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Ram Shanmugam

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Investor at Blockchain Founders Fund

United States

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Ram Shanmugam is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited two venture-backed companies and currently serves as an investor and board member at CoreThink AI. His background includes product and technology leadership roles in machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and cloud computing. He has been recognized with the TiE 50 Award and has published research in IEEE journals.

Experience

  1. CoreThink AIInvestor / Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. ArmorIQInvestor / Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. Unconventional AIInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  4. PerplexityInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  5. KrutrimVP Product / Strategy2024 — 2025India
  6. Sauce LabsFounder and CEO, AutonomIQ (acquired by Sauce Labs)2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  7. appOrbit (acquired by Cohesity)Founder and CEO, appOrbit (acquired by Cohesity)2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. ActifioVP Cloud Products & Engineering (acquired by Google)2013 — 2015
  9. SunGard Availability ServicesSr Director/GM, Cloud Products and Engineeering2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Cisco SystemsSr Director, Product Management & Engineering2010 — 2011San Jose, CA
  11. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseIndividual Eng Contributor to Director, Product Management2005 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Leadership1Management2Strategy2Start-ups34SaaS34Strategic Partnerships42Cloud Computing69Enterprise Software83Business Strategy7Product Management84Entrepreneurship6Business Development18
+7 moreManagement ConsultingProgram ManagementMobile DevicesIntegrationProduct MarketingCross-functional Team LeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

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Colleagues at Blockchain Founders Fund

Aly Madhavji
Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Arseny Klekovkin
Managing Partner, G1 Ventures at HyperNest
Diana Kam
CEO, Singapore Markets & APAC Region | Head of Exchange at Venturebeam at VentureWave Capital Ltd.
Francesco Galati
Associate at Blockchain Founders Fund
Hope Ditlhakanyane
Investment Principal at Founders Factory Africa
Mansoor Madhavji
Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Marc Vanlerberghe
Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at Algorand Foundation
Rudy Lim
Venture Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund

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Aly Madhavji
Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Francesco Galati
Associate at Blockchain Founders Fund

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Who is Ram Shanmugam?
Ram Shanmugam is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited two venture-backed companies and currently serves as an investor and board member at CoreThink AI. His background includes product and technology leadership roles in machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and cloud computing. He has been recognized with the TiE 50 Award and has published research in IEEE journals.
Where does Ram Shanmugam work?
Ram Shanmugam is Investor at Blockchain Founders Fund.
What check size does Ram Shanmugam write?
Ram Shanmugam typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Ram Shanmugam go to school?
Ram Shanmugam studied at Anna University, Chennai (BTech); Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, PhD (dropped out after course work)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Research Affiliate - Computer Science, Center for Policy and Technology).

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