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Rekha Pai Kamath

Investor

Partner Leader; Investment Committee Member at Silicon Valley

Los Altos, California, United States

About

Rekha Pai Kamath is an adjunct instructor at MIT I-Corps and an investor focused on technology and applied generative AI in emerging markets, climate technology, and gender equity initiatives. She brings experience in product development, marketing, product management, and strategy from her background as a Silicon Valley technology operator, and currently works as an impact investor through Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, Toniic, and Fast Forward. Her investment interests center on supporting tech and social entrepreneurs with strategies that benefit under-resourced and disenfranchised communities.

Experience

  1. MIT I-Corps programAdjunct Instructorcurrent2020 — present
  2. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partner amd Investing Committee membercurrent2017 — present
  3. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Board Membercurrent2020 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
  4. IntelehealthBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentBaltimore, Maryland Area
  5. Fast ForwardMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Capria VenturesInvestor-in-Residence2023 — 2024
  7. Stanford Angels and EntreprenuersVice President2017 — 2019Stanford, CA
  8. Juniper NetworksNew Business Incubation2010 — 2017
  9. Applied MaterialsSr Marketing Manager, Office of CMO2008 — 2010
  10. Symantec CorporationProduct Management2006
  11. Sun MicrosystemsEngineering2002 — 2005
  12. Procket NetworksMember of Technical Staff2001 — 2002
  13. SGIMember of Technical Staff1994 — 2001

Skills & more

Strategy26Product Marketing25Product Management46Product Development12System Architecture4Product Strategy2Start-ups29Business Development21Business Strategy9Marketing9Business Planning6Entrepreneurship10
+7 moreGo-to-market StrategyCompetitive AnalysisCloud ComputingCross-functional Team LeadershipSocial ImpactSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages Hindi

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Colleagues at Silicon Valley

Aarthi Ramaswamy
Partner Champion to Parent Voices Oakland at Silicon Valley
Aarti Chandna
SV2 Board Member at Silicon Valley
Bill Brownell
SV2 Board Treasurer at Silicon Valley
Brittny Bottorff
Partner Champion to Oasis Legal Services at Silicon Valley
Byron Hill
Partner Champion to Kit Switch at Silicon Valley
Catherine Crystal Foster
Partner Champion to Oasis Legal Services at Silicon Valley
Celeste Ford
Partner Champion to Harvest Thermal at Silicon Valley
Charity Silkebakken
Youth Development Grant Round Co-Leader; Partner Champion to MyPath at Silicon Valley

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rekha Pai Kamath?
Rekha Pai Kamath is an adjunct instructor at MIT I-Corps and an investor focused on technology and applied generative AI in emerging markets, climate technology, and gender equity initiatives. She brings experience in product development, marketing, product management, and strategy from her background as a Silicon Valley technology operator, and currently works as an impact investor through Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, Toniic, and Fast Forward. Her investment interests center on supporting tech and social entrepreneurs with strategies that benefit under-resourced and disenfranchised communities.
Where does Rekha Pai Kamath work?
Rekha Pai Kamath is Partner Leader; Investment Committee Member at Silicon Valley.
Where did Rekha Pai Kamath go to school?
Rekha Pai Kamath studied at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business (MBA, Marketing Management); Iowa State University (M.S, Electrical and Computer Engineering); VJTI, Bombay (B.E, Electronics).

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Shared employers

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