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Anil Sabharwal

Investor

Venture Partner at AirTree Ventures

Montreal, Canada

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

A former Vice President of Product Management at Google and its most senior product and engineering leader in Asia Pacific, Anil founded and led the team behind Google Photos and contributed to Chrome, ChromeOS, Google Drive, Docs, Keep, and a Health and Wearables division. He currently sits on Atlassian's board and advises Canva.

Experience

  1. AtlassianBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  2. CanvaAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
  3. AirtreeVenture Partnercurrent2018 — present
  4. GoogleVice President, Product (Office of the CEO)2025 — 2026Sydney, Australia
  5. GoogleVice President, GM Health and Wearables2021 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  6. GoogleVice President, GM Chrome, ChromeOS, and Photos + Australia Site Lead2018 — 2021Greater Sydney Area
  7. GoogleVice President, GM Comms and Photos + Australia Site Lead2017 — 2018Greater Sydney Area
  8. GoogleVice President, GM Photos2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  9. GoogleCo-founder and Director, Google Photos2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  10. GoogleProduct Lead, Hangouts Video Calling2013San Francisco Bay Area
  11. GoogleCo-founder and Mobile Lead, Google Drive and Docs2009 — 2013Greater Sydney Area
  12. AtlassianF1 Technology Advisor, Atlassian Williams Racing2025
  13. WesfarmersNon Executive Director2021 — 2024
  14. Talent2General Manager, e-Learning2006 — 2008
  15. NGRAINVice President, Product Management and Marketing2003 — 2006
  16. ViewpointDirector of Product2001 — 2003
  17. Desire2LearnCo-Founder2000 — 2001
  18. MicrosoftProduct Manager1998 — 2000

Investments

Board seats

Atlassian

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at AirTree Ventures

Anna Buber
Expert - Brand & Positioning at Xoogler Ventures
Anna Tyndale
Portfolio Success Lead at AirTree Ventures
Antonia Mijatovic
Investment Manager at AirTree Ventures
Audun Fiskerud
Program Lead, Investment Ready Startups at EnergyLab
Bree Fedele
Head of Marketing & Communications at AirTree Ventures
Caitlin Evans
Platform Operations Manager at AirTree Ventures
Cloë Stanbridge
Talent Lead at AirTree Ventures
Craig Blair
Co-founder & Partner, Chair of Investments at AirTree Ventures

Network10

Craig BlairScout
Co-founder & Partner, Chair of Investments at AirTree Ventures
John HendersonScout
Partner at AirTree Ventures
Laxmi PunScout
Angel at AirTree Ventures
Lee HawksleyScout
Investor at AirTree Ventures
Liza BostonScout
Angel at AirTree Ventures
Ada Yin
Investor at AirTree Ventures
Dan Coughlan
Principal at AirTree Ventures
Elicia McDonald
CEO & Partner at AirTree Ventures
Gillian Findlay
Venture Partner at AirTree Ventures
Helen Norton
Partner at AirTree Ventures

Investors connected to Anil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anil Sabharwal?
A former Vice President of Product Management at Google and its most senior product and engineering leader in Asia Pacific, Anil founded and led the team behind Google Photos and contributed to Chrome, ChromeOS, Google Drive, Docs, Keep, and a Health and Wearables division. He currently sits on Atlassian's board and advises Canva.
Where does Anil Sabharwal work?
Anil Sabharwal is Venture Partner at AirTree Ventures.
What check size does Anil Sabharwal write?
Anil Sabharwal typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What boards does Anil Sabharwal sit on?
Anil Sabharwal holds tracked board seats at Atlassian.
Where did Anil Sabharwal go to school?
Anil Sabharwal studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Executive MBA (Google)).

Founder mafias

University of Waterloo mafia200

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartZach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1Peter CarresciaBMathFounded GoConfirm +1Eric BlondeelDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Samos Insurance +1Oleg KostourHonours Bachelor of Architectural StudiesFounded AtlasGrid +1Anton KrutianskyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AtlasGrid +1

+ 193 more

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia117

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Keith LendenMBAFounded Boundless Bio +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Patrick SigristVenture Capital Executive ProgramFounded IORQ +1Victor HoBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Fivestars +1

+ 110 more

AirTree Ventures mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam KroonenburgVenture PartnerFounded Cuttable +1James CameronPartnerFounded BipsyncJohn O'HaraInvestorFounded TracPlusSachin ShahInvestorFounded Kindling

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo359

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 353 more

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business617

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesLauren von ReynInvestor at Lightbank

+ 611 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Google1,721

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures

+ 1,715 more

Also worked at Atlassian69

Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder & CEO of AtlassianScott FarquharCo-founder of AtlassianAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 63 more

Also worked at Desire2Learn10

Dennis KavelmanPartner at Inovia CapitalTim ConnorPartner at NewView CapitalNick BunickPrincipal at NewView CapitalKevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation CapitalDan MicakChief Legal Officer at Lightspeed Commerce at Boreal VenturesBalaji GopalanFounder Network - Product and Customer Strategy at DMZ

+ 4 more

Also worked at Microsoft1,189

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

+ 1,183 more