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Sailesh Ramakrishnan

Investor

Managing Director at Rocketship.vc

Saratoga, California

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

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1,271 people in our graph share verified history with Sailesh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Zach PoleyunlockedSailesh: together at University of Michigan (2001–2003)
Sailesh: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
×9Sailesh: together at University of Michigan
Sailesh: together at Virginia Tech

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

From Sailesh's professional profile.

Colleagues at Rocketship.vc

Anand Rajaraman
Partner at Rocketship.vc
Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Gianna Orozco
Fractional Controller at Press On Ventures
Jon Staenberg
El Jefe and founder of Hand of God Wines
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
Chris Golda
General Partner at Y Combinator

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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 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.
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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Also attended University of Michigan796

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Also attended University of Pittsburgh125

Yervand SarkisyanInvestor in deep tech and AIJon KaplanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcJustin MaresBuilding companies at the intersection of health and technology.Kelly BarnumDirector Of Talent at Volition CapitalMatt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE Ventures

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Also attended Virginia Tech208

Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsRyan LawrenceDirector, Tax at JMI EquitySamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI Equity

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras199

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalHanyang WangDirector at Qualcomm VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at LocBox1

Enoch KoFounder/CEO at Soraban

Also worked at @WalmartLabs113

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalJason PressmanManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalBrent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta VenturesKelly HolmesInvestor at Relevance VenturesJonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures

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Also worked at Kosmix14

Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersRachel LamCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Imagination CapitalCurtis SpencerGeneral Partner at Electric CapitalVenky HarinarayanPartner at Rocketship.vcAnand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vcDini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV Partners

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Also worked at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute62

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