Where does Praveen Akkiraju work?

Praveen Akkiraju is Managing Director at Insight Partners.

What check size does Praveen Akkiraju write?

Praveen Akkiraju typically writes checks of $10M – $350M.

Praveen Akkiraju

Investor

Managing Director at Insight Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $10M – $350M checks · typically $25M

About

Praveen Akkiraju, former CEO who scaled VCE and Viptela, brings expertise in enterprise networks and data flows and guides founders building agentic SaaS with abstraction layers for interchangeable AI models.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechFuture of WorkHealthtech

Experience

Insight PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
SoftBank Investment AdvisersManaging Partner2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
ViptelaChief Executive Officer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
VCEChief Executive Officer2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
CiscoSenior Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Networking & Cloud Infrastructure2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
CiscoVice President & General Manager - Service Provider Infrastructure Business2006 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
CiscoSenior Director, Product Managment1998 — 2006
Industry Initiative for Science and Math Education (Ignited)Member, Senior Advisory Board2009 — 2011

Skills & more

Enterprise Software10SaaS2Software as a Service (SaaS)2Product Management59Start-ups25Enterprise Architecture22Cloud Computing20Business Development14Go-to-market Strategy11Product Lifecycle Management9Storage7Product Marketing6

+12 more

Wireless NetworkingEthernetTelecommunicationsMPLSSales EnablementEmerging MarketsData CenterGlobal Business DevelopmentVenture CapitalBusiness GrowthStart-up OperationsStrategy

From Praveen's professional profile.

Colleagues at Insight Partners

Aayush Setty

Analyst at Insight Partners

Abdi Adan

Investor at Insight Partners

Adam Berger

Managing Director at Insight Partners

Adam Domingoes

Senior Associate at Insight Partners

Adam Vartabedian

Investor at Insight Partners

Aidan Waldman

Investor at Insight Partners

Aiden Aceves

Vice President at Insight Partners

AJ Malhotra

Managing Director at Insight Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Praveen Akkiraju?: Praveen Akkiraju, former CEO who scaled VCE and Viptela, brings expertise in enterprise networks and data flows and guides founders building agentic SaaS with abstraction layers for interchangeable AI models.
Where does Praveen Akkiraju work?: Praveen Akkiraju is Managing Director at Insight Partners.
What does Praveen Akkiraju invest in?: Praveen Akkiraju invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Future of Work, Healthtech.
What check size does Praveen Akkiraju write?: Praveen Akkiraju typically writes checks of $10M – $350M.