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Ravi Dronamraju

Founder of Dhruva Fund

Naperville, Illinois

Overview 

Ravi Dronamraju is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Dhruva Fund, specializing in asset management and investment strategies. With a background in software engineering and leadership roles at companies like Yahoo! and Everytrail.com, Ravi brings a unique blend of technical expertise and financial acumen to his current position, where he focuses on investing in a variety of sectors including AI, SaaS, and ClimateTech/CleanTech in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2023 - Current

    - develop and review fiscal procedures and oversee the Organization's overall fundraising efforts. - Support the Organization in setting the direction for the mission and vision

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  • Angel Investor

    2023

    The Chicago Booth Angels Network of Chicago (CBAN Chicago) is a nonprofit, affinity organization founded and run by alumni of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Founded in 2019, Chicago Booth Angels of Chicago is part of the global Chicago Booth Angels Network.

  • Investment Committee

    2022

  • Founder / Chief Investment Officer

    2016

    Dhruva Fund is a long term, value-oriented, equity fund that invests primarily in long equity positions, with the strategic use of short positions, margin leverage, and options trading.

  • Co Founder

    2010 - 2013

  • VP Engineering

    2008 - 2009

  • VP Engineering

    2008 - 2008

  • Sr Engineering Mgr

    1996 - 2006

    I have worked on y! finance for 3 years (1997-2000). I have been managing the engineering team for Yahoo! Autos since 2000.Since may 2005, I took on new responsibility, being the founding engineer and manager for yahoo! search hacks/edison team. Our team's output include web apis, JS framework, Yahoo! maps ajax api, and couple of demos for new technology. I have been with y! for nearly <strike>7</strike> 9 years and i have learnt a great deal about scalable internet technology solutions to complex business problems. Always looking to learn more. Recently, i have been heading up a web2.0ish team learning more about what it means to be a next generation company. Interestingly, these lessons resonate with the things i learnt during early days of yahoo.

Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.

  • Software Engineer

    1995 - 1996

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