Anand Rajaraman
Founding Partner at rocketship.vc
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2015 - Current
Pioneering a new approach to Venture Capital using Big Data and algorithms.
Rocketship.vc is an early-stage venture fund investing in companies through data science.
Founding Partner
2013
Investing in companies applying deep technology to solve important problems.
Founding partner
2000 - 2015
Portfolio includes: Aster Data Systems (acquired by Teradata); Kosmix (acquired by Walmart); Neoteris (acquired by JNPR); Kaltix (acquired by GOOG); Transformic (acquired by GOOG); Webaroo (now SMS GupShup); Efficient Frontier; TheFind
SVP, Global eCommerce
2011 - 2012
Head up @WalmartLabs, focusing on the intersection of social, mobile, and retail.
Walmart is a retail corporation that operates several chains of supermarkets, discount stores, and e-commerce platforms.
Raised $5,000,000,000.00.
Founder & Chairman
2005 - 2011
Board of Directors
2005 - 2011
Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Founding Investor, Board of Directors
2008 - 2011
Director of Technology
1998 - 2000
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
Founder
1996 - 1998
Acquired by Amazon.com in 1998.