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Apoorva Pandhi

Apoorva Pandhi

Managing Director atZetta Venture PartnersSAN FRANCISCO
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Apoorva Pandhi is a Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners, focusing on early-stage AI/ML, data infrastructure, and cloud-native startups. He previously invested at Lightspeed Ventures and Foundation Capital, and co-founded Funnl Labs.

What Apoorva can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
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Zetta Venture Partners writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Lightspeed Ventures · investor
  2. Foundation Capital · investor
  3. Funnl Labs · co-founder
  4. Quid · GTM/sales leader
  5. Quid · Vice President of Enterprise Sales
  6. Foundation Capital · Partner
  7. Zetta Venture Partners · Managing Director
    Now

Companies founded

Funnl LabsGTMfordev

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

ai/mldata infrastructurecloud-native infraAIMLsoftware infrastructure

Education

IIT Delhi, engineering degreeWharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA

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Who is Apoorva Pandhi?

Apoorva Pandhi is a Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners, focusing on early-stage AI/ML, data infrastructure, and cloud-native startups. He previously invested at Lightspeed Ventures and Foundation Capital, and co-founded Funnl Labs.

How much does Apoorva Pandhi invest?

Apoorva Pandhi invests through Zetta Venture Partners, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Apoorva Pandhi?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Apoorva in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Zetta Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Apoorva Pandhi do before Zetta Venture Partners?

investor at Lightspeed Ventures; investor at Foundation Capital; co-founder at Funnl Labs; GTM/sales leader at Quid; Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Quid; Partner at Foundation Capital.

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