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
Education
- Indian Institute Of TechnologyB Tech, Compute Science & Technology1989 — 1993
- Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeB.E., Computer Science and Technology1989 — 1993
- St. Gabriel's Academy
- St. Gabriel's Academy
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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Same school
Also attended Indian Institute Of Technology2
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee31
Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergePranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalShantanu AgarwalAdvisory Board Member at Titanium Innovation InvestmentsGulshan DhananiAssociate at Avataar Venture PartnersAbhinav ChaturvediPartner at Accel
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google942
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
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Also worked at NVIDIA Corporation33
Diana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorIan ShannonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCRay SchuderSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundSandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesAbhi DinkarAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment VenturesJon BaradPartner, Investments at Capital One Ventures
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Also worked at 3Com Corporation23
Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesKip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersEric BenhamouVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcDave HusakVenture Partner & Founding Pillar at Pillar VCDavid VaskevitchAdvisor at Capria Ventures
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Also worked at Interphase Corporation1
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