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Indra Singhal

Investor

Operating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Indra Singhal is an operating partner at Emergent Ventures with more than 30 years in the technology industry, focusing on operations, finance, M&A, contract negotiations, HR, and corporate governance to help portfolio companies scale. He began his career at AMD in the late 1980s, moved into technical marketing at SynOptics (later Bay Networks), co-founded a startup in 1995, joined Bell Labs Silicon Valley in 1999, and served as CFO of optical networking startup Lightbit in 2001. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a master's from Penn State University.

Experience

  1. Emergent Ventures (USA)Operating Partner2017 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  2. EverwiseMentor2016 — 2023
  3. Green Light LabsFounder2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. CryptykNon-Executive Director2014 — 2019
  5. FlyplistCo-Founder2012 — 2016
  6. Invinox, Inc.Principal2004 — 2012
  7. Mocana CorporationMember, Board of Advisors2009 — 2011
  8. Nuvora, IncBusiness Advisor to CEO2008
  9. PhyNexus, IncStrategic Advisor to CEO2006 — 2008
  10. Translucent Photonics, Inc. (A Silex Subsidiary)CFO2004
  11. Lightbit CorporationCFO2000 — 2004
  12. Bell Labs Lucent TechnologiesMTS/Principal1998 — 2000
  13. Network ToolsCo-Founder & VP Operations1996 — 1998
  14. Bay NetworksSr. Technical Mktg Manager1994 — 1996
  15. SynOptics CommunicationsSr. Technical Mktg Manager1991 — 1994
  16. Advanced Micro DevicesManager, Engineering CAD Systems1987 — 1991

Skills & more

Start-ups2Entrepreneurship2FinanceStrategy2Mentoring

From Indra's professional profile.

Colleagues at EMERGENT VENTURES

Ankur Jain
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Anshul Sadana
CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Anupam Rastogi
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
Emrecan Dogan
VP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES
Katie Passalacqua
Head of Finance at EMERGENT VENTURES
Lukas Gentele
CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES
Marc Manara
Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES
Niha Gottiparthy
Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES

Frequently asked questions

Who is Indra Singhal?
Indra Singhal is an operating partner at Emergent Ventures with more than 30 years in the technology industry, focusing on operations, finance, M&A, contract negotiations, HR, and corporate governance to help portfolio companies scale. He began his career at AMD in the late 1980s, moved into technical marketing at SynOptics (later Bay Networks), co-founded a startup in 1995, joined Bell Labs Silicon Valley in 1999, and served as CFO of optical networking startup Lightbit in 2001. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a master's from Penn State University.
Where does Indra Singhal work?
Indra Singhal is Operating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES.
Where did Indra Singhal go to school?
Indra Singhal studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (BTech (Hons)); Penn State University (MS); De Nobili School, Digwadih.

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