Arvind Ayyala
InvestorPartner at Geodesic Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Arvind Ayyala is a Partner at Geodesic Capital with investment experience spanning the United States, Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. He has completed over 30 growth-stage investments across enterprise AI, vertical AI, fintech, and health IT sectors, and holds board positions at nine companies. Ayyala has been involved in startup investing and operations since 2006, with track record including four IPO exits and seven M&A transactions.
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Experience
- Geodesic CapitalPartner, Investmentscurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- UNPACK3D PodcastCreator | Co-Hostcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Together AIInvestor | (+ Sourced)current2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FieldguideInvestor | (+Sourced)current2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GleanInvestor | (+Sourced)current2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AltruistInvestor | (+Sourced)current2025 — present
- HightouchInvestor | (+Sourced)current2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SardineInvestor | (+Sourced)current2024 — present
- WriterInvestor | (+Sourced)current2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TranscarentInvestor | Board (Observer) | (+Sourced)current2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sakana AIInvestorcurrent2024 — presentTokyo, Japan
- NileInvestor | (+Sourced)current2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Nova CreditInvestor | (+Sourced)current2023 — presentNew York, United States
- TRM LabsInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NUS AlumniAmbassadorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Alkira, Inc.Investor | (+Sourced) | (Acq’d - LUMN)2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Scale AIInvestor | (+Sourced) (Acq’d - META)2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- FeedzaiInvestor (+Sourced)2021 — 2022
- ConveraInvestor | (+Sourced)2021 — 2022
- Nature's FyndInvestor | (+Sourced)2021 — 2022
- Hazel Technologies, IncInvestor | (+Sourced)2021 — 2022
- SeismicInvestor | (+Sourced)2020 — 2022
- VestaInvestor | (+Sourced)2020 — 2022
- AetionInvestor | (+Sourced) | Board2020 — 2022
- CartaInvestor | (+Sourced)2020 — 2022
- UPSIDE FoodsInvestor | (+Sourced)2020 — 2022
- PicoInvestor | (+Sourced) | Board2019 — 2022
- InariInvestor | (+Sourced)2019 — 2022
- PindropInvestor2018 — 2022
- MetricStreamInvestor/Board2017 — 2022
- DruvaInvestor/Board2016 — 2022
- EDBI Pte LtdCo-IC: Investments North America (US, Canada) - Directs + Funds2016 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TauliaInvestor/Board (acquired by SAP)2017 — 2021
- WalkMe™Investor/Board (IPO/Acquired by SAP)2018 — 2021
- SprinklrInvestor | (IPO)2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Pear TherapeuticsInvestor | (IPO)2017 — 2021
- HedvigInvestor/Board | Acquired by (CVLT)2017 — 2019
- LivongoInvestor/Board | IPO | M&A (TDOC)2017 — 2019
- TiECharter Member2017 — 2018
- VeloCloud, Now part of VMware - we've moved to VMware SASEInvestor/Board | Acquired by VMware2016 — 2017
Skills & more
Business Development24Business Strategy23Customer Engagement6Marketing11Government Agencies1Energy6Finance6Entrepreneurship5Competitive Analysis5Market Research4Investments3Government5
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Management ConsultingStart-upsNew Business DevelopmentStrategic ThinkingAnalysisStrategyAnalytical SkillsStrategic PlanningLanguages English · French · Hindi · Mandarin · Telugu
- Full Member — CFA Society San Francisco
- Advanced Financial Modeling - Core — CFA Society Singapore
- CFA Level II Candidate — CFA Institute
- Passed CFA Level I — CFA Institute
- Business Model Generation Workshop — Business Model Foundry
From Arvind's professional profile.
Colleagues at Geodesic Capital
Alvin Asper
CFO at Geodesic Capital
Brent Wu
Partner at Geodesic Capital
Charlie Friedland
Partner at Geodesic Capital
Divya Sudhakar
Partner at Geodesic Capital
John Roos
Founding Partner at Geodesic Capital
Jon Rezneck
Partner and Head of Investment Team, COO at Geodesic Capital
Justin Yue
Associate at Geodesic Capital
Marcus Otsuji
Country Manager at Geodesic Capital
Network5
Brent Wu
Partner at Geodesic Capital
Divya Sudhakar
Partner at Geodesic Capital
John Roos
Founding Partner at Geodesic Capital
Justin Yue
Associate at Geodesic Capital
Matthew Fuller
Partner at Geodesic Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arvind Ayyala?
- Arvind Ayyala is a Partner at Geodesic Capital with investment experience spanning the United States, Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. He has completed over 30 growth-stage investments across enterprise AI, vertical AI, fintech, and health IT sectors, and holds board positions at nine companies. Ayyala has been involved in startup investing and operations since 2006, with track record including four IPO exits and seven M&A transactions.
- Where does Arvind Ayyala work?
- Arvind Ayyala is Partner at Geodesic Capital.
- What check size does Arvind Ayyala write?
- Arvind Ayyala typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Arvind Ayyala go to school?
- Arvind Ayyala studied at Questrom School of Business, Boston University (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); University of Pennsylvania (SEAS + Wharton: Chemical Engineering + Technology Ventures); National University of Singapore (Bachelors in BioChemical Engineering (Honors)).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nova Credit8
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Also worked at Scale AI79
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