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Salil Pradhan

Former Venture Partner at Dnx Ventures

San Jose, California, United States

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About

Salil Pradhan is a Director and Project Lead at X, the moonshot factory, and a Venture Partner and early-stage investor with Draper Nexus Ventures, focusing on seed and early-stage startups in retail, healthcare, and agriculture with an emphasis on IoT. He previously spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard, including a role as CTO of its Enterprise RFID/IoT business, and has served on the board of Momentfeed Inc. and as a mentor and advisor to various startups and organizations. He holds 54 US patents in areas including sensors, IoT, and computer systems, an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University, and a B.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune.

Experience

  1. X, the moonshot factoryDirector + Project Leadcurrent2020 — present
  2. Draper Nexus Venture PartnersVenture Partner2011 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
  3. Brother International CorporationAdvisor2010 — 2015
  4. JAIC America, Inc.Executive in Residence2008 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
  5. Livehit, Inc.VP Engineering & Ops (Consultant)2008
  6. VCnity, Inc.Co-Founder, CEO2007 — 2008
  7. Hewlett PackardChief Technology Officer, RFID Program2003 — 2007
  8. Hewlett PackardDepartment Manager2001 — 2003
  9. Hewlett PackardSenior Scientist/Manager1999 — 2001
  10. Hewlett PackardJava Compiler Architect1997 — 1999
  11. Tendril Software, Inc. (acquired by BEA/Webgain)Co-Founder1996 — 1997

Skills & more

Start-ups99Cloud Computing88Agile Methodologies35Venture Capital35Local Advertising4Location Based Services14Location Based Marketing6Product Management59Usability5Mergers & Acquisitions13Corporate Development7Emerging Technologies6
+12 moreScalabilitySoftware DevelopmentIntegrationSDLCE-commerceMobile ApplicationsExecutive ManagementStrategic PartnershipsSaaSEnterprise SoftwareLinuxSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

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Who is Salil Pradhan?
Salil Pradhan is a Director and Project Lead at X, the moonshot factory, and a Venture Partner and early-stage investor with Draper Nexus Ventures, focusing on seed and early-stage startups in retail, healthcare, and agriculture with an emphasis on IoT. He previously spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard, including a role as CTO of its Enterprise RFID/IoT business, and has served on the board of Momentfeed Inc. and as a mentor and advisor to various startups and organizations. He holds 54 US patents in areas including sensors, IoT, and computer systems, an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University, and a B.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune.
Where did Salil Pradhan go to school?
Salil Pradhan studied at Loyola; Northeastern University (MS, Computer Science).

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