Vivek Farias is Head of Science for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, MIT Professor, and Academic Partner at Pillar VC. He co-founded Celect and Cimulate, and contributed to Seer.
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- Seer · contributed foundational technology
- Cimulate · co-founder and CTO
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud · Head of Science
- Pillar VC · Academic PartnerNow
- Seer
- Celect · CTO
- Cimulate · CTO
- MIT · Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor
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Who is Vivek Farias?
Vivek Farias is Head of Science for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, MIT Professor, and Academic Partner at Pillar VC. He co-founded Celect and Cimulate, and contributed to Seer.
How much does Vivek Farias invest?
Vivek Farias invests through Pillar VC, which writes checks of $25K to $10M at seed, series a.
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What did Vivek Farias do before Pillar VC?
contributed foundational technology at Seer; co-founder and CTO at Cimulate; Head of Science at Salesforce Commerce Cloud; Seer; CTO at Celect; CTO at Cimulate; Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor at MIT.
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