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Ilan Pragaspathy

Investor

Venture Partner at Eudemian Ventures

Greater Chicago Area

About

Ilan has over 20 years of experience across engineering, management consulting, venture capital, and strategy in the US, UK, and EU. He began building microprocessors in 1999 (DEC/Compaq, HP, Intel, Cavium), later consulted at Kearney, joined SAP.io in 2017, and has been a Venture Partner and Advisory Board Member at Eudemian Ventures since its founding.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Robotics

Experience

  1. TDS®VP Growth and Transformation, TDS Telecommunicationscurrent2025 — present
  2. TDS®Vice President - Financial Analysis and Strategic Planning2022 — 2025
  3. TDS®Director - Financial Analysis and Strategic Planning2021 — 2022
  4. TDS®Director - Corporate Strategy2018 — 2021Chicago
  5. Eudemian Ventures, LLCVenture Partnercurrent2018 — present
  6. Suttle-StrausBoard Member2022 — 2025
  7. SAPDirector, SAP.iO Fund2017
  8. A.T. KearneySenior Manager2012 — 2017Greater Chicago Area
  9. CaviumPrincipal Engineer2007 — 2010Greater Boston
  10. IntelSenior Engineer2003 — 2007Greater Boston
  11. Hewlett-Packard / CompaqHardware Engineer1999 — 2002Greater Boston

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasB. Tech, Electrical Engineering1993 — 1997
  2. Purdue UniversityMS, Electrical Engineering1997 — 1999
  3. Cranfield School of ManagementMBA2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Strategic LeadershipStrategy to ExecutionBusiness TransformationCross-functional LeadershipExecutive Decision-makingOperating ModelsGrowth StrategiesOrganizational AlignmentOperational ExcellenceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Strategy18Investment Decisions
+3 moreVenture CapitalBusiness StrategyManagement Consulting

From Ilan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras74

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Also attended Purdue University151

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors

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Also attended Cranfield School of Management24

IlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesNick WinstoneFounder, Partner at Aera VCKim BerknovSenior Advisor at FraserFrancisco VelázquezChairman and Managing Partner at Axon Partners GroupChristophe PrimaultVenture Partner at ElaiaJames MallinsonPartner at Oxford Investment Consultants LLP

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Shared employers

Also worked at Suttle-Straus1

IlanInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

Also worked at SAP125

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

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Also worked at A.T. Kearney123

Katrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneSheng Xin YuInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal InvestmentsAdrián MachoAssociate at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPatrik BackmanGeneral Partner at OpenOceanJigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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Also worked at Cavium3

IlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalRajiv KhemaniCo-Founder & Partner at AIspace Ventures

Colleagues at Eudemian Ventures

Claire
Investor at Eudemian Ventures
Claire Liang
Investor at Eudemian Ventures
Ekkehard
Investor at Eudemian Ventures
Ekkehard Franzke
Strategic Advisor at Eudemian Ventures
Gisela
Investor at Eudemian Ventures
Gisela Maier
Operations Manager at Eudemian Ventures
Ilan
Investor at Eudemian Ventures
Mark
Investor at Eudemian Ventures