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Raghavan Menon

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CTO & Co-Founder at Espresa

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Raghavan Menon is the Co-Founder, CTO, and Head of Product at Espresa, Inc. He has previously founded and built two startups that were acquired.

CTO & Co-Founder at Espresa

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Espresa's investors · 7

Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Clear VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Crosslink CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $9M checksGradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Moneta VCTel Aviv-Yafo · $500K – $1M checksNew Era Capital PartnersTel Aviv · since 2019Ridge VenturesSan Francisco · $2M – $7M checks

Co-founders at Espresa

ASAlex Shubat
Alex ShubatCEO & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. Espresa, Inc.CTO & Head of Productcurrent2016 — present
  2. Sand Hill AngelsMember2012 — 2019
  3. GoogleMTS2015 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  4. Nimbuz Inc (Odysee) (acq by Google)CEO & Co-Founder2011 — 2015
  5. Virage LogicVP Engineering, ASIP Solutions2007 — 2010
  6. Ingot Systems, Inc (acq by Virage Logic)Co-Founder and VP Engineering2003 — 2007Santa Clara, CA
  7. Vivace NetworksPrincipal Architect2000 — 2002
  8. PMC-SierraProduct Development Lead1996 — 2000
  9. The University of KansasGraduate Research Assistant1994 — 1996
  10. Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)Research Engineer1992 — 1994

Skills & more

Operating Systems2Verilog3SaaS2LinuxUnixStart-ups17Product Management11Engineering Management7ASIC8IC7SoC5IP3
+12 moreSemiconductorsWirelessStrategySystem ArchitectureEntrepreneurshipMicroprocessorsCloud ComputingGo-to-market StrategyProduct MarketingArchitectureManagementDistributed Systems

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Who is Raghavan Menon?
Raghavan Menon is the Co-Founder, CTO, and Head of Product at Espresa, Inc. He has previously founded and built two startups that were acquired.
Where does Raghavan Menon work?
Raghavan Menon is CTO & Co-Founder of Espresa.
What companies did Raghavan Menon found?
Raghavan Menon founded Espresa.
Where did Raghavan Menon go to school?
Raghavan Menon studied at The University of Kansas (MSEE Honors); University of Kerala (B.Tech, Electronics and Communication).

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