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Vin Sachidananda

Investor

Partner at Radical Ventures

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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About

Vin Sachidananda is a Partner at Radical Ventures, working across the firm's Early and Growth practices and investing in Pre-seed through Series D companies focused on AI, Deeptech, Apps, and Infrastructure. He previously was a Partner at Two Sigma Ventures, where he led investment strategies across AI, Deeptech, and Infrastructure. His technical background includes an NLP PhD from Stanford, research on LLMs and Transformers, and Research Scientist roles at Google, Apple, and Amazon. Earlier in his career he was a founding engineer at MIT and Stanford spinouts including Celect (acquired by Nike) and Clockwork.io.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Beyond investing

Founded
Was a founding engineer at Celect, an MIT spinout acquired by Nike. Was a founding engineer at Clockwork.io, a Stanford spinout.
Education
Earned an NLP PhD from Stanford.
Awards
Authored papers in top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) and NLP conferences (ACL, EMNLP).
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Researched LLMs and Transformers since their inception and their precursors before that.

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Experience

  1. Radical VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
  2. EtchedSeries A, B, and C Investorcurrent2024 — present
  3. DecartBoard Observer and Series B Investorcurrent2026 — present
  4. Inception LabsPre-seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  5. ZeromatterBoard Observer and Series Seed, A, and B Investorcurrent2023 — present
  6. Iambic TherapeuticsSeries B Investorcurrent2024 — present
  7. SDF LabsSeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
  8. Two Sigma VenturesPartner2023 — 2025New York, NY
  9. Stanford UniversityGraduate Researcher2016 — 2022Stanford, California, United States
  10. Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2021Stanford, California, United States
  11. AppleResearch Scientist (LLMs/Speech Transformers)2021Cupertino, California, United States
  12. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Applied Scientist (LLMs)2020 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  13. Clockwork Systems, Inc.Founding Engineer2019Palo Alto, California, United States
  14. GoogleResearch Scientist (Language Models)2018Mountain View, California, United States
  15. Uncork CapitalAI Investments2018San Francisco, California, United States
  16. GoogleResearch Scientist (Cloud Optimization)2017Mountain View, California, United States
  17. Celect, Inc.Founding Lead Engineer2013 — 2016Cambridge, MA
  18. Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2012New York, New York, United States
  19. University of MarylandTeaching Fellow2011 — 2012College Park, Maryland, United States
  20. NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterProduct Manager2009 — 2011Greenbelt, MD
  21. NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterData Scientist (Climate Prediction)2008 — 2009Greenbelt, MD

Skills & more

Strategy4Analysis2Entrepreneurship12Early-stage Startups9Python21Statistical Modeling10iOS development5Product Innovation5Software Engineering3Six Sigma4Start-ups3Statistics2
+12 moreProgrammingAnalyticsData AnalysisSoftware ImplementationUser Interface DesignAndroid DevelopmentQuality ManagementMatlabJavaScriptJavaMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

From Vin's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

CerbyDistributionalEtchedFreestyleIambic TherapeuticsInception LabsNullifyObjectiveObjective (acq. Upwork - UPWK)OktetoSDFSDF (acq. dbt Labs)Zeromatter

Sources: the firm's website · the investor's own website.

Colleagues at Radical Ventures

Aaron Brindle
Partner, Public Affairs at Radical Ventures
Aaron Rosenberg
Partner at Radical Ventures
Andrew Dempsey
Partner and Head of Capital Formation at Borderless Venture
Andy Bredar
Investor at Radical Ventures
Anna Howley
Executive Assistant & Office Manager at Radical Ventures
Anuj Karwa
Manager, Finance at Radical Ventures
Arrika He
Senior Associate, Finance at Radical Ventures
Barney Pell
Venture Partner at Radical Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vin Sachidananda?
Vin Sachidananda is a Partner at Radical Ventures, working across the firm's Early and Growth practices and investing in Pre-seed through Series D companies focused on AI, Deeptech, Apps, and Infrastructure. He previously was a Partner at Two Sigma Ventures, where he led investment strategies across AI, Deeptech, and Infrastructure. His technical background includes an NLP PhD from Stanford, research on LLMs and Transformers, and Research Scientist roles at Google, Apple, and Amazon. Earlier in his career he was a founding engineer at MIT and Stanford spinouts including Celect (acquired by Nike) and Clockwork.io.
Where does Vin Sachidananda work?
Vin Sachidananda is Partner at Radical Ventures.
What does Vin Sachidananda invest in?
Vin Sachidananda invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What companies has Vin Sachidananda invested in?
Investments tracked here include Cerby, Distributional, Etched, Freestyle, Iambic Therapeutics, Inception Labs, Nullify, Objective, Objective (acq. Upwork - UPWK), Okteto, SDF, SDF (acq. dbt Labs), and 1 more.
Where did Vin Sachidananda go to school?
Vin Sachidananda studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering); University of Maryland (Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with Honors, Mechanical Engineering).
What awards has Vin Sachidananda received?
Authored papers in top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) and NLP conferences (ACL, EMNLP).

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Also attended University of Maryland479

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Also attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School2

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Shared employers

Also worked at Decart12

Georgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesDean MeyerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalGal GitterPartner at Alpha PartnersJohn HealySenior Associate at BPOCVictor LazarteGeneral Partner at BenchmarkDavid KwonPartner at Abstract Ventures

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Also worked at Inception Labs3

Irving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundMei Z.General Partner at Alloy FundTim TullyPartner at Menlo Ventures

Also worked at Two Sigma Ventures9

Dan AbelonPartner at Two Sigma VenturesDusan PerovicPartner at Two Sigma VenturesFrances SchwiepPartner at Two Sigma VenturesVilli ItchevManaging Director at Two Sigma VenturesMatt JacobusVenture Partner at Two Sigma VenturesEdward SchmidtManaging Director at Two Sigma Ventures

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Also worked at Apple787

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation

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