Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri
InvestorFounder & Managing Director at Neotribe Ventures · Board director at Metrika
Menlo Park, California, United States
Writes $250K – $2M checks
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×2Swaroop: together at Fortanix
About
Kittu Kolluri, former NEA GP and WebMD co‑founder, guides CEOs through inflection points and makes early high‑conviction bets on technical companies; he led the BillionToOne investment that went public.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- s•••@neotribe.vcreveal75% confident
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechRobotics
Board director at Metrika
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Metrika's investors · 6
Co-founders at Metrika
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Nikolaos AdrikogiannopoulosExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Neotribe VenturesFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2017 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- GradyMember Board of DIrectorscurrent2026 — present
- Ventaris SurgicalInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- PearlMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- metalenzMember Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- MetrikaMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — presentUnited States
- Aira TechnologiesMember Board Of Directorscurrent2020 — presentUnited States
- Auditoria.AIMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BillionToOneBoard Of Directorscurrent2019 — present
- Theta LakeBoard Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
- Empirico Inc.Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
- ClimateAIBoard Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
- SpinLaunchInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- VimaanMember Board of Directorscurrent2017 — present
- FortanixMember Board Of Directorscurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WyebotInvestorcurrent2016 — presentGreater Boston Area
- VendiaBoard Of Directors2020 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- FortifyInvestor2017 — 2026Greater Boston Area
- ThirdAI Corp.Member Board Of Directors2021 — 2025United States
- PlexiumBoard Observer2019 — 2025San Diego Metropolitan Area
- Correlia BiosystemsMember Board Of Directors2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- KeeboInvestor2020 — 2023
- StepZenMember Board Of Directors2020 — 2023United States
- Pluribus NetworksBoard of Directors2011 — 2022
- InfiotMember Board Of Directors2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Energy Vault SABoard Of Directors2018 — 2022
- Heliogen Inc.Board Of Directors2018 — 2021
- ClearMotionMember of the Board of Directors2014 — 2021
- CipherTraceInvestor2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- KoopidInvestor2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Aerospike, Inc.Board of Directors2014 — 2020
- Passage AIInvestor2016 — 2020
- Quiet SignalInvestor2016 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- OANDAChairman of the Board of Directors2007 — 2018
- Paysa IncInvestor2015 — 2018
- Indo-US VenturesMember Board of Advisors2006 — 2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- VeloCloudBoard of Directors2013 — 2017
- CyenceMember Board Of Directors2014 — 2017
- Kemvi (acquired by HubSpot)Investor2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- SpringPathBoard of Directors2012 — 2017
Skills & more
Leadership45Management15Strategy92SaaS41Enterprise Software42Software as a Service (SaaS)8Product Management37Start-ups99Cloud Computing28Venture Capital76Entrepreneurship99Distributed Systems6
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Go-to-market StrategyBusiness AlliancesScalabilityStrategic PartnershipsAnalyticsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipCorporate DevelopmentBig DataSecurityMobile DevicesLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil · Telugu
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Deals · 2
FortanixBoard seat
via Neotribe Ventures · filed Aug 2022 · $89.8M raise
MetrikaBoard seat
via Neotribe Ventures · filed Jul 2021 · $17.7M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Neotribe Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri?
- Kittu Kolluri, former NEA GP and WebMD co‑founder, guides CEOs through inflection points and makes early high‑conviction bets on technical companies; he led the BillionToOne investment that went public.
- Where does Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri work?
- Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri is Founder & Managing Director at Neotribe Ventures and Board director at Metrika.
- What does Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri invest in?
- Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Robotics.
- What check size does Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri write?
- Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
- What boards does Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri sit on?
- Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri holds tracked board seats at Auditoria, Fortanix, Metrika, Vendia.
- Where did Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri go to school?
- Swaroop 'Kittu' Kolluri studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering); University at Buffalo (M.S., Operations Research).
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras201
Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalHanyang WangDirector at Qualcomm VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC
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Also attended University at Buffalo106
Ariel LebowitsCFO at FJ LabsRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla VenturesMichael TaylorOperating Partner at Mission BiocapitalLinda SinghInvestor at Golden SeedsBrian KangCo-Founder & Managing Director at Nautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcKenneth K ThomasPrincipal at Backfuture Ventures, Llc
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