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Karan Mehandru

InvestorFounder

Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group · Board director at Unstructured Technologies, Inc. · Board director at Clerk · Board director at Outreach

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M

About

Karan Mehandru is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where he leads the firm's first office outside the Pacific Northwest, in Palo Alto, California. He began his investing career doing acceleration-stage investing at Scale Venture Partners, then spent a decade at Trinity focusing primarily on early-stage investing. Most recently he headed venture capital investing at STEADFAST, where he did acceleration and growth-stage investing. Over his career he has worked with companies including Auth0, Outreach, and Cohesity. Auth0, based in greater Seattle, was acquired by Okta for $6.5 billion, while Outreach and Cohesity closed rounds at valuations well over $4 billion. At Madrona he focuses on acceleration and growth-stage company building across North America.

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Board director at Unstructured Technologies, Inc.

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Unstructured Technologies, Inc.'s investors · 3

Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2024Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Unstructured Technologies, Inc.

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Brian RaymondExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Clerk

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Clerk's investors · 11

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2022CRV (Charles River Ventures)San Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2024Fathom CapitalSan Francisco · since 2022GeorgianToronto, Ontario · $25M – $100M checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2025Mango CapitalLos Altos · $1M – $1.5M checks · since 2022MenloMenlo Park · since 2025Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Preston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checksS28 CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Stripesince 2024

Co-founders at Clerk

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Braden SidotiExecutive Officer, Director
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Colin SidotiExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Outreach

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Outreach's investors · 19

408 VenturesPalo AltoBonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checksDFJSan MateoElevate VenturesIndianapolis · $20K – $2M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFloodgateMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksFounders' Co-opSeattle · $10K – $250K checks · since 2015Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2021Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksOperator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checksPremji InvestMenlo Park · since 2021Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2021Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksTechstarsBoulder · $220K checksTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checksVista Equity PartnersNew York · since 2021

Co-founders at Outreach

MMManny Medina
Manny MedinaFounder
GHGordon Hempton
Gordon HemptonCo-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer
WHWes Hather
Wes HatherCo-Founder

Experience

  1. MadronaManaging Directorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DOSSBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. Fyxer AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  4. Charta HealthBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Impart SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  6. Trek HealthBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  7. WisdomAIBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. ShapedBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  9. unstructured.ioBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. Clerk.comBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  11. DeepgramBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  12. Auth0Board Membercurrent2016 — present
  13. OutreachBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  14. ZapierInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  15. CohesityBoard Observercurrent2015 — present
  16. KlaviyoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  17. JumpCloudInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  18. LucidInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  19. CommerceIQBoard Of Directorscurrent2014 — present
  20. PipefyBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  21. SendbirdBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  22. AlgoliaInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  23. ForethoughtBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentUnited States
  24. Primer.aiInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  25. WealthsimpleInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  26. MileIQBoard of Directorscurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  27. TempoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  28. Taulia Inc.Board Observercurrent2011 — present
  29. STEADFAST CapitalManaging Director and Head of Venture Capital2020 — 2022
  30. BEAUTIFUL.AIBoard Member2018 — 2020San Francisco, California
  31. WayUpBoard Member2017 — 2020New York, New York
  32. Act-On Software, Inc.Board Of Directors2011 — 2020
  33. Trinity VenturesGeneral Partner2010 — 2020
  34. Stitch, Inc.Board Of Directors2013 — 2018
  35. Simply Measured, A Sprout Social CompanyBoard Of Directors2014 — 2018
  36. Jama SoftwareBoard Of Directors2013 — 2018
  37. Scale Venture PartnersSenior Associate2007 — 2010
  38. SynopsysAccount Manager - Worldwide Sales2006 — 2007
  39. SynopsysSr. Consultant2004 — 2006
  40. PMC-SierraSr. Design Implementation Engineer1999 — 2004

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMasters in Management Science, Specialization in Technology and Entrepreneurship
  2. Carleton UniversityElectrical Engineering
  3. George Mason UniversityElectrical Engineering
  4. Stanford University

Skills & more

Cloud Computing29Business Development10CRM1Business Strategy6

From Karan's professional profile.

Deals · 3

Unstructured Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Madrona Venture Group · filed Mar 2024 · $43.2M raise

OutreachBoard seat

via Madrona Venture Group · filed Jun 2021 · $201M raise

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Auth0Board seat

via Madrona Venture Group · filed Jul 2020 · $120.5M raise

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Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

ClerkImpart

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Madrona Venture Group

Alexandra Estep
Controller at Madrona Venture Group
Alison McCulloch
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Alli Sherwin
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
An Cayas
Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group
Andrew Leary
IT Support Engineer at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Baird
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Chen
Investor at Madrona Venture Group
Anna Schmitz
Receptionist at Madrona Venture Group

Network1

George Hoyem
Venture Partner at Lavrock Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Karan Mehandru?
Karan Mehandru is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where he leads the firm's first office outside the Pacific Northwest, in Palo Alto, California. He began his investing career doing acceleration-stage investing at Scale Venture Partners, then spent a decade at Trinity focusing primarily on early-stage investing. Most recently he headed venture capital investing at STEADFAST, where he did acceleration and growth-stage investing. Over his career he has worked with companies including Auth0, Outreach, and Cohesity. Auth0, based in greater Seattle, was acquired by Okta for $6.5 billion, while Outreach and Cohesity closed rounds at valuations well over $4 billion. At Madrona he focuses on acceleration and growth-stage company building across North America.
Where does Karan Mehandru work?
Karan Mehandru is Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group and Board director at Unstructured Technologies, Inc. and Board director at Clerk and Board director at Outreach.
What check size does Karan Mehandru write?
Karan Mehandru typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
What boards does Karan Mehandru sit on?
Karan Mehandru holds tracked board seats at Auth0, Clerk, Impart, Outreach, Unstructured Technologies, Inc..
What companies has Karan Mehandru invested in?
Investments tracked here include Auth0, Cohesity, CommerceIQ, Jama Software, Outreach.
Where did Karan Mehandru go to school?
Karan Mehandru studied at Stanford University (Masters in Management Science, Specialization in Technology and Entrepreneurship); Carleton University (Electrical Engineering); George Mason University (Electrical Engineering).

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

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Also attended Carleton University57

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Also attended George Mason University34

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Shared employers

Also worked at Fyxer AI3

Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementPeter NixeyVenture Partner at Entrepreneur FirstSanskar Jethiceo at The Personal Ai Company

Also worked at Charta Health2

Aaref HilalyPartner at Bain Capital VenturesDorothy LinInvestor at DST Global

Also worked at Lucid12

ChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcKarl SunInvestor at EPIC VENTURESDr. Manu KumarChief Firestarter at K9 VenturesGavin ChristensenFounder & General Partner at Kickstart FundGeorge BischofPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersBen CapellManaging Director at Peterson Ventures

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Also worked at Sendbird9

Drew HarmanVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalTripp JonesInvestor at Uncork CapitalRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersRavi MohanManaging Director at Shasta VenturesVilli ItchevManaging Director at Two Sigma VenturesJohn S. KimCo-Founder/CEO at SendBird

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