Samir Kumar
InvestorCo-Founder & General Partner at Touring Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Samir Kumar is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Touring Capital. He was previously a Managing Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), where he led investments in horizontal and vertical AI, deep tech, and hardware-enabled software, and earlier held senior product and business development roles at Qualcomm, Samsung, and Microsoft. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Experience
- Touring CapitalCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NymboAIBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ParasailBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CuspAIInvestorcurrent2024 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
- ExaforceBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NobleAIMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Wallaroo.AIMember Board of Directors2023 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
- M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundManaging Partner2022San Francisco Bay Area
- M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundGM and Managing Director2017 — 2022San Francisco, California
- WallarooBoard Observer2022New York, United States
- Blackshark.aiMember Board Of Directors2021 — 2022Graz, Austria
- TruepicBoard Observer2021 — 2022
- Artificial, Inc.Board Observer2021 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- Pachyderm Inc.Member Board Of Directors2021 — 2022
- WandelbotsBoard Observer2020 — 2022Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- AgoloMember Board Of Directors2019 — 2022
- PsiQuantumBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- Regrow AgBoard Observer2019 — 2022
- Applied IntuitionInvestor2019 — 2022
- Syntiant CorpMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2022
Education
- Cornell UniversityB.S., Mechanical Engineering w/ a concentration in Aerospace Engineering1996 — 2000
- Bronx High School of ScienceHigh School Diploma1992 — 1996
Skills & more
Strategy43Leadership16Management7Strategic Planning4Mobile Devices99deep learning3Mobile Technology9Cross-functional Team Leadership15Competitive Analysis6Product Management99Go-to-market Strategy38Global Business Development17
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Product PlanningStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsheteregeneous computingComputer VisionEnterprise SoftwareMobile ApplicationsQuantum ComputingProduct MarketingMobile InternetSolutions MarketingPartner ManagementLanguages English · Hindi
From Samir's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Cornell University553
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America
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Also attended Bronx High School of Science6
Rich GerstenCo-Founder & Managing Partner at True Beauty VenturesStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue VenturesSajal SrivastavaCo-CEO & Co-Founder at TriplePoint CapitalDaniel AlvarezData Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation FundTomer DorfanFounder at CLEARMIXKevin YuFounder at Savant
Shared employers
Also worked at Parasail5
Also worked at CuspAI8
Zheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneMarkus GleimPrincipal at NorthzoneTony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture PartnersPaul MurphyPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersLan XuezhaoFounder & Partner at Basis Set Ventures
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Also worked at Exaforce3
Investments
Investor
Applied IntuitionD-MatrixNetradynePsi QuantumRegrowSyntiantWandelbots
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Touring Capital
Network2
Anthony LinScout
Head of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital
David LamScout
Managing Director at WI Harper Group
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