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Aruna Viswanathan

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Director at Texas Ventures

Houston, Texas, United States

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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

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

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Who is Aruna Viswanathan?
Technology executive with 30+ years of experience; co-founder and COO of AlphaX Decision Sciences and former partner at Clearspring Capital Group.
Where does Aruna Viswanathan work?
Aruna Viswanathan is Director at Texas Ventures.
Where did Aruna Viswanathan go to school?
Aruna Viswanathan studied at Rice University (MBA, Strategy and Entrepreneurship); The University of Texas at Austin (Masters of Science, Computer Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelors of Engineering, Electrical Engineering).

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