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Gaurav

Investor

General Partner at WestWave Capital

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Co-founded CliQr Technologies in 2010 and served as CEO until its 2016 acquisition by Cisco, where he later led cloud and container engineering. Holds degrees from IIT Delhi and Stanford and several patents in distributed computing; serves on several company boards.

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Experience

  1. WestWave CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2019 — present
  2. Discern SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
  3. Fractl Inc.Board Membercurrent2022 — present
  4. Zingly.aiBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  5. Sonet.ioBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  6. Spectro CloudBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  7. OnScaleIndependent Board Director2018 — 2021
  8. CiscoSr. Director, Cisco2016 — 2019San Jose
  9. CliQr TechnologiesCEO, President & Co-Founder2010 — 2016San Jose
  10. IIT Delhi Excellence FoundationPresident, Bay Area Chapter2009 — 2011
  11. VMwareSenior Member of Technical Staff2008 — 2010
  12. BUILDEntrepreneurship Mentor2008 — 2009
  13. OracleSenior Member of Technical Staff2004 — 2008

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMS, Electrical Engineering
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiB.Tech, Electrical Engineering
  3. St. Mary's Academy, Meerut

Skills & more

Cloud Computing69Entrepreneurship43Distributed Systems21Big Data16Scalability3Start-ups15Networking5Go-to-market Strategy5Virtualization14Strategic Partnerships6Product Management7Software Development2
+5 moreSaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Databases

From Gaurav's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi79

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalNeeraj AroraCEO India, MENA & Managing Director at General CatalystNitin SethChief Executive Officer (Incedo) at Mission HoldingsApoorva PandhiInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersAnkur JainManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

+ 73 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Spectro Cloud8

Mark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra VenturesKendall BardenFund Accountant at Sierra VenturesKen FoxPartner at StripesJay ZhaoPartner at Leonis CapitalKaz KikuchiPartner at TransLink CapitalRobert McIntyreManaging Director at LG Technology Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at OnScale4

Jesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalJay PoCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Stage 2 CapitalAnthony FariasPartner at ARCHIMED JapanArun ChettyManaging Director at Intel Capital

Also worked at Cisco249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

+ 243 more

Also worked at CliQr Technologies1

Adit SinghPartner at Cota Capital

Colleagues at WestWave Capital

Damon
Investor at WestWave Capital
Damon Lewis
CFO at WestWave Capital
Rohan
Investor at WestWave Capital
Rong Cao
Partner at WestWave Capital
Warren (Bunny)
Investor at WestWave Capital
Warren Weiss
Founder and Partner at WestWave Capital

Network5

Ron PragidesScout
Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL
Shruti GandhiScout
Investor at Array Ventures Management Llc
Anupam Rastogi
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Cris Neckar
Partner at Two Bear Capital
Mark Terbeek
Partner at Greycroft

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