Vishy Venugopalan
Managing Partner at Weave Growth Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Investing in profitable, tech-enabled business services and vertical market software. Value creation through better use of data, automation, digital transformation and growth playbooks.
Weave is a private investment firm.
Senior Vice President, Global Venture Investing
2016 - 2020
* Early- and growth-stage venture capital investment specialist. Deal sourcing, execution and portfolio company board observer. * Driving customer / partner relationships with Citi business units and Citi clients to connect them with portfolio companies and other relevant startups. * Investments sourced/involved with: Skan, Anvil, Flybits, Anaconda, Kinetica, DataRobot, Unbound Security * Additionally, observer for existing investments Datameer, Pepperdata, DB CyberTech & Ayasdi * Areas of focus--enterprise software: machine learning, artificial intelligence, Big Data, analytics, cybersecurity, cloud, enterprise software
Co-founder & VP, Product
2013 - 2016
* Chatbot platform for customer service, aimed at retailers looking to bridge the omnichannel customer experience. * Conceptualized idea based on Wharton research, led product development and sales operations. * Raised angel funding, and led an inside sales effort. Part of the Microsoft Ventures accelerator based out of Bangalore.
Associate (Part Time)
2012 - 2012
Created investment theses and sourced early-stage deals in the market segment of Big Data analytics.
BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.
Associate
2009 - 2011
* Sourced deals in enterprise software, with emphasis on virtualization, cloud computing, Big Data and mobile applications; deal structuring and due diligence on potential investments; supporting portfolio companies with special projects. * Executed four financing transactions. Three -- VKernel, Viewfinity, Symform -- have exited. The fourth, Nuodb, is still active.
Longworth Venture Partners is a Boston-based VC investing in early-stage technology companies.
Advisor
2008 - 2011
Helped founding team think through product and fundraising strategy
Enterprise Software Analyst
2007 - 2008
* Conducted briefings with executives of technology vendors and produced written competitive intelligence about the enterprise software industry for a senior executive audience, consisting of vendors, technology early adopters, venture capitalists and investment bankers. * Quoted extensively in the IT trade press as an expert in software development.
451 Research is an information technology research and advisory company providing essential insight for the pioneers of the digital economy.
IT Associate
2004 - 2006
Advising application development groups in Morgan Stanley's multibillion dollar institutional business with regard to technology choices and best practices for enterprise development. Started a periodical technology newsletter for a community of 700 engineers. It received all-round praise and has since been expanded into more technology areas. Specified and implemented a proprietary, infoset-compliant binary XML format to improve efficiency of the messaging stack. Received 18 weeks of technical training, including Unix, C++, Java and Perl.
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.