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
Education
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), ECE1989 — 1994
- University of Massachusetts AmherstMaster of Science (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering1987 — 1989
- Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), EP1983 — 1987
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
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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
- Where does Kumar Ganapathy work?
- Kumar Ganapathy is General Partner at Impact India Investment Partners.
Founder mafias
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia143
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Ansuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana Bio +2DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2Amitt MahajanBSFounded Rare Bits +1Maria FardisB.S.Founded Airnexis Therapeutics Inc +1Dan KazanBSFounded Rewards Network +1
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia40
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Kamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Geminus +1Venkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded Aionics +1Akash AnandBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Desklamp +1Neel BalarDual Degree(B.Tech + M.Tech)Founded Desklamp +1Prajwal PrakashBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Desklamp +1Nikhil HandigolBachelor of TechnologyFounded Forward Networks +1
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University of Massachusetts Amherst mafia20
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan BercovichBSFounded Unwrap +1Wayne ChangDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Crashlytics +1Ali TehraniM.S.Founded ZymeworksAbilash MenonMaster of Electrical and Computer EngineeringFounded MaiaEdgeTim GriffinBAFounded CraftworkJon RoskillBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Acumatica
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Same school
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Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures
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Also attended University of Massachusetts Amherst94
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, Madras106
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures
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