Where does Aruna Viswanathan work?

Aruna Viswanathan is Venture Advisor at Ecosphere 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).

Aruna Viswanathan

Investor

Venture Advisor at Ecosphere Ventures · Director at Texas Ventures

Houston, Texas, United States

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148 people in our graph share verified history with Aruna — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alan AbbottunlockedAruna: together at Texas Emerging Technology Fund (2007)

×2Aruna: together at University of Houston

×9Aruna: together at Advanced Micro Devices

About

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

Experience

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

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Growth CapitalInvestment UnderwritingPortfolio ManagementLease NegotiationsAsset ManagementCommunity EngagementCivic LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsEngineering LeadershipEmerging TechnologiesOperational StrategyBusiness Operations

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Colleagues at Ecosphere Ventures

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Aruna Viswanathan

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Ayaz Haque

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Brenda LeMay

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Chris Stott

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Christine Cockrell

Investor at Ecosphere Ventures

Daniel Schmidt

Investor at Ecosphere Ventures

Frequently asked questions

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 Venture Advisor at Ecosphere 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).

Same school

Also attended Rice University212

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase Abigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire Ventures Edi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture Partners Jim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado Ventures Nicolette HoffmannSenior Associate at JMI Equity Patrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury Fund

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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin692

Michael DellFounder & CEO of Dell Technologies Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital Todd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution Sapna MehtaInvestor at Revolution Anish AggarwalInvestor at Lightbank Andrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at Greycroft

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin5

Laith AltarabishiFounder at Constellation Space Phillip BaekFounder at Parrot Alexander ShearerFounder at Arinna Zaib HusainFounder & CEO at Argonmech Jim StanislausFounder at Petros Pace

Also worked at University of Houston21

Emily LeproustCEO, Twist Bioscience & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC Bo ZhaoDirector of Commercialization at First Bight Ventures Jon NordbyManaging Partner at Anthropy Partners Kala MarathiVenture Partner at Climate Impact Capital Joe PowellChief Scientist and Senior Consultant at Climate Impact Capital Adelle MainConsultant (VIC) at Social Ventures Australia

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Also worked at Houston Technology Center4

Keeisi Caballero ValdezSenior Manager, Platform Operations at Stand Together Ventures Lab Adil JafryInvestor at Ecosphere Ventures Kim Bond EvansExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at Seremedi Eric M. ElfmanExecutive Officer, Director at Onit

Also worked at Motorola160

Mike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton Partners Clint ChaoGeneral Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc Anupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

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