Viraj Phanse is a venture capital investor at Arka Venture Labs specializing in enterprise AI, SaaS, infrastructure, data, analytics, and cloud. He has cross-border operational, investment, and entrepreneurial experience, including as a CEO and co-founder of an AI startup.
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Arka Venture Labs writes $100K to $500K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.
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- Persistent Systems · go-to-market and business leader
- Oracle · product and strategy leader
- AWS · product and strategy leader
- Aerospike · go-to-market and business leader
- U First Capital · Venture Partner
- Berkeley Angel Network · Fellow and Selection Committee Member
- Arka Venture Labs · PartnerNow
- Arka Venture Labs · venture capital investorNow
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Who is Viraj Phanse?
Viraj Phanse is a venture capital investor at Arka Venture Labs specializing in enterprise AI, SaaS, infrastructure, data, analytics, and cloud. He has cross-border operational, investment, and entrepreneurial experience, including as a CEO and co-founder of an AI startup.
How much does Viraj Phanse invest?
Viraj Phanse invests through Arka Venture Labs, which writes checks of $100K to $500K at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Viraj Phanse?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Viraj in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Arka Venture Labs backed works better.
What did Viraj Phanse do before Arka Venture Labs?
go-to-market and business leader at Persistent Systems; product and strategy leader at Oracle; product and strategy leader at AWS; go-to-market and business leader at Aerospike; Venture Partner at U First Capital; Fellow and Selection Committee Member at Berkeley Angel Network.
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