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Apoorva Pandhi

Investor

Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $10M checks Β· typically $5.5M

About

Managing Director at Zetta focused on early-stage AI/ML, data infrastructure, and cloud-native infra startups. Previously invested at Lightspeed Ventures and Foundation Capital, co-founded NLP/ML startup Funnl Labs, and was a GTM/sales leader at Quid; holds an engineering degree from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Wharton.

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Experience

  1. Zetta Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Tabular (now part of Databricks)Seed/A & Series B Investorcurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. MotherDuckSeed, Series A & Series B Investorcurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. NaΓ―veSeries A Investorcurrent2026 β€” present
  5. Outerbounds (acq. by Anaconda)Seed & Series A Investorcurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. NebulockPre-Seed, Seed & Series A Investorcurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. GableSeed & Series A Investor / Boardcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Pulse Security AI, Inc.Seed Investor / Boardcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  9. Guardrails AISeed Investor / Boardcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. ClericSeed Investor / Boardcurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. GTMfor.devCo-Hostcurrent2025 β€” present
  12. Foundation CapitalPartner2019 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  13. BlueskySeed Investor2022San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Fennel (acquired by Databricks)Seed Investor / Board2022San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Electric Sheep RoboticsSeed & Series A Investor / Board2020 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  16. 'nuffsaid (acquired)Seed Investor2020 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  17. Arize AIBoard Observer2020 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  18. Memora HealthSeed Investor2020 β€” 2022
  19. OpsMxBoard Observer2019 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  20. QuidVice President, Enterprise2015 β€” 2019San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiBachelor of Technology - BTech
  2. The Wharton SchoolMBA - Major in Management (Entrepreneurship), Marketing & Operations

Skills & more

Educational Technology3Venture Capital77Entrepreneurship43Predictive Modeling14Management Consulting55Strategic Planning10Financial Modeling21Market Entry8Analytics12Corporate Development6Valuation5Mergers & Acquisitions14
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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 HoldingsAnkur JainManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

+ 73 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 NaΓ―ve2

Abhishek SharmaManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersKeerthi Sureshベンチャーフェロー at DG Daiwa Ventures

Also worked at Nebulock4

Dan Nguyen-HuuPartner at Decibel PartnersRak GargPartner at Bain Capital VenturesDavid WaltcherPartner at FirstMarkBill LehmannInvestor at Step Function Ventures

Also worked at Pulse Security AI, Inc.1

Sid TrivediPartner at Foundation Capital

Also worked at Cleric2

Megan ReynoldsInvestor at Crane Venture PartnersJames AlcornPartner at Zetta Venture Partners

Colleagues at Zetta Venture Partners

Annelies Gamble
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
Ash Fontana
Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners
Cathrin Stickney
Venture Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
Dylan Reid
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
James Alcorn
Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
Jocelyn Goldfein
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
Mark Gorenberg
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
Thaxter Sharp
Partner at Zetta Venture Partners

Network6

Ash Fontana
Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners
Cathrin Stickney
Venture Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
Dylan Reid
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
James Alcorn
Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
Jocelyn Goldfein
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
Thaxter Sharp
Partner at Zetta Venture Partners

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