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Sailesh Ramakrishnan

Investor

General Partner at RS TM Holdings · Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc

Saratoga, California

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M

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About

Sailesh Ramakrishnan combines AI, cancer modeling and Mars rover contingency work at NASA Ames with a founder exit selling LocBox to Square, using algorithmic, data-driven sourcing to find climate-tech outliers.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Rocketship.vcManaging Partner, Co-foundercurrent2014 — present
  2. LocBoxFounder, CTO & VP Engineering2011 — 2014San Francisco
  3. @WalmartLabsDirector, Engineering2011
  4. KosmixDirector, Product Development2009 — 2011
  5. KosmixDirector, Engineering2007 — 2009
  6. KosmixLead, Monetization and Metrics2008
  7. KosmixLead, Traffic and Monetization2007 — 2008
  8. KosmixMonetization Lead2007
  9. KosmixMember of technical staff2006 — 2007
  10. QSS Group Inc- NASA Ames Research CenterComputer Scientist2002 — 2006
  11. University of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteResearch Systems Engineer1996 — 2000

Skills & more

Foreign Investment1Investments1Financial AnalysisProduct Launch10SEO23Artificial Intelligence13Data Mining19Start-ups36SEM7Product Management6Entrepreneurship29Analytics3
+12 moreAlgorithmsProduct DevelopmentBusiness StrategySocial MediaBig DataDistributed SystemsScalabilitySoftware DevelopmentLeadershipSearchPythonSaaS

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Investor

Agnikul CosmosFyndIppopayJarMeographMindgroveQashioStocardUravu LabsYulu

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sailesh Ramakrishnan?
Sailesh Ramakrishnan combines AI, cancer modeling and Mars rover contingency work at NASA Ames with a founder exit selling LocBox to Square, using algorithmic, data-driven sourcing to find climate-tech outliers.
Where does Sailesh Ramakrishnan work?
Sailesh Ramakrishnan is General Partner at RS TM Holdings.
What does Sailesh Ramakrishnan invest in?
Sailesh Ramakrishnan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Sailesh Ramakrishnan write?
Sailesh Ramakrishnan typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
What companies has Sailesh Ramakrishnan invested in?
Investments tracked here include Agnikul Cosmos, Fynd, Ippopay, Jar, Meograph, Mindgrove, Qashio, Stocard, Uravu Labs, Yulu.
Where did Sailesh Ramakrishnan go to school?
Sailesh Ramakrishnan studied at University of Michigan (PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence); University of Pittsburgh (M S, Intelligent Systems); Virginia Tech (MS, Construction Management).

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