Sandhya Hegde
InvestorGeneral Partner at Unusual Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $4M
About
Sandhya Hegde mixes operator experience scaling Amplitude's product-led growth with venture investing, brings founder-and-investor perspective, is a leading voice on enterprise/higher-ACV B2B PLG, and hosts the Startup Field Guide podcast.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCleantechCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Experience
- CalibreCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AirOpsInvestor, Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- VizcomInvestor, Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- StiggInvestor, Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- RimeInvestor, Board Member2023 — 2025
- GoldcastInvestor, Board Member (acquired by cVent)2021 — 2025
- Unusual VenturesGeneral Partner2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- AmplitudeEVP New Products2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- AmplitudeEVP Growth & Marketing/CMO2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AmplitudeDirector of Product Management & Product Marketing2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- AmplitudeProduct Lead2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Khosla VenturesPartner, Khosla Impact2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Sequoia CapitalAssociate2009 — 2011Bangalore
- Blue Labs (India)Founder2007 — 2008
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Entrepreneurship31Venture Capital41Start-ups48Software as a Service (SaaS)Product Management16Marketing
Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Spanish
From Sandhya's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay79
Harsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ LabsSandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED InvestorsUrsheet ParikhInvestor at Mayfield FundArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesVishesh SharmaPrincipal, India at Jungle VenturesRanvita AgrawalSenior Associate, India at Jungle Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Goldcast4
Also worked at Unusual Ventures20
Jordan SegallPartner at Redpoint VenturesHaley BrannanPartner at Operator CollectiveJyoti BansalFounder & General Partner at Unusual VenturesJohn VrionisFounder & General Partner at Unusual VenturesLars AlbrightGeneral Partner at Unusual VenturesSarah LearyVenture Partner at Unusual Ventures
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Also worked at Amplitude12
Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalLogan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesThomas LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)James EvansDirector, Head of AI at Asymmetric Capital PartnersErica Ruliffson SchultzPresident, Field Operations (former), Confluent at Operator Collective
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Also worked at Khosla Ventures77
Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDavid WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesAdina TeckluInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Deals · 1
Rivington LabsBoard seat
via Unusual Ventures · filed Nov 2025 · $40M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Unusual Ventures
Andy Johns
Partner at Unusual Ventures
Andy Youn
Director of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Brett Teele
Chief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual Ventures
Calvin Ling
Vice President of Finance at Unusual Ventures
Eric Peter
Venture Partner and AI Specialist at Blockchain Builders
Henry Buckingham
Vice President at Unusual Ventures
Jared Waxman
Operating Partner at Unusual Ventures
John Vrionis
Founder & General Partner at Unusual Ventures





































