentContent StrategyTechnology SalesStrategy consultingSalesManagement ConsultingStart-upsNew Business DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingEntrepreneurshipStrategy

Languages Japanese

IEEE Senior Member — IEEE

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Colleagues at Hartmann Capital

Daniel

Investor (Hartmann Ventures) at Hartmann Capital

Daniel Derzic

Associate at Hartmann Capital

David

Investor at Hartmann Capital

David Linden

Head of Marketing at Hartmann Capital

Felix Hartmann

Managing Partner at Hartmann Capital

Jeffrey E. Vogel

Venture Partner at Hartmann Capital

Investor at Hartmann Capital

JP Minetos

Investment Team at Hartmann Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anand Dass?: MIT graduate with over 20 years of tech experience across developer platforms, marketplaces, enterprise SaaS, and AR/VR. Co-founded a YC and a16z-backed virtual desktop startup acquired in 2014, was an early Postmates employee, and later led developer platforms and VR/MR content expansion at Meta.
Where does Anand Dass work?: Anand Dass is Founder of FileStack and Advisor at Hartmann Capital.
What companies did Anand Dass found?: Anand Dass founded FileStack.
Where did Anand Dass go to school?: Anand Dass studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)).