Kanwal Rekhi

Kanwal Rekhi

Founder atSVQUADCalifornia

Kanwal Rekhi is a managing partner and venture investor since 1994, known as the first Indian American to take a company public on NASDAQ. He co-founded TiE and was a founding managing director at Inventus Capital.

What Kanwal can write

Writes checks of$1M to $3M
Comes in atSeedCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected], [email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

SVQUAD writes $1M to $3M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) · co-founder and leader
  2. Inventus Capital · founding Managing Director
  3. TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
  4. Inventus Capital · Managing Director
  5. SVQuad · Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology at IIT-BombayKanwal and Ann Rekhi HallKanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology

Investments named in public bios

AmbitBook SurgeCybermediaEspresso LogicExodusGenwiHealth AtoZInstantisIntellivisionKaboodleMetamataNetMagicNexTagPinnacle SystemsPlacewarePoshmark

Focus

venture capitaltechnologyentrepreneurshipmentoringphilanthropy

Education

IIT-Bombay, BSEEMichigan Tech

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Questions

Who is Kanwal Rekhi?

Kanwal Rekhi is a managing partner and venture investor since 1994, known as the first Indian American to take a company public on NASDAQ. He co-founded TiE and was a founding managing director at Inventus Capital.

How much does Kanwal Rekhi invest?

Kanwal Rekhi invests through SVQUAD, which writes checks of $1M to $3M at seed.

How do I pitch Kanwal Rekhi?

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

What did Kanwal Rekhi do before SVQUAD?

co-founder and leader at TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs); founding Managing Director at Inventus Capital; TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs); Managing Director at Inventus Capital.

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