Raj Atluru
Managing Partner at Activate Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2017 - Current
Activate Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm investing in the sustainable, resilient transformation of the global economy. Our portfolio companies address climate and important 21st century challenges by accelerating decarbonization and strengthening our shared systems and infrastructure.
Board Member
2022
Altana is a big data platform focused on global trade networks. Using deep machine learning and artificial intelligence, the Altana Atlas provides companies with a single pane of glass view into their networks.
Altana empowers governments, logistics providers, and enterprises with an intelligent, dynamic map of the global supply chain.
Raised $322,000,000.00 from US Innovative Technology Fund, OMERS Ventures, Activate Capital Partners, Generation Investment Management, Salesforce Ventures, Google Ventures, March Capital, Floating Point and Friends & Family Capital.
Board Member & Advisor
2017
Market leading distributed energy resource platform for monetizing assets across building and asset types (storage, thermostats, EV chargers, building control systems, etc).
Voltus provides cash-generating energy products to commercial, institutional, and industrial customers.
Raised $66,100,000.00 from NGP Energy Technology Partners, Prelude Ventures, Ajax Strategies and Activate Capital Partners.
Board Member
2021
Omnidian is changing the way distributed energy resources like solar system are managed for performance.
Board Member
2015
Market leader in financing and operating sustainable technologies globally.
Generate Capital builds, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure to deliver affordable and reliable resource solutions.
Raised $7,127,611,356.00 from QIC, CalSTRS, AustralianSuper, HESTA, AustralianSuper, Wellcome Trust, Railways Pension Scheme, CBRE Investment Management, Aware Super and Harbert Management Corporation.
Board Member
2018
Software platform and operating system for large fleet owners across enterprise, car sharing / flexible leasing and ecommerce.
Board Observer
2018
Market leader in cyber security for operational assets and IoT devices.
Nozomi Networks is a cybersecurity company specializing in operational technology and IoT security for critical infrastructure.
Raised $265,999,996.00 from Energize Capital, Porsche Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Keysight Technologies, Johnson Controls, Triangle Peak Partners, Activate Capital Partners, Mitsubishi Electric, GGV Capital and Schneider Electric.
Board Member
2019
Market leader in on demand warehousing and flexible fulfillment solutions for large enterprises and omni channel retailers.
Flexe delivers omnichannel logistics programs for eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, same-day delivery, and network capacity.
Raised $263,000,000.00 from Tiger Global Management, Redpoint, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Prologis Ventures, Activate Capital Partners, Atacama Ventures and Madrona.
Founder & Managing Director
2011 - 2015
Silver Lake Kraftwerk is a global, growth equity investor in the energy and resource sectors.
Managing Director
2000 - 2011
A leader in early stage venture capital for 30 years. Investors in Baidu, Tesla, Hotmail, SolarCity, EnerNOC, AthenaHealthcare, Skype and many other companies that helped change the world.
Education
BS, MS, MBA
1987 - 1997