Where does Sailesh Ramakrishnan work?

Sailesh Ramakrishnan is Managing Director at Rocketship.vc.

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.

Sailesh Ramakrishnan

Investor

Managing Director at Rocketship.vc

Saratoga, California

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

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

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

Education

University of MichiganPhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence2001 — 2005
University of PittsburghM S, Intelligent Systems1999 — 2001
Virginia TechMS, Construction Management1993 — 1995
Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasB. Tech, Civil Engineering1989 — 1993
Asan Memorial SchoolHigh school1975 — 1989

Skills & more

Foreign Investment1Investments1Financial AnalysisProduct Launch10SEO23Artificial Intelligence13Data Mining19Start-ups36SEM7Product Management6Entrepreneurship29Analytics3

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AlgorithmsProduct DevelopmentBusiness StrategySocial MediaBig DataDistributed SystemsScalabilitySoftware DevelopmentLeadershipSearchPythonSaaS

From Sailesh's professional profile.

Colleagues at Rocketship.vc

Anand Rajaraman

Partner at Rocketship.vc

Blake Rogow

Investor at Rocketship.vc

Greg Lahann

Chief Financial Officer at Rocketship.vc

Jon Staenberg

Founder at Agate Hound

Madhu Shalini Iyer

Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc

Paul Baird-Smith

Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc

Rob Harries

Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc

Shivam Patel

Investor at Rocketship.vc

Network4

Anand Rajaraman

Partner at Rocketship.vc

Apoorva Ranjan Sharma

Investor at Venture Catalysts | India's First Integrated Incubator

Blake Rogow

Investor at Rocketship.vc

Christopher Golda

Angel investor

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Sailesh Ramakrishnan work?: Sailesh Ramakrishnan is Managing Director at Rocketship.vc.
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.

Same school

Also attended University of Michigan487

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista Capital Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel Capital Scott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Also attended University of Pittsburgh66

Yervand SarkisyanInvestor in deep tech and AI Jon KaplanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners Salvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures Llc Justin MaresBuilding companies at the intersection of health and technology.Kelly BarnumDirector Of Talent at Volition Capital Matt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE Ventures

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Also attended Virginia Tech99

Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint Ventures Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra Ventures Curry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean Investments Samantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI Equity Michelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic Ventures

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras106

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Rajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures AparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC ParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC IlanInvestor at Eudemian Ventures RaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at LocBox1

Enoch KoFounder/CEO at Soraban

Also worked at @WalmartLabs80

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Austin HayInvestor at Khosla Ventures Jason PressmanManaging Director at Copper Sky Capital Anthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital Brent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta Ventures Jonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures

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Also worked at Kosmix7

Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture Partners Rachel LamCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Imagination Capital Curtis SpencerGeneral Partner at Electric Capital Venky HarinarayanPartner at Rocketship.vc Anand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vc Dini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV Partners

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Also worked at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute26

Jory SegalVenture Fellow at Audere Capital Matt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE Ventures Ryan FrisbiePartner at VIEWPOINT VENTURES Vibhu MittalGen AI at SenseAI Ventures Stacie McCarthyExecutive Assistant at Standard Crypto Jason RobinsSpecial Advisor at Data Point Capital

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