Where does Salil Deshpande work?

Salil Deshpande is General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures.

What check size does Salil Deshpande write?

Salil Deshpande typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

Salil Deshpande

Investor

General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

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About

Salil Deshpande is an unusually large solo GP managing roughly $750M with no junior staff; his engineer-operator background focuses on infrastructure software, open source, developer tools and AI/cloud foundations.

Invests in

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Experience

Uncorrelated VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2020 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
Bain Capital VenturesManaging Director2013 — 2020Palo Alto
Bay PartnersGeneral Partner2006 — 2013
The Middleware CompanyCEO2003 — 2004
The Middleware CompanyPresident1998 — 2003
BorlandDirector, Professional Services1996 — 1998
CustomWareFounder & CEO1993 — 1996
Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT)Software Engineer1992 — 1993
Sun MicrosystemsSoftware Engineer1990 — 1992
Hewlett PackardHardware Design Engineer (Intern during Stanford)1988 — 1990
General Electric Global ResearchHardware Engineer (Intern during Cornell)1986 — 1988

Education

Stanford UniversityM.S., Electrical Engineering1989 — 1991
Cornell UniversityB.S., Electrical Engineering1985 — 1989

Skills & more

Leadership52Management12Enterprise Software68SaaS42Software as a Service (SaaS)5Cloud Computing80Venture Capital97Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Angel Investing24Mergers10Business Strategy28

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Mergers & AcquisitionsStrategic Partnerships

From Salil's professional profile.

Network11

Ashish TanejaScout

Founding Partner & CEO at growX Ventures

Baris GuzelScout

Partner at BMW i Ventures

Ben FuScout

Partner at OMERS Ventures

Ben HolzmanScout

Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Benjamin NyeScout

Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Bill LehmannScout

Investor at Step Function Ventures

Brian ShinScout

Managing Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures

Bruce ClevelandScout

Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners

Davis TreybigScout

Partner at Innovation Endeavors

Felipe DamonteScout

Associate at Newtopia VC

George HoyemScout

Venture Partner at Lavrock Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Salil Deshpande work?: Salil Deshpande is General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures.
What does Salil Deshpande invest in?: Salil Deshpande invests in Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
What check size does Salil Deshpande write?: Salil Deshpande typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.