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Anand Rajaraman

Anand Rajaraman

Partner atRocketship.vcSilicon Valley
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Anand Rajaraman is a Founding Partner at Rocketship.vc. He co-founded several companies, including Kosmix and Junglee, and has made early investments in Facebook and other tech firms.

What Anand can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Rocketship.vc writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Rocketship.vc.

Career

  1. Junglee · Chief Technology Officer
    1996-1998
  2. Kosmix
    2011
  3. Walmart Global eCommerce · Senior Vice President
  4. Cambrian Ventures · Founding Partner
  5. Rocketship.vc · Founding Partner
    Now
  6. Amazon
  7. WalmartLabs
  8. Rocketship.vc · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

KosmixJungleeRocketship.vcCambrian Ventures

Investments named in public bios

FacebookLyftAster Data SystemsEfficient FrontierNeoterisTransformicKaltixAppNexusHighTailAster Data

Focus

semantic searchsocial mediae-commercebig dataventure capitalMachine Learning

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and EngineeringStanford University, PhD in Computer Science

Also at Rocketship.vc

Madhu Shalini Iyer
Madhu Shalini IyerManaging Partner
Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Sailesh RamakrishnanManaging Partner
Venky Harinarayan
Venky HarinarayanPartner
Wang Lam
Wang LamPartner
Shivam Patel
Shivam PatelInvestor

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Eric Chin
Eric ChinPartner and Alpha Founder, Crosslink Capital
Amy Fu
Amy FuPartner, First Round Capital
Brett GibsonManaging Partner, Initialized Capital

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Questions

Who is Anand Rajaraman?

Anand Rajaraman is a Founding Partner at Rocketship.vc. He co-founded several companies, including Kosmix and Junglee, and has made early investments in Facebook and other tech firms.

How much does Anand Rajaraman invest?

Anand Rajaraman invests through Rocketship.vc, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Anand Rajaraman?

A warm intro from a founder Rocketship.vc backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Anand Rajaraman do before Rocketship.vc?

Chief Technology Officer at Junglee; Kosmix; Senior Vice President at Walmart Global eCommerce; Founding Partner at Cambrian Ventures; Amazon; WalmartLabs.

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