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Vivek Gopalan

Investor

Principal at 8VC

San Francisco, California

Writes $3M – $30M checks · typically $16.5M

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134 people in our graph share verified history with Vivek — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Coen ArmstrongunlockedVivek: together at 8VC (2022–2024)
×9Vivek: together at 8VC
×2Vivek: together at Yugabyte

About

Vivek Gopalan is on 8VC's investment team, focusing on data & software infrastructure and horizontal B2B SaaS, and also works on the Build program incubating companies. He previously was a software engineer on the core database group at Yugabyte and worked on ML pipelines at Bloomberg, and studied Computer Science and Statistics & Data Science at Yale.

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Invests in

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. 8VCHead of Post-Trainingcurrent2020 — present
  2. YugabyteSoftware Engineer2020
  3. Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineer2019New York
  4. Yale UniversitySummer Research Intern2018New Haven, Connecticut
  5. Transpo GroupEngineering Intern2016 — 2017

Skills & more

Leadership8Public Speaking5Management6Physics1Computer Science1Strategic PlanningProject ManagementMicrosoft Office2PythonJavaC1Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
+3 moreCritical ThinkingRacketHCDE

Languages English · Spanish · Tamil

  • IB Diploma — International Baccalaureate

From Vivek's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

Yugabyte

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at 8VC

Adrienne Alexander
Operations at 8VC
Aidan Pratt
Founder at Autostep
Alex Kolicich
Investment Team at 8VC
Alex McLane
Investment Team at 8VC
Alex Moore
Investment Team at 8VC
Arthur James
Advisor at 8VC
Arun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Quartet, Accretive, The World Bank, McKinsey at AIF
Asanka Jayasuriya
Portfolio Support at 8VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vivek Gopalan?
Vivek Gopalan is on 8VC's investment team, focusing on data & software infrastructure and horizontal B2B SaaS, and also works on the Build program incubating companies. He previously was a software engineer on the core database group at Yugabyte and worked on ML pipelines at Bloomberg, and studied Computer Science and Statistics & Data Science at Yale.
Where does Vivek Gopalan work?
Vivek Gopalan is Principal at 8VC.
What does Vivek Gopalan invest in?
Vivek Gopalan invests in Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What check size does Vivek Gopalan write?
Vivek Gopalan typically writes checks of $3M – $30M.
What companies has Vivek Gopalan invested in?
Investments tracked here include Yugabyte.
Where did Vivek Gopalan go to school?
Vivek Gopalan studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Interlake High School.

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