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Jyoti Bansal

Jyoti Bansal

Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner atUnusual VenturesCalifornia
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Jyoti Bansal is Co-Founder and Entrepreneur Partner at Unusual Ventures. He founded multiple companies including Harness, Traceable, and AppDynamics, and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi.

What Jyoti can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

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

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Career

  1. AppDynamics · Founder
  2. BIGLabs · Founder
  3. Harness · Founder and CEO
  4. Traceable · Founder
  5. Unusual Ventures · Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner
    Now
  6. AppDynamics
  7. BIGLabs
  8. Traceable

Companies founded

HarnessTraceableAppDynamicsBIGLabs

Focus

ai software deliveryapi securitystartup studiotechnologycloud computing

Education

IIT Delhi, B.S. in Computer Science

Before you pitch

Unusual Ventures does not invest inHealthcare, Web 3.

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Who is Jyoti Bansal?

Jyoti Bansal is Co-Founder and Entrepreneur Partner at Unusual Ventures. He founded multiple companies including Harness, Traceable, and AppDynamics, and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi.

How much does Jyoti Bansal invest?

Jyoti Bansal invests through Unusual Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Jyoti Bansal?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Jyoti in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Unusual Ventures backed works better.

What did Jyoti Bansal do before Unusual Ventures?

Founder at AppDynamics; Founder at BIGLabs; Founder and CEO at Harness; Founder at Traceable; AppDynamics; BIGLabs; Traceable.

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