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Hemant Asher

InvestorFounder

Partner at Saama Capital · Board director at FirstHive

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedFirstHive

About

Hemant Asher is a serial entrepreneur-turned-VC with over 30 years of experience building and exiting Silicon Valley tech startups. At Saama he focuses on early-stage enterprise technology; he co-founded Enquero (acquired by Genpact) and previously held leadership roles at Infosys.

Board director at FirstHive

Intro paths

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In turn, Hemant can intro founders to FirstHive's investors below.

FirstHive's investors · 6

Arka Venture LabsMumbai · $100K – $500K checksBenhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M checksInfo Edge VenturesGurgaon · $685K – $31M checksMela VenturesBengaluruSaama CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksSUVAN VENTURESCupertino

Co-founders at FirstHive

ABAditya Bhamidipaty
Aditya BhamidipatyCEO

Experience

  1. SaamaPartnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. GenpactChief Operating Officer, Analytics Services2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  3. EnqueroCo-Founder, COO & CFO2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. EnqueroCo-Founder and COO2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. EnqueroCo-Founder2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area and Lafayette, LA
  6. InfosysGlobal Client Partner - Strategic Accounts2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  7. InfosysHead Telecom OEM Segment2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  8. InfosysClient Partner, Telecom Service Provider Segment, India Business Unit2008 — 2010
  9. InfosysClient Partner, High Tech and Distribution2005 — 2008
  10. Valdero Corp.Head, Professional Services and Pre-Sales2001 — 2005Palo Alto, California, United States
  11. i3Connect Inc.Co-Founder1998 — 2001
  12. AkamaiProduct / Program Manager1999 — 2001
  13. Intranet 2001Founder and CEO1997 — 1999Columbus, Ohio
  14. Analysts International Corporation (AiC)Project Manager / Senior Consultant1994 — 1998
  15. HPSoftware Engineer / Business Analyst1991 — 1994

Education

  1. Capital UniversityMBA1995 — 1997
  2. University of MumbaiBS, Computer Science1987 — 1991

Skills & more

Global Delivery99Program Management99Pre-sales99Offshoring4CRM16Business Transformation11Management Consulting10Consulting41Software Development14Vendor Management22IT Strategy31Start-ups20
+8 moreProfessional ServicesTelecommunicationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Enterprise SoftwareTeam ManagementStrategyManagementLeadership

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Colleagues at Saama Capital

Amrita Barthakur
Partner at Saama Capital
Ann Oliver
Office Manager at Saama Capital
Arpan Kapoor
Associate at Saama Capital
Ash Lilani
Founder and Managing Partner at Saama Capital
Chetan Khatri
Senior Associate - Finance at Saama Capital
Kiranbir Nag
Partner at Saama Capital
Madhu SR
Office Assistant at Saama Capital
Mahir Pradhan
Analyst at Saama Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Hemant Asher work?
Hemant Asher is Partner at Saama Capital and Founder at FirstHive.
What companies did Hemant Asher found?
Hemant Asher founded FirstHive.

Same school

Also attended Capital University3

Laura WeinflashInvestor | Innovation & Product at Vetted AcceleratorBob KepplerChief Financial Officer at Saints CapitalTom BaruchInvestor at Baruch Future Ventures

Also attended University of Mumbai132

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ullas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESBhavana WaigankarCOO at LightboxHimanshi TailorAssociate, Legal at LightboxAdith PodharFounding Partner at Gemba Capital Venture Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Genpact19

Supriya GuptaCommunity & Social Media Manager at Titan CapitalRajan GulatiVice President at InsitorVaibhav GoelPartner and CFO at Elevation CapitalParag DholGeneral Partner at Athera Venture PartnersParthib SrivathsanHead of Data, Strategy, Insights at Companyon VenturesVarun SadanaVice President at The Launch Place

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Also worked at Infosys76

Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesAziz GilaniAssociate at Mercury FundPankajAdvisor at NewBuild.VCPrayag MohantyPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpLouis Hernandez, Jr.Founder and CEO at Black Dragon CapitalRyan WestWoodInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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Also worked at Akamai27

David HallManaging Partner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionKevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kathryn ShihInvestor at ForgePoint CapitalAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeAtad PeledPartner at Red Dot Capital Partners

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Also worked at HP76

Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesAdrianna MaInvestor at Index VenturesJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel CapitalSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesHemantaAdvisor at Clear VenturesMitchell WeinstockVenture Partner at igniteXL Venture

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