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Rajiv Khemani

Investor

Co-Founder & Partner at AIspace Ventures · Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $800K checks · typically $300K

About

Founder & CEO of Auradine and Innovium, former COO at Cavium, GM at Intel, and previously at NetApp. Holds a Stanford MBA.

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Experience

  1. Upscale aiCo-founder and Executive Chairmancurrent2025 — presentSanta Clara, California
  2. Velaura AICo-founder and CEOcurrent2026 — presentSanta Clara, California
  3. VariousInvestor & Board rolescurrent2021 — presentBay Area, California, United States
  4. AuradineCo-founder, President and CEO2022 — 2026Santa Clara, California
  5. InnoviumCo-founder, President and CEO2014 — 2021San Jose, California
  6. Cavium IncCOO and executive/GM roles2003 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Intel CorporationGM and Director of Marketing1998 — 2003
  8. NetAppManager, Strategy/Marketing1996 — 1998
  9. Sun MicrosystemsSenior Product Manager1990 — 1996

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMBA1993 — 1995
  2. New York UniversityMS, Computer Science1988 — 1990
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiBTech, Computer Science & Engineering1984 — 1988
  4. Delhi Public School (DPS), R.K. Puram

Skills & more

Business Development89Semiconductors27Engineering Management18Product Management99Product Marketing77Sales14Go-to-market Strategy37Cloud Computing51Emerging Technologies4Strategy64Start-ups99Distributed Systems2
+12 moreTelecommunicationsSaaSMobile DevicesEnterprise SoftwareStrategic PlanningStrategic PartnershipsExecutive ManagementManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Business AlliancesNetwork SecurityWireless

From Rajiv's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,720 more

Also attended New York University298

Gabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesZach WhiteInvestment Team at 8VCAnkita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartXUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 292 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi99

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalNeeraj AroraCEO India, MENA & Managing Director at General CatalystNitin SethChief Executive Officer (Incedo) at Mission HoldingsApoorva PandhiInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersAnkur JainManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

+ 93 more

Also attended Delhi Public School (DPS), R.K. Puram1

Varun JainGeneral Partner at SE Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Upscale ai10

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldVarsha TagareSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesAdit SinghPartner at Cota CapitalNavin ChaddhaInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundUmesh PadvalManaging Director at Thomvest VenturesSean Sang Sub LeeInvestment Director at Prosperity7 Ventures

+ 4 more

Also worked at Velaura AI2

Varsha TagareSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesSandesh PatnamInvestor at Premji Invest

Also worked at Cavium Inc3

IlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalIlan PragaspathyVenture Partner at Eudemian Ventures

Also worked at Intel Corporation279

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 273 more

Colleagues at AIspace Ventures

Ravi Sundararajan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at AIspace Ventures

Network1

Ammar Hanafi
General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc

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