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Ankur Jain

Investor

Founding Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Ankur Jain is a founding partner at Emergent Ventures. He previously invested across the US, India, and Israel at Nexus Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital, and earlier led product teams at Andiamo Systems and Cisco (which acquired Andiamo in 2004), as well as engineering roles at Softaware Networks and Digital Island. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi, a Master's in Computer Science from UCLA, and an MBA from the Wharton School, where he was a Palmer Scholar, and is a co-inventor on five technology patents.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. Emergent VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. VAMA, IncCo-founder2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Nexus Venture PartnersVice President2013 — 2015
  4. TiEChair, TiE San Francisco2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Blumberg CapitalVice President2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  6. AccentureStrategy Consulting2009 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CiscoEngineering & Product2001 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Digital IslandSoftware Engineer2000 — 2001Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  9. Capital OneConsultant1999

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science & Engineering
  2. UCLAMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science
  3. The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Corporate Development46Entrepreneurship59Product Management13Management Consulting64Start-ups31Strategic Partnerships33Mobile Devices21Digital Media5Business Development21Go-to-market Strategy6Executive Management5
+12 moreLocation Based ServicesProduct MarketingAnalyticsBusiness StrategyConsultingMergers & AcquisitionsMobile ApplicationsMobile TechnologyStrategyLeadershipSaaSEnterprise Software

From Ankur's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi79

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalNeeraj AroraCEO India, MENA & Managing Director at General CatalystNitin SethChief Executive Officer (Incedo) at Mission HoldingsApoorva PandhiInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

+ 73 more

Also attended UCLA374

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 368 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Nexus Venture Partners14

Venu ShamapantFounding Partner at LiveOak VenturesSuvir SujanManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersJishnu BhattacharjeeManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersAbhishek SharmaManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersVaishak PrashanthTeam at First ChequeAshray IyengarPrincipal at Elevation Capital

+ 8 more

Also worked at Blumberg Capital38

David BlumbergFounder and Managing Partner at Blumberg CapitalBruce TaraginManaging Director at Blumberg CapitalJared KatzenSenior Associate at Blumberg CapitalJaime FelixCFO at AudaciousAndrewInvestor at Exceptional CapitalAlon LifshitzCo-Founder and General Partner at Hanaco Venture Capital

+ 32 more

Also worked at Accenture587

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 581 more

Also worked at Cisco249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

+ 243 more

Investments

Investor

Accel DataArcion LabsArkinBasicBlockBitfusionBrazeCyveraDeepfactorMinjarNexthop.aiObserve.aiOrkusRocketiumSagetapSupportLogicTalviewTerretUptimeAI

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Colleagues at EMERGENT VENTURES

Anshul Sadana
CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Anupam Rastogi
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Emrecan Dogan
VP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES
Indra Singhal
Operating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Katie Passalacqua
Head of Finance at EMERGENT VENTURES
Lukas Gentele
CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES
Marc Manara
Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Niha Gottiparthy
Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES