Salil Deshpande
InvestorGeneral 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
- 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
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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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Frequently asked questions
- 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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Also attended Cornell University1,422
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bain Capital Ventures81
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Also worked at Bay Partners6
Also worked at The Middleware Company2
Also worked at Borland28
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