Ashmeet Sidana
InvestorManaging 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
- Engineering CapitalChief Engineercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CodeRabbitSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- XanoSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- KognitosPre-seed investorcurrent2021 — present
- Robust IntelligenceSeed investorcurrent2019 — present
- EvincedPre-seed Investor and Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- AsimilySeed Investorcurrent2017 — present
- Menlo Security Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2013 — present
- NexlaSeed Investor and Board membercurrent2016 — present
- Netsil (formerly Gencore)Seed Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- YotaScaleSeed Investorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Baffle, Inc.Member Board of Directors and Seed Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- KentikSeed Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Datos IO, Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Airgap Networks Inc., a Zscaler CompanyPre-seed Investor2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Passage AIBoard of Directors and Seed Investor2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- SignalFxEarly Investor2013 — 2019
- PalerraEarly Investor2014 — 2016Santa Clara, California
- StackStormSeed Investor2015 — 2016
- PrivateCoreBoard of Directors2012 — 2013
Education
- Stanford UniversityMS, Computer Science1989 — 1991
- The Wharton SchoolMBA2001 — 2003
- University of Southern CaliforniaBS, Computer Science1987 — 1989
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- Modern School
Skills & more
+11 more
Strategic PartnershipsIntegrationProduct MarketingMobile ApplicationsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AlliancesAnalyticsBig DataEntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentFrom Ashmeet's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,575
+ 1,569 more
Also attended The Wharton School1,323
+ 1,317 more
Also attended University of Southern California343
+ 337 more
Also attended Modern School9
+ 3 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Engineering Capital1
Also worked at Asimily5
Also worked at Passage AI3
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
AsimilySolo GP
AuditoriaSolo GP
KentikSolo GP
LaceworkSolo GP
Menlo SecuritySolo GP
SignalFxSolo GP
StackStormSolo GP
vFunctionSolo GP
XanoSolo GP
YotascaleSolo GP
Airgap NetworksSolo GP
Altor NetworksSolo GP
Azure PowerSolo GP
BaffleSolo GP
CtrlStackSolo GP
EvincedSolo GP
FluxNinjaSolo GP
NetsilSolo GP
NexlaSolo GP
once saidSolo GP
PalerraSolo GP
ReshuffleSolo GP
Robust IntelligenceSolo GP
RubrickSolo GP
ShiftRightSolo GP
ShipaSolo GP
TapistroSolo GP
WideFieldSolo GP
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