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Sumit Chachra is CTO and Co-Founder of CapeZero, a climate technology company, and has more than 19 years of professional experience. He previously led Tivix, growing the company from 2 employees in 2010 to over 140 across 6 countries by 2021, before its acquisition in late 2018. His background spans industries including FinTech, healthcare, non-profit and government, and Web3, with client engagements involving organizations such as SolarCity, UNICEF, Sallie Mae, Thermo Fisher, Zoetis, and NATO.
Technical Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at CapeZero
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Manish HebbarCo-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Experience
- CapeZeroCTO & Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- candidate.fyiInvestor / Advisorcurrent2022 — presentUnited States
- Disruptors CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2022 — present
- Kubik, Inc.Investorcurrent2021 — present
- King EnergyInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- ClimatebaseClimatebase Fellow, Cohort 32023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- On DeckFounder Fellowship (ODF17)2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit2023San Francisco, California, United States
- KelltonAdvisor2023San Francisco, California, United States
- KelltonChief Technology Officer2022San Francisco, California, United States
- Tivix, Inc.CEO & Co-Founder2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Tivix, Inc.CTO & Co-Founder2008 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- OmnitureTechnical Architect2007 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
- Offermatica (acquired by Omniture)Technical Architect2006 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
- Yahoo!Developer / Intermediate Technical Yahoo!2005 — 2006
- University of ArizonaTeaching / Research Assistant2003 — 2005Greater Tucson Area
- Nutech SolutionsSummer Intern2004
- Nanyang Technological UniversitySummer Reseach Intern2002
Skills & more
Wine2Sommelier1Food & Beverage2Management1Leadership1Digital TransformationUser Experience Design (UED)Cultural TransformationDjango31Python69Ubuntu6Apache8
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MySQLPHPJavaScriptMac OS XJavaDistributed SystemsjQueryStart-upsOOPProgrammingMobile DevicesScalabilityLanguages English · French · Hindi
- Climatebase Cohort 3 — Climatebase
- Introductory Sommelier Course — Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas
- Leading for Creativity - Empowering others to tackle challenges creatively — IDEO U
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- Who is Sumit Chachra?
- Sumit Chachra is CTO and Co-Founder of CapeZero, a climate technology company, and has more than 19 years of professional experience. He previously led Tivix, growing the company from 2 employees in 2010 to over 140 across 6 countries by 2021, before its acquisition in late 2018. His background spans industries including FinTech, healthcare, non-profit and government, and Web3, with client engagements involving organizations such as SolarCity, UNICEF, Sallie Mae, Thermo Fisher, Zoetis, and NATO.
- Where does Sumit Chachra work?
- Sumit Chachra is Technical Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of CapeZero.
- What companies did Sumit Chachra found?
- Sumit Chachra founded CapeZero.
- Where did Sumit Chachra go to school?
- Sumit Chachra studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (B.Tech, Electrical Engineering); University of Arizona (MS, Computer Engineering).
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University of Arizona mafia85
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Omniture mafia6
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Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee114
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Also attended University of Arizona199
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Shared employers
Also worked at Climatebase8
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Also worked at On Deck252
Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of TurpentineLaurenInvestor at MGV.VCSteph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesConor HarbeckChief of Staff @ Dorm Room Fund at Dorm Room
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