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Lak Ananth

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Global Managing Partner at Next47 · Board director at Tractian · Board director at Verkada

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

Kauffman Fellow · Class 12

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About

Lak Ananth is Global Managing Partner and Founding CEO of N47, a venture capital firm investing in infrastructure, applications, data systems, and connected devices. He serves on the boards of Verkada, VAST Data, Tractian, and AuraSell, companies in which N47 invested based on demonstrated product-market fit.

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Board director at TractianYC W21

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YC

Tractian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — Lak sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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Tractian's group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tractian's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Tractian's investors · 16

AMCH LTDNicosia · $20K checks · since 2024CapSur CapitalSão PauloDGFSão Paulo · $1M – $3M checks · since 2021Energy Impact PartnersNew York · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2024Latitud VenturesSanta Rosa · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Lead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2023MONASHEESSão Paulo · $10M checks · since 2024Next47Palo Alto · since 2024NGP CapitalBerlin · $8M – $12M checks · since 2024Norte VenturesSao Paulo-Sp · since 2024Sapphire VenturesAustin · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksUpload VenturesSao Paulo · $1M – $10M checks · since 2024Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Tractian

IMIgor Marinelli
Igor MarinelliFounder
GLGabriel Lima Lameirinhas
Gabriel Lima LameirinhasDirector
GLGabriel Lima
Gabriel LimaCofounder
LVLeonardo Vieira
Leonardo VieiraCofounder

Board director at Verkada

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Verkada's investors · 25

515 VenturesAlkeon CapitalNew York · since 2026Alkeon InnovationNew YorkCapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2026Depth VenturesSan FranciscoEclipse VenturesPalo Alto · $200K – $5M checks · since 2025Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2020Fifth Down CapitalDoverFirst Round CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks · since 2018Founder CollectiveCambridgeFriends Family CapitalSilicon ValleyG SquaredChicagoGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2026Linse CapitalSan Juan · since 2026Meritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checks · since 2020NewView CapitalBurlingameNext47Palo Alto · since 2018NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2026Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2026Stanford Angels & EntrepreneursSilicon ValleySunflower Capital Management FundWebb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks

Co-founders at Verkada

FKFilip Kaliszan
Filip KaliszanCEO & Co-founder
HRHans Robertson
Hans RobertsonChairman & Co-founder
BBBenjamin Bercovitz
Benjamin BercovitzExecutive Officer, Director
JRJames Ren
James RenExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. N47Global Managing Partner & Founding CEOcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Aurasell AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
  3. VerkadaBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. VAST DataBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentNew York, United States
  5. TRACTIANBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
  6. sennderInvestorcurrent2019 — presentBerlin, Germany
  7. Observe.AIInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. PandoCorpBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
  9. TigerEyeInvestor2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  10. MarkforgedBoard Member2017 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts
  11. Shape SecurityInvestor2016
  12. Barefoot NetworksInvestor2016
  13. ThoughtSpotBoard Observer2016
  14. Mesosphere, Inc.Board Observer2016
  15. HexaditeInvestor2016
  16. Tamr Inc.Investor2015 — 2016
  17. Playground.GlobalBoard Observer2015 — 2016
  18. Chef SoftwareInvestor2015 — 2016
  19. HPVice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder2011 — 2016Palo Alto, CA
  20. MphasisBoard of Directors2013 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Skills & more

Early Stage InvestmentStrategyInvestments36Acquisitions20Corporate Development55Venture CapitalPrivate Equity37Product Development24Valuation11Entrepreneurship14SaaS41Start-ups66
+8 moreStrategic PartnershipsStrategic AlliancesEnterprise SoftwareEnterprise ArchitectureMergers & AcquisitionsEmerging MarketsAnalyticsLeadership

Languages Tamil

From Lak's professional profile.

Deals · 1

VerkadaQuoted

via Next47 · filed Mar 2018

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Colleagues at Next47

Assaf Jacobi
Venture Partner at Next47
Ching-Yu Hu
Partner at Next47
Colton Dempsey
Partner at Next47
Eric Landau
Investor at Next47
Eva Riesenhuber
Partner at Next47
Fred Ellis
Partner at Next47
Gadi Fisher
Senior Associate at Next47
Gautham Pasupathy
Senior Associate at Next47

Network2

Alex YuMentor
Meta · Kauffman Fellow (Class 7)
Matthew CowanMentor
General Partner at BRIDGESCALE

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Lak Ananth?
Lak Ananth is Global Managing Partner and Founding CEO of N47, a venture capital firm investing in infrastructure, applications, data systems, and connected devices. He serves on the boards of Verkada, VAST Data, Tractian, and AuraSell, companies in which N47 invested based on demonstrated product-market fit.
Where does Lak Ananth work?
Lak Ananth is Global Managing Partner at Next47 and Board director at Tractian and Board director at Verkada.
What check size does Lak Ananth write?
Lak Ananth typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Lak Ananth invested in?
Investments tracked here include Adallom, Aurasell, Cohesity, Coho Data, Markforged, Observe.AI, rideOS, Sennder, Tamr, Tractian, VAST Data, Verkada.
Where did Lak Ananth go to school?
Lak Ananth studied at INSEAD (Master of Business Administration - MBA); The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Kansas State University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering).

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