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Karthik ChakkarapaniunlockedVeda: together at Keane (2005)
Veda: together at Phaidra
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About
Veda Panneershelvam is a co-founder of Phaidra, where he serves as Chief Technology Officer and sits on the Board of Directors, overseeing technical and research direction and leading the software engineering and research teams. Before Phaidra, he worked at DeepMind on projects including autonomous self-driving technology, AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and Google's data center cooling optimization, and previously held software engineering roles focused on distributed computing at Keane, Sentenial, and Imtech. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from Anna University.
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Board Member at Phaidra
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Phaidra's investors · 15
Ahren Innovation CapitalCambridge, CambridgeshireCharacterMilwaukee · $2M checksCollaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025Cool Climate CollectiveSacramento · $100K – $350K checksEast Valley VenturesSaint JohnFlying Fish VenturesSeattle · $500K – $5M checksIncubate USLos AltosIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2024NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2025Root and Shoot VenturesLos AngelesS32Palo AltoSection 32Palo AltoSony Ventures CorporationTokyoStarshotLos AngelesVela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checks
Co-founders at Phaidra
JG
Jim GaoCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
KH
Katie HoffmanCo-Founder, President, Chief Operating Officer, Board Member
VP
Vedavyas PanneershelvamFounder
Founder at Phaidra
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In turn, Veda can intro founders to Phaidra's investors below.
Phaidra's investors · 15
Ahren Innovation CapitalCambridge, CambridgeshireCharacterMilwaukee · $2M checksCollaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025Cool Climate CollectiveSacramento · $100K – $350K checksEast Valley VenturesSaint JohnFlying Fish VenturesSeattle · $500K – $5M checksIncubate USLos AltosIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2024NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2025Root and Shoot VenturesLos AngelesS32Palo AltoSection 32Palo AltoSony Ventures CorporationTokyoStarshotLos AngelesVela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checks
Co-founders at Phaidra
JG
Jim GaoCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
VP
Veda PanneershelvamCo-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Board Member
KH
Katie HoffmanCo-Founder, President, Chief Operating Officer, Board Member
Experience
- PhaidraCTO & Co-foundercurrent2020 — presentVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- DeepMindStaff Research Engineer2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- DeepMindSenior Software Engineer2016 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- DeepMindSoftware Engineer2013 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
- Universal Music PublishingSenior Software developer2010 — 2013
- Imtech ICT UK LimitedJavaEE Developer2010
- SentenialSoftware Developer2009 — 2010
- KeaneSeenior Software Engineer2005 — 2009
Skills & more
CVSJ2EE2Web Services33REST20Websphere5Spring4Java31Hibernate8JSP1JDBC2Agile3Software Development15
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StrutsXMLServletsEJBTomcatJUnitAntEclipseJBossDesign PatternsWSDLJAXBFrom Veda's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Veda Panneershelvam?
- Veda Panneershelvam is a co-founder of Phaidra, where he serves as Chief Technology Officer and sits on the Board of Directors, overseeing technical and research direction and leading the software engineering and research teams. Before Phaidra, he worked at DeepMind on projects including autonomous self-driving technology, AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and Google's data center cooling optimization, and previously held software engineering roles focused on distributed computing at Keane, Sentenial, and Imtech. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from Anna University.
- Where does Veda Panneershelvam work?
- Veda Panneershelvam is Founder of Phaidra.
- What companies did Veda Panneershelvam found?
- Veda Panneershelvam founded Phaidra.
- Where did Veda Panneershelvam go to school?
- Veda Panneershelvam studied at Anna University Chennai (B.Tech, Information Technology).
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Anna University Chennai mafia32
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Same school
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Shared employers
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Wesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsFrank ChangManaging Partner at Flying Fish VenturesEli Blee-GoldmanCo-Founder and General Partner at CharacterOliver HedauxPrincipal at Ahren Innovation CapitalLudovic CopéréInvestor at Sony Ventures CorporationJeremyFounding Managing Partner at Starshot
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Also worked at DeepMind104
Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindMustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AIAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIArthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AIGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyJeff RoseAdvisor at AI Capital
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Also worked at Universal Music Publishing2
Also worked at Keane27
Karthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalAndrea AmadorCompliance Manager at Inveready Technology Investment GroupCary ConradExecutive in Residence at Gingerbread CapitalSteve PaynePartner at Pegasus Tech VenturesConor McGuinnessPartner at Heartland VenturesJohn KeaneInvestor at Clean Energy Venture
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