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Sri Purisai

Investor

Founder & Managing Director at Chakra Growth Fund · Managing Director at Riso Capital

Saratoga, California, United States

About

Founder and Managing Director of Chakra, who came to venture capital as an operator with experience scaling businesses from the inside.

Experience

  1. Chakra Growth CapitalManaging Directorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. RiSo CapitalFounder and Managing Directorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. K2X CapitalInvestor, Tech and Business Advisorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Beam SemiconductorBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. infiniDomeChairman Of The Board2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Microsemi CorporationDivision Vice President and General Manager - Frequency and Time (Previously Symmetricom)2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Microsemi CorporationBusiness Unit Manager-Timing and Synchronization (Symmetricom)2014 — 201595134
  8. Microsemi CorporationSr. Director Communications Business Segment2013 — 2014California, USA
  9. Altera ABMarket Development Manager, Communications business, Europe2008 — 2012Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  10. Altera ABStrategic Marketing Manager2006 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Altera ABSr. Strategic Marketing Engineer2005 — 2006
  12. Cypress SemiconductorStaff Design Engineer and Program Manager2002 — 2005San Jose, CA
  13. Vitesse SemiconductorsMember of Technical Staff1999 — 2002
  14. Vitesse SemiconductorsStaff engineer1999 — 2002
  15. XaQti / Vitesse SemiconductorMember of Technical Staff1999 — 2001

Skills & more

Management9Venture CapitalInvestmentsMarketing10Marketing Strategy14Business Strategy22Product Management39Semiconductors51Business Development33SoC11Product Marketing14ASIC22
+12 moreEmbedded SystemsTeam BuildingFPGAGo-to-market StrategyWirelessICEDADigital Signal ProcessorsSemiconductor IndustryCross-functional Team LeadershipApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)System on a Chip (SoC)

From Sri's professional profile.

Colleagues at Chakra Growth Fund

Mahendra Jain
Founding GP at Chakra Growth Fund
Mark Joseph
Partner at Early Light Ventures
Maya Gadhvi
Founding GP at Chakra Growth Fund
Rampi Kandadai
Founding GP at Chakra Growth Fund

Network1

Dheeraj Pandey
Investor at DevRev

Investors connected to Sri in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sri Purisai?
Founder and Managing Director of Chakra, who came to venture capital as an operator with experience scaling businesses from the inside.
Where does Sri Purisai work?
Sri Purisai is Founder & Managing Director at Chakra Growth Fund.
Where did Sri Purisai go to school?
Sri Purisai studied at Santa Clara University (MSEE, Electrical).

Same school

Also attended Santa Clara University149

Viviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKirsten MelloPartner + Chief Financial Officer at Menlo VenturesRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupTim HaleyCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesSarah LucasManaging General Partner at Lucas Venture Group

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Shared employers

Also worked at K2X Capital2

Sanjeev ChawlaVenture Partner at StartFast VenturesRobert PaduloInvestor at Treasure Coast Ventures

Also worked at infiniDome1

Gadi IsaevManaging General Partner at VentureIsrael

Also worked at Microsemi Corporation2

Mahendra JainFounding GP at Chakra Growth FundKashyap AcharFounder at Bezel

Also worked at Cypress Semiconductor23

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalRoger ThorntonGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesEric BenhamouVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcGreg ReichowVP of Investor Relations and Fundraising at Eclipse VenturesMichael LittCo-Founder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalJeannine SargentAdvisor at Colle Capital Partners

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