Fundraising Fox

Kumar Sripadam

Investor

General Partner at Elevate Capital Β· General Partner at Elevate Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $2M – $25M checks

About

Kumar, a Redback Networks founding member and ex-telecom infrastructure builder, is a GP and chair of a large angel network, connecting Oregon founders with Silicon Valley VC resources and mentorship.

Invests in

BiotechDirect to ConsumerImpact & Social GoodMedical DevicesSaaS

Experience

  1. TiE Silicon ValleyChair, TiE Angelscurrent2017 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TiE Silicon ValleyBoard Membercurrent2019 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. TiE Silicon ValleyCharter Member - TiE-Silicon Valleycurrent2004 β€” present
  4. TiE Silicon ValleyCo Chair Entrepreneurship Track, TiECon 20192019 β€” 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. TiE Silicon ValleyCo-Chair, Words of Wisdom Track (Entrepreneurship and beyond) TiE Inflect 20182018Santa Clara CA
  6. TiE Silicon ValleyChair, Entrepreneurship Track TiECon 20172017Silicon Valley
  7. Elevate Capital FundGPcurrent2020 β€” present
  8. Angel Round Capital FundMember of Executive Committee, ArcAngelscurrent2014 β€” presentNew York
  9. WEVO ConversionBoard Observercurrent2020 β€” present
  10. Diesel LabsAdvisorcurrent2022 β€” presentMassachusetts, United States
  11. EarthSense, Inc.Advisorcurrent2021 β€” presentUrbana-Champaign Area
  12. True Lark (formerly FrontdeskAI)Advisorcurrent2019 β€” presentPalo Alto, CA
  13. MoesifAdvisorcurrent2017 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. www.smartsentry.aiAdvisorcurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. TiECON 2020Co-Convenercurrent2020 β€” presentSanta Clara, California
  16. GatikInvestorcurrent2021 β€” present
  17. PubNubInvestorcurrent2012 β€” presentSan Francisco, California
  18. Periscope Data, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  19. IterableInvestorcurrent2016 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  20. The FabricLimited Partnercurrent2014 β€” present

Education

  1. SIUMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering1986 β€” 1988
  2. University College of Engineering, Osmania UniversityBSEE, Electrical Engineering1982 β€” 1986

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship39Business Development25Business Strategy7Marketing Strategy6Due Diligence3Consulting6Marketing3Networking4Start-ups15Product Management7Cloud Computing10Telecommunications3
+5 moreIntegrationSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)StrategyAnalysis

Languages French Β· Hindi Β· Tamil Β· Telugu

From Kumar's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University College of Engineering, Osmania University1

Shared employers

Colleagues at Elevate Capital

Network3

Investors connected to Kumar in public investor directories β€” a warm-intro map.