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Aruna Viswanathan

Investor

Director at Texas Ventures

Houston, Texas, United States

About

Technology executive with 30+ years of experience; co-founder and COO of AlphaX Decision Sciences and former partner at Clearspring Capital Group.

Experience

  1. AlphaX Decision SciencesCo-Founder & Chief Operating Officercurrent2016 — presentGreater Houston
  2. Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at AustinEngineering Advisory Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. University of HoustonBoard of Visitorscurrent2024 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  4. Ecosphere VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2023 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  5. Industrial Tech Acquisitions, Inc.Board Membercurrent2020 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  6. DSA CommercialFounder and Managing Directorcurrent2008 — presentGreater Houston
  7. Texas Innovation CenterAdvisory Board Member2023 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
  8. The RBR GroupPrincipal2016 — 2017Houston
  9. Clearspring Capital GroupCo-Founder & Chief Underwriting Officer2006 — 2016Greater Houston
  10. Houston Technology CenterBoard of Advisors2006 — 2014Greater Houston
  11. Houston Technology CenterVice President, Director of Operations2001 — 2006Greater Houston
  12. Texas Emerging Technology FundVice Chair, Committee Member2007 — 2012Greater Houston
  13. MotorolaProduct and Test Engineer1994 — 1999Austin, Texas Area
  14. Advanced Micro DevicesAssociate Engineer1991 — 1993Austin, Texas Area

Education

  1. Rice UniversityMBA, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  2. The University of Texas at AustinMasters of Science, Computer Engineering
  3. The University of Texas at AustinBachelors of Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Skills & more

Enterprise Software14Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Technology Commercialization3Board Advisory ServicesPrivate Equity34Energy TechnologyStartup AdvisoryDeep TechInnovation PolicyPublic-private PartnershipsEarly-Stage InvestingTechnology Diligence
+12 moreGrowth CapitalInvestment UnderwritingPortfolio ManagementLease NegotiationsAsset ManagementCommunity EngagementCivic LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsEngineering LeadershipEmerging TechnologiesOperational StrategyBusiness Operations

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Colleagues at Texas Ventures

Andrew Clark
Director at Texas Ventures
E. Scott Crist
Managing Partner at Texas Ventures
Harvin Moore
Director at Texas Ventures
R. Greg Smith
CFO at Texas Ventures
Scott Crist
Investor at Texas Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Aruna Viswanathan work?
Aruna Viswanathan is Director at Texas Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Rice University129

Abigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire VenturesEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesPatrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury FundSharon KedarCo-Founder, Partner at Northpond VenturesMartin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin352

Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin2

Laith AltarabishiFounder at Constellation SpacePhillip BaekFounder at Parrot

Also worked at University of Houston12

Emily LeproustCEO, Twist Bioscience & Founding Pillar at Pillar VCErin PictonFellow, Water Treatment at Prime Movers LabBo ZhaoDirector of Commercialization at First Bight VenturesKala MarathiVenture Partner at Climate Impact CapitalJoe PowellChief Scientist and Senior Consultant at Climate Impact CapitalMichelle ChaoInvestor at Clean Energy Venture

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Also worked at Houston Technology Center3

Blair GarrouCo-founder & General Partner at Mercury FundKeeisi Caballero ValdezSenior Manager, Platform Operations at Stand Together Ventures LabMeagan CrawfordFounder and Managing Partner at SpaceFund

Also worked at Motorola83

Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersClint ChaoGeneral Partner at Moment Ventures, LlcAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at Converge

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