About
Sanjit Dang is an investor at Groq and co-founder and chairman of U First Capital, which offers venture capital services to corporations. During his tenure at Intel Capital, he was involved with portfolio companies that achieved multiple exits, including IPOs such as Palantir, Pinterest, and DocuSign, as well as acquisitions including Body Labs by Amazon and Basis Science by Intel. His investment experience spans artificial intelligence, security, big data, IoT, and eCommerce across consumer and enterprise sectors, with board positions at companies including True Fit, Reflektion, and Helpshift.
Experience
- GroqInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DevRevInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TiE Silicon ValleyCharter Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- U First CapitalCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ForbesContributing Writercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleAdvisorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- VentureBeatContributing Writercurrent2016 — present
- TechCrunchContributing Writercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- UPWARD WomenMember Board of Directors2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- $1 Billion Private Equity/Venture Capital FundAdvisor2019San Francisco Bay Area
- DocuSignInvestor2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- True Fit CorporationInvestor and Board Member2016 — 2018Greater Boston Area
- InContext SolutionsInvestor and Board Member2016 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
- HelpshiftInvestor and Board Member2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Intel CapitalInvestment Director2009 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Body Labs (acquired by Amazon)Investor and Board Member2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- VOKE VRInvestor and Board Member2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Maginatics, IncInvestor and Board Member2013 — 2014
- Basis, an Intel companyInvestor2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Intel CorporationDirector2004 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessVenture Capital Executive Education
- Stanford UniversityDecision Quality
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStrategy and Action
- De Anza CollegeSeveral courses in Film-making (Script-writing, Lighting2003 — 2005
- University of Illinois ChicagoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering1997 — 2000
- Panjab University, ChandigarhBachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering1993 — 1997
- Intel University
Skills & more
Strategy99Management99SaaS64Enterprise Software63Software as a Service (SaaS)34Private InvestmentInvestmentsInvestment CapitalEarly Stage Investment6Artificial Intelligence (AI)7limited partner5Diversity & Inclusion3
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Board LevelBoard AdministrationBoard OperationVenture CapitalStart-upsBig DataBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementInternet of ThingsMobile DevicesCloud ComputingBusiness AlliancesLanguages English · Hindi · Punjabi
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,578
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150
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 De Anza College14
Jack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesBrian RojasInvestor at Side Door VenturesRyan ParkFinance Manager at Samsung NextAlvin KimInvestor at TriplePoint CapitalSimon HuangFinance at TriplePoint Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Groq26
Jeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystAbdo John HajjFounder of AJH Investments, a private investment office built for long-duration ownership.Tripp JonesInvestor at Uncork CapitalSunny DhillonFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalJean WeillAssociate at C4 VenturesVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture Partners
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Also worked at Google945
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 DocuSign41
Steve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupLoren AlhadeffVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAlex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesRory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesBrian FrankPartner at Permanent Capital Ventures
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Also worked at True Fit Corporation2
Colleagues at Kilonova Capital
Abe Morris
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital
Anurag Chandra
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital
Atul Shinde
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital
Bill Beyer
Advisor at Kilonova Capital
Charles Jolley
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital
Claire Chauvel
Senior Associate at Kilonova Capital
David Anderman
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital
Dr. Eric Cole
Operating Partner at Kilonova Capital





































