Rajiv Bala
General Partner at Clutch Investor
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2022 - Current
As co-founder and General Partner at Clutch VC, I have been investing in and supporting Texas entrepreneurs for over 15 years. We invest in B2B software companies in Texas at the earliest stages with $500k to $2M checks.
Pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm focused on Texas companies
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2023
DigitalEx provides an AI-based Hybrid Cloud Optimization Platform
Raised $2,000,000.00 from Service Provider Capital, Amplify.LA, Comeback Capital, Clutch VC and Knoll Ventures.
Board Member
2020
ConverseNow develops a personalized and natural two-way conversation platform for the restaurant ordering experience.
Raised $28,250,000.00 from Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Moneta Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Bala Investments, Ashish Gupta, LiveOak Ventures, Bridge Investments, Knoll Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners and Fred Castellucci.
Board Member
2019
Debt collection for cloud accounting
Raised $1,000,000.00 from Bala Investments, Long View Equity, Alamo Angels and Capital Factory.
Investor
2018
Allstacks develops a software engineering intelligence platform to predict forecasting and risk management.
Raised $25,320,000.00 from Ron Pragides, Triangle Tweener Fund, First Rays Venture Partners, S3 Ventures, Clutch VC, Quadri Ventures, Companyon Ventures, Creative Co Capital, Hyperplane and M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund.
Managing Director
2018 - 2021
Board Member
2015 - 2021
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is a nonprofit that provides literacy and employment.
Board Member
2017 - 2018
Board Member
2016 - 2018
OutboundEngine is super simple marketing software combined with a team of experts who make it work for you.
Raised $48,100,000.00 from S3 Ventures, Harmony Partners, Alerion Ventures, Silverton Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners, Capital Factory, Silverton Partners, Harmony Partners and Altos Ventures.