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Ashish Kakran

Former Partner at Sierra Ventures · Former Principal at Thomvest Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $20M checks · typically $10.3M

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About

Ashish Kakran is Managing Partner at Seligman Ventures, where he invests in early-stage cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, and cybersecurity startups from seed through Series A. His portfolio includes Cohere, Harness, Isovalent, and Opaque, among others. Prior to venture capital, he worked as a product manager at AppNeta, a Bain Capital-backed network and application performance management company acquired by Broadcom, and has a background in computer science from IIT and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

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Experience

  1. SeligmanManaging Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. CohereInvestorcurrent2023 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. HarnessInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  4. IsovalentInvestor, observercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. smallest.aiSeed Investor and Board membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Relyance AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  7. Exaforce Inc.Series A Investorcurrent2024 — present
  8. Opaque SystemsInvestor and Board Observercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  9. Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU TECH Advisory Boardcurrent2023 — present
  10. StackGenSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  11. Stealth StartupSeed Investorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. Deductive AISeed Investorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. CyCognitoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  14. Bolster, IncInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. SIERRA VenturesPartner2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Thomvest VenturesPartner2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  17. EVCAEnterprise Infrastructure Vertical Lead2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  18. ShipaSeed Investor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  19. NimbellaSeed Investor2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  20. Engineering CapitalSenior Associate2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  21. Canaan PartnersAssociate (MBA intern)2018
  22. Roo.chatFounder/CEO2017 — 2018
  23. Benhamou Global VenturesAssociate (MBA intern)2017San Francisco Bay Area
  24. AppNetaProduct Manager2015 — 2017Greater Boston Area
  25. AppNetaSales Engineer2014 — 2015Greater Boston Area
  26. Procter & GambleMarketing Intern2013Mumbai
  27. TwtPulseCo-Founder/CEO2011 — 2012Delhi, India
  28. Pluris MarketingSoftware Engineer2010 — 2011Framingham, MA
  29. eJones Inc.Founding Engineer2008 — 2010
  30. FlipClips, Inc.Software Intern2008Greater Los Angeles Area

Skills & more

SaaS22Python17MySQL19C++13Java3Strategy5Leadership3Early Stage Investment7Venture Capital8Web Applications17Product Management12Agile Leadership
+2 moreEarly-stage StartupsSoftware Development

Languages English · Hindi

From Ashish's professional profile.

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Alex Rohrbach
Senior Associate at Thomvest Ventures
Amrit Dhillon
Principal at Thomvest Ventures
Andrew Pinkerton
Chief Operating Officer at Thomvest Ventures
Dave Hafford
Senior Associate at Thomvest Ventures
Don Butler
Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures
Eugene Siklos
President at Thomvest Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashish Kakran?
Ashish Kakran is Managing Partner at Seligman Ventures, where he invests in early-stage cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, and cybersecurity startups from seed through Series A. His portfolio includes Cohere, Harness, Isovalent, and Opaque, among others. Prior to venture capital, he worked as a product manager at AppNeta, a Bain Capital-backed network and application performance management company acquired by Broadcom, and has a background in computer science from IIT and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
What check size does Ashish Kakran write?
Ashish Kakran typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.
Where did Ashish Kakran go to school?
Ashish Kakran studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management); Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering).

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