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Ashmeet Sidana

Investor

Managing Partner at Engineering Capital

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Ashmeet Sidana is chief‑engineer first, scaled VMware’s ESX to billions, grew up in rural Rajasthan, and stewards university and foundation capital to back problems beyond engineering for education and health.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. Engineering CapitalChief Engineercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. CodeRabbitSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  3. XanoSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
  4. KognitosPre-seed investorcurrent2021 — present
  5. Robust IntelligenceSeed investorcurrent2019 — present
  6. EvincedPre-seed Investor and Board Membercurrent2019 — present
  7. AsimilySeed Investorcurrent2017 — present
  8. Menlo Security Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2013 — present
  9. NexlaSeed Investor and Board membercurrent2016 — present
  10. Netsil (formerly Gencore)Seed Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. YotaScaleSeed Investorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. Baffle, Inc.Member Board of Directors and Seed Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. KentikSeed Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. Datos IO, Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. Airgap Networks Inc., a Zscaler CompanyPre-seed Investor2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Passage AIBoard of Directors and Seed Investor2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  17. SignalFxEarly Investor2013 — 2019
  18. PalerraEarly Investor2014 — 2016Santa Clara, California
  19. StackStormSeed Investor2015 — 2016
  20. PrivateCoreBoard of Directors2012 — 2013

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMS, Computer Science1989 — 1991
  2. The Wharton SchoolMBA2001 — 2003
  3. University of Southern CaliforniaBS, Computer Science1987 — 1989
  4. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  5. Modern School

Skills & more

Strategy98Leadership21Management32Enterprise Software35SaaS27Product Management99Venture Capital73Cloud Computing54Start-ups99Go-to-market Strategy29Cross-functional Team Leadership8Mobile Devices10
+11 moreStrategic PartnershipsIntegrationProduct MarketingMobile ApplicationsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AlliancesAnalyticsBig DataEntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate Development

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Shared employers

Deals · 36

Accelerated Cloud Storage CorpBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Apr 2026 · $3.9M raise

Hedgehog SONiC FoundationBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Nov 2022 · $3.8M raise

KognitosBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Feb 2021 · $2.6M raise

OnymosBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Feb 2020 · $2.2M raise

TignisBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Jun 2018 · $2.8M raise

Sail InternetBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Jan 2017 · $2.4M raise

XocketsBoard seat

via Engineering Capital · filed Aug 2015 · $21.8K raise

CodeRabbitSolo GP

via Engineering Capital · filed Sep 2025

Airgap NetworksSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

Altor NetworksSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

Azure PowerSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

BaffleSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

CtrlStackSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

EvincedSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

FluxNinjaSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

NetsilSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

NexlaSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

once saidSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

PalerraSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

ReshuffleSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

Robust IntelligenceSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

RubrickSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

ShiftRightSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

ShipaSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

TapistroSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

WideFieldSolo GP

via Engineering Capital

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