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About
Pravin Vazirani began his career as an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory before working at Pacific Communication Sciences and serving as a product manager at ADC Telecommunications. After earning an MBA, he moved to Silicon Valley in 2001 and joined Menlo Ventures, where he spent his venture career as a Managing Director focused on SaaS, cloud, and ecommerce investments. His deals there included Poshmark, Carbonite, PillPack, EdgeCast Networks, and Credant Technologies, several of which reached IPOs or acquisitions. He later became a Managing Director at Blue Owl Capital, where he serves as Co-Head of Portfolio Management for the Technology Investing strategy and sits on its Technology Investing Investment Committee. Born in Mumbai and raised in New Jersey, he has been a Bay Area resident for over two decades. In 2020 he sustained a spinal cord injury and has since supported NorCal SCI, an organization aiding people with such injuries.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at MIT (BS, Electrical Engineering) Studied at Harvard University Graduate School of Business (MBA)
- Charities
- After sustaining a spinal cord injury in December 2020, Vazirani became involved with NorCal SCI to help improve the lives of people affected by spinal cord injuries.
- Hobbies
- He learned guitar in secret to propose to his wife with a serenade and prefers heavy metal bands from the 1970s and 1980s. He is an avid scuba diver and sailor and enjoys traveling to exotic locations with his family.
- Family
- Vazirani was born in Mumbai, India, immigrated to America at age 2, and was raised in Edison, New Jersey. He is married and has two children, and met his wife at a Chinese wedding in Canada.
- More
- He recovered the vast majority of his function following the injury and participated in 5k runs with his family.
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Investments
Board seats
EdgeCast NetworksFabLumos Labs
Investor
6senseArctic WolfCarboniteCentrality CommunicationsCircleCICredant TechnologiesExabeamLike.comnewScaleNuvemshopPillPackPoshmarkRemitlySalesLoftToastUserZoom
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Menlo Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pravin Vazirani?
- Pravin Vazirani began his career as an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory before working at Pacific Communication Sciences and serving as a product manager at ADC Telecommunications. After earning an MBA, he moved to Silicon Valley in 2001 and joined Menlo Ventures, where he spent his venture career as a Managing Director focused on SaaS, cloud, and ecommerce investments. His deals there included Poshmark, Carbonite, PillPack, EdgeCast Networks, and Credant Technologies, several of which reached IPOs or acquisitions. He later became a Managing Director at Blue Owl Capital, where he serves as Co-Head of Portfolio Management for the Technology Investing strategy and sits on its Technology Investing Investment Committee. Born in Mumbai and raised in New Jersey, he has been a Bay Area resident for over two decades. In 2020 he sustained a spinal cord injury and has since supported NorCal SCI, an organization aiding people with such injuries.
- Where does Pravin Vazirani work?
- Pravin Vazirani is General Partner at Menlo Ventures.
- What boards does Pravin Vazirani sit on?
- Pravin Vazirani holds tracked board seats at EdgeCast Networks, Fab, Lumos Labs.
- What companies has Pravin Vazirani invested in?
- Investments tracked here include 6sense, Arctic Wolf, Carbonite, Centrality Communications, CircleCI, Credant Technologies, Exabeam, Like.com, newScale, Nuvemshop, PillPack, Poshmark, and 4 more.