Where does Vivek Vaidya work?

Vivek Vaidya is Founder of Kana and Founding General Partner at super{set} and Board director at Habu.

Where did Vivek Vaidya go to school?

Vivek Vaidya studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (M Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science); University of Denver (MS, Computer Science).

Vivek Vaidya

InvestorFounder

Founding General Partner at super{set} · Founder at Kana · Board director at Habu

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKana

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

Job SimonunlockedVivek: together at Salesforce (2016–2017)

Vivek: together at Krux Digital

×2Vivek: together at Salesforce

×5Vivek: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

About

Founding GP at super{set} who discusses how the studio builds AI-native enterprise companies by pairing capital with hands-on company building and focusing on proprietary data as a moat.

Founder at Kana

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Kana's investors · 1

Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checks

Board director at Habu

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Habu's investors · 7

Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2021 Ridge VenturesSan Francisco · $2M – $7M checks · since 2021 Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021 super{set}San Francisco · since 2021 SupersetSan Francisco · since 2021 Ulu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checks · since 2021 WingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Habu

MATT M. KILMARTINExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

KanaCo-Founder/CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
super{set} startup studioCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Plaksha UniversityCo-Founder & Board Membercurrent2019 — present
Upwardly GlobalMember, Board of Directors2019 — 2022
SalesforceSVP Engineering and CTO, Salesforce Marketing Cloud2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
SalesforceCTO and SVP Engineering, Salesforce DMP2016 — 2017San Francisco, CA
Krux DigitalFounder & CTO2009 — 2016
Microsoft CorporationGroup Program Manager2008 — 2009
Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)Chief Technology Officer2006 — 2008
Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)Senior Architect2005 — 2006
Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)Architect2003 — 2005
Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)Senior Software Engineer2001 — 2003
Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)Software Engineer1999 — 2001
Imparto Software CorpSoftware Engineer1998 — 1999
Parsec Technologies, Pvt. Ltd.Software Engineer1994 — 1996

Skills & more

Product Development8Advertising8Hadoop11Analytics20MobileCloud Computing11Distributed Systems23Software Development6Software Engineering3Python2Data Mining2SaaS11

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Enterprise SoftwareBig DataScalabilityWeb ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesFunAd ServingStrategic PartnershipsMobile DevicesGeneral AwesomenessAwesomeness

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Colleagues at super{set}

Adrien Le Gouvello

Partner at super{set}

Capri Wheaton

Founder at Dressd

Deirdre Mahon

VP Marketing at super{set}

Eric Sonsino

Controller at super{set}

Ila Sharma

Global People Architect at super{set}

Jeremy Klein

General Partner at super{set}

Jon Suarez-Davis

Investor at super{set}

Omar Tawakol

Founder, Voicea at Decibel Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vivek Vaidya?: Founding GP at super{set} who discusses how the studio builds AI-native enterprise companies by pairing capital with hands-on company building and focusing on proprietary data as a moat.
Where does Vivek Vaidya work?: Vivek Vaidya is Founder of Kana and Founding General Partner at super{set} and Board director at Habu.
What companies did Vivek Vaidya found?: Vivek Vaidya founded Kana.
Where did Vivek Vaidya go to school?: Vivek Vaidya studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (M Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science); University of Denver (MS, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Salesforce mafia175

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alexander BruehlCo-Investor ⇨ ContentfulFounded Contentful +6 Andre Esteva, PhDHead of Medical AIFounded Cresta +2 Eric TobiasVice President, ProductFounded Opendate +1 John DillonCEOFounded Hyperion Solutions +1 Tal BrownProduct ManagerFounded Zone7 Technologies Inc. +1 Richard SocherChief Scientist, EVPFounded Aixventures +1

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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi mafia174

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Deepinder GoyalFounded Zomato Binny BansalBachelorsFounded Flipkart Arvind JainBTechFounded Glean +2 Jyoti BansalBachelor of TechnologyFounded Unusual +4 Rajul GargB TechFounded Leo +4 Amar SawhneyB. Tech.Founded Access Closure +2

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University of Denver mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Roberta LeãoBachelor’s DegreeFounded Layer1Agriculture +1 Shelley PerryM.S.Founded Bynder Brian SlossBS Molecular BiologyFounded disclosures.io AyJay LasaterMaster of Science (MS)Founded Albedo Isaac PhillipsBachelor of Business Administration (BBA)Founded Siglo Daniel FarrellBachelor of Science - BSFounded Onlook

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super{set} mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tom ChavezGeneral PartnerFounded Checksum AI +1 Omar TawakolGeneral PartnerFounded Rembrand Capri WheatonInvestment and Operations LeadFounded Dressd Maxwell AndersonFounder in ResidenceFounded Ketch Kloud

Habu mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tom ChavezDirectorFounded Checksum AI +1

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi263

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at Mayfield Deepinder GoyalCo-founder & CEO of Zomato Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Arvind JainFounder & CEO of Glean Ashu GargInvestor at Foundation Capital Neeraj AroraAll things business at WhatsApp; formerly M&A lead at Google for Local, Social and Mobile

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Also attended University of Denver63

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive Capital Isabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at Heavybit Riley PowersSenior Accountant at Congruent Ventures Arnold WhitmanManaging Director at Generator Ventures Armando AlvarezFinance Manager at Westlake Village BioPartners Kelci JonesMarketing/Investor Relations at Varana

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Shared employers

Also worked at Plaksha University7

Alexander Fred-OjalaInvestor at EQT Ventures Ruchir GoduraEnterprise SaaS & GTM Architect at SenseAI Ventures Harish BahlFounder CEO/Chairman at Smile Group Rajesh SawhneyInvestor at GSF Shaurya SighadiaInvestor at Capital2B Ritesh MalikFounder at Innov8

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Also worked at Salesforce350

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront Ventures Marc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of Salesforce Parker HarrisCo-founder of Salesforce Viviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista Capital Wesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures

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Also worked at Krux Digital10

HowardAdvisor at Clear Ventures Alexander RosenManaging Partner at Ridge Ventures Mike GalgonChief Executive Officer at Global Partnerships Tom ChavezInvestor at super{set}Maggie FinchInvestor at Ascend Venture Capital Alastair BulgerFounder at Sikoia

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Also worked at Microsoft Corporation1,848

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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