| Bombay University, Bachelor of Science | |
| Chemistry |
Ullas is a Managing Director based in Globespan Capital Partners’ Palo Alto office. He leads Globespan’s Cleantech investment practice and also focuses on investments in Internet/Enterprise Infrastructure companies. Ullas is passionate about identifying future technology trends and partnering with entrepreneurs to build significant sustainable value within those trends. His experience as an entrepreneur and as an investor has taught him that working with strong teams and adapting intelligently to change is the only way to create and sustain long term business value.
Ullas serves on the boards of CaliSolar, Certeon, Copan Systems, Nantero, Optaros, Solar Power Partners and ZeaChem. He is an observer on the the boards of Advent Solar, Coskata and GlassHouse Technologies. Previously, he led Globespan’s investments in BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG; acquired by BMC Software for $800M), Millennial Net (acquired by Festo), Pirus Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Revivio (acquired by Symantec Corp).
Prior to Globespan, Ullas served as Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures in the Boston office. Before that, he served as a Senior Vice President in the Technology Research Group at First Albany, where he was named a “Wall Street All-Star” by Fortune Magazine and recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top technology analysts in the country.