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Srivatsan Laxman

Investor

Venture Partner at Elevate Capital

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

AI entrepreneur and researcher who co-founded TrueLark (acquired by Weave in 2025); spent seven years at Microsoft Research's ML & Optimization group.

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Experience

  1. TrueLarkFounder & CEO2017 — 2025Palo Alto
  2. Scibler Smart SchedulerFounder & CEO2013 — 2017Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. MicrosoftResearcher2006 — 2013Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  4. Sasken Technologies LimitedSoftware Engineer1998 — 1999Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)M.S. + Ph.D., Electrical Engineering1999 — 2006
  2. University of MysoreB.E., Electronics and Communications Engineering1994 — 1998
  3. Bishop Cotton Boys' SchoolISC-XII + ICSE-X1984 — 1994

Skills & more

Statistical LearningDifferential PrivacyAdversarial Machine LearningStreaming AlgorithmsDigital CommunicationNon-linear Dynamical SystemsGenerative ModelsTemporal / Sequential ModelingPattern DiscoveryHidden Markov Models (HMMs)Noise-Tolerant LearningSpeech Recognition
+12 moreWorkflow AutomationAI Product DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareStrategic PartnershipsStart-up LeadershipMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Executive LeadershipProduct StrategyLaTeXCC++Go-to-Market Strategy

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Tamil

From Srivatsan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Science (IISc)10

Krishnan NandabalanCEO, Founder, & President, InveniAI at AIFGeeta VemuriManaging Partner, Founder at Agent CapitalShekhar KiraniPartner at AccelSriram ViswanathanFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalSoumitra SenguptaVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalSupriya RaoVenture Partner at Elevate Capital

+ 4 more

Also attended University of Mysore11

Ullas KamathJoint Managing Director, Jyothy Laboratories at Sixth Sense VenturesShekhar KiraniPartner at AccelNagraj KashyapGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalSandhya SridharanManaging Partner at KFC VenturesSupriya RaoVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalNaresh NagarajanVenture Partner at Kalaari Capital

+ 5 more

Shared employers

Also worked at TrueLark2

Kumar SripadamGeneral Partner at Elevate CapitalSupriya RaoVenture Partner at Elevate Capital

Also worked at Microsoft626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

+ 620 more

Also worked at Sasken Technologies Limited5

Raj RaoInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAbhishek GuptaPartner, Credit at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsPranav PaiFounding Partner at 3one4 CapitalSanjay ShahVenture Partner at Theia VenturesDileep GeorgeHead of AI Research at Astera Institute

Colleagues at Elevate Capital

Allie Persitz
Operating Partner at Elevate Capital
Ana Chaud
Executive Partner at Elevate Capital
Annu Navani
Venture Partner at Elevate Capital
Anu Shukla
Venture Partner at Elevate Capital
Barbara Johnson
Executive Assistant at Elevate Capital
Ben Nahir
Partner at Elevate Capital
Brandon Ross
Senior Associate-Analyst at Elevate Capital
Chris Bright
Executive Partner at Elevate Capital