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Salil Deshpande

Investor

General Partner at Uncorrelated StashFin 2022 · 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

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

Skills & more

Leadership52Management12Enterprise Software68SaaS42Software as a Service (SaaS)5Cloud Computing80Venture Capital97Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Angel Investing24Mergers10Business Strategy28
+2 moreMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic Partnerships

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Investments

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AirfoldAkkaAnjunaAria SystemsAstroForgeAtria SystemsAutify Inc.Buckzy PaymentsCodeAnt AICompoundCrusoeDataStaxDgraph LabsDrivenDropcamEarthly TechnologiesEMXFarcastFeatherFingerprintFOSSAFrameg2OneGradle Inc.GrafbaseHappenHashnodeHazelcastHiiveHypermodeIgniteIron.ioJunoLeapxpertLemurian LabsLendflowLucidLinkLuminaMoovNetdataNuoOndatOpen EnvoyOpenmartPhilz CoffeeQuantum MetricRedisRentomojoRolebotRollbarRudderstackScaleArcSedaiSeed Futures LLCSimr (formerly UberCloud)Skynet LabsSqlite CloudStackletStandard FleetStashFinSysdigTealiumVoltzerohashZeroTurnaround

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Who is Salil Deshpande?
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.
Where does Salil Deshpande work?
Salil Deshpande is General Partner at Uncorrelated StashFin 2022.
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.
What companies has Salil Deshpande invested in?
Investments tracked here include Airfold, Akka, Anjuna, Aria Systems, AstroForge, Atria Systems, Autify Inc., Buckzy Payments, CodeAnt AI, Compound, Crusoe, DataStax, and 53 more.
Where did Salil Deshpande go to school?
Salil Deshpande studied at Stanford University (M.S., Electrical Engineering); Cornell University (B.S., Electrical Engineering).

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