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Anshu Agarwal

Investor

General Partner at Converge

Silicon Valley

About

Anshu Agarwal is a General Partner at Converge, which she joined in 2023 to build the firm's Silicon Valley presence. Over more than 20 years she was a founding member or early executive at four B2B startups—Speedera Networks, Ankeena, ConteXtream, and Cedexis—each acquired by a public company, and later co-founded Nimbella as CEO, leading it to acquisition by Digital Ocean in 2021. After that acquisition she served as VP and GM of Digital Ocean's Serverless & Kubernetes business unit. She holds a Bachelor's in Electronics & Communications Engineering from IIT Roorkee, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers, and an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern.

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Invests in

Cloud ComputingEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. ConvergeGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. IIT StartupsMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  3. IIT Bay Area Alumni AssociationMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. DigitalOceanVP Serverless & Kubernetes2021 — 2023
  5. DigitalOceanVP/GM Serverless2021 — 2022Santa Clara County, California, United States
  6. NimbellaCEO & Co-founder2018 — 2021Santa Clara
  7. CedexisChief Marketing Officer & VP Product2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHead of Solutions & Partner Development2015 — 2017Sunnyvale
  9. OpenDaylight ProjectOpenDaylight Board of Director (representing HPE)2016 — 2017
  10. ConteXtreamVP Marketing2013 — 2015Mountain View
  11. Juniper NetworksVP, Product Management & Marketing, Content & Media2009 — 2012
  12. Ankeena NetworksVP Marketing2009 — 2010
  13. Level 3 CommunicationsVice President, Social Media & Technology Segment2006 — 2008
  14. Akamai TechnologiesSr. Director of Marketing2000 — 2006
  15. Speedera NetworksSr. Director of Product Mgmt / Product Mktg2000 — 2005
  16. NovellProduct Manager1999 — 2000
  17. MotorolaSr. Research Engineer1993 — 1999

Education

  1. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing
  2. Rutgers UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeB.S., Electrical

Skills & more

Go-to-market Strategy59Product Management58Marketing Strategy29B2B Marketing12Channel Partners14Campaign Management7Corporations5Product Marketing53Cloud Computing25Start-ups27Strategic Partnerships12Lead Generation12
+12 moreAnalyticsDemand GenerationSegmentationMarketing CommunicationsMarketingBusiness AlliancesProgram ManagementMobile DevicesSaaSStrategyManagementEnterprise Software

Languages Hindi

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Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management548

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

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Also attended Rutgers University93

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee35

Pranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalShantanu AgarwalAdvisory Board Member at Titanium Innovation InvestmentsGulshan DhananiAssociate at Avataar Venture PartnersSameer NandaInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAbhinav ChaturvediPartner at Accel

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Shared employers

Also worked at IIT Startups1

Arjun MalhotraEntrepreneur, Industrialist, Board of Advisor and Philanthropist at Lumis Partners

Also worked at IIT Bay Area Alumni Association1

Dipty DesaiVenture Partner at Elevate Capital

Also worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise229

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also worked at Level 3 Communications12

Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftEric ChenVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcJonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex VenturesJody ShepherdCo-Founder and Managing Director at Service Provider CapitalKaiti DelaneyPrincipal at Ten Eleven

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Colleagues at Converge

James Falkoff
Partner at Converge
Jason King
Chief Financial Officer at Converge
Lourenço Belleau
Associate at Converge
Maia Heymann
Founder & General Partner at Converge
Nilanjana Bhowmik
Founder & General Partner at Converge