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Vidya Raman

Investor

Partner at Sorenson Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $3M – $5M checks · typically $4M

About

Vidya Raman is a Managing Partner at FirstByte Ventures focused on early-stage investing. She previously held product leadership roles at Cloudera, where she managed the AI platform division, and at companies including eMeter (acquired by Siemens), Silver Spring Networks (IPO exit), and Medtronic, with experience spanning telecom, healthcare, energy, and IoT sectors.

Experience

  1. FirstByte VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Founder to FortunePodcast Hostcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Sorenson CapitalPartner2019 — 2025Menlo Park, CA
  4. ClouderaDirector of Product Management2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
  5. eMeter CorporationDirector Product Management2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Silver Spring NetworksSenior Product Manager2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Career PlanCo-Founder2011San Francisco Bay Area
  8. MedtronicProduct Management2007 — 2009Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Duke University - The Fuqua School of BusinessMBA
  2. University of Alabama at BirminghamMS, Biomedical Engineering
  3. Bangalore UniversityBS, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Skills & more

Investments1Product Management36Product Marketing13Product Development9Competitive Analysis6Market Research2Start-ups14Business Development2Software Development6Marketing4Requirements Analysis4Cloud Computing4
+12 moreQuality AssuranceAnalyticsProgram ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTestingSellingNetworkingStrategic PartnershipsStrategyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEntrepreneurship

Languages Hindi · Kannada · Malayalam · Tamil

From Vidya's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Garden TechnologiesBoard seat

via Sorenson Ventures · filed Mar 2022 · $15.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Sorenson Ventures

Anthony Aroni
Controller at Sorenson Ventures
Audrey Stine
Executive Assistant at Sorenson Ventures
Bert Roberts
Partner, Head of Investor Relations at Sorenson Ventures
Brady Broadbent
Partner at Sorenson Ventures
Burke Davis
Partner at Sorenson Ventures
Chris Hulme
Senior Associate at Sorenson Ventures
Eric Hilton
Partner at Sorenson Ventures
Erin Halbrecht
Head of Marketing, Platform, & Operations at Sorenson Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Vidya Raman work?
Vidya Raman is Partner at Sorenson Ventures.
What check size does Vidya Raman write?
Vidya Raman typically writes checks of $3M – $5M.

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