Sameer Nanda
InvestorInvestor at Sand Hill Angels · Venture Resident at Geek Ventures
San Jose, California, United States
About
Sameer Nanda is a Venture Resident at Geek Ventures and an angel investor with thirty years of engineering leadership experience at NVIDIA and Google, where he worked on systems software, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure. He focuses his investment activities on agentic workforce automation, AI infrastructure and developer tools, and cloud-native systems. Nanda engages with founders and investors to evaluate early-stage companies and support technology development.
Experience
- Geek VenturesVenture Residentcurrent2026 — present
- Sand Hill AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- GaingelsAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Blue AstralAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- GoogleDirector of Engineering, Google2007 — 2024Sunnyvale, California, United States
- NVIDIA CorporationSoftware Development Manager2001 — 2007
- 3Com CorporationSoftware Engineer1997 — 2001
- Interphase CorporationSoftware Engineer1995 — 1997
- HCLSW Engineer1993 — 1995
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Skills & more
Board Level1Start-up Ventures1Early Stage Investment1System Architecture3Virtualization1Internet Protocol (IP)Data StructuresCloud ComputingSoftware Development25Debugging8Ethernet6TCP/IP8
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Network ProgrammingVPNIPSecWiFiIEEE 802.11NetworkingLinux KernelKernelGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)LinuxOperating SystemsPython (Programming Language)Languages English · Hindi · Punjabi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sameer Nanda?
- Sameer Nanda is a Venture Resident at Geek Ventures and an angel investor with thirty years of engineering leadership experience at NVIDIA and Google, where he worked on systems software, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure. He focuses his investment activities on agentic workforce automation, AI infrastructure and developer tools, and cloud-native systems. Nanda engages with founders and investors to evaluate early-stage companies and support technology development.
- Where does Sameer Nanda work?
- Sameer Nanda is at Sand Hill Angels.
- Where did Sameer Nanda go to school?
- Sameer Nanda studied at Indian Institute Of Technology (B Tech, Compute Science & Technology); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (B.E., Computer Science and Technology); St. Gabriel's Academy.
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute Of Technology7
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee64
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google1,782
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Also worked at NVIDIA Corporation126
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Also worked at 3Com Corporation29
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