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Ram Gupta

Investor

Advisor at Altos Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Ram Gupta is an independent board member at several early and growth-stage technology companies, including Sanas, TeamOhana, Joveo, Simplilearn, and HackerEarth, and serves as a strategic advisor to Altos Ventures. He has held senior executive positions at PeopleSoft, WebMD Health Corp., and Cast Iron Systems, where he contributed to companies that achieved significant market valuations and were subsequently acquired by major technology firms including Oracle and IBM. Gupta holds advanced degrees in computer engineering and electronics engineering, is a MENSA member, and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies spanning three IPOs and multiple acquisitions.

Experience

  1. TechSoupBoard Memnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SanasBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. StreamAliveBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  4. TeamOhanaBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. JoveoChairman Of The Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Altos VenturesStrategic Advisorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. HackerEarthBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. SimplilearnBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentBengaluru Area, India
  9. PostmanBoard Member2015 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Welkin HealthBoard Member2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  11. NeeyamoBoard Member2021 — 2024
  12. Aryaka NetworksChairman Of The Board Of Directors2015 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  13. UnmetricBoard Member2014 — 2019New York, New York
  14. Nexus Venture PartnersManaging Director2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Nexus Venture PartnersAdvisor2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  16. ScaleArcBoard Member2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  17. Kalaari CapitalStrategic Advisor2015 — 2017Bangalure Area, India
  18. Progress SoftwareBoard Member2008 — 2017Greater Boston Area
  19. Aera TechnologyBoard Member2013 — 2016Sunnyvale, CA
  20. Platform ComputingBoard Member2009 — 2012
  21. S1 CorporationBoard Member2005 — 2011Greater Atlanta Area
  22. YodleeBoard Member2006 — 2010
  23. Persistent SystemsBoard Member2007 — 2010
  24. castiron systemsChairman Of The Board Of Directors2007 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  25. AccruentBoard Member2005 — 2010Greater Los Angeles Area
  26. Plateau SystemsBoard Member2004 — 2009Washington D.C. Metro Area
  27. ThinkGeekBoard Member2002 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  28. Castiron SystemsCEO2005 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  29. PeopleSoftExective Vice President2000 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
  30. WebMD Health ServicesSenior Vice President and General Manager1997 — 2000San Francisco Bay Area
  31. SGIDirector of Engineering1994 — 1997Silicon Graphics
  32. IBMAdvisory Software Engineer1991 — 1994Bocaraton, Florida

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership80Strategic Planning6Start-ups99Mergers & Acquisitions79Cloud Computing99Executive Management51Mergers33ERP33Marketing Strategy31Business Alliances24Marketing18
+12 moreStrategic PartnershipsAnalyticsProduct ManagementCRMProduct MarketingBusiness StrategyGo-to-market StrategyPositioningVendor ManagementBig DataRequirements AnalysisSaaS

Languages English · Hindi

From Ram's professional profile.

Colleagues at Altos Ventures

Anthony P. Lee
Managing Director at Altos Ventures
Brittany Hargest
Partner at Altos Ventures
Catherine Shin
Investor at Altos Ventures
Danielle Mastrangel Brown
Investor at Altos Ventures
Han J. Kim
Managing Director at Altos Ventures
Ho Nam
Managing Director at Altos Ventures
Jim Dai
Investor at Altos Ventures
Michael Wang
Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ram Gupta?
Ram Gupta is an independent board member at several early and growth-stage technology companies, including Sanas, TeamOhana, Joveo, Simplilearn, and HackerEarth, and serves as a strategic advisor to Altos Ventures. He has held senior executive positions at PeopleSoft, WebMD Health Corp., and Cast Iron Systems, where he contributed to companies that achieved significant market valuations and were subsequently acquired by major technology firms including Oracle and IBM. Gupta holds advanced degrees in computer engineering and electronics engineering, is a MENSA member, and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies spanning three IPOs and multiple acquisitions.
Where does Ram Gupta work?
Ram Gupta is Advisor at Altos Ventures.
What check size does Ram Gupta write?
Ram Gupta typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
Where did Ram Gupta go to school?
Ram Gupta studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst (MS Electrical and Computer Engineering); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BS, Electrical and Electronic Engineering).

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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani155

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Shared employers

Also worked at TechSoup2

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Also worked at Nexus Venture Partners24

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Also worked at Platform Computing796

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Also worked at Accruent8

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