Ravi Viswanathan
InvestorFounderManaging Partner at NewView Capital · Board director at Acquia
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
FoundedAcquia
About
Ravi founded NewView Capital in 2018, raising $1.35B and structuring a portfolio acquisition of 31 companies from NEA. He was previously a General Partner at NEA focused on enterprise software and fintech and co-led its growth equity effort, and earlier worked at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and Raychem.
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Board director at Acquia
Intro paths
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Acquia's investors · 10
Bantam GroupWestwood · since 2015Centerview Capital TechnologyPalo Alto · since 2015G20 VenturesCambridge · $2M – $5M checks · since 2015Golub GrowthChicago · since 2015New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2015NewView CapitalBurlingame · since 2015Split Rock PartnersEden Prairie · $2M – $40M checks · since 2015Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks · since 2015Vista Equity PartnersNew York · since 2015W Capital PartnersNew York · since 2015
Co-founders at Acquia
DB
Dries BuytaertCo-Founder, Executive Chairman
TN
Thomas N. EricksonChief Executive Officer, President
MC
Michael CayerGeneral Counsel and Secretary
WS
William SorensonChief Financial Officer
PS
Paul SallaberryDirector
TB
Tom BoganDirector
Experience
- NewView CapitalFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentBurlingame, CA
- The Wharton SchoolAlumni Executive Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- Venture LabBoard Chair2019 — 2025
- Venture LabBoard Member2012 — 2019
- New Enterprise AssociatesGeneral Partner2004 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
- Goldman SachsVice President2000 — 2004New York, NY
- McKinsey & Co.Associate1998 — 2000New York, NY
- RaychemR&D – Corporate Technology Division1994 — 1996Menlo Park, CA
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance / Entrepreneurial Management1996 — 1998
- UC Santa BarbaraPhD, Chemical Engineering1990 — 1994
- University of PennsylvaniaBS, Bioengineering1986 — 1990
Skills & more
SaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategy8TransparencyVenture Capital88Corporate Development29Private Equity26Mergers & Acquisitions27Start-ups31Entrepreneurship25Due Diligence10Valuation8
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Angel InvestingMergersInvestmentsFinancial ModelingEmerging MarketsCorporate FinanceStrategic PartnershipsEquitiesVenture FinancingBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisGrowth CapitalFrom Ravi's professional profile.
Investments
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at NewView Capital
Angela Han
Associate at NewView Capital
Angela Nuttman
Executive Assistant at NewView Capital
Ankit Sud
Partner at NewView Capital
Annika Hansen
Marketing Coordinator at NewView Capital
Ariel Assaraf
Co-Founder and CEO, Coralogix at NewView Capital
Bessie Wu
CFO at NewView Capital
Caitlin Chase
Head of Marketing at NewView Capital
Chetan Chaudhary
Partner at NewView Capital
Network1
Investors connected to Ravi in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ravi Viswanathan work?
- Ravi Viswanathan is Managing Partner at NewView Capital and Founder at Acquia.
- What does Ravi Viswanathan invest in?
- Ravi Viswanathan invests in Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- What check size does Ravi Viswanathan write?
- Ravi Viswanathan typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies did Ravi Viswanathan found?
- Ravi Viswanathan founded Acquia.
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