Arun Penmetsa
Early Stage Enterprise Investor
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2014 - Current
Storm Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on building enterprise leaders. I lead early-stage investments in enterprise software companies with a focus on SaaS, CyberSecurity and Digital Health. Previously, I built enterprise software products at Oracle and Google.
Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Investor / Board Member
2022
Zero Trust Isolation Platform that confines ransomware to a single device.
Raised $13,400,000.00 from Engineering Capital, Cervin Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Storm Ventures, Robert Tinker, Josh Leslie, Anuj Kapur and Manoj Apte.
Investor
2022
Investor / Board Member
2021
Investor
2021
Avoma is the all-in-one AI Meeting Assistant for working remotely.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Global Founders Capital, K9 Ventures, Headline, Operator Partners, Zoom Apps Fund, Industry Ventures, Dragon Capital, Storm Ventures and Twin Ventures.
Investor / Board Observer
2021
Motivo uses advanced analytics and AI to help fabless design companies.
Raised $20,531,861.00 from Inventus Capital Partners, Storm Ventures, Intel Capital and Seraph Group.
Investor / Board Member
2021
Carta Healthcare empowers hospitals to personalize the delivery of care to the individual needs of each patient.
Raised $42,300,000.00 from Memorial Hermann Foundation, UnityPoint Health, Mass General Brigham, The CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, Maverick Ventures, Storm Ventures, Asset Management Ventures (AMV), Frist Cressey Ventures, Paramark Ventures and American College of Cardiology.
Investor
2020
Krisp is a communication platform the enhances voice-based communication. The first product removes background noise across any platform or application
Krisp’s mission is to maximize the productivity of every digital voice conversation and help businesses achieve better business outcomes.
Raised $17,500,000.00 from TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Storm Ventures, s16vc, CM Ventures, RTP Global, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, CM Ventures, HIVE Ventures, Storm Ventures and Sierra Ventures.
Investor / Board Member
2020
Qualio is a modern quality management software (QMS) that brings your products to the market faster. Designed for life sciences companies (medical device, pharma, biotech, and contract organizations) who develop, produce, and distribute life-saving products and services.
Qualio is a quality management system helping life sciences companies bring quality products to the market.
Raised $66,117,233.00 from MHS Capital, Sorenson Capital, Frontline Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Storm Ventures, Tiger Global Management and Operator Partners.
Investor / Board Member
2019
Talview provides the fastest and most efficient way for an organization to hire talent through its InstaHiring platform. Enterprises like Amazon, Deloitte, and Unicef rely on Talview to manage their global recruiting.
Talview offers a recruiting automation and education tech platform that enables schools to remotely screen, interview, and test students.
Raised $21,795,678.00 from Emergent Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Eileses Capital and Storm Ventures.