Where does Jai Das work?

Jai Das is Partner, President at Sapphire Ventures and Board director at Narrative Science.

What check size does Jai Das write?

Jai Das typically writes checks of $10M – $100M.

What companies has Jai Das invested in?

Investments tracked here include Apigee, Blockdaemon, Box, Circleci, Cohesity, Cyera, DataRobot, Defense Unicorns, Exact Target, Glean, Huntress, IPO: AYX, and 13 more.

Where did Jai Das go to school?

Jai Das studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship & Marketing); Brown University (B.Sc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

Jai Das

Investor

Partner, President at Sapphire Ventures · Board director at Narrative Science

Palo Alto, California

Writes $10M – $100M checks · typically $25M

About

Jai Das is President, Partner and Co-Founder at Sapphire Ventures with over 15 years of investment experience, joining the firm in 2006 after roles at Oracle, Intel Capital, Agilent Ventures, and MVC Capital. He focuses on enterprise software including AI/ML, data analytics, security, open source, DevOps, and crypto, and holds a B.Sc. from Brown University and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Beyond investing

Founded: Jai Das co-founded Sapphire Ventures, which was spun out of SAP.
Education: Studied at Brown University (B.Sc., Electrical Engineering) Studied at University of Chicago's Booth School of Business (MBA)
Communities: He is a frequent conference speaker, having spoken at WSJ Tech Live, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, and TechCrunch Disrupt.
Family: He was born in Kolkata, India.

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at Narrative Science

Intro paths

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In turn, Jai can intro founders to Narrative Science's investors below.

Narrative Science's investors · 2

Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Narrative Science

Stuart B. FrankelExecutive Officer, Director

Kristian HammondExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Sapphire VenturesPresident, Partner & Co-Foundercurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, CA
Sapphire VenturesManaging Director2006 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
RainBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
HuntressBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentFlorida, United States
CyeraBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
Temporal TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2026 — present
GleanInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Defense UnicornsBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
ThoughtSpotBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
CohesityBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
DataRobotBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
NetskopeInvestorcurrent2017 — present
CircleCIBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
YugabyteBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
JumpCloudBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentColorado, United States
SimpplrBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ZestyBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
ClariBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
Verbit.aiBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
UJETBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
yellow.aiBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
UptycsBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
TetrateBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Splashtop Inc.Board Membercurrent2010 — present
PubNubBoard Membercurrent2015 — present
BlockdaemonBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Cypress.ioInvestorcurrent2020 — present
FalconXInvestorcurrent2021 — present
PrivaceraInvestorcurrent2021 — present
TesseractInvestorcurrent2021 — present
Ask Sage, Inc.Board Member2024 — 2025
OpsRampBoard Member2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
Narrative ScienceBoard Member2013 — 2021
PunchhBoard Member2018 — 2021
PortworxBoard Member2017 — 2020
AllyOBoard Member2019 — 2020
Sumo LogicBoard Member2017 — 2020
JFrogBoard Member2016 — 2020
CloudHealth by VMwareBoard Member2016 — 2018
AlteryxBoard Member2011 — 2018

Skills & more

Start-ups65Venture Capital57Corporate Development28Mergers4Private Equity16Mergers & Acquisitions11Entrepreneurship24Cloud Computing10Portfolio Management4Finance4Analytics9Investments5

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Business DevelopmentCRMStrategic PartnershipsProduct ManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLeadershipManagementStrategy

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Investments

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Colleagues at Sapphire Ventures

Abigail Johnson

Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire Ventures

Adam Liu

Vice President at Sapphire Ventures

Aditya Reddy

Vice President at Sapphire Ventures

Adrian Kania

Senior Associate at Sapphire Ventures

Alex Lehman

Vice President at Sapphire Ventures

Allison Lee

Investor at Sapphire Ventures

Anders Ranum

Partner at Sapphire Ventures

Andrea Scholz

Senior Executive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures

Network1

Brian Paul

Partner at Tenaya Capital

Investors connected to Jai in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jai Das?: Jai Das is President, Partner and Co-Founder at Sapphire Ventures with over 15 years of investment experience, joining the firm in 2006 after roles at Oracle, Intel Capital, Agilent Ventures, and MVC Capital. He focuses on enterprise software including AI/ML, data analytics, security, open source, DevOps, and crypto, and holds a B.Sc. from Brown University and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth.
Where does Jai Das work?: Jai Das is Partner, President at Sapphire Ventures and Board director at Narrative Science.
What does Jai Das invest in?: Jai Das invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools.
What check size does Jai Das write?: Jai Das typically writes checks of $10M – $100M.
What companies has Jai Das invested in?: Investments tracked here include Apigee, Blockdaemon, Box, Circleci, Cohesity, Cyera, DataRobot, Defense Unicorns, Exact Target, Glean, Huntress, IPO: AYX, and 13 more.
Where did Jai Das go to school?: Jai Das studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship & Marketing); Brown University (B.Sc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).