Vivek Gopalan is an investment team member at 8VC focusing on data & software infrastructure and B2B SaaS. He previously worked as a software engineer at Yugabyte and Bloomberg, and studied at Yale.
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- Bloomberg · software engineer
- Yugabyte · software engineer
- 8VC · investment team memberNow
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Who is Vivek Gopalan?
Vivek Gopalan is an investment team member at 8VC focusing on data & software infrastructure and B2B SaaS. He previously worked as a software engineer at Yugabyte and Bloomberg, and studied at Yale.
How much does Vivek Gopalan invest?
Vivek Gopalan invests through 8VC, which writes checks of $500K to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a.
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What did Vivek Gopalan do before 8VC?
software engineer at Bloomberg; software engineer at Yugabyte.
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