Rama Sekhar
InvestorPartner at Norwest Venture Partners
Palo Alto, California
Writes $1M – $30M checks · typically $12.5M
Experience
- Menlo VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — present
- Clerk.comBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- GraphiteInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Zafran SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Astrix SecurityBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- GatherInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- ProductivBoard Member2019 — 2024
- Norwest Venture PartnersPartner2009 — 2023Palo Alto, CA
- Amberflo.ioBoard Member2022 — 2023
- Numbers Station AIBoard Observer2022 — 2023
- HarnessBoard Observer2021 — 2023
- VezaBoard Member2020 — 2023
- ClearDATABoard Observer2018 — 2023
- InfluxDataBoard Member2019 — 2022
- DremioBoard Member2018 — 2022
- AlgorithmiaBoard Member (acquired by DataRobot)2019 — 2021
- AgariBoard Member (acquired by Fortra)2016 — 2021
- Bitglass, Inc.Board Observer (acquired by Forcepoint)2013 — 2021
- FOSSABoard Observer2019 — 2020
- QuboleBoard Member (acquired by Idera)2014 — 2020
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship2007 — 2009
- Rutgers UniversityBachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Deals · 2
AlgorithmiaLed round
via Norwest Venture Partners · filed Apr 2019
InfluxDataLed round
via Norwest Venture Partners · filed Jan 2019
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Norwest Venture Partners
Brian Matesic
Principal at Norwest Venture Partners
Brian Moon
Investor at Norwest Venture Partners
Casper de Clercq
General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Chris Sondej
Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners
Christopher Scullin
Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Connor Pike
Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners
David Zilberman
General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Dror Nahumi
Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Rama Sekhar work?
- Rama Sekhar is Partner at Norwest Venture Partners.
- What check size does Rama Sekhar write?
- Rama Sekhar typically writes checks of $1M – $30M.
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