Where does Pankaj work?

Pankaj is Advisor at NewBuild.VC.

Where did Pankaj go to school?

Pankaj studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Dartmouth College (BS, Computer Science); St Joseph's University (Pre-University).

Pankaj

Investor

Advisor at NewBuild.VC

Los Altos, California, United States

About

SVP and GM, North America at AI21 Labs and an angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI startups. Previously VP of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks and a partnerships leader at Google Cloud. Holds a CS degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Experience

Self-employedInvestor | Advisor | Board Membercurrent2017 — present
Stealth AI StartupHelper2026San Francisco Bay Area
AI21 LabsAdvisor to CEO2025San Francisco Bay Area
AI21 LabsSVP & GM North America2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
DatabricksVP, Product and Data Partnerships2018 — 2022San Francisco, California
GoogleHead of Alliance Technology Partnerships, Google Cloud2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Hewlett-PackardVice President, pan-HP Big Data Strategy and Solutions2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Treetle, Inc.Founder & CEO2011 — 2014Bangalore, India
CiscoDirector, M&A | Investments | Strategy2008 — 2011San Jose and Bangalore
Infosys Technologies, Ltd.Client Partner2003 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2001 — 2003
OracleDirector, Strategy | Ops | Internet Sales Group1996 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
Booz Allen & HamiltonConsultant1994 — 1996San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Go-to-Market StrategyProduct Strategy2Ecosystem Management1Go-to-market Strategy10Start-ups47Product Management31Business Strategy22SaaS18Business Development37Entrepreneurship21Strategy60Venture Capital4

+12 more

Management ConsultingAnalyticsStrategic PartnershipsEnterprise SoftwareMergersMergers & AcquisitionsMarketing StrategyCreative EntrepreneurshipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)New Business DevelopmentE-commerceMobile Devices

Languages Hindi · Kannada · Rajasthani

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Madhav Durbha

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Partha

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Prith Banerjee

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Pankaj?: SVP and GM, North America at AI21 Labs and an angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI startups. Previously VP of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks and a partnerships leader at Google Cloud. Holds a CS degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Where does Pankaj work?: Pankaj is Advisor at NewBuild.VC.
Where did Pankaj go to school?: Pankaj studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Dartmouth College (BS, Computer Science); St Joseph's University (Pre-University).

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Databricks mafia23

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Same school

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Vijay Sundar A NFinance Analyst at Inflexor Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Hewlett-Packard277

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures Ana AndreescuInvestor at Index Ventures Mike VolpiInvestor at Index Ventures Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also worked at Cisco355

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures Mike VolpiInvestor at Index Ventures AdamAdvisor at Clear Ventures HowardAdvisor at Clear Ventures Wendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

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Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,549

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Jeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture Partners

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About

Experience

Skills & more

Colleagues at NewBuild.VC

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

McKinsey & Company mafia337

Harvard Business School mafia323

Dartmouth College mafia90

Cisco mafia69

Databricks mafia23

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Also attended Dartmouth College409

Also attended St Joseph's University1

Also attended Bishop Cotton Boys'​ School9

Shared employers

Also worked at Hewlett-Packard277

Also worked at Cisco355

Also worked at Infosys Technologies, Ltd.79

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,549

Also attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School9