Kumar Dandapani

Experience

1. CadenzaCo-Founder | Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
2. TogetherSeed Investorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
3. TensorWaveSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
4. Nous ResearchSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
5. RimeSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
6. DexmateSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
7. Pangram LabsSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
8. PDAXInvestor | Board Membercurrent2020 — presentManila, National Capital Region, Philippines
9. VALRInvestor | Board Member2020 — 2024Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
10. CoinDCXSeed Investor2020 — 2024
11. FalconXSeed Investor2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
12. AngelListQuant Fund | Data Science Advisor2021San Francisco, California, United States
13. BitMEXHead of Ventures, Data Science2018 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
14. Norwest Venture PartnersHead of Data Science2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
15. Nth-Degree AnalyticsPartner | Data Science2011 — 2015San Francisco, CA
16. Evolution Capital ManagementTrader2008 — 2011Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
17. Cornerstone Trading CompanyResearch Associate2006 — 2008New York City Metropolitan Area
18. Lockheed MartinEngineering Leadership Development Program2003 — 2006Greater Philadelphia
19. Intel CorporationR&D Engineering Intern2002
20. Agilent TechnologiesR&D Engineering Intern2001

Education

1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityB.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering1999 — 2003
2. Carnegie Mellon UniversityB.A., Social & Decision Sciences1999 — 2003
3. University of PennsylvaniaM.S., Electrical Engineering2004 — 2005

Skills & more

From Kumar's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University251

JSJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesABAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOEOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDHDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVLVlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

DMDasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNWNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEOEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAGAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJKJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKKKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

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Shared employers

Also worked at TensorWave4

BWBrendan WalshPartner at TransLink CapitalJBJishnu BhattacharjeeManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersASAbhishek ShuklaManaging Director at Prosperity7 VenturesDLDavid LamManaging Director at WI Harper Group

Also worked at Dexmate1

CSCarl ShowalterFund Advisor at TSVC

Also worked at AngelList59

WCWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesHMHelen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startupsMKMehul KumarInvestor at FJ LabsBBBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpLJLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of EdelweissMMMatt MocharyInvestor at Fortius Ventures

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Also worked at Lockheed Martin76

MSManny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJBJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAWAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVSAShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDMDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDCDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group

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