Where does Karthik Ranganathan work?

Karthik Ranganathan is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Yugabyte.

What companies did Karthik Ranganathan found?

Karthik Ranganathan founded Yugabyte.

Where did Karthik Ranganathan go to school?

Karthik Ranganathan studied at The University of Texas at Austin (M.S., Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Computer Science).

Karthik Ranganathan

Founder

Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Yugabyte

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedYugabyte

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477 people in our graph share verified history with Karthik — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Jai DasunlockedKarthik: together at Yugabyte (2021–2026)

×7Karthik: together at Yugabyte

Karthik: together at NetSuite

×2Karthik: together at Nutanix

Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Yugabyte

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Yugabyte's investors · 10

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checks · since 2021 Alkeon CapitalNew York · since 2021 Alkeon InnovationNew York Co=Creation=CapitalSunnyvale Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021 Greenspring AssociatesPortland Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2021 Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2021 Wells Fargo Strategic CapitalSt. Louis · since 2021 Wipro VenturesBengaluru · $1M – $10M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Yugabyte

Kannan MuthukkaruppanCo-Founder & Co-CEO

Mikhail BautinCo-founder

Experience

YugabyteCo-Founder & Co-CEOcurrent2024 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
YugabyteCo-Founder & CTO2016 — 2024
NutanixMember of Technical Staff2013 — 2016
FacebookTechnical Lead2007 — 2013
Netsuite IncSoftware Engineer2007
Microsoft CorporationSoftware Design Engineer2005 — 2007

Skills & more

ScalabilityDistributed Systems

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Karthik Ranganathan?: Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Yugabyte
Where does Karthik Ranganathan work?: Karthik Ranganathan is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Yugabyte.
What companies did Karthik Ranganathan found?: Karthik Ranganathan founded Yugabyte.
Where did Karthik Ranganathan go to school?: Karthik Ranganathan studied at The University of Texas at Austin (M.S., Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Computer Science).

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The University of Texas at Austin mafia408

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras231

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Rajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures Ashok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky Capital AparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC ParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at Yugabyte10

Jai DasPartner, President at Sapphire Ventures Anders RanumPartner at Sapphire Ventures Vivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VC Deepak JeevankumarManaging Director at Dell Technologies Capital James EphratiPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Rob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

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Also worked at Nutanix36

ParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC Ramu ArunachalamGeneral Partner at A.Capital Mark SilisTechnical Advisor at Forma Prime Adam StruckFounder & Managing Partner at Struck Capital Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture Partners Shirish SathayePartner at Cervin Ventures

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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Reed HastingsCo-founder of Netflix Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Stanley TangCo-founder of DoorDash

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