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Rohan Puranik

Investor

Investor at WestWave Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Previously worked at Stanford's StartX accelerator on long-term strategy and mentored early-stage founders. Co-founded and was CTO of MindSumo, a student-company platform backed by Google Ventures and later acquired by MBO Partners. Stanford CS graduate (2009).

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Experience

  1. WestWave CapitalPartnercurrent2018 — present
  2. StartX.Advisorcurrent2012 — present
  3. StartX.VP Strategy2017 — 2018
  4. MindSumoBoard Member2011 — 2020
  5. MindSumoCo-founder & CTO2011 — 2017
  6. PalmSoftware Engineer2009 — 2011
  7. Optumsoft, IncSoftware Engineer2007 — 2009Menlo Park, CA
  8. Stanford UniversitySection Leader/TA in CS2006 — 2009Stanford, CA
  9. Veveo, IncSoftware Engineering Intern2007Andover, MA
  10. Acuitus, IncSoftware Engineer2006 — 2007Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

Start-ups22Distributed Systems9Java5Ruby on Rails6JavaScript3Ruby3Software Engineering12C++1REST1Mobile Applications2Git1Python4
+5 moreCObjective-CiOS developmentComputer ScienceProduct Management

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Colleagues at WestWave Capital

Damon
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Warren (Bunny)
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Warren Weiss
Founder and Partner at WestWave Capital

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Garrett Goldberg
Venture Partner at Virta Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rohan Puranik?
Previously worked at Stanford's StartX accelerator on long-term strategy and mentored early-stage founders. Co-founded and was CTO of MindSumo, a student-company platform backed by Google Ventures and later acquired by MBO Partners. Stanford CS graduate (2009).
Where does Rohan Puranik work?
Rohan Puranik is at WestWave Capital.
Where did Rohan Puranik go to school?
Rohan Puranik studied at Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science).

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