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Lukas Gentele

Investor

CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES

United States

About

Lukas Gentele is Co-Founder and CEO of vCluster Labs, which develops software for cloud and AI infrastructure operators. The company offers three products: vMetal for bare metal provisioning and machine lifecycle management, vCluster for Kubernetes tenant clusters with virtual control planes, and vNode for runtime-level security in AI workloads. vCluster's technology is deployed across more than 100,000 GPUs in production environments and holds CNCF certification.

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Experience

  1. vClusterCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DevSpace TechnologiesCo-Founder & CEO2019 — 2021
  3. Berkeley SkyDeckSkyDeck Accelerator Program2019Berkeley, California, United States
  4. Institute for Enterprise Systems (InES)Research Assistant2013 — 2014
  5. University of MannheimResearch Assistant @ Chair of Artificial Intelligence2012 — 2013
  6. Web Management Systems (Self-Employed)Co-Founder & CEO2009 — 2012

Education

  1. University of MannheimMaster of Science, Computer Science & Management of Enterprise Information Systems2014 — 2017
  2. University of MannheimBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Information Systems2011 — 2014

Skills & more

Java1Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Natural Language Processing (NLP)1Vectorization1Enterprise ArchitectureSystems DesignInvestor RelationsFundraisingEntrepreneurshipGo-to-Market StrategyContainer OrchestrationOpen Source Platforms
+12 moreCloud InfrastructureData Center ArchitectureProduct ManagementCloud-Computing IaaSContainerizationKubernetesWeb TechnologiesMicro ServicesGPU InfrastructureSystems ResearchMulti-Tenant ArchitectureAI Clusters
  • Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 - Talk: "Sharing Clusters: Learnings From Building a Namespace On-Demand Platform" — The Linux Foundation
  • Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 - Talk: "Beyond Namespaces: Virtual Clusters are the Future of Multi-Tenancy" — The Linux Foundation

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Also attended University of Mannheim66

Nicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniAmy ZhaoSpecialist Advisor, Web3 at Openspace VenturesTashrik AhmedInvestor at OMERS VenturesMoritz KoetterInvestor at Extantia CapitalJack EastgateInvestor at FELIX CAPITALRichard WürlInvestment Team at Redstone

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Shared employers

Also worked at vCluster2

Anupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESLu ZhangFounder and Managing Partner at Fusion

Also worked at Berkeley SkyDeck58

Will McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer HippeauPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersKristina VulganCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Ferocity CapitalSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionPatricia LiuInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalEd PhillipsManaging Director, Global at Future Planet Capital

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Also worked at University of Mannheim5

Philipp RömerVP Product at Forto at PICUS CAPITALNoemi HipperInvestment Managerin at YabeoTruc PhanData Analyst at Transpose Platform ManagementLaura GelheutMarketing & Communications Manager at Cusp CapitalMárcia SobreiraPortfolio Manager at NESsT

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