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Gaurav Tewari

Investor

Managing Partner at Omega Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

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

About

Gaurav Tewari has over two decades of venture capital experience and previously held operating roles at major technology companies. Before Omega, he was Managing Director at Citicorp Ventures leading technology investing and a Principal at Highland Capital, and earlier held roles in corporate strategy and product management at Microsoft, engineering and R&D at IBM, and consulting at McKinsey & Company. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from MIT and the MIT Media Lab, and advises the U.S. Department of State on AI and AI policy.

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Invests in

AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. Omega Venture PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. U.S. Department of StateExpert Advisor on AI and AI Policy to the U.S. Department of Statecurrent2025 — present
  3. CitigroupManaging Director, Global Venture Investing & Innovationcurrent2015 — presentGlobal (based in Palo Alto, CA)
  4. SAP VenturesManaging Director2012 — 2015Palo Alto, CA
  5. Highland Capital PartnersPrincipal2006 — 2011
  6. Microsoft CorporationCorporate Strategy2005
  7. McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2001 — 2004
  8. Microsoft CorporationProduct Manager2000
  9. IBMSoftware Engineer, Inventor and Prototype Developer1998 — 1999San Jose, CA
  10. BTRChief Operating Officer (via Highland Capital)2010 — 2011

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySB, MEng
  2. The Wharton SchoolMBA
  3. Cairo American College(High School) International Baccalaureate, Valedictorian

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)4Growth Investing3Venture Capital50E-commerce29Entrepreneurship27Start-ups31Product Management16Private Equity17Analytics12Corporate Development12Mobile Devices8Business Strategy13
+12 moreStrategic PartnershipsCompetitive AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentOnline MarketingManagement ConsultingExecutive ManagementInvestmentsSocial MediaSaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategyLeadership

Languages English · Hindi

From Gaurav's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 843 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended Cairo American College1

Omar AlkhawajaInvestor at AMK Investment Office

Shared employers

Also worked at U.S. Department of State104

Bijan SabetPersonal journalTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersDeena ShakirPartner at Lux CapitalLaurence PevsnerPartner, Research at Lux CapitalHamlet YousefManaging Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsBrooke Milton VogelVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

+ 98 more

Also worked at SAP Ventures112

Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures

+ 106 more

Also worked at Highland Capital Partners33

Amanda HersonGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveJen HolmstromInvestor at GGV CapitalSteve HarrickInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Graham GardnerExecutive Partner at Flare Capital PartnersSean JudgeGeneral Partner at Castle Island VenturesJason ScottAccelerator Operations at Blockchain Builders

+ 27 more

Also worked at Microsoft Corporation626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

+ 620 more

Colleagues at Omega Venture Partners

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Colin Vergilio
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Craig Johnson
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Dr. John Seely Brown
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Dr. Sam Madden
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JJ Lunsford
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Thomas Malone
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Geoffrey Smith
Founder / Managing Partner at Digitalis Ventures
Jeff Klemens
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Thomas Malone
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