Ravi Thakur
InvestorBoard Advisor, Investor at Foster Ventures · SkyAdvisor at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
San Francisco, California, United States
About
A strategic advisor, board member, and investor in fast-growing technology companies, drawing on experience at Oracle and Coupa (from founding team through IPO).
Experience
- Thakur Property AdvisorsOwnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Tennis Coalition SFMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- Berkeley SkyDeckSkyAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- KleerCardMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2021 — present
- MindStrengthMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2020 — present
- Challenge DayBoard Member2023 — 2024
- OpenEnvoyAdvisor2023 — 2024
- FindemMember Of The Board Of Advisors2021 — 2024
- Coupa SoftwareExecutive Vice President, Business Acceleration2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Coupa SoftwareCoupa Cares - Founder & Executive Board Member2016 — 2021San Mateo
- Coupa SoftwareSenior Vice President - Business Acceleration2018 — 2020
- Coupa SoftwareSenior Vice President - Services, Customers Success and Adoption2007 — 2018San Mateo, California
- Oracle CorporationDirector - Procurement Development2001 — 2007
- Oracle CorporationDevelopment Manager, Project Leader & Support Team Lead1997 — 2001
Skills & more
Management25Leadership19Strategy31Operational Excellence1SaaS99Cloud Computing76Professional Services37Purchasing12Enterprise Software97CRM37Pre-sales17Business Process8
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Team BuildingSalesforce.comERPSoftware IndustrySoftware Project ManagementIntegrationOracleBusiness AlliancesStart-upsProgram ManagementBusiness IntelligenceBusiness AnalysisFrom Ravi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Foster Ventures
Chinyere Obi
Business, Law, Strategy at Foster Ventures
Donna Wilczek
SVP - Coupa, Ketera, IBM, Accenture at Foster Ventures
Prasad Ramakrishnan
SVP of IT and Chief Information Officer at Freshworks at Foster Ventures
Priya Ramachandran
Founding General Partner at Foster Ventures
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Vijay Sivaram
CEO – Quess IT Staffing, Quess Search & Recruitment at Foster Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ravi Thakur?
- A strategic advisor, board member, and investor in fast-growing technology companies, drawing on experience at Oracle and Coupa (from founding team through IPO).
- Where does Ravi Thakur work?
- Ravi Thakur is Board Advisor, Investor at Foster Ventures.
- Where did Ravi Thakur go to school?
- Ravi Thakur studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Materials Science & Engineering); Cornell University (Winemaking Certificate); Cornell University (Real Estate Property Management Certificate).
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,809
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Also attended Cornell University1,010
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
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Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management287
David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundDana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital PartnersJed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital PartnersShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalMonica PlazaOperating Partner at CapitalGJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate Ventures
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