Adina Tecklu

Adina Tecklu

Investor atKhosla VenturesFirm active Oct 8California

Adina Tecklu is a Partner at Khosla Ventures investing in early-stage software, AI, and fintech. She previously built Canaan's seed practice and worked at Zenefits and Oracle.

What Adina can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
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Khosla Ventures writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Oracle · enterprise sales
  2. Zenefits · early employee
  3. Canaan · built seed investing practice
  4. Khosla Ventures · Partner
    Now
  5. Canaan Partners · Investor & Co-Founder of Canaan Beta
  6. Khosla Ventures · Principal
    Now

Companies founded

Canaan Beta

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

softwareaifintechapplication layer softwareconsumer-oriented businessesearly-stage software

Education

Stanford University, BS in Management Science and Engineering

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Who is Adina Tecklu?

Adina Tecklu is a Partner at Khosla Ventures investing in early-stage software, AI, and fintech. She previously built Canaan's seed practice and worked at Zenefits and Oracle.

How much does Adina Tecklu invest?

Adina Tecklu invests through Khosla Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Adina Tecklu?

A warm intro from a founder Khosla Ventures backed works best.

What did Adina Tecklu do before Khosla Ventures?

enterprise sales at Oracle; early employee at Zenefits; built seed investing practice at Canaan; Investor & Co-Founder of Canaan Beta at Canaan Partners.

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