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Jay Vijayan

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Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Tekion

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Jay Vijayan is the founder and CEO of Tekion Corp, a technology company developing cloud-based business applications with a focus on the automotive industry. He previously served as Chief Information Officer of Tesla Inc. for over four years, where he built and led a global team responsible for the company's digital and information platform. Earlier in his career, he led the Business Applications Development group at VMware and headed product development teams at Oracle for over seven years.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Tekion

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Tekion's investors · 12

Alkeon CapitalNew York · since 2021Alkeon InnovationNew YorkAlliance VenturesAmsterdamBMW i VenturesMountain View · $10M checksDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024Fraser McCombs CapitalBoulder · $5M – $15M checksG SquaredChicagoGoodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2020Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checksMonta Vista CapitalMountain ViewSnatched VenturesSan FranciscoStorm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2016

Co-founders at Tekion

GSGuru Sankararaman
Guru SankararamanCo-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Experience

  1. Tekion CorpFounder and CEOcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Multiple startups and well known brandsAngel/ Seed Investor, Limited Partner, Advisor and Board Membercurrent2010 — present
  3. NIC Inc.Director Board Of Directors2018 — 2021United States
  4. TeslaChief Information Officer (CIO)2012 — 2016
  5. TeslaVice President, IT & Business Applications2012
  6. VMwareSenior Director, Applications2009 — 2012
  7. VMwareDirector, Applications Development2007 — 2009
  8. OracleSenior Manager, Applications Development - Fusion HRMS/ HCM & Various2000 — 2007

Skills & more

SaaS79Enterprise Software99Oracle Applications44Databases14Oracle27VMware15Oracle E-Business Suite16SharePoint8Management53Leadership38Strategic Planning9Board Level1
+12 moreEnterprise ArchitectureCloud ComputingBusiness IntelligenceSOAERPProgram ManagementIT StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipData CenterSoftware DevelopmentSecurityProject Management

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Who is Jay Vijayan?
Jay Vijayan is the founder and CEO of Tekion Corp, a technology company developing cloud-based business applications with a focus on the automotive industry. He previously served as Chief Information Officer of Tesla Inc. for over four years, where he built and led a global team responsible for the company's digital and information platform. Earlier in his career, he led the Business Applications Development group at VMware and headed product development teams at Oracle for over seven years.
Where does Jay Vijayan work?
Jay Vijayan is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tekion.
What check size does Jay Vijayan write?
Jay Vijayan typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Jay Vijayan found?
Jay Vijayan founded Tekion.
Where did Jay Vijayan go to school?
Jay Vijayan studied at University of Madras (Master of Science); AVM Matriculation.

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