Anand Rajaraman
InvestorPartner at Rocketship.vc
Palo Alto, California
Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M
About
Anand Rajaraman, co-inventor of Amazon Mechanical Turk and an early Facebook angel, applies his more data beats better algorithms philosophy via his Datawocky blog and data pipelines to discover startups.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechSaaS
Experience
- rocketship.vcFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Milliways VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — present
- Cambrian VenturesFounding partner2000 — 2015
- WalmartSVP, Global eCommerce2011 — 2012San Bruno, CA
- KosmixFounder & Chairman2005 — 2011
- Aster DataBoard of Directors2005 — 2011
- Chaupaati BazaarFounding Investor, Board of Directors2008 — 2011
- Amazon.comDirector of Technology1998 — 2000
- JungleeFounder1996 — 1998
Education
- Stanford UniversityMS & PhD, Computer Science1993 — 1996
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), MadrasBachelor of Technology, Computer Science1989 — 1993
Skills & more
E-commerce1Start-ups4Mobile Devices1Strategic Partnerships3Product Management1SaaSAnalyticsCloud ComputingStrategy3Entrepreneurship
From Anand's professional profile.
Colleagues at Rocketship.vc
Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Greg Lahann
Chief Financial Officer at Rocketship.vc
Jon Staenberg
Founder at Agate Hound
Madhu Shalini Iyer
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Paul Baird-Smith
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Rob Harries
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Shivam Patel
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Network9
Chris DixonScout
Founder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz
Eduardo Castro-WrightScout
Investor at alpha4 ventures
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Josh ElmanScout
Investor at Greylock Partners
Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Jon Staenberg
Founder at Agate Hound
Madhu Shalini Iyer
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Tiq Chapa
Senior Associate at Rocketship.vc
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Anand Rajaraman work?
- Anand Rajaraman is Partner at Rocketship.vc.
- What does Anand Rajaraman invest in?
- Anand Rajaraman invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.
- What check size does Anand Rajaraman write?
- Anand Rajaraman typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Walmart80
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Also worked at Kosmix7
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