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Ravi

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Hourglass Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Ravi is the founder and managing partner, an investor focused on backing founders building a more productive future. He combines engineering rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset and has mentored startups. Before founding the firm, he spent over two decades leading architecture, product, and sales teams at NetApp, EMC, Dell, and Amazon AWS.

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Experience

  1. CapConnect+Member Board of Directorscurrent2026 — present
  2. JOGO HealthBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentNew Jersey, United States
  3. UPTIQBoard Observercurrent2022 — presentDallas, Texas, United States
  4. Bob.aiMember Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentDallas, Texas, United States
  5. Hourglass Capital LLCFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentSF Bay Area
  6. Hourglass Venture PartnersLP and CTO2019 — 2020
  7. MontlabsCo-Founder and CEO2014 — 2020California, United States
  8. Amazon Web ServicesPrincipal Account Manager, Sales2017 — 2019
  9. EMCSr. Account Executive, Sales2015 — 2017Santa Clara, CA
  10. NetAppPre-sales Technical Account Manager2012 — 2015
  11. NetAppEnterprise Infrastructure Architect2003 — 2012
  12. NetAppTechnical Support Engineer / Escalations2000 — 2003NetApp
  13. Sandur Maxworth India LtdUnix Administrator1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Team Management1Advisory BoardsAlternative InvestmentsInvestment StrategiesStartupsSales StrategyFund ManagementSoftware SalesLinuxAccount ManagementBusiness DevelopmentStorage Software1
+12 moreServer VirtualisationVolume ManagerNetApp FilersNDMPNTFSNASiSCSIDeduplicationArchivalFCoEStorage ConsolidationNFS

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Who is Ravi?
Ravi is the founder and managing partner, an investor focused on backing founders building a more productive future. He combines engineering rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset and has mentored startups. Before founding the firm, he spent over two decades leading architecture, product, and sales teams at NetApp, EMC, Dell, and Amazon AWS.
Where does Ravi work?
Ravi is Founder & Managing Partner at Hourglass Venture Partners.

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