T.M. Ravi
InvestorManaging Director at The Hive Β· Managing Director and Co-founder at The Hive Southeast Asia Β· Venture Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners
Palo Alto, California
Writes $1.5M β $3M checks Β· typically $1.8M
About
Co-founder and Managing Director of The Hive, a serial entrepreneur who has started over 25 startups and was founder & CEO of Mimosa Systems, Peakstone Corporation, and Media Blitz. He held marketing leadership roles at Iron Mountain, Computer Associates, and Cheyenne Software, and holds an MS and PhD from UCLA and a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Experience
- Montalvo Arts CenterMember Board of Trusteescurrent2025 β present
- TrustLogixInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- Purgo AIInvestorcurrent2024 β presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- The Hive, LLCFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2012 β presentPalo Alto, CA
- Point Reyes National Seashore Association - PRNSABoard Member2020 β 2025Point Reyes Station, California, United States
- Montalvo Arts CenterBoard Member2014 β 2020
- FogHorn Systems, IncCo-Creator2014 β 2017Palo Alto
- Iron MountainChief Marketing Officer2011
- Iron Mountain DigitalChief Marketing Officer2010
- Mimosa SystemsFounder, President & CEO2003 β 2009
- Peakstone CorporationPresident & CEO1999 β 2002
- Computer AssociatesVice President1996 β 1998
- Cheyenne SoftwareVice President1995 β 1996
- Media Blitz, Inc.President & CEO1993 β 1995
Education
- UCLAPhD, computer science1982 β 1989
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurBTech1977 β 1982
Skills & more
Board LevelEarly Stage InvestmentStart-ups99Big Data99Go-to-market Strategy99Strategy99Security64Business Alliances49Strategic Partnerships78Storage28Analytics40Mobile Devices32
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LeadershipCloud ComputingMessagingSales EnablementBusiness DevelopmentMulti-channel MarketingProfessional ServicesAdvisory BoardsEnterprise SoftwareSenior Executive LeadershipVenture CapitalFraud DetectionFrom T.M.'s professional profile.
Same school
Also attended UCLA374
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur53
HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesAshish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at Audacious
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Shared employers
Also worked at Montalvo Arts Center2
Also worked at TrustLogix4
Also worked at FogHorn Systems, Inc8
Jamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionSumant MandalCo-Founder at The HiveKamesh RaghavendraChief Product Officer at The HiveKen SawyerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Saints CapitalNicholas WheelerInvestor at Bosch Ventures
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Colleagues at The Hive
Alistair Croll
O'Reilly Media & Solve for everything at The Hive
Asha Jadeja
Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation at The Hive
Ashok N. Srivastava
SVP & Chief Data Officer, Intuit at The Hive
Bhaskar Ghosh
Partner & CTO, 8VC at The Hive
Dan Morales
CIO, Universal Music Group at The Hive
Dan Warmenhoven
Former Chairman & CEO, NetApp at The Hive
Dana Moraly
Partner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital Partners
Dhruba Borthakur
Founder & CTO, Rockset at The Hive
Network3
Anil Patel
Venture Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners
Bill Elkus
Managing Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners
David Evans
Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures
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