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Avi Bharadwaj

Investment Director atIntel CapitalFirm active Oct 14Bay Area
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Avi Bharadwaj is an investment director at Intel Capital, which invests at seed, series a, series b in deep tech, dev tools and infra, industrial, with checks of $1M to $30M+.

What Avi can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Intel Capital writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Intel Capital.

Career

  1. Goldman Sachs · full-stack software engineer
  2. IBM · data scientist
  3. Innovation Endeavors · Principal
  4. Intel Capital · Investment Director
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Bria AITwelve Labs

Focus

dataanalyticsenterprise software

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, MS in Information Systems

Also at Intel Capital

Abdul GueforManaging Director
Andy FligelSenior Managing Director
David D JohnsonManaging Director
Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director
Roi Bar-KatManaging Director
Srini AnanthManaging Director
Sunil KurkureManaging Director
Tianlin WangManaging Director

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Akira KurabayashiManaging Partner / Head of Japan, DNX Ventures

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Questions

Who is Avi Bharadwaj?

Avi Bharadwaj is an investment director at Intel Capital, which invests at seed, series a, series b in deep tech, dev tools and infra, industrial, with checks of $1M to $30M+.

How much does Avi Bharadwaj invest?

Avi Bharadwaj invests through Intel Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Avi Bharadwaj?

A warm intro from a founder Intel Capital backed works best.

What did Avi Bharadwaj do before Intel Capital?

full-stack software engineer at Goldman Sachs; data scientist at IBM; Principal at Innovation Endeavors.

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