About
Puneeth Meruva is a Partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which he joined as an intern during his final term at MIT before advancing through associate and senior associate roles to Partner in May 2023. He helped develop the firm's inbound evaluation process and led the build-out of its startup data platform, Trucks Radar. His work has focused on evaluating transportation startups.
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Invests in
Mobility & TransportationSpace Tech
Experience
- Trucks Venture CapitalPartnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Trucks Venture CapitalSenior Associate2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Trucks Venture CapitalAssociate2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Trucks Venture CapitalAnalyst2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- EVCAMobility Vertical Co-Leadcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research Student (Bachelor's Thesis) at the Distributed Robotics Laboratory2018 — 2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
- UberSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- BMW GroupSoftware Engineer & Product Manager2017Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
- Microsoft ResearchResearch Engineer2016Bangalore, India
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research Student at the MIT Robot Locomotion Group2015Cambridge, MA
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Student at the CMU Robotics Institute Biorobotics Laboratory2013 — 2015Greater Pittsburgh Region
Skills & more
Leadership4Public Speaking3Artificial Intelligence5Autonomous Vehicles1Entrepreneurship11Automotive1Robotics16Machine Learning9Venture Capital2Transportation1Sensors5Computer Vision4
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ResearchControl Systems DesignRapid PrototypingPythonJavaSolidWorksData ScienceInternet of ThingsMachine VisionLanguages English · French · German · Hindi · Telugu
- Autodesk Inventor Certified User — Pearson VUE
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Puneeth Meruva?
- Puneeth Meruva is a Partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which he joined as an intern during his final term at MIT before advancing through associate and senior associate roles to Partner in May 2023. He helped develop the firm's inbound evaluation process and led the build-out of its startup data platform, Trucks Radar. His work has focused on evaluating transportation startups.
- Where does Puneeth Meruva work?
- Puneeth Meruva is Partner at Trucks VC.
- What does Puneeth Meruva invest in?
- Puneeth Meruva invests in Mobility & Transportation, Space Tech.
- Where did Puneeth Meruva go to school?
- Puneeth Meruva studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
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