Geetha Dholakia
InvestorPortfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures
San Jose, California, United States
Experience
- TDK VenturesPortfolio Program Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TDK VenturesPortfolio Program Manager2021 — 2024
- NASA Ames Research CenterTechnlogy Transfer Specialist-NASA SBIR\STTR (Contractor)2017 — 2019Moffett Field
- NASA Ames Research CenterTechnology Partnerships Business Developer-Tech Partnerships Office2015 — 2017Moffett Field
- SmallTech Consulting LLCCore Group Consultant2010 — 2014
- Santa Clara UniversityAdjunct Professor and Sr. Research Scientist2009 — 2010
- NASA Ames Research Center (Contractor)Sr. Research Scientist - Instrumentation Projects2001 — 2009
- NASA Ames Research Center (Contractor)Sr. Research Scientist - Nanotechnology Projects2001 — 2009
- Indian Institute of ScienceResearch Scientist1998 — 1999
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteVisiting Scientist1993 — 1994
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Skills & more
Technology Transfer5Business Development5Due Diligence4R&D5Physics13Nanotechnology23Spectroscopy13Instrumentation4Materials Science14Electronics6Characterization12Nanomaterials10
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Thin FilmsSimulationsSensorsGrantsAFMSkills: Venture Capital · Term Sheets · Valuation · Portfolio ManagementFlexible ElectronicsCryogenic MeasurementsSEM, STMFlexible Electronics (OFETs, SAM)Languages Gujarati · Hindi · Tamil · Telugu
- VC Unlocked: Silicon Valley 2023 by 500 Global — Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education
- Introduction to Project Management at NASA (APPEL) — NASA and Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL)
- Landing the Value of Corporate Venturing — Global Corporate Venturing
From Geetha's professional profile.
Colleagues at TDK Ventures
Aidan Latimer
Marketing Analyst at TDK Ventures
Ankur Saxena
Investment Director at TDK Ventures
Anu Rajan
Investment Analyst at TDK Ventures
Artem Khobnya
Efficiency & AI intern at TDK Ventures
Bhakti Goratela
Financial Analyst at TDK Ventures
Bill Graves
General Counsel at TDK Ventures
Blair Bernholtz
Partner, CFO at Radical Ventures
Candice Chou
Investment Analyst at TDK Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Geetha Dholakia?
- Portfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures
- Where does Geetha Dholakia work?
- Geetha Dholakia is Portfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures.
- Where did Geetha Dholakia go to school?
- Geetha Dholakia studied at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (M.Sc., Physics).
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Science (IISc)24
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras132
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Shared employers
Also worked at TDK Ventures36
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Also worked at NASA Ames Research Center48
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Also worked at Santa Clara University31
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Also worked at Indian Institute of Science31
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