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Amreesh is an exceptional executive and a change-agent; recognized for his leadership, technology insights and relentless focus on achieving results. He has extensive experience in developing and delivering innovative products and technologies for the mobile devices, wireless and wire-line infrastructure, and navigation markets.

Amreesh is

currently a Managing Partner/Founder of Caprigo Ventures, which is engaged in investing and mentoring early-stage technology companies in the areas of software, wireless and health-care technologies.

Most recently, Amreesh has been EVP & Chief Technology Officer at NAVTEQ Corporation. He drove technology roadmap for the company; and was responsible for R&D/product development across all its businesses: Digital Maps, Content, Traffic and Services. The technology innovations enabled the company to significantly increase year-over-year revenues, expand into new markets, e.g., Location Based Services, and reduce costs through automation and process improvements. NAVTEQ was acquired by Nokia for 8.1 billion dollars.

Before joining NAVTEQ in 2006, Amreesh served in a variety of executive positions at Motorola, where he led the development of industry’s first Short Message Service (SMS) application, and played a pivotal role in the introduction of the first CDMA cellular infrastructure system. He helped pioneer company's world-wide software strategy and led the Motorola Global Software Division.

Prior to Motorola, Amreesh spent 15 years at AT&T Bell Labs in many engineering and product management roles, and was significantly involved in the pioneering design work on self-healing networks and database systems for the 5ESS Switch, the first digital switching system in the world.

Amreesh holds a MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a long-time resident of Chicago area. He has travelled extensively around the world for business and pleasure.

Number of Investments 2
Amreesh Modi has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Series B - Arrive on Jul 21, 2014, when Arrive raised
$10M
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Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jul 21, 2014
Arrive
No
Series B - Arrive
$10M
Dec 20, 2012
Arrive
Series A - Arrive
$2M
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Amreesh Modi has exit - Arrive.
  • Arrive Arrive is a provider of parking and other connected mobility services through apps, websites, voice platforms.
Number of Past Jobs 1
Amreesh Modi has had 1 past job as the EVP & Chief Technology Officer at Navteq.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Navteq
EVP & Chief Technology Officer20062012
Number of News Articles 6
NewsJul 21, 2014
Funding RoundJul 21, 2014
Arrive raised $10,000,000 / Series B from Alexis Ohanian and 5 other investors
Funding RoundDec 20, 2012
Arrive raised $2,000,000 / Series A from Adam Erlebacher and 7 other investors