As a Managing Director of Globespan, Venky sources new investment opportunities, evaluates and negotiates investments, and serves on the boards of portfolio companies. Based in Palo Alto, he focuses on investments in Software and Internet/Infrastructure start-ups. Venky, a successful entrepreneur himself, shares his intense focus on results, strategic market view, and technical expertise to help the firm’s portfolio companies achieve market leadership.
Venky serves on the boards of Amobee, Jajah, Market Live, Nominum, oDesk, Palo Alto Networks, and Strongmail. Venky previously served on the boards of Exeros (acquired by IBM), Plaxo (acquired by Comcast) and Sendia (acquired by Salesforce.com).
Prior to Globespan, Venky served as Vice President of JAFCO Ventures. While at JAFCO, Venky co-founded Trigo Technologies, Inc. where he later served as Chief Operating Officer. He envisioned the idea behind Trigo’s middleware as an Associate in the Boston office of JAFCO Ventures. He and the founding team then incubated the software company in JAFCO’s Palo Alto office. Venky helped to build Trigo into the market leader in the product information management arena. The company was acquired by IBM resulting in a substantial return for all investors. Venky also previously worked at McKinsey & Co., in the firm’s Los Angeles and Johannesberg offices.
