Venkat Bussa

Experience

1. Aurum Equity PartnersFounder , CEO & General Partnercurrent2023 — presentPleasanton, California, United States
2. Aurum Venture PartnersFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2023 — present
3. VU Capital PartnersGeneral Partner2022 — 2023Pleasanton, California, United States
4. VU Venture PartnersPartner2020 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
5. VU Venture PartnersPartner2020 — 2022
6. Centerra Solutions Inc.Founder & CEO2016 — 2022Milpitas, California, USA.
7. CiscoThought Leadership: Marketing, Software Engineering, Customer Experience2000 — 2013San Jose, CA
8. TechNova Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.Product Management1997 — 1998Greater Hyderabad Area

Education

1. Harvard UniversityAlternative Investments2020
2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Program - MAQ 17, Mergers and Acquistions2017
3. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessVenture Capital Executive Program, Venture Capital2015
4. College of Engineering - OsmanabadBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering
5. University of PhoenixMaster of Business Administration (MBA)

Skills & more

Languages English

From Venkat's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,173

ALAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalCDChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSTSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDRDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLSLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRIRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

RBRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPFPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSJSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDSDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKBKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)HWHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489

MFMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRMRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)YNYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZTZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHHariFellow at Clear VenturesDDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Also attended University of Phoenix22

EEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesESEric SerranoDirector of Technology at GreycroftMJMichael JenCCO at K5 GlobalTDTom DoughertySmarter Technologies at Empactful CapitalJSJD SheldonPrincipal at Metropolitan PartnersSSShohei SakazakiRepresentative at Trans-it Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Aurum Equity Partners2

SNSyed Natif NawazInvestor at Aurum Venture PartnersSSalvinaResearch Analyst at Aurum Venture Partners

Also worked at VU Venture Partners49

FDFarah DaouPrincipal at Moonshots CapitalWLWilliam LeonardInvestor at Valor VenturesBJBrija JohnsonProgram Director at UCLA VenturesJSJ. Skyler FernandesCo-Founder & General Partner - Global at VU Venture PartnersAZAndrew ZalasinGeneral Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture PartnersAJAakash JainPartner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

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Also worked at Cisco249

CBCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMVMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWXWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneCRClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

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