Fundraising Fox

Anshu Agarwal

Investor

General Partner at Converge · Board director at Nimbella

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Invests in

Cloud ComputingEnterprise Software

Board director at Nimbella

Intro paths

→

In turn, Anshu can intro founders to Nimbella's investors below.

Nimbella's investors · 1

ConvergeCambridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Nimbella

RR
Rodric RabbahExecutive Officer, Director

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

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

From Anshu's professional profile.

Colleagues at Converge

Craig Palli
Investor 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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anshu Agarwal?
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.
Where does Anshu Agarwal work?
Anshu Agarwal is General Partner at Converge and Board director at Nimbella.
What does Anshu Agarwal invest in?
Anshu Agarwal invests in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software.
Where did Anshu Agarwal go to school?
Anshu Agarwal studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing); Rutgers University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (B.S., Electrical).

Founder mafias

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management mafia63

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kunal BahlExecutive ProgramFounded SnapdealAmir FaintuchMBAFounded Hourly +1Byron HewettMBAFounded Brava Diagnostics +1Remco van ZantenMBAFounded Zalando +1Wei LiMBAFounded Quantxbio +1Terrance BerlandMBAFounded Loadspring Solutions +1

+ 56 more

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee mafia31

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Shantanu AgarwalB.TechFounded Sustaera +1Vivek PrakashB.Tech & M.TechFounded Hackerearth +1Divij GoyalBachelors of technologyFounded Mindbase +1Gulshan DhananiB.TechFounded ExpertronsShashank KumarB. Tech.Founded RazorpayVikesh KhannaB.Tech.Founded Ambient.ai

+ 24 more

Rutgers University mafia29

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ryan BednarBSFounded RankScience +1Harsh YadavMaster of ScienceFounded Ryse +1Tino WakedBAFounded TAPTAPKevin BittermanBAFounded Editas MedicineDave RosenbergB.A.Founded MuleSoftAlejandro MartíPcFounded Mitiga

+ 22 more

DigitalOcean mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dillon ErbVP, AI StrategyFounded Paperspace +2Daniel KobranGM, PaperspaceFounded Paperspace +1John EdgarChief Technology Evangelist & VP StrategyFounded StaeDaniel SelansSenior Software EngineerFounded StreamdalBrandon StrittmatterSenior Product DesignerFounded Outerbase

DigitalOcean mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dillon ErbVP, AI StrategyFounded Paperspace +2Daniel KobranSenior Director, PaperspaceFounded Paperspace +1Daniel SelansSenior Software EngineerFounded StreamdalBrandon StrittmatterSenior Product DesignerFounded Outerbase

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management577

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures

+ 571 more

Also attended Rutgers University120

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

+ 114 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee62

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 AngelsSaharsh SharmaVice President - Investments at Chiratae Ventures

+ 56 more

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 Enterprise277

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

+ 271 more

Also worked at Level 3 Communications13

Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftEric ChenEarliest Stage InvestorsJonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex VenturesJody ShepherdCo-Founder and Managing Director at Service Provider CapitalKaiti DelaneyPrincipal at Ten Eleven

+ 7 more