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Aditya PendyalaunlockedKumar: together at Akridata (2024–2026)
Kumar: together at Akridata
×6Kumar: together at Artiman Ventures
×4Kumar: together at HGST, a Western Digital company
About
Kumar Ganapathy is Managing Partner at 3i Partners and a board member of Upaya Social Ventures. Over 25 years, he has founded multiple venture-backed companies across telecom, enterprise storage, cloud, and AI sectors. He holds 75+ patents and has authored 12 technical publications in areas including AI technology, cloud infrastructure, enterprise datacenters, flash storage, and semiconductors.
Experience
- 3i PartnersFounder, Managing Partnercurrent2020 — present3iPartners.net
- Position2Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
- Upaya Social VenturesBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- AkridataCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Enterprise LabsSeed Investor, ex Board member, Kinara (acquired by NXP for $307M)2018 — 2021
- Enterprise LabsManaging Partner2016 — 2021Los Altos, CA
- Enterprise LabsAmpool (acquired by HPE)2018 — 2021http://www.ampool.io
- Enterprise LabsInvestor, PrimaryIO2017 — 2021http://www.primaryio.com
- HGST, a Western Digital companyVP, Products and Strategy2013 — 2016San Jose, CA
- Virident (acquired by HGST/Western Digital)Co-founder, CEO, Chief Business Officer2006 — 2013Milpitas, CA
- Artiman VenturesEIR2005 — 2006
- IntelPrinicipal Engineer2001 — 2005
- VxTel (acquired by Intel)Founder & CTO1999 — 2001Fremont, CA
- Rockwell SemiconductorRockwell Fellow, Distinguished Engineer1994 — 1999Newport Beach, CA
Skills & more
SaaS10Embedded Systems8Enterprise Software7Software as a Service (SaaS)1Start-ups23Cloud Computing18ASIC9Strategy6Wireless13Digital Signal Processors7Enterprise Storage2Flash Memory2
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Product ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTelecommunicationsData CenterStorageSemiconductorsProcessorsScalabilityStrategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategySolid-State Drive (SSD)Wireless TechnologiesLanguages Tamil
From Kumar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Impact India Investment Partners
AGK Karunakaran
General Partner at Impact India Investment Partners
Arvind Kannan
CTO at Impact India Investment Partners
Harsh Tiwari
Analyst at Impact India Investment Partners
Kavya Agarwal
Vice President at Impact India Investment Partners
Patrick Cyril
Venture Partner at Impact India Investment Partners
Ravi Mistry
Venture Partner at Impact India Investment Partners
Ravikrishna Cherukuri
General Partner at Impact India Investment Partners
Shalini Chhabra
Venture Partner at Impact India Investment Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kumar Ganapathy?
- Kumar Ganapathy is Managing Partner at 3i Partners and a board member of Upaya Social Ventures. Over 25 years, he has founded multiple venture-backed companies across telecom, enterprise storage, cloud, and AI sectors. He holds 75+ patents and has authored 12 technical publications in areas including AI technology, cloud infrastructure, enterprise datacenters, flash storage, and semiconductors.
- Where does Kumar Ganapathy work?
- Kumar Ganapathy is General Partner at Impact India Investment Partners.
- Where did Kumar Ganapathy go to school?
- Kumar Ganapathy studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), ECE); University of Massachusetts Amherst (Master of Science (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), EP).
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia425
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia150
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Aravind SrinivasDual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech)Founded PerplexityAshok SanthanamBSFounded FogLogic +2Nawin KrishnaMaster’s DegreeFounded Supernova +2Kamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Geminus +1Venkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded AIONICS +1Sridhar RamaswamyB. Tech.Founded Neeva +1
Same school
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign871
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures
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Also attended University of Massachusetts Amherst262
Larry BohnInvestment Team at General CatalystQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersJason MorrisVice President, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesRobert SeveroPartner, Chief Compliance Officer at Sapphire VenturesJonathan BavaroAccounting Manager at Founder Collective
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras235
Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Upaya Social Ventures3
Also worked at Akridata2
Also worked at HGST, a Western Digital company10
Ruban KanapathippillaiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsJoan WrabetzVenture Partner at Shoreline Venture ManagementKy BegleyEmployee Impact Project Lead at Autodesk FoundationRamiro BerrellezaFounder at OktetoSergey KiselevDirector at ZeroAvia x-tech-roboticsSeung-Hwan SongExecutive Officer, Director at Anaflash
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Also worked at Artiman Ventures7
Eric ChinPartner and Alpha Founder at Crosslink CapitalAkhil SaklechaAdvisor - Healthtech at Augment VenturesAmit ShahPartner at Artiman VenturesYatin MundkurPartner at Artiman VenturesSom Pal ChoudhuryPartner at Bharat FundTom DennedyPartner and COO at R136 Ventures
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