Preetha Parthasarathy

Investments, Corporate Development

2021 - Current

Funding insights, POV/thesis and investments + AI Foundational model/LLM investments + Bolt Series D

Partner, SAP.iO fund

2018 - 2020

Funding insights, POV/thesis and investments + Jina AI Seed+ + Hasura Series A + Crosschq Seed+ + Deepgram Series A + Cloud App Seed+ + Disco Seed (acquired by Culture Amp) + Zippin Seed+

Investment Director at Intel Capital

2016 - 2018

Lead for AI/deep learning investments at the edge(Movidius) + Xnor.ai partnership (acq. by Apple) + Traceup Series A + Partnered on Aeye Series A

Sr. Manager, Sandisk Ventures & Corporate Development

2014 - 2016

Source and lead new investments Connected home strategy/partnerships M&A - Deal lead - Carve-out and spin off of NexGen inc from SanDisk Deal team - Western Digital's $19B acquisition of SanDisk

Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager

2013 - 2014

Strategic alliances with ecosystem partners Business/investment analysis for new growth opportunities

Sr. Manager, AMD Ventures

2012 - 2013

* Led investments in - + Aviary - Series B+ (acquired by Adobe) +Tango - Series C+ * Manage AMD's investment portfolio.(BlueStacks, Aviary, InContext, Ciinow, EyeSight)

Chief of Staff to CMO

2011 - 2011

Manager Corporate Development

2010 - 2011

Product Manager

2009 - 2009

* Conducted market research to determine market requirements for the next generation of low power platforms and presented it to the client business unit leads. This was used as a key input in product planning.

Design Unit Lead

2007 - 2008

* Managed all aspects of the instruction decoder unit for a next generation low power microprocessor (Saltwell microarchitecture) and documented the high level architectural specification changes, which served as a design reference for other teams on the project. * Analyzed new performance features for the microprocessor and successfully designed and implemented them. * Chaired the Women at Intel organization at the Austin site.

Sr. Logic Design Engineer

2005 - 2007

* Led a taskforce to come up with design guidelines which were adopted by all teams on the project. This resulted in design consistency across the entire chip. * Designed, managed and delivered 7 design blocks on the Intel Atom microprocessor(Bonnell microarchitecture). Atom generated $1.4B in revenue for Intel in 2009 through sale of microprocessors and associated chipsets. * Analyzed design errors across all teams after project completion and compiled errata for future microprocessor product releases.