Venky Harinarayan
Gründer bei Milliways Ventures
Profil
Venky Harinarayan is an entrepreneur and investor.
He is currently a founding partner at Milliways Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.
He was a founder of Junglee — a pioneering shopping search engine that was acquired by Amazon.com, a founder of Kosmix — an innovative search and categorization company that was acquired by Walmart Stores, Inc., and a founding investor in Efficient Frontier — a leading search and social media marketing company that was acquired by Adobe.
Together, these start-ups were valued at $1 billion at the time of their acquisition.
Venky has also played the role of entrepreneur in two of the most successful retailers of our times — Walmart and Amazon.com.
Most recently, at Walmart, Venky created and was head of @WalmartLabs, the innovation arm for the world's largest company.
At Amazon.com, Venky helped create the Marketplace business, that today accounts for around 40% of all the units sold.
He also invented the concept underlying Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
Venky is also an active investor.
He created Cambrian Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in 2000 whose investments include Neoteris (Juniper), Aster Data (Teradata), and Yousendit.
Venky was one of the earliest investors in Facebook, investing in 2005.
Other angel investments include Lyft, Whisper, and TutorVista (Pearson).
Venky was named to the "100 Most Creative People in Business" by FastCompany in 2012 and to the "Venture Capital 100" by AlwaysOn in 2012 and is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Madras.
Venky earned his bachelor's degree from IIT Madras; master's from UCLA and PhD from Stanford University, all in computer science.
Aktive Positionen von Venky Harinarayan
| Unternehmen | Position | Beginn |
|---|---|---|
Rocketship VC LLC
 Rocketship VC LLC Investment ManagersFinance Rocketship VC LLC (Rocketship VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Venky Harinarayan, Sailesh Ramakrishnan and Anand Rajaraman. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01.01.2015 |
Milliways Ventures
 Milliways Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Milliways Ventures (Milliways Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Anand Rajaraman and Venkatesh Harinarayan. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Gründer | 01.01.2013 |
Ehemalige bekannte Positionen von Venky Harinarayan
| Unternehmen | Position | Ende |
|---|---|---|
Cambrian Ventures, Inc.
 Cambrian Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cambrian Ventures, Inc (Cambrian Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Venkatesh HariNarayan. The firm is headquartered in Livermore, California. | Gründer | 01.01.2015 |
Jasper Design Automation, Inc.
 Jasper Design Automation, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Direktor/Vorstandsmitglied | 30.06.2014 |
Walmart Labs
 Walmart Labs Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Walmart Labs operates as a business unit that creates platforms, products and businesses around social and mobile commerce to support Walmart’s global strategy. The company was founded by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA. | Gründer | 30.06.2012 |
Efficient Frontier, Inc.
 Efficient Frontier, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Efficient Frontier, Inc. provided paid search engine marketing solutions. The company was founded by Anand Ranganathan and Anik Kamath in 2002 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Direktor/Vorstandsmitglied | 30.01.2012 |
| Kosmix Corp. Ltd. | Gründer | 01.05.2011 |
Ausbildung von Venky Harinarayan
| Stanford University | Doctorate Degree |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Graduate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Börsennotierte Unternehmen | 1 |
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| AMAZON.COM, INC. | Retail Trade |
| Private Unternehmen | 9 |
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Efficient Frontier, Inc.
Efficient Frontier, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Efficient Frontier, Inc. provided paid search engine marketing solutions. The company was founded by Anand Ranganathan and Anik Kamath in 2002 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
Cambrian Ventures, Inc.
Cambrian Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Cambrian Ventures, Inc (Cambrian Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Venkatesh HariNarayan. The firm is headquartered in Livermore, California. | Finance |
Junglee Corp.
 Junglee Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Junglee Corp. provides shopping information over the internet. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Venkatesh Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, Ashish Gupta, Rakesh Mathur. Junglee was acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. on August 04, 1998 for $173.20 million. | Technology Services |
Jasper Design Automation, Inc.
Jasper Design Automation, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Walmart Labs
Walmart Labs Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Walmart Labs operates as a business unit that creates platforms, products and businesses around social and mobile commerce to support Walmart’s global strategy. The company was founded by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA. | Technology Services |
Rocketship VC LLC
Rocketship VC LLC Investment ManagersFinance Rocketship VC LLC (Rocketship VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Venky Harinarayan, Sailesh Ramakrishnan and Anand Rajaraman. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Finance |
Milliways Ventures
Milliways Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Milliways Ventures (Milliways Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Anand Rajaraman and Venkatesh Harinarayan. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Finance |
Think & Learn Pvt Ltd.
 Think & Learn Pvt Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Think & Learn Pvt Ltd. engages in the provision of educational services. It specializes in K-12 education by providing courses and examination preparation for CBSE, ICSE, CAT, IAS, and NEET. The company was founded by Divya Gokulnath and Byju Raveendran in 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India. | Technology Services |
| Kosmix Corp. Ltd. |
